Gen 8 anime to be revealed on 9/29

[Redstar45]

Well the old director Hidaka always said if Ash won a league the show would end. If Ash does win the Alola league then he accomplished his goal and his journey is over.

Well that could definitely changed as it was mid 2000's when he said that and lot has changed since then

 

[Sinnohrept]

While the anime doesn’t recast often, it does happen, most recently with Oak (unfortunately). If they really wanted her to reappear, they could just cast a VA that sounds like KAORI. If she doesn’t show up and everyone else does; that’d be pretty unfair imo.

It’s probably not worth it. It’s like how jarring the voice changes were for us dub fans when it originally happened. There’s no point in bringing back an old character if the voice is different. Obviously for ones who passed away like Prof Oak it’s different and Oak isn’t exactly a character you can have disappear.

 

[lemoncatpower]

Are we expecting the Gen8 pokemon anime to start on Nov. 17th? or do we have any idea when it'll start?

 

[loopoloopi]

I can’t see Ash constantly leaving the region to visit the others. Maybe we’ll just see the other characters traveling in their own. Dawn and Serena on their own journies, whatever Bonnie and Clemont are doing, etc. The only character who will probably never appear again is May unless she’s recast.

Why would May be recast?

Well the old director Hidaka always said if Ash won a league the show would end. If Ash does win the Alola league then he accomplished his goal and his journey is over.

Tell that to the Orange Islands.

 

[Emelie]

If this means they will make an anime similar to Origins or Generations I would be very happy but I hope the episodes will be a little longer. I loved all of the Gen 5 shorts in Generations but they were only a few minutes long which isn't enough time to build up the characters and story.

They have flirted with the idea of a Gen 5 anime at least three times at this point; the BW2 trailer, Generations and now the new Pokémon masters trailer which focuses a lot on Rosa. As much as I love Gen 5 I had enough of this teasing!

 

[togenaught18]

Why would May be recast?

Tell that to the Orange Islands.

Orange "league" wasnt even a tournament.
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Hope this isnt a reboot. I still have hope ¿?

 

[CMButch]

Well the old director Hidaka always said if Ash won a league the show would end. If Ash does win the Alola league then he accomplished his goal and his journey is over.

That is bad because:
1. Alola league is not important as other leagues. I'd say it's even worse than BF in importance. I mean league had JJ, Classmates and Principal participating..
2. I think they meant if Ash becomes Pokemon Master his journey is over, I don't think anyone ever said about leagues. Being a champion ( twice) and Frontier Brain =/= being a master.

I am still 90% sure Ash won't be replaced. Again, blurb says story will be in Galar region and other regions will come in there too( implying Galar is main other regions are like side), which means Ash, Pikachu and Trio will be in Galar region while something will happen to other regions( whether it's companions journeys, or new characters etc).It makes no sense for them to change Ash, Pikachu and Trio after 20 + years.

 

[Sinnohrept]

I just hope Alain and Greninja return for their rematch

 

[Sceptrigon]

1. Alola league is not important as other leagues. I'd say it's even worse than BF in importance. I mean league had JJ, Classmates and Principal participating..

It would probably be better for Ash to continue to Galar and potentially win the league there since the region seems to emphasize much more on battle competition. It would be an ideal place for Ash to finally prove himself as an experienced and skilled Pokémon trainer, as funny as that sounds.

2. I think they meant if Ash becomes Pokemon Master his journey is over, I don't think anyone ever said about leagues. Being a champion ( twice) and Frontier Brain =/= being a master.

Actually, has there ever been a concrete definition of what is considered a Pokémon master?

Edit: Never mind, I saw another post about it.

 

[janejane6178]

I would have rather they told us nothing until September 29th. there's now probably going to be an exhausting month of drama all over this potentially being a reboot.
I hope we dont throw Ash and TR =[

 

[Sinnohrept]

People thought BW was a reboot too and SM

 

[Redstar45]

I would have rather they told us nothing until September 29th. there's now probably going to be an exhausting month of drama all over this potentially being a reboot

I doubt they're thinking about us western when they did announce today

 

[shoz999]

There's going to be s SwSh anime? :O

I know right?

Now I'm intrigued; the description on the main site says this anime will include all the regions. The main anime took over 20 years to cover the first 7 regions; the only sensible and timely way I can think of for the new anime to do it is for it to be an anthology series with different protagonists. The thing is, they already tried that a long time ago when they made Pokemon Chronicles, and that didn't last very long.

All regions? Did they say that? Now I'm pretty convinced what this rumor is pointing to. The rumor sounds like an anime spin-off about Pokemon Masters. Also the AU reasoning makes a lot of sense because many of the anime's takes on Gym Leaders, such as Surge or Blaine, still conflict with Pokemon Masters take even though it's supposedly inspired by the anime. Heck, if it turns out to be true, it might not even be an AU but it's own continuity.

 

[Cradily17]

I'm excited that Ash is most likely finally going to win an official league now, and it will be great to see a new anime that isn't just a rehash of the others. Also, people need to stop being butthurt about the Kalos league already. It's been three years, and he didn't deserve to win anyways with that BS special snowflake Greninja form.

 

[Sinnohrept]

I'm excited that Ash is most likely finally going to win an official league now, and it will be great to see a new anime that isn't just a rehash of the others. Also, people need to stop being butthurt about the Kalos league already. It's been three years, and he didn't deserve to win anyways with that BS special snowflake Greninja form.

That special snowflake Greninja is canon to the games.

 

[Cradily17]

That special snowflake Greninja is canon to the games.

It was still unnecessary. They should have just given him a Mega instead.

 

[Miky]

People thought BW was a reboot too and SM

Ironic how your post got 2 likes and I got only 1.

See this post for slightly more detail and my stance: https://forums.serebii.net/threads/gen-8-anime-to-be-revealed-on-9-29.670001/page-5#post-18832842

I'm just saying that the same thing happened with the early trailers of Diamond and Pearl anime because we only got to see Dawn for the most part

 

[BulleDeChagrin]

So what are we thinking? Two animes, one the new Pocket Monsters one, and one following just Ash in Galar? Or is this the end of Ash and he's getting replaced by a new MC?

 

[AuraChannelerChris]

Please retire Ash. Ashes are meant to be cleaned and put in the trash.

 

[DatsRight]

I'm excited that Ash is most likely finally going to win an official league now, and it will be great to see a new anime that isn't just a rehash of the others. Also, people need to stop being butthurt about the Kalos league already. It's been three years, and he didn't deserve to win anyways with that BS special snowflake Greninja form.

In fairness, SM Ash has kind of had special snowflake treatment building up to the league as well, with a newly discovered mythical Pokemon, a new type of Lycanroc and Pikachu having a unique Z Move. Sure it's a little evened out by other characters getting the same, with Gladion having an engineered powerhouse legendary and even Mallow getting to use Shaymin, but it's hard to really give huge exception to AshGreninja anymore.