G4Pokefan
THE AURA IS WITH ME
Granted, I haven't posted on here in sometime and haven't been actively watching the anime like I used to. I haven't really enjoyed it in its full capacity since Black/White series (which alot of people hated)
But I have been catching a few episodes of Journeys here and there and reading about the spoilers over the last three years. Journeys was not my favorite and neither was the character of Goh but the direction they took this series, i knew something was up when these things were happening:
-Ash traveling to past regions
-All the cameos from his past, even the ones we haven't seen in YEARS!
- Him acquiring Pokemon that fans always wanted him to have (Dragonite, Lucario, Gengar)
- Him having all the mechanics from previous Gens ( Megastone, V-ring)
- meeting and Battling all the champions he came across over the years including Cynthia
- The parts where ALL his past traveling companions looked on
- The part where Pikachu was surrounded by ALL the Pokemon he and Ash befriended from Gen 1 to current including Pidegot, Primeape and Butterfree.
- Him actually winning the Champion Title instead of Just coming in second
- The Journey series leading up to the 25th anniversary of the Anime.
All of it was planned I truly believe by the creators/animators. This was all leading up to retire the character on the 25th anniversary mark. No way all of this was done just so he could end up on another region and be rebooted like in Black/White.
Of course, me personally, I wouldn't have mind him sticking around longer until the 30th anniversary of the franchise and before the start of GEN 10(X). I think that would've been the perfect ending point. Him leaving during Gen 9 seems like an odd time but it's already done.
Even though we'll still have more of Ash we'll into next year probably til Summer when the English Dubs of the remaining episodes cone to the west, i definitely will miss them both. They have been a constant in my life and many others while everything else around us were drastically changing. It'll be hard to deal with but we'll always have reruns and no one, human or cartoon character stays retired. We might see them both again here and there. Or if the 2 new protagonists don't work out, they can always bring him back. (A'la Brock).
Thoughts anyone?
But I have been catching a few episodes of Journeys here and there and reading about the spoilers over the last three years. Journeys was not my favorite and neither was the character of Goh but the direction they took this series, i knew something was up when these things were happening:
-Ash traveling to past regions
-All the cameos from his past, even the ones we haven't seen in YEARS!
- Him acquiring Pokemon that fans always wanted him to have (Dragonite, Lucario, Gengar)
- Him having all the mechanics from previous Gens ( Megastone, V-ring)
- meeting and Battling all the champions he came across over the years including Cynthia
- The parts where ALL his past traveling companions looked on
- The part where Pikachu was surrounded by ALL the Pokemon he and Ash befriended from Gen 1 to current including Pidegot, Primeape and Butterfree.
- Him actually winning the Champion Title instead of Just coming in second
- The Journey series leading up to the 25th anniversary of the Anime.
All of it was planned I truly believe by the creators/animators. This was all leading up to retire the character on the 25th anniversary mark. No way all of this was done just so he could end up on another region and be rebooted like in Black/White.
Of course, me personally, I wouldn't have mind him sticking around longer until the 30th anniversary of the franchise and before the start of GEN 10(X). I think that would've been the perfect ending point. Him leaving during Gen 9 seems like an odd time but it's already done.
Even though we'll still have more of Ash we'll into next year probably til Summer when the English Dubs of the remaining episodes cone to the west, i definitely will miss them both. They have been a constant in my life and many others while everything else around us were drastically changing. It'll be hard to deal with but we'll always have reruns and no one, human or cartoon character stays retired. We might see them both again here and there. Or if the 2 new protagonists don't work out, they can always bring him back. (A'la Brock).
Thoughts anyone?