AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
I'm not sure what "gravy train" is code for.
It was already a gravy train, have you not seen the nose-diving quality of the games, the Pokémon Special manga and the shilling of Pokémon GO. It’s the most profitable franchise in the whole world (and popular with casuals and normies now) , you can put so little quality into it and get so much payoff you would have to be an idiot to stop or do more than necessary from a financial standpoint. That being said the anime use to be waaaaaay more formulaic from the OS - XY: era. They’re at least trying to be different each saga to an extent and do new things rather than copy-paste a bunch of episodes over and over. Constant rehashes of OS and KAAAAANNNNTTTTOOOOooo artifacts are the norm now.Without watching the series, that is actually eerily close to what I guessed we got.
This has successfully reminded me to continue to avoid this pathetic excuse of a show. This whole franchise is just turning more and more into a pathetic gravy train.
I guess so can Steven and Ash.Dude.
It's Cynthia.
She can do whatever she wants.
Same league that allows a Magikarp trainer to enter and...somehow not be ridiculed by everyone for more than 10 seconds and literally allowing a gang criminal participate with the whole intention to destroy(?) said league, out loud, to the actual creator's face. Priorities aren't that league's best suit.Ash: hey, I can defy old age, why can't I leave Alola and still be the champ?
I don't understand what it has to do with my post. I never talk about league level (though I consider it to be amateur level).Same league that allows a Magikarp trainer to enter and...somehow not be ridiculed by everyone for more than 10 seconds and literally allowing a gang criminal participate with the whole intention to destroy(?) said league, out loud, to the actual creator's face. Priorities aren't that league's best suit.
It's nothing about league level.I don't understand what it has to do with my post. I never talk about league level (though I consider it to be amateur level).
Yes, that is what I mean.league doesn't seem to care its only winner/champion is not even willing to stay
Maybe at the end of this series we can seeKanto: 21
Johto: 3
Hoenn: 4
Sinnoh: 2
Unova/Kalos/Alola: 1 each
Galar: 6
The lab is in Kanto so any lab or Kohaku focused episode will be a Kanto episode by default.For a show based on traveling around the Pokemon world, we really have been getting a ton of Kanto ones instead, huh... I'm really hoping this changes as time goes on to be honest haha.
Well of course I know that. But it would be nice to have more episodes set in other regions too.The lab is in Kanto so any lab or Kohaku focused episode will be a Kanto episode by default.
I thought that this was the most popular speculation already. At least it was the first thing that came in mind for me considering they do change up the openings at times to accommodate new changes. So I feel like it would make perfectly sense in this case since the Alola gang only show up for a few seconds in the opening and could easily be replaced with other returning characters.It'll be interesting to see if the OP is updated or not after this episode. A lot of people have speculated it'll update sporadically with the next set of returning characters (would be absolutely hilarious if they put Chuck in their for instance.) I think we'll see these characters at least once or twice more either way, but if they don't update it at all, I'd say them being a permanent fixture of the OP would definitely imply a more prolonged role in the series going forward.
It was already a gravy train, have you not seen the nose-diving quality of the games, the Pokémon Special manga and the shilling of Pokémon GO. It’s the most profitable franchise in the whole world (and popular with casuals and normies now) , you can put so little quality into it and get so much payoff you would have to be an idiot to stop or do more than necessary from a financial standpoint. That being said the anime use to be waaaaaay more formulaic from the OS - XY: era. They’re at least trying to be different each saga to an extent and do new things rather than copy-paste a bunch of episodes over and over. Constant rehashes of OS and KAAAAANNNNTTTTOOOOooo artifacts are the norm now.
No matter how poor the overall quality of the content gets people will still consume, buy and watch as evidenced by SwSh being some of the emptiest and weakest and controversial games but record-breaking. (At double the price and on a whole new console too.)
I mean I love Pokémon and the franchise as a whole and have a life long passion for it but there’s definitely been a certain quality drop in several areas of its handling in some regards.I admit, I am surprised to hear you say this. (You, specifically, as I did not peg you as one of those types.) This is kind of an insulting, sweeping opinion to have. Isn't it?
It sometimes feels like I'm the only one who still unambiguously and unironically loves and enjoys this franchise.
I think the anime actually improved with its formula change after XY; the quality drop was mostly referencing the polarizing to controversial games starting with e 3DS-era. Everyone expecting 3D Pokémon to be a groundbreaking change in handling and quality and being disappointed with XY. Everyone expecting SwSh to be some super amazing messiah games and them being pretty controversial. I guess I’ve grown to a point where I love this franchise but simply accept its probably “not for” people like me so I feel less inclined to act entitled about the questionable choices it makes for the sake of its appeal toward more casualized crowds and children?I'm 29 and have been watching Pokemon since OS. Honestly, I don't think the anime has a drop in quality. If anything SM followed by XY are my favourite series and Journeys still has a lot of potential to be just as amazing.
I'm not saying that everything is better now than back in the day. Each series has a few things it does a lot better than other series. But overall, I personally think they're doing great the past few years.
I'm 29 and have been watching Pokemon since OS. Honestly, I don't think the anime has a drop in quality. If anything SM followed by XY are my favourite series and Journeys still has a lot of potential to be just as amazing.
I'm not saying that everything is better now than back in the day. Each series has a few things it does a lot better than other series. But overall, I personally think they're doing great the past few years.
If they need Ash to defend his title they can just ask him to come back to the region for a battle, lol. That could even be the premise for one of the next Alolan tripsI'm ridiculing the fact the league is just...strangely structured that allows way too many liberties to its participants, which is also why the league doesn't seem to care its only winner/champion is not even willing to stay to defend their title (like in the games)
I'm 29 and have been watching Pokemon since OS. Honestly, I don't think the anime has a drop in quality. If anything SM followed by XY are my favourite series and Journeys still has a lot of potential to be just as amazing.
I'm not saying that everything is better now than back in the day. Each series has a few things it does a lot better than other series. But overall, I personally think they're doing great the past few years.