It sucks that it cuts off right before ep25 considering how hype it is. Honestly judging by the timelines it should be 13 episodes per batch anyway
Yeah I'm really hoping they squeeze episode 25 into the mix, then perhaps the next batch will have 11 or something. Though I don't know exactly how they are dubbing the series to make this happen. It was 208 days down to 124 days for the first batch (don't want to do the math on the 2nd batch but probably close to the same amount with exception to the beginning episodes since it'll go beyond that 208 days since it's been 208 already for episode 13.
But if they include episode 25, I would expect them to maybe take some more time, and wait until the actual series pumps a good amount, which would mean episode 25 would be a great place to end the 2nd batch. Especially given what will be the first episode of the 2nd batch.
I mean if it is just episode 24, and they are doing 12 episodes a batch. Then the next batch would have to end at episode 36. So they actually can always keep the 12 episode it seems every 3 months or so, which means the 3rd batch to episode 36 will likely be released on Decemeber 11th potentially. And that means we would be at 50 episodes (if every week releases an episode from this point forward), in the original Pokemon 2019 series. But that would mean the 4th batch in March would only go to episode 48, not sure if they would leave out the last two episodes of the 2020 year, but I guess dub wise the airdate of those episodes don't matter.
So they can do it, at 12 episodes every 3 months it looks like. Kind of makes you wonder what the last batch is going to look like, will it be 12 episodes or could it be more, or will it be as low a 6 episodes? I feel like the dub might have a good idea of how many episodes it will be if they are doing 12 episodes every 3 months.
But this of course is if everything happens as normal and we don't suddenly get a hiatus from the Pokemon 2019 series (from Japan) or even a larger hiatus in regards to the dub.
I would like to know how the original hiatus for the pandemic affected the dubbing in regards to the 2nd batch. Because at least 2 episodes from the hiatus should be included in this batch. Which also explains why the 13th episode will surpass the first batch in regards to the 1st episode given the month and half approximately hiatus. Which means the plans to release the 2nd batch probably originally would've probably come out around this time. since we lost 7 episodes of time because of the hiatus. Which mean we would have been about episode 39 right about now if we didn't have a pandemic to deal with or if it didn't result in a hiatus.
Not to mention that specifically in the case of Journeys, it was interrupted for several weeks in Japan due to coronavirus, so the first year is going to have significantly less than the normal number of episodes anyway. Makes me wonder actually, since the anime releases are forced to be synced up with game releases, if the first Gen IX game comes out fall 2022, is the Journeys anime gonna be forced to be closer to 130 than 140 episodes due to the hiatus in 2020?
If they really want a holiday release for 9th generation then they should just wait until the following year, otherwise I'd hate to lose 7 episodes and potentially more just because of the hiatus. Or release 9th generation at the original planned release time, and just have the anime come to the 9th generation on their own terms (with 9th generation anime stuff happening 7 weeks later or so).
What would make it better is if they did what they originally did, and released Pokemon of a future generation into the anime. Maybe the last 7 weeks of Pokemon 2019 anime will heavily revolve around 9th generation Pokemon to showcase those Pokemon before heading into the new series.
And if they continue this world series into 9th generation, they don't even need to transition immediately into into the new generation like they've done before. If Ash continues in 9th generation and Go doesn't, then just have Go be a recurring character for those seven episodes, then give Ash a new companion. If Go is the head protagonist then have Ash be a recurring character for those 7 episodes then perhaps a timeskip.
With a world series if it continues into 9th generation they don't have to sacrifice anything. If they're going to do a clean wipe like other generation I can definitely see that as an issue.