Pocket Monsters' remnants of Japanese culture

[Charaxes]

Moving on.

Well, we could add the various mechas the Rockets used that resembled characters. The first Rocket-centric Pokemon Chronicles episode, that had a Mazinger Z reference, I believe.

 

[Vernikova]

We can also add that James was alluding to a famous Japanese baseball player in the episode "Bulbasaur's Hidden Village" if I remember correctly. He was on top of the giant staduim like mecha when he pretended to pitch like a pitcher.