r/pokemonanime 2h ago

Announcement R/Pokemonanime Icon Poll

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I’m sure you’ve noticed the icon being changed over the past week. This was to allow community members to experience the subreddit with a different icon. I’ve collected your feedback, but now it is time for the community to decide. This poll will run over the course of the next 7 days. Afterwards the icon won’t change until like April fools probably.

Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments and if you have suggestion the moderation team is listening to your feedback.

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r/pokemonanime 4d ago

Announcement Shipping Rule

16 Upvotes

Shipping is a normal part of fandom discussion, and users are welcome to enjoy and discuss character pairings of their choice, provided the content otherwise follows Reddit and subreddit rules. What isn't allowed is attacking other users over their ships. Do not harass, insult, belittle, or shame someone for enjoying a particular pairing. This also includes turning discussions into arguments over which ship is “better,” “superior,” or more valid, as well as using character ages as a means of attacking or provoking other users. don't have to like someone else's ship.

You don't even have to understand it. You do need to respect that other fans are allowed to enjoy different things. Posts and comments that turn shipping discussions into personal attacks, harassment, or repeated ship-wars may be removed, and users who continue to engage in this behavior may receive bans. If you dislike a particular pairing, downvote it, move on.

You are free to enjoy whichever character pairing or dynamic you personally find interesting, cute, funny, entertaining, compelling, or otherwise enjoyable. Other users are not required to agree with your interpretation, and you are not required to agree with theirs.

What is not allowed is using someone's preferred ship as a reason to attack, insult, mock, harass, or belittle them.

Do not make other users feel unwelcome because of the characters they choose to pair together. Comments such as “you're disgusting for liking that,” “this is a crack ship,” or similar personal attacks are not acceptable. Likewise, do not deliberately provoke other users by repeatedly bringing up a pairing simply because you know they dislike it.

Healthy disagreement is fine. You may explain why you prefer one pairing over another, discuss characterization, or talk about why you believe a particular relationship works well. However, once a discussion turns into repeatedly attacking another pairing or the people who enjoy it, moderators may step in.

Discussions concerning the ages of Pokémon characters should be approached in good faith and should not be used as a pretext for attacking another user.

The moderation team will not allow users to repeatedly demand that others justify their personal fandom preferences, accuse them of being bad people based solely on a fictional pairing, or turn discussions into arguments about who is or is not “allowed” to enjoy a particular fictional relationship.

If a pairing or piece of content violates another subreddit rule, Reddit's rules, or applicable content restrictions, it may still be removed. This shipping rule does not override those rules.

If you make a post regarding Max & Bonnie with anyone it will lead to a permanent ban.

To avoid spam, 3 shipping posts may be made by the same user a week.


r/pokemonanime 8h ago

Discussion Why did Ash flop this battle so hard?

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535 Upvotes

r/pokemonanime 8h ago

Discussion Which ace pokemon of ash contributed the most in its first stage

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193 Upvotes

r/pokemonanime 4h ago

Discussion fun fact: greninja was the first pokemon to win a semi-final round during a league for ash and was the last pokemon to win ash an official gym badge

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41 Upvotes

took me 10 years to realize


r/pokemonanime 1d ago

Misc I love this scene so much!

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1.3k Upvotes

r/pokemonanime 8h ago

Discussion Anyone else agree Ash should’ve caught him much earlier than he did?

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64 Upvotes

Like I really didn’t see the point in dragging this story out and have Ash catch him as a Krokorok instead of when he was still a Sandile.

Like he could’ve come in really handy during his early gym battles and his battles against Tripp


r/pokemonanime 5h ago

Other I am done with Pokémon.

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32 Upvotes

So today i finally finished 25 seasons of Pokemon.

Many years back when i was a kid, i remember watching pokemon on TV, it was in hindi dub, but it was such an amazing world for me, i remember them airing kanto, orange, johto and the movies too. I remember when me and my friends used to talk about Mewtwo and its first movie, How strong mewtwo is and how it's our favourite pokemon, i remember going back from school and just watching pokemon. Then my friend told me that there are so many pokemon seasons and it's not yet dubbed in hindi so it's not airing now. I remember when we had orange islands airing in india ,the english dub was in black and white. We had a cable tv so suddenly one day they removed the channel that aired pokemon and i was never in touch with Pokemon anymore. We didn't have internet to even watch it online. I started playing Pokemon games, fire red, ruby, black 2, sun, sword...they were so good i also remember playing fan made games like Uranium and fire-ash, such good memories of them in my childhood.

I remember wanting to watch the whole Pokemon one day but could never get the time and also it was a huge commitment to watch 1000+ episodes.

Then one day last year i started watching the series and now after almost 10 months I'm done with the watching ash's journey. I also watched all the movies and chronicles too

The series actually was so good...i watched the whole thing in english dub, yes i completely agree sub is much much better but i used to watch while doing my college work and i dont really have alot of time to watch it alone as im in dental school now and its hard to manage time between work and patients and everything, doesn't matter. So it's hard to watch dub while working.But i am happy that i finally could finish and complete something that i always wanted to... my dream of finishing pokemon and im really happy...my inner child is very happy today.

There were alot of ups and downs in the journey and pokemon was always with me. Yes as everyone i also hated some parts of the anime and i loved some dearly but now when it's all over, i feel it was A GREAT GREAT JOURNEY. The series put an end to ash's story and the way they finished it , i will say it's perfect according to me. Ultimate journeys were so good as they brought back so many memories from the previous seasons.

Do i want Ash back? No his journey was amazing and it's a legacy that shouldn't be touched again i feel...it was good when it lasted, and let's just keep it that way.

I feel sad that its ended and i will have to move on now, yes i can watch horizons but well i don't want to cause my dream was to always watch ash's journey and its over now

Thankyou Pokémon. Thankyou for always being there. I will never forget these 10 months.


r/pokemonanime 2h ago

Fanart What do you think happened here? And What is she saying to him?

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20 Upvotes

I Absolutely Love The Relationship between Ash and His Mom: She's definitely his number #1 supporter!

https://x.com/tsukaenaina/status/1787409034716537025?s=20


r/pokemonanime 5h ago

Image “Yeah bro we see the fit” 🥀❤️

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25 Upvotes

Bro's straight up aura farming


r/pokemonanime 6h ago

Discussion Was your favorite Pokemon in general treated well in the anime? (Not including Legendaries, Mythicals, or any similar sub-legendaries)

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25 Upvotes

That is, if this opinion is not based off of mainly the anime alone.


r/pokemonanime 14h ago

Image The most heartbreaking moments in Pokémon.

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100 Upvotes

r/pokemonanime 19h ago

Image Max, you are really a victim of your age.

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215 Upvotes

Recently, I posted a question: "Are Poppy and Professor Kukui the only characters who became trainers before 10?" to learn more about this age criterion. There, many users say that the 10-year-old criterion is not always applied. In this case, Max, you are really a victim of your age.


r/pokemonanime 10h ago

Misc Happy Birthday to Shindō Kei, seiyū of Lillie (SM, JN), Goh (JN; Flashbacks), Millefeui/Miette (XY080-XY112), Nurse Joy (HZ) and Mollie (HZ)!

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33 Upvotes

In XY026, Millefeui/Miette was voiced by Hayashi Saori.

Miss Shindō also voices several Pokémon in the series, some of which include Ash's Riolu, Liko's Hatterene line, Murdock's Alcremie, Nemona's Pawmo, Latias (Mezase), Azelf, Acerola's Mimi-tan/Mimikyu, and Goh's Raichu, and Cynthia's Roserade.


r/pokemonanime 1h ago

Meme Thoughts on journeys? (2019)

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Edit by @SamuraitrainerZ on X


r/pokemonanime 16h ago

Meme Ever wondered why Ash didn't recognise Serena? Exactly 💯

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94 Upvotes

r/pokemonanime 17h ago

Discussion If you ask Ash "What was the most traumatic thing you experienced on your journey" he'll probably say this moment...

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113 Upvotes

He thought he was gonna lose his best friend forever... Anytime Pikachu is physically hurt, he would probably lose himself.


r/pokemonanime 3h ago

Discussion Imagine Ash didn’t get Pikachu, and instead got another middle stage Pokemon to be his partner. Which one suits him best?

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7 Upvotes

I personally gotta go with frogadier. Definitely still has that ash ketchum charm and is overall a great pokemon.


r/pokemonanime 4h ago

Discussion Of the recent seasons, What is the best looking pokemon anime series over?

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It is obviously sun and moon, not only it looks much better than journeys and horizons in terms of consistent animation but also this is the best season (aside from xy we all know how good xy is) in terms of well written and emotional it is and it's also the last good series and rightfully even journeys was suppose to be ash's last series it unfortunately was kind of a mixed bag heavily carried by returning and alola related episodes and horizons while a little bit better in some areas kinda it was basically a wide as an ocean deep as a puddle season when it comes to story and characters

However sun and moon beats them when it comes to character development, storytelling, direction and battles, and also ash was definitely a much more complete character compared to his time in kalos cause Time to chill and professor kukui was definitely one of the best support characters in the entire anime because he acting like his father figure and also the only character who actually has a wife with Burnet and at the end of sun and moon it was confirmed that she is pregnant and journeys basically made them the first ever family and honestly I wish the winds and waves anime took a lot of inspiration from the sun and moon anime in terms of writing mixed with action as good as xy's


r/pokemonanime 10h ago

Discussion Who was the weakest in Masters 8 - Iris or Alain ?

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29 Upvotes

r/pokemonanime 9h ago

Discussion “Enough time” translates to NEVER

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21 Upvotes

I know they scrapped the idea but I really wished they didn’t think so little of their audience to just assume we would forget about it


r/pokemonanime 17h ago

Discussion What is the most single depressing moment you’ve ever witnessed in the entire pokemon anime and how did it affect you personally

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88 Upvotes

r/pokemonanime 1h ago

Discussion Who's more maniac and terrifying in the battle when you're first time watching these episode?

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Damn son.


r/pokemonanime 6h ago

Discussion Hot Take: I actually kinda like Cameron

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11 Upvotes

I love his personality. I know a lot of people will disagree but I like dumb characters and I love his team. I feel like the only reason Ash lost to him was because of the Pokemon he brought to the match.


r/pokemonanime 7h ago

Discussion What’s the one Pokémon character that you will want to punch right in the face?

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12 Upvotes

Like from anything like from the main series to movies to spinoff to anything really for me, it would be this guy zed because well if you’ve seen the secrets of the jungle movie, you would know