Kungfu-Bear
Well-Known Member
I haven't read this thread due to lack of personal available time so I don't know if anyone has noticed this.
I don't believe we'll have "next season" ever again.
There must be a reason the series was renamed just "Pokémon" or "Pocket Monsters" in Japan, like in Original Series. I think it's because it's going to be an "open" season, since the anime is no longer tied to a region and now it's totally "open world" structure. New regions, generations and pokemon will be released and will simply be introduced into the anime naturally in interspersed episodes, just like SwordShield/Galar was. The "Gen 9" show will be "Pokémon (2019)", when Gen 10 comes out it will also be part of "Pokémon (2019)" and so on. I no longer see a need to change the title as well as the season, at least in Japan.
The only question I have is about PWC, as Ash is already in Hyper Class 75 episodes in, but other than that I believe we'll be with Goh for a lot longer than just 3 years, unless TPC/TVTokyo decides to retire the character for some specific reason, such as low popularity+audience ratings.
I don't believe we'll have "next season" ever again.
There must be a reason the series was renamed just "Pokémon" or "Pocket Monsters" in Japan, like in Original Series. I think it's because it's going to be an "open" season, since the anime is no longer tied to a region and now it's totally "open world" structure. New regions, generations and pokemon will be released and will simply be introduced into the anime naturally in interspersed episodes, just like SwordShield/Galar was. The "Gen 9" show will be "Pokémon (2019)", when Gen 10 comes out it will also be part of "Pokémon (2019)" and so on. I no longer see a need to change the title as well as the season, at least in Japan.
The only question I have is about PWC, as Ash is already in Hyper Class 75 episodes in, but other than that I believe we'll be with Goh for a lot longer than just 3 years, unless TPC/TVTokyo decides to retire the character for some specific reason, such as low popularity+audience ratings.