Pokémon Journeys
I do love this series, I would have to criticize it only due to the fact that I feel like the “World Tour” aspect of the series has been all over the place.
Obviously I’m not one of the higher ups of the show, so I would never blame them for trying this out new direction and I do honestly think they have a plan for how they want to proceed with the show.
But I was just thinking to myself, what if they decided to split the 8 regions into miniarcs and Ash and Goh would travel throughout each region uninterrupted for a while?
This would allow the region to be explored properly without any rushing and make sure Galar gets its promotion as the new region while at the same time rehashing and possibly bringing up old plot points that never materialized in their original series.
Since Pokémon journeys is not bound to a single region, I don’t see why they need to end this anime within the 3 year timespan right before a new game comes out, they could always give it a second season or whatever lol idk
I would not change any of the technical aspects of the show and how the characters would have developed, ofc I’d keep their homebase at Sakuragi’s Lab ofc and every time they come back from exploring a region.
So how would my plan work?
- Have the first 10-15 episodes set in Kanto, let Goh learn the basics and get all the fundamentals of Pokémon such as catching, battling and trading out of the way while doing some research projects for the professor like they did with the Bulbasaur episode and let Ash reunite with some old friends at the same time and retool his skills.
- Have a larger arc set in Galar, this would last about 20-40 episodes where Ash and Goh travel through the new region learning about Dynamax, Gigantamax and Ash challenges the first few Gym leaders plus other important game characters either as part of the PWC in order to face Leon while doing their research missions and meeting multiple COTDs!
- Then alternate with smaller arcs for the other regions of 3-10 episodes each where Goh improves his trainer skills and learns about certain mechanisms such as Mega Evolutions and Z-Moves since he’s still a rookie.
At the same time Ash battles ppl for the PWC and obviously rehashing old plots that never got concluded such as Mohn or exploring certain parts of the region that we never got to see originally for research missions.
- Then for a while they’d just relax in Kanto, maybe visit some of Ash’s old friends and family or they’d have to fix some issue that takes place in the lab such as the food shortage where they didn’t leave Sakuragi Park, most of the filler episodes would take place in Kanto and a few in Alola since that’s more of a vacation place.
Certain regions that don’t really have much going on like Johto would get less focus and regions like Unova would get a larger arc because imo Gen V games were great but the anime deserved better, once the Team Plasma plot got ruined and they had to scrap the plan I feel the quality of Best Wishes went way way down.
I would also bring back a lot of older characters when necessary for Ash’s development and continuity, introduce characters from the games that Ash never got to meet such as Wally and let it all culminate with a PWC final against Leon.
Only problem I see with my proposal is the fact that some people may get bored of sticking to a single region for a few episodes which is fair.
So let’s discuss!
