New 11 episode series, "Pocket Monsters: Mezase Pokemon Master", starts January 13th 2023

[Josef Stylin]

It is fitting that Ash's story will end with his companions from the best saga, the Kanto saga, by his side. If we could get even a fraction of the joy, sadness and laughter the original series produced, we're in for a h**l of a ride.

While it has a small minority of detractors (usually for hipsterish reasons), the hype for the original saga is justified. Sure, it attracted casual viewers, but even the real connoisseurs of the franchise regard the OS as the holy grail of the series. If you want to talk about something being 'overrated' or 'for casuals', look at the Persona Franchise (particularly the God-awful 5). It pales in comparison to SMT...

Well, I bet you're not a real SMT fan either, do you even appreciate a TRUE DUNGEON CRAWLER

 

[Ragnarok4]

I am laughing at how true it is ... cocky Pokeshippers are back

Do you think that this period from January to April 2023 is going to be the most important in the history of the fandom/anime?

 

[Ragnarok4]

Nocturne? Get that outta here. Real SMT elitists play only this...

Yall are talking about something that doesn't concern Pokémon and no one tells them to go to another thread , but you mention something about Shipping that DOES have to do with Pokémon and people like @Tabasco Boshi and @PsychoLogical lose their minds lmao

 

[World Turtle]

Screw shipping. They should just focus on Ash's Pokemon and leave that powder keg alone.

 

[Josef Stylin]

Yall are talking about something that doesn't concern Pokémon and no one tells them to go to another thread , but you mention something about Shipping that DOES have to do with Pokémon and people like @Tabasco Boshi and @PsychoLogical lose their minds lmao

And I think it's perfectly understandable, the only ship I'm down with is the Titanic

 

[Rune Knight]

Since this miniseries is set to feature all of Ash's pokémon, what last minute team changes would you perhaps like to see happen?

Although the odds are slim since it will only be eleven episodes, I don't think that it is totally impossible.

With that said, I would like to see him evolve his Primeape into an Annihilape as part of Gen IX promotion.

 

[Josef Stylin]

Although the odds are arguably slim to none, I would like to see him evolve his Primeape into Annihilape as Gen IX promotion.

Primeape hitting all the Rage Fists needed to evolve on Ash like the absolute king he was, book it

 

[Rune Knight]

Primeape hitting all the Rage Fists needed to evolve on Ash like the absolute king he was, book it

I could see it landing 20 consecutive hits by going ORA ORA ORA on an opponent.

 

[Josef Stylin]

I could see it landing 20 consecutive hits by going ORA ORA ORA on an opponent.

Mf gonna give some poor sap the Steely Dan/Cioccolata treatment lmfao

 

[World Turtle]

I could see it landing 20 consecutive hits by going ORA ORA ORA on an opponent.

So TRIO then? Like picture a montage of them just getting repeatedly blasted off by Primeape.

 

[Lord Godwin]

Primeape hitting all the Rage Fists needed to evolve on Ash like the absolute king he was, book it

So Primeape learns Rage Fist after using unsuccessfully Iron Tail for too long?

 

[Kameinu]

It’d be kino if Primeape came back only to evolve to Annihilape. One of the things they could take advantage of in regard to the timing of this series and it’s supposed meaning.

 

[Pokeshipper_]

I'm hoping for something like this: Misty roasting Gary was everything
https://www.pinterest.it/pin/if-pok...and-misty-again-in-2022--1012747034928293207/

 

[Tabasco Boshi]

Yall are talking about something that doesn't concern Pokémon and no one tells them to go to another thread , but you mention something about Shipping that DOES have to do with Pokémon and people like @Tabasco Boshi and @PsychoLogical lose their minds lmao

I can complain about that if you want too. It's not the place.

 

[DannyDiglett]

Since this miniseries is set to feature all of Ash's pokémon, what last minute team changes would you perhaps like to see happen?

Although the odds are slim since it will only be eleven episodes, I don't think that it is totally impossible.

With that said, I would like to see him evolve his Primeape into an Annihilape as part of Gen IX promotion.

Yeah I would like to see that too!

 

[Blood Red]

Do you think that this period from January to April 2023 is going to be the most important in the history of the fandom/anime?

The anime and its fandom? Sure.
The fandom as a whole? Probably not, most people who play the games/tcg haven't watched a single episode of this show in years.

Yall are talking about something that doesn't concern Pokémon and no one tells them to go to another thread , but you mention something about Shipping that DOES have to do with Pokémon and people like @Tabasco Boshi and @PsychoLogical lose their minds lmao

These people are memeing. The ship talk, however, went past that threshold ages ago and should've moved to the shipping section long ago.

 

[Mew2]

I'm wondering what the ratings for these final 11 episodes will be like, not only in Japan but in the rest of the world as well. The ratings for the animé may not be anywhere close to what they were back in its heyday but Ash is an iconic figure for the franchise and his accomplishments have made it into the news on a number of mainstream new outlets. Him retiring from the series will be a big milestone so I could see a ratings bump from people to see just how his saga ends after going on for 25 years.

 

[vondecayle]

I'm wondering what the ratings for these final 11 episodes will be like, not only in Japan but in the rest of the world as well. The ratings for the animé may not be anywhere close to what they were back in its heyday but Ash is an iconic figure for the franchise and his accomplishments have made it into the news on a number of mainstream new outlets. Him retiring from the series will be a big milestone so I could see a ratings bump from people to see just how his saga ends after going on for 25 years.

The ratings and viewership would be higher if they changed that artstyle. Brock and Misty can use their old clothes for nostalgia, but the artstyle is where they draw the line.

 

[Pokeshipper_]

The ratings and viewership would be higher if they changed that artstyle. Brock and Misty can use their old clothes for nostalgia, but the artstyle is where they draw the line.

JN artstyle is better than SM artstyle yet

 

[Lord Godwin]

It's actually nice to think we are at the point in which One Piece will be in few years. As we still don't know what neither One Piece and Pokemon Master are.

I'm really curious how the anime will handle it not to de-hype the Pokemon Master title.