So when was your first watch of the anime do you remember?
Edit:I started watching like 5-6yrs ago only so I don't know much.
Take a seat. My story is somewhat long and complicated.
I've started when it premiered in my country. Basically I was there when the Pokémon Mania started. I used to watch all episodes, got the official magazine and other stuff that had Pokémon on it. I even watched movies 1-3 on the theaters.
Somewhere after Johto's first year, I lost interested and eventually dropped. During that hiatus I remember briefly seeing a magazine that had AG Ash on it but I mostly ignore it.
Then at some point, there was a strong Saint Seiya nostalgia wave (it's pretty popular here AND not just it was the first anime I really got into, it is one of my favorite franchises). I bought a magazine about it that was a collection of various others including the one with AG on the cover I had previously seen and ignored.
I've read the Pokémon entry which was talking about AG and after seeing Ash's new look in more detail and, specially, knowing misty - a character I've never liked - was gone and replaced by May - who I found to look quite cool - my interested suddently ignited again.
I've resumed watching when the network Pokémon was on was airing Master Quest. I kept waiting for the AG portion. It eventually reached that point but they only aired the first episode (long story short, I didn't have cable so I was on the whims of a non-cable network who wasn't the best). Because of that I couldn't followed it but I kept interested
Then, I found out May was going to be replaced. Didn't like at first but after checking a few DP episodes I got interested. Then I've seen some random episodes out of order here and there. The Aipom-Buizel trade dissapointed me and made me resist the idea of committing to fully watch it again.
Sometime after Ambipom was released I decide to watch again and from there on I started to watch it weekly up until that point.
So yeah, it's been over 10 years watching new episodes every single week. I don't regret it, to be honest.