Well one thing we know, Ash is not 10 anymore.....have you HEARD his new voice? Ever since Pokemon Battle Frontier, I've been questioning his manlihood... Back to what the thread is about: The main character is supposed to be young, and never over the age of 20 (at least as I've seen so far) It's all supposed to follow the same plot, start your Pokemon adventure at the age you get your "license", which is (as given by the anime) 10. The main characters do, most of the time look 10. Other than the females, that is. And Gary (Green) doesn't look 10 to me, neither do Ruby or whoever the male character will be named in D/P, and that's as far as the boys go.