Sorry, I haven't watched the 5th movie yet-Latios and Latias right?
And...no.
Ash IS STILL 12 years old; believe me, I have done an in depth analysis on it.
Let me give you a quote from the post I put in the Misty (Bring her Back Club):
"Do you want to know something interesting?
Well, Remember when you said May is 2 years younger than Ash?
Well, in the first ep. of Pokemon Advance, May said that she was 10 YEARS OLD.
Wouldn't that make Ash 12, Misty 14, and Brock 16-17?
But you could say, "that doesn't make any sense" and that is what you should be asking.
Why?
Well because it's already been 5-6 seasons and Ash has only grown 2 years older!
Why hasen't he grown older?
The answer is that IF he was 13, then Ash supposedly wouldn't be naive and innocent anymore (probably some Japanese belief-pervertism in teenage and adult men...[13+] (?)) -_-
Also, "yesterday" 10/16/04 I watched Pokemon Advanced Generation and it was the ep. of Volbeat and Illumise. In the end of the episode as was puzzled at the world "love" and May said that "you'll understand when you get older"
"Older"! Ash is 2 years older, how can he learn something May has at an age higher---May is 10 in that episode. Funny isn't it. Women are seen to be FAR more intelligent than men at young ages. Haha! --Sorry, I don't mean to be sexist---no i'm not sexist, so don't start with that
Anyways, it is good to know that the author of the medium---the anime in this case, always tends to implement (at least) some of his views through the character (s) he uses/portrays in his medium (or media). For example, it seems clear that boys who are 12 and lower are naive, innocent, and rather stupid, whilest girls ?(10) and older are highly intelligent and clever---i.e May and Misty (Misty in the Blane ep. [about the clock] where Ash was completely mislead in his calculations to Blane's gym and his cheezy disguise]) Also, what about Ash's emotions? Ash is ALLOWED to cry in the Anime since he is 12 years old, an age of naivete, ironically (not 13, since as meantioned, it would "mean" he is "mature"; has "no need to cry" "because he is a guy".
Now, is it true that no MAN or BOY who is/has reached "puberty" can cry? that he is shunned from that emotion because it is "femanine" or does crying at or over the age(s) of puberty make the guy "gay" (harsh term to use)?
the answer is....
NO!
NO!!
AND...
NO.
Yes you got it, you shouldn't be shunned from crying regardless of your gender or your age because "it's no like a guy/girl to act like that"
Society (which is EVIL) teachesyou that crying for guys is wrong, but really it isn't. The purpose of shedding tears is to releave oneself of stress; it is a gift from "the almighty" to us, to relieve this stress; and believe me, EVERYONE will have their moments at sometime or another (extreme situations) where if tears don't come out, it will transform into another harmful side-effect....
AGGRESSIVENESS AND ANGER. Why do you think when men/boys in this society (who are taught this principle) start punching and "beating people up" when they are made fun of to a poing of "not taking anymore" or when something horrific happens to them (sometimes)? It is because their inability to shed tears (not wanting to) is coming out the "other way"
This is perhaps why Ash is so moving to people who watch the anime because he actually shows all of his eemotions, especially crying in situations that are very important to him.
Well, that's it, gotta go. What do you think of my idealism?" -posted on 10/16/04
Sorry if I may have interupted in you gal's beliefs of Ash's age, but sadly he's 12.
I too, initially hoped for Ash to be 14+ but sadly it didn't turn out so well.
And please, READ CAREFULLY, don't criticize me if I made an error of some sort :)
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--->I'll be alone forever in my life, no interuptions, no intersessions. I will live and die alone with no comfort from others. I will remain forever still, watching life go by as I shroud goodness to all, never expecting others to return it back
(Seriously that is how I am :( )
Sorry for whatever sadness or grief I may have caused you guys; I am not expecting any forgiveness but I hope for it.
-"Tkinc"