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In the games (at least the Unova ones that I remember) there are some NPCs who speak others languages, like French and Spanish, so... yeah, I think yes.
In my Headcanon: Ash Ketchum or Satoshi in Japanese version speaks Japanese but he learned American English, French, Hawaiian and British English for unknown reason, maybe through language books?
I wonder if Serena is also from Kanto Region and speaks Japanese much like Ash Ketchum or Satoshi.
Does anybody remember seeing a gif of a smiling guy pointing a gun at a boy's face in this forum? I feel like I know what anime it's from, but I don't know for sure what it was called.
Let me guess cause it 'looks like Lucario'?
Zoroark was a flop, they were just trying to cash in on Lucario's popularity and failed. (Locking the species behind a freaking gen 4 exclusive event for BW 1 probably didn't do the line much favors either. Zorua's always been one of my favorites but I've never much cared for Zoroark at all)
They've just finally ditched the 'small and cute' factor of Mythical and gone back to releasing awesome ones like Darkrai and Genesect and I'm all for it! More Pokemon with designs like Marshadow, Zeraora, Melmetal, and Zarude please, I love Mew, Victini and Meloetta but the trend of them being majorly 'small/cute' got old. Especially in regards to movie roles
Also they tried to push Zorua in the anime, they introduced that film guy. Zeraora was only in the Guzzlord arc, a fate for most mythicals unless you're named Celebi(#GreenPrivilege). Apart from the PMD Celebi, I'm ****ing done with the species! Manaphy, Victini, Keldeo, Genesect, Marshadow.... they all still need roles. But nah let's introduce yet another Celebi, screw the rest of them let's just recycle the same episode idea and not use a single juice of creativeness!
I do as well but if you are expecting some sort of SAO-esque Romantic Closure to the Story with them you are hoping for too much. Pokemon is a Corporate Series which does not care about closure
There you go again, this is the same anime that refused to let him win a league for 20 years. And now he's participating in a world tournament, where all of his companions and rivals are returning left and right with continuity as precise as a needle. If you're still stuck in that "it's a corporate money-making-machine that doesn't care about its characters and audience" mindset then you're blind to all the changes.
This could mean there is a language barrier or the anime team is inefficient that they put way too much effort into what is new writing system and waste time and energy in "denihonizing" the series.
This might be a little off-topic, but I did feel like it is interesting enough to share regarding the current conversation. In Jojo, people have often speculated upon what language the characters use to communicate with one another since they are of different nationalities, and have come up with pretty decent answers.
Part 1 - English
Part 2 - English
Part 3 - English
Part 4 - Japanese
Part 5 - Italian
Part 6 - English
Part 7- English
Part 8 - Japanese
This has also intrigued me when thinking about the Pokémon world, since the regions are based on locations set in different countries.
By the way this is just a fun theory and not meant to be taken seriously.
Since the most common language in our world is English, it would not be too crazy to assume that this same rule would apply to Pokémon. So my guess is that throughout OG to DP, they speak Japanese since those regions are set in Japan. In BW and SM, they communicate in English, since Unova and Alola are based on New York and Hawaii respectively. In XY, they also communicate in English, since the main characters aside from Ash are French but need to talk to him in some way. In JN, they mostly speak Japanese but switch to English when they go to international regions.
Since English is taught in many schools around the world, it would not be too farfetched to also think that the characters would learn the language from a young age.
Of course, we as the audience are interpreting them in the language that we decide to watch it in.
I know that it is just an anime, and we're probably not meant to look far into it, but this is fun for me and I don't really think that it hurts the overall flow of the series. It is most likely that they all just speak the same language.
