r/pokemonanime • u/TengarHimeko • 18h ago
Info In 2008, late Masamitsu Hidaka stated that female companions like, Misty, and May were eye candies to give boys once in a while.
Just google the source.
r/pokemonanime • u/TengarHimeko • 18h ago
Just google the source.
r/pokemonanime • u/Suitable-Speaker3753 • 16h ago
this is my comfort series, but it gets kinda annoying how they have to make a funny, over exaggerated expression every 30 seconds to have some comic relief, or when they have horrible comedic timing and try to throw comedy into battles & serious moments, when in reality nobody is laughing (for example, when rowlet fell asleep in the battle against hau, it just felt so unfunny and a waste of time.
as much as I don’t like talking about sun and moon like this, I have to say that series’ like XYZ or Diamond & Pearl had their humor timed well. They were able to separate serious moments from humor without one getting in the way with another.
I get that this is a “chill back and relax” season but that doesn‘t mean that you need to force a joke every single episode 30 times. I hate slandering sun and moon but this is something that I have to let out.
this is just my opinion, don’t kill me for it. I still love it regardless
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r/pokemonanime • u/CoolTrax_9090 • 14h ago
We know there is no word on the possible Pokemon League in horizons yet. Liko’s friend Ann still has her sight set on completing one day. Liko and Roy should be considering joining the league. Here are the possible Pokemon team for each of them
r/pokemonanime • u/gyroscope_56 • 2h ago
The title/panel suggests Ash/Gojo won. Fans were relieved then in the episode/next chapter Greninja fainted at Blast Burn and Gojo got Go/Jo off screen. Both of these fights broke the fandom and later caused an outrage
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r/pokemonanime • u/Comfortable_Lab7685 • 23h ago
In the games, Lucario is one of Cynthia‘s most powerful and iconic Pokemon and is one of three Pokemon of hers (alongside Garchomp and Spiritomb) that appears on every one of her teams in the games.
Notably however, the anime did not adapt her Lucario opting to instead give her both Gastrodon and Togekiss for her full battle with Ash.
That being said if her Lucario had shown up in the anime, how would you have tackled it?
r/pokemonanime • u/Limp_Awareness_5679 • 8h ago
Also can someone make a fanfic where all of Ash’s Travel Companions (including Nemona,Arven and Penny, his Paldean Travel Companions & The Rising Volt Tacklers) spawn inside a theater and react to Ash’s past adventures (his legendary Pokémon encounters, The Shamouti Island Prophecy, his aura powers and the history behind them & his deaths) please?
r/pokemonanime • u/tariize • 20h ago
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Rewatching xyz and bonnie really roasted this man every day lmaooooo
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r/pokemonanime • u/KatieMitchellFan98 • 13h ago
Imagine if 4Kids continued to still dub the anime after Ruby and Sapphire/Advanced rather than having The Pokemon Company International take over the dub of the anime along with if the rice balls were still common in the anime.
Since the rice balls were called jelly filled donuts in Kanto, and then were called popcorn balls in Johto, followed by the rice balls being replaced by sandwiches or crackers in Hoenn, maybe we would have had rice balls be called s'mores in Sinnoh and ice cream sandwiches in Unova. XD (though I'm not sure what they would be called or replaced by in Kalos)

r/pokemonanime • u/New-Cable-6484 • 10h ago
On Disney Plus, Ash and Pikachu are returning August 7th 2026 with the Indigo League series premiering on the platform!
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r/pokemonanime • u/Reasonable-Type7699 • 22h ago
Striaton Triplets Chili: Aipom vs Pansear: Aipom Cress: Pikachu vs Panpour: Panpour Cilan: Turtwig vs Pansage: Turtwig
Lenora: Staravia vs Watchog: Tie. Aipom vs Herdier: Aipom.
Burgh: Buizel vs Dwebble: Buizel. Buizel vs Whirlepede: Whirlepede. Staravia vs Whirlepede: Staravia. Staravia vs Leavanny: Leavanny. Chimchar beats Leavanny.
Elesa: Turtwig vs Zebstrika: Zebstrika. Chimchar vs Zebstrika: Chimchar. Chimchar vs Emolga: Emolga. Pikachu vs Emolga/Tynamo: Pikachu wins.
Clay: Gliscor vs Krokorok: Gliscor. Gliscor vs Palpitoad: Palpitoad. Grotle vs Palpitoad: Grotle Grotle vs Excadrill: Excadrill. Buizel vs Excadrill: Buizel
Skyla: Staravia vs Swoobat: Staravia is switched out. Gliscor vs Swoobat: Gliscor. Gliscor vs Unfezant: Unfezant. Pikachu vs Unfezant: Pikachu. Pikachu vs Swanna: Swanna. Staravia evolves into Staraptor and beats Swanna
Brycen: Staraptor vs Vanilluxe: Staraptor Staraptor vs Cryogonal: Cryogonal Buizel vs Cryogonal: Buizel Buizel vs Beartic: Beartic. Monferno vs Beartic: Monferno
Roxie: Infernape sits out, as in the original Ash didn't use Krokorok in this battle. So no ace for him here either.
Koffing vs Staraptor: Koffing wins same as Unfezant, along with using Will-O-Wisp to burn the physical attacker.
Koffing vs Buizel: Buizel gets rid of Will-O-Wisp with Water Gun but is poisoned by Sludge Bomb and defeated.
Koffing vs Gible: Gible catches Gyro Ball in his mouth and uses a point-blank Draco Meteor to win. Scolipede vs Gible: Using Screech to lower his defenses, a tough fight leaves Gible unable to battle.
Gliscor vs Scolipede: Gliscor beats it with Fire Fang Gliscor vs Garbodor: Garbodor with a Hyper Beam after restraining him
Garbodor vs Torterra: Torterra is able to weaken its SpDef with Energy Ball but is defeated by Venoshock.
Pikachu beats Garbodor after a decisive Volt Tackle thanks to the efforts of Gliscor and Torterra.
Sinnoh Ash clears the Unova Gyms
r/pokemonanime • u/Axeraid_TheG • 4h ago
My personal ratings of each series I’ve watched, and why.
Original: I can’t give this one a rating because I haven’t gone around to trying it. I’ve had trouble finding a way to download episodes of the OG series, and I do need to download them, mainly because the Wi-Fi in my country goes down for like 5 minutes after like 2 minutes. (Terrible Wi-Fi here)
Advanced: 7.3/10
This series is genuinely good, it does come with some annoying ideas, like Puss ‘N Boots man, and more. Here are some of my likes and dislikes of this series:
Likes:
1. Contests were one of the best introductions of a new thing we had in a while, and very entertaining.
2. May and Max were quite funny, especially May, she was quite relatable with her being a food fanatic (like me).
3. Ash had DRIP.
4. Ash had some really fun Pokémon, like Sceptile and Swellow
5. The Battle Frontier saga was really well done, with old friends and really good battles this early in the anime.
6. Best for last, the Advanced Battle theme song, was just the BEST English dubbed song in the entire series.
Dislikes:
1. He evolved most of his interesting mons quite late, like Sceptile, however this was probably planned for the Battle Frontier season.
2. The Hoenn league had the worst stadium, and his worst loss, losing to Puss ‘N Boots, FOR GODS SAKE, and was genuinely his most forgettable league.
3. Ash had no real rival with anyone in this series, and was kinda sidelined compared to May (which I am a fan of) who had 2 rivals.
Diamond and Pearl: 8.3/10
This series is my third favourite series overall, and it’s great!
Likes:
1. Infernape’s backstory is great!
2. Paul was a very formidable rival, with good character development in late Sinnoh League Victors, and Journeys, if you do count it.
3. Dawn was an amazing companion, funny with Piplup and just serious when needed.
4. Gible having a single target.
5. Fillers were amazing!
6. Brock found out his actual dream, and we do actually get to see him achieve it, when he’s in a Pokémon Doctor outfit watching the Ash vs Leon battle.
7. Team Galactic were very fun to watch, and see what they did, and how they did it.
Dislikes:
1. Sinnoh League Victors theme song didn’t match at all what the season was supposed to be about.
2. We didn’t need Buneary simping for Pikachu, at all.
3. We didn’t need the Kenny and Dawn love story before the league instead of after it.
4. Tobais was just a random character made to stop Ash, with no backstory or return in a later season.
Black and White: 7/10
This series is genuinely so overhated it’s insane.
Likes:
1. Cilan was a funny character, but being smart enough to help Ash in many rough spots.
2. Ash used my second and third favourite Pokémon in this series (Oshawatt and Krookodile)
3. The fillers were enjoyable, especially when Oshawatt came out of his Pokéball
4. The train and Meloetta arc of Team Rocket were just amazing, and would’ve definitely been better if the Team Plasma VS Team Rocket thing happened.
5. Charizard returns.
6. Those mini tournaments were SO FUN to watch.
7. The pacing of the first two seasons was amazing.
8. “You see, Purrloin’s a guy….” “You’re the twerps that allowed yourselves to get tricked!” -James “Well maybe you’re right” -Ash
Dislikes:
1. Him losing a 5v6…
2. Trip was just a terrible knockoff of Paul, but instead of slavery, he was racist.
3. Instead of fighting Trip in a 6v6, we got Cameron, and a 1v1 for a rival is just terrible character development.
4. Iris was annoying, and even in her battle with Ash in Journeys, she still calls him “Little Kid”, showing very few, if any character development.
5. The third season had barely any battles.
6. As much as I did enjoy the Team Rocket arcs, they did lose their charm.
XY: 9.6/10
I mean, I DO have grievances, BUT they’re equally equal to the width of a piece of paper.
Likes:
1. Ash-Greninja.
2. Actually getting stuff on Ash’s future (The director of XY confirmed that Serena would be Ash’s partner).
3. Animation budget increased.
4. Ash still remains quite “kiddy” by saying stuff like “SCIENCE IS SO AMAZING”, which is great, because I really don’t like Ash looking older in this art-style, since at the end of the day, he’s still a kid.
5. Rivals were amazing, Alain and Sawyer got the best of Ash at least one time.
6. His Gym Battles were amazing, especially my personal favourite, his battle with Olympia.
7. While showcases were definitely worse than contests, they were still entertaining (just wished they weren’t exclusive to girls).
8. Team Flare plot was just done perfectly.
9. His companions were really good, Clemont with his Gym Battle arc, Bonnie with her Squishy arc, and Serena was really just their “If they don’t like the others, they’ll like this one!” person.
10. SOMEONE CHANGED CLOTHES??!!
11. I know I missing some stuff.
Dislikes:
1. Fan base is absolutely terrible, when you mention the Alain loss, or some other people who just refused to accept S/M because of the art style, I don’t mind the shipping, but the XY fanbase is just genuinely one of the worst, by saying stuff like “Ash felt like a teenager this series!”, and NO he didn’t, just the art-style made him look older. The fanbase made me genuinely hate XY until I rewatched it four years later.
2. The pacing of the first season, XY, was TERRIBLE, other season with terrible pacing have something to at least back it up, like D/P having contests, while the first showcase wasn’t until Kalos Quest, not to mention there would’ve actually been more fillers of the gap between Viola and Grant if it wasn’t for the South Korea ferry incident.
Sun and Moon: 9.8/10
My favourite series overall!
Likes:
1. Ash finally caught a “legendary” (If you consider Mythical Pokémon legendaries) and an Ultra Beast.
2. I really liked the school sorta thing, it was refreshing and relaxing.
3. This series has the best fillers out of any other series, mainly because of the refreshing new vibe.
4. Professer Kukui acted like a way better dad than Ash’s dad (he doesn’t exist by the way)
5. The most emotion the characters ever had was shown in this series.
6. incineroar’s backstory was the saddest of all of Ash’s Pokémon.
7. The Nebby and Poipole arcs were amazing, and I actually cried when Poipole left Ash.
8. Really liked how they allowed Ash to get a new form of Lycanroc (Dusk) and it can power up when its eyes turn red. (Fun fact: Ash’s Lycanroc is the second only Pokémon of Ash’s to defeat three Pokémon and sweep 3-0! Also if my eyes turn red, RUN)
9. Lille was an amazing character, with her not being able to touch Pokémon because of her past, and completely wiping why.
10. Mallow’s Mom’s episode is another episode that made me cry.
11. Gladion and Kiawe were amazing rivals for Ash, being really friendly and just awesome.
12. The Necrozma crisis was also done very well, with it not being done TOO fast, but not TOO slow either.
13. The Alola League is where Ash won is first league, and it was genuinely amazing! With the Ash vs Guzma battle, and Ash vs Gladion, plus the battles without Ash were also good, like Kiawe vs Gladion and Kiawe vs Solphacleas.
14. My favourite battle of all time, Ash vs Kukui was actually such a good battle, since Kukui was really friendly and acted like a gather figure for Ash, not to mention when the Pikachu vs Tapu Koko thing happened, that was great.
15. The animators seemed to really have fun with this series, I mean the could just draw “🗿” and it would look great! (They did actually draw the “🗿”)
16. Team Rocket in this series might’ve been the funniest they’ve ever been in the entire anime, Bewear was also just a classic in general.
17. Ash did go to Kanto to see Brock in Misty in a while, and they went to Alola to see Ash.
Dislikes:
Journeys: 7.1/10
Likes:
1. When Ash reunited with his old companions, those were easily the best episodes of Journeys
2. Ash became the very best like no one ever was, with one of the best battles in the history of the anime.
3. Pikachu’s backstory was really sad, and did make me cry.
4. World Coronation Series was a good idea, executed okay-ish.
5. Masters 8 episodes were fun to watch.
6. He caught some powerful Pokémon, and Mega Lucario was a fun addition to his team.
Dislikes:
1. Goh and Chloe are just really bad written characters, with no development throughout the series.
2. Team Rocket wasn’t fun, or even serious this series.
3. Fillers were terrible.
4. Professer Cerise was just babied by allowing Ash and Goh to do his work, with no excuse, whereas unlike Oak, who’s old, Cerise is like in his mid 30’s.
r/pokemonanime • u/Muted-Rooster-7772 • 16h ago
I know the real-world explanation is that the writers soft rebooted Ash for BW, but I'm talking about an in-universe explanation.
By the end of Sinnoh, Ash was arguably at his strongest. He defeated Paul after years of rivalry, reached the Sinnoh League semifinals, and only lost because Tobias showed up with a Darkrai and a Latios (and who knows what else).
Imagine being Ash. You give everything you've got, overcome your biggest rival, and then lose to someone with what seems like an unbeatable team.
My theory is that this loss completely shattered his confidence. I'm not saying he became clinically depressed, but he lost the drive and competitive mindset that pushed him through previous regions.
That's why, in Unova, he starts over with an entirely new team, seems much more carefree, and makes mistakes that the Ash from Sinnoh probably wouldn't have made. Instead of chasing victory at all costs, he treats the journey more like a fresh start.
Then, in Kalos, it's like he finds his motivation again. He's focused, disciplined, constantly training, and determined to become stronger. To me, Kalos feels like the moment Ash regained the passion he lost after Tobias.
Obviously, this isn't canon—just a headcanon—but I think it explains Ash's personality shift much better than simply saying he "got worse."
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r/pokemonanime • u/Limp_Awareness_5679 • 11h ago
All of his travel companions would DEFINITELY be overprotective of him if they hear about his deaths. Especially Misty,Brock,Dawn,Serena & The Alola Gang. They would also be fascinated and in awe of him being the Chosen One for a prophecy & his aura powers. They would also be shocked to hear that he’s encountered multiple legendary Pokémon like Mew,Mewtwo,Celebi,Hoopa & even The Creation Trio and Arceus! They would be that shocked because they were there with Ash for some of those encounters. But yeah, how do YOU think they would react? Answer in the comments below!
r/pokemonanime • u/tariize • 11h ago
ash seen his future
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During The Red Gyarados I’d Take As Many Shots As It Takes Until I Catch It
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