Will death ever be touched?

[MidnightMelody]

Maybe anime aimed at kids have explored the topic of death and tossed it into the plot. I know in Digimon it has happened so do you think in the anime it will ever be touched on? like maybe one of Charizard dies or an upcoming character dies. I always thought it would be interesting in the game if the champion dies right before you can face them or after you beat them form a heart attack or something.

 

[yuoke]

It was in some movies.

 

[NPT]

Dr. Yung died in the Pokémon Mirage Mastermind spacial.

 

[JennaJayfeather]

Fricking Lucario died you can't tell me death was never touched.

YOU SAW SIR AARON DIE TOO. ;-;

Hey, I'm happy death isn't a big part of Pokemon. I cry when my favorite characters die.

 

[Kofii]

Hunter J got blown up in her ship.

 

[NPT]

Also, Latios died in the 5th movie.

 

[Lorde]

It usually just happens in movies and special episodes, but even then it's never graphic. I loved the various Digimon anime because the concept of death seemed more real in those. In Pokemon however, things are constantly bright and happy and whenever a character does die, the writers completely gloss it over or tone it down (I'm looking at you, Hunter J).

 

[LizardonX]

They will never show death or explicitly mention it.

 

[MidnightMelody]

It usually just happens in movies and special episodes, but even then it's never graphic. I loved the various Digimon anime because the concept of death seemed more real in those. In Pokemon however, things are constantly bright and happy and whenever a character does die, the writers completely gloss it over or tone it down (I'm looking at you, Hunter J).

Yeah I thought J survived after rewatching it because there was like a sparkle but it was never talked about. Ash never even asked where is J

Fricking Lucario died you can't tell me death was never touched.

YOU SAW SIR AARON DIE TOO. ;-;

Hey, I'm happy death isn't a big part of Pokemon. I cry when my favorite characters die.

I only saw like 30 mins before getting bored. None of the movies have been good to me since Movie 7

 

[Acdog]

Dr. Yung died in the Pokémon Mirage Mastermind spacial.

No, they never found a body. It's possible he got out.

Also, Celebi died and was brought back to life in the 4th movie. Ash was turned to stone in the first movie. Although, in my opinion the death of Celebi was probably one of the saddest moments in Pokemon.

 

[JennaJayfeather]

I only saw like 30 mins before getting bored. None of the movies have been good to me since Movie 7

Aaaah this is one of the best movies though! The beginning is a bit slow but....ugggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh the ENDING, even more powerful in Japanese.

 

[An00bis]

I think Charmander, the Stray Pokemon was the earliest episode that brought up the possibility of death in plain language.

Other episodes.

The Ghost at Maiden's Peak (she and her lover passed)
The Tower of Terror (Ash was dead for about 30 minutes)
Ninetales' Master in Just Waiting for a Friend (he and all his servants dead)
The Dragon Holy Land Dragonite's Trainer (Johto) (When Dragonite's backstory was explained)
Celebi and Joy (Ritchie travels back in time to prevent a death)
A Shipful of Shivers (The Ghost Pokemon's Master is dead)
The Origin of Mewtwo (All of the Clones except Mewtwo die)
Pokemon Shipwreck (they hold a funeral service at the beginning of the episode)

There's more but yeah. It's been done in the anime.

Ash is also familiar and acknowledges the possibility of death in Sparks Fly for Magnemite.

I only saw like 30 mins before getting bored.

... let me show you the door ...

But seriously, that movie is pretty much everything you're looking for in regards to this topic.

 

[MidnightMelody]

I really wanted the death of alder's pokemon to have been a thing that the anime showed but it seems he got shafted almost to the same point as Steven

 

[DjangoCribbs]

It usually just happens in movies and special episodes, but even then it's never graphic. I loved the various Digimon anime because the concept of death seemed more real in those. In Pokemon however, things are constantly bright and happy and whenever a character does die, the writers completely gloss it over or tone it down (I'm looking at you, Hunter J).

Yeah, 'cos Digimon is really brutal when it comes to character fates... Sorry, I'm just trying to think of a good guy single character in Digimon who dies and doesn't get either straight-up resurrected or they turn out to have had a miraculous escape... There must be some but I can't think of any right now. And don't you dare say Data Squad. That series doesn't count. It's bad, even by Pokemon/Digimon standards.
Although Digital Monster X-Evolution is a bit more brutal. Dukemon and Metal Garurumon are as "immortal" as you'd expect but Leomon gets shafted worse than normal.

 

[Alfred the Second]

I think Charmander, the Stray Pokemon was the earliest episode that brought up the possibility of death in plain language.

Other episodes.

The Ghost at Maiden's Peak (she and her lover passed)
The Tower of Terror (Ash was dead for about 30 minutes)
Ninetales' Master in Just Waiting for a Friend (he and all his servants dead)
The Dragon Holy Land Dragonite's Trainer (Johto) (When Dragonite's backstory was explained)
Celebi and Joy (Ritchie travels back in time to prevent a death)
A Shipful of Shivers (The Ghost Pokemon's Master is dead)
The Origin of Mewtwo (All of the Clones except Mewtwo die)
Pokemon Shipwreck (they hold a funeral service at the beginning of the episode)

There's more but yeah. It's been done in the anime.

Ash is also familiar and acknowledges the possibility of death in Sparks Fly for Magnemite.


... let me show you the door ...

But seriously, that movie is pretty much everything you're looking for in regards to this topic.

I think all your references are from OS, thus proving the OP's point. No wonder people still like OS though. A show needs to show all shades.....even dark ones.

But I think Cyrus and J had good indirect deaths. (J was an open-ending truthfully)

 

[MonsterMMORPG]

i really dont think so in such animes

 

[yuoke]

In litwik's mansion, ash and them would have all died in the shadow realm, and TRio's energy and life was being drained from their body.

 

[Teapot]

The Anime does have death, as explained above, but its obviously been added in very subtly. Well, that's really the right choice, since if it was too obvious, the little kids would get upset. Then again, Celebi dying was pretty obvious and brought tears to my eyes, so some things like that have been made deliberate, as to emphasize this point. If not, the Pokémon World would be too happy and smiley and stuff, and nothing dies and everyone's immortal and never fatally hurt.

 

[fitzy909]

I really wanted the death of alder's pokemon to have been a thing that the anime showed but it seems he got shafted almost to the same point as Steven

that would have been cool, but sadly they didn't feature it.

however, didn't lucario die in M08? He dies towards the end of the film and doesn't latios die in M05?

 

[An00bis]

I think all your references are from OS, thus proving the OP's point. No wonder people still like OS though. A show needs to show all shades.....even dark ones.

Celebi and Joy was Advance Generation. So was Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon where Dr. Yung apparently committed suicide.

There were some later-day references to death but I went with episodes that people likely have seen.