Not wanting to interfere in this discussion, but some things i felt should be addressed.
Yes, the Pokemon franchise is here to produce money. Just like literally every other TV Series/Anime/Cartoon/Video game in existence. It is a bussiness that is meant to bring in currency, nobody can disagree with this and there is nothing wrong with it either, its just the world we live in.
I think you missed the point in here. You can have both franchise generating big incomes of money, but also putting more efort and incentive of giving to audience product of higher quality.
Because going by standards of solid writing, pokemon earns low score. As anime known for repetitiveness, stagnation of character development, very bad continuity most of time forgetting about previous important characters, events and growth like it was done for nothing. Losing its identity and substance that way.
I don't see a problem with this.
Well i guess we all have our opinions on this.
But if you ask me such approach toward female protagonists in pokemon series is disrespectful and sexist, giving out message how their own hopes, dreams, personalities, backstories, established relationships with others and goals ultimately dont matter.
How any impact they left on show, Ash, progression of story (be it Misty, May, Dawn, Iris etc)was in vain and irrelevant. Since their primary purpose was to just serve as shallow piece of fanservice in writer eyes.
Fact how once main girl is replaced she never comesback again falling in oblivion(Misty is living proof). How her story remains unfinished and potential to be done much more in terms of development unused. Potential which is hindered because of new eye candy needing to step into scene , rather than keeping established one who has pokemon, experience, developed characterization and relations with others to go through deeper, more profined growth as sequel to started story in going on bigger things further reinforces sad truth about whole thing.
Serving as nothing more than fill up, token girl to help promote some generation before you get rid of her falling down in oblivion, in favor of next one rinse and repeat.
Oh nostalgic bias, when will you **** off?
Look, things change. You are entitled to your opinion and if you don't like the way newer writers are doing their job nobody is making you watch, but to discredit them simply because they are not "the original" is ridiculously unfair. Just because something is new doesn't make it bad and just because something is original doesn't make it good. Personally, I don't see how so many people can look back on the anime's original series and say "omg this was so much better." maybe it had an advantage in some aspects but it also had very clear drawbacks as well.
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
Appeal to novelty! have flaws in itself jut as much as Appeal to tradition!
This can work both ways. Change isnt always good, and something new doesnt mean it will make some product or show automatically better. It could also very well be step for worse decreasing level of enjoyment, excitement and integrity of some series.
This depends largely on personal beliefs and criteria of what can be considered eventful, creative, well structured and inspring storyline and progression of its characters.
But ill just say how direction in which pokemon anime has went over the years isn't something to be especially proud of.
Especially when it comes to main protagonist treatment; Ash,. Being stuck in enchanted cycle of tries and fails. Never seeing writers having courage and motivation to push his storyline on next brink. Use accumulated knowledge and experience to its own advantage in overcoming more complex, tougher challenges on road of becoming pokemon master. With first step toward bringing more innovation to Ash story lying in winning league, so that requirements to go on next step are fulfilled(like E4, champion, other topugher tasks and quests to obtain like Battle Frontier was etc). Feeling like all those years of pain, struggles, training and trying are leading toward something.
Because thats basis of good storytelling. To have introduction, entanglement, culmination which never bappens with anyone in pokemon and eventually denuaement.
But of course there are other problems this show suffers from as well. Such as overused ideas with little to no variation, abandonment of past and its history making it seem like each new journey through new generation of anime is set in different continuity. Rather than being treated as on going show which had plot which builds on itself, keep ties to past, its protagonists and built plotlines going forward. Basically show treated as one big adventure following Ash and his friends over long period of time.
Not to mention if someone prefers Original series over new ones, that doesn't necessarily mean its out of nostalgia reasons. People can have contrary to some belief valid reasoning barely or if at all influenced by clouded bias toward something which may have been part of their childhood.
Simply preferring different style of writing, humor, characters which came from that era, arguably more emotion packed and full of variety expressions chemistry between protagonists, pokemon, fact that anime payed less attention to games trying to treat it more as its own individual story etc.
There is nothing wrong with that. Depending on personal taste and what someone looks from TV series to have in delivering memorable and gratifying experience. Each series had their flaws and highlights.
