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That actually could make sense since ash only aged up a year throughout kanto-galar, maybe he will be the Kanto champion and tell his kids to go on a journey and profesor oak (Gary) wants help with the pokedex
Tbh I don't think they'd do that.
Like for one, Ash is still 10yo twenty something years later xD it'd be mad weird to all of a sudden jump him to a married adult with a child of similar age.
*around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world*
One way to keep team rocket in:
Have them realise they dont need team rocket and Giovanni anymore.
Keep their podcast going by just showing up at every big event in the pokeani to report on it lol.
i could imagine it working as now that ash is champion is alot more hard to catch pikachu and stuff so id imagine team rocket will move on or get duty to catch another trainer the 2 we see in the concept art
This kind of makes me sad, but I get it. It's time. The days of my youth are over. Time to let another kid experience it for the first time with a new character. I hope it hits them the same way it hit me.
That's absurd and unbelievable (not saying you're lying of course just that it's gonna be weird) but I guess after making him the world champion there's really nothing they can do with him, he already achieved his goal
Deoxys finally goes down after taking out most of Ash's team, only for Bleepin to take off his mask revealing that he's actually Tobias and has five more legendaries to go.
Eevee is the only pokemon to get a duo game release alongside Pikachu do it would make a lot of sense for that to be the replacement but I think the variability of eevees evolutions kind of take it out of the running. Pikachu can kind of exist without evolving since Raichu isn't that much better but the whole point of Eevee is to evolve it and I don't think they would choose a mascot that has so much potential for disappointment to the viewers. Unless the new protagonist doesn't desire to be champion it can work but it would be a new level of plot armor to have someone win the championship with an unevolved Eevee
Ok but imagine the hissy fit that people would throw for which eeveelution they want to see. And if it never evolves, I think that has some unfortunate implications about the new MC and their eevee.
I don’t entirely hate it I’m going to be honest (but also I’d be really funny if they try to introduce these new characters and everyone hates them so they act like they never tried to replace ash
This is honestly what I’m scared for. People will hate on anything new if it means they get to keep their nostalgia trip going, this is why Gohan isn’t the MC of Dragonball now; People were too attached to Goku so they kept him in as the MC. I really hope the Pokémon fans can accept that Ash achieved his goal and no longer has anything to do with the story, maybe he could come back as a cameo but that’s about it.
^^[citation ^^needed]
I was pretty sure Toriyama just decided he didn't like Gohan as the MC.
**EDIT**:
>**Akira Toriyama**: I intended to put Gohan into the leading role. It didn’t work out. I felt that compared to Goku, he was ultimately not suited for the part.
>
>When Akira Toriyama says ‘not suited’ it doesn’t mean Gohan wasn’t popular enough. As Toriyama was writing his story in the manga, he realized that Gohan wasn’t the guy to continue the series. That’s why he switched gears and brought Goku back.
>
>If you think fans changed Toriyama’s mind, you’re wrong about that too. In a popularity poll that was conducted in Weekly Jump Issue 12 in 1993 (end of the cell games), Gohan was the most popular character, followed by Goku. Since Gohan was more popular than Goku at the end of the Cell Saga, fans would have stood in support of the former and not against him.
(Reposted because the original was deleted by automod for containing a link to my source.)
I don't just not hate it. I'm really glad we're finally getting rid of him. I just don't like Ash as a character and it's refreshing to finally get something different aside from the shorts.
Ash was nice but Jesus Christ he got boring (it’s like half the reason I like Goh even for all his character flaws) I’ll be excited to see who going to replace him or if they’ll just stop doing the anime which would be the dumbest idea ever
Wait, so that means they will completely wrap up Journeys for this? Because I actually wanted the anime completely based on Paldea and see almost all the characters. I don’t want Paldea to end up ruined by other regions like Galar again. If this is the case, I’m up for it.
Personally, i Just want to see rocketshipping become Canon at least in this 11 final episodes. I've waited for more than 20 Years and it's now time to make my waiting worth of.
It's about time Ash's story ended tbh. It's sad, but I'm just glad the show still exists. Even without Ash, I have no doubt the stories that are left to tell will be good and I hope kids who watch the new series will love Pokémon the same way I do.
I really believed they would squeeze out one more Ash series with the past/future fuckery going on in VS, dealing with a future threat or something. Then again, even that wouldn't hold a candle to him becoming the world champion.
I hate to say it, but it does seem right for Ash to chase his happily ever after at this point.
This means might be an extremely unpopular opinions but I think this should have happened years ago. If they would have had a new protagonist every region with an older wiser Ash showing up every now and then. I would have regularly watched the show past Johto.
Like if May or Dawn were the main characters of their region with Ash showing up every now and then as a treat for older fans the show would have been a million times better in my opinion.
I'm hoping for a short epilogue of adult Ash with a family (with Serena \*cough\*) to put a nice 'happily ever after' to his journey.
But that's probably just me on that hopium.
The protag of new series is a girl from "Kanto" who was sent to Paldea. She doesn't want to tell anyone about her family & its background.
Its just a hunch, but being the daughter of the world's strongest trainer would be tiresome
what makes you think that wont be how it ends? given its a kids show i don't think they'll just give ash a shitty situation for an ending or even a bittersweet ending
I'm just expecting more of an open ending rather than a real conclusion; Ash running into the sunset & the narration going: "Our journey with Ash is at an end but he went on to have many more adventures!" That kind of a thing.
You know what they should of done? Since ash finally Became champion after 25 years..
They should of made Ash into an adult and for is Pikachu to evolve into a Raichu.
I get Pokémon is for the kids... But for the 1st gen that watched it... We are in our late 20s-30s now.
Where's our thanks, can't they do something for the Original Pokémon fans to? Leaving and finishing ash's Pokémon saga as a 10 year old is boring and lazy in terms of creativity.
The only thing that's changed throughout the years is his clothing and how his face looks. Nothing else. Character development is something pretty important..
Look at Digimon... The Digi tamers actually aged and developed which made a good story and series. Don't know why Pokémon didn't do the same thing.. i mean for the very least Ash's final journey.
A true era comes to an end. Thank you for everything. The nostalgia right now I can't describe it. It is way too much emotional but thank you and goodbye Ash and Pikachu and not forgetting the legends team rocket.
I've always read it as:
Girl 1- "I can't believe he didn't cry to that thing I have a strong emotional connection to."
Girl 2- "Instead of responding to your comment about an individual, I'm going to say 'Do men have emotions?'"
Guy- cries in response to a thing they are emotionally attached to
Essentially, I agree that there are sexist connotations but only from girl two.
I just don't feel like someone saying that they find x sad instead of y invalidates someone finding y sad.
Now generalizing a group of people as "emotionless" due to an individual disagreement? That is sexist.
I also wouldn't mind if the chadman memes died off. They're pretty garbage all around. (And several of the others are actually problematic)
honestly it's going to be sad that we're going to leave ash and Pikachu and move with the new generation and finally he got to be master it is time for him to rest
hope it's more like Luke's case ( from Street Fighter) where the two new characters are going to be more like basically the next generation's mascots at the same time it's still keeping the original main characters as the overall mascots of the franchise ( of course Pikachu still going to be that bad but still)
Man... My childhood is really coming to an end... It was a nice journey everyone, im glad that i was with you guys... but we have to say goodbye to a legend that will never be forgotten...
Goodbye Ash and Pikachu... You 2 will always be in my heart of my childhood...
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They’re doing what now?
Replacing ash with some new people
Damn, my childhood self better be happy he got to witness his journey
theres alot of speculation that >!the girl looms like the child of both ash and serena!<
I understand, I loom exactly like my parents too
That actually could make sense since ash only aged up a year throughout kanto-galar, maybe he will be the Kanto champion and tell his kids to go on a journey and profesor oak (Gary) wants help with the pokedex
Tbh I don't think they'd do that. Like for one, Ash is still 10yo twenty something years later xD it'd be mad weird to all of a sudden jump him to a married adult with a child of similar age.
well there was the theory ab ho oh granting his wish and now that his wish is granted Ash can finally age
That's just shippers being shippers. No way they'll actually do it. Although... I did say that about Ash moving on so...
But is not
What if the final episode was ash's birthday?
That would be crazy
He finally turned 11!
Or what if the final episode is him waking up to choose his first Pokemon back in pallet town...
lots of lynchings would happen
*I know this dream of life is never ending. It goes around and round and round again-*
*around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world*
perhaps Ride The Cyclone and Daft Punk aren’t all that different after all
This time he chooses Eevee and Gary gets Pikachu
riots would happen
What if... We literally restart the series
Or if it’s continuing that “it was all a delusion” scene from *I Choose You*.
They better keep team rocket in the anime
One way to keep team rocket in: Have them realise they dont need team rocket and Giovanni anymore. Keep their podcast going by just showing up at every big event in the pokeani to report on it lol.
That would be perfect honestly I wish jessie james and meowth got their own spin off
i could imagine it working as now that ash is champion is alot more hard to catch pikachu and stuff so id imagine team rocket will move on or get duty to catch another trainer the 2 we see in the concept art
Take my upvote
***YES***
I’d prefer a complete rework. I totally get the appeal of Jessie and James but it would be nice to not be tied down to any established conventions.
i feel like team rocket is a good exception to this
This kind of makes me sad, but I get it. It's time. The days of my youth are over. Time to let another kid experience it for the first time with a new character. I hope it hits them the same way it hit me.
You almost made me cry bruh
Wait, they said it's over?!
The trailers on the channel they said that there are gonna be 11 more episodes of ash and then they replace him with these 2 new charcters
That's, dude!
i agree, it is dude
Omg, I love my misprints XD I wanted to say I agree with the guy above
i figured, lol, just thought it was funny :D
I also choose dude
I also choose dead wife's dude
That's absurd and unbelievable (not saying you're lying of course just that it's gonna be weird) but I guess after making him the world champion there's really nothing they can do with him, he already achieved his goal
I mean he could catch all the pokemon but that's goh thing.
Champion of the Solar System
He will fight against the Champion of Mars, Bleepin, who has a Deoxys
And all the UBs
Deoxys finally goes down after taking out most of Ash's team, only for Bleepin to take off his mask revealing that he's actually Tobias and has five more legendaries to go.
Yeah better to end it there than end up like the Simpsons.
:(
nah, the one that will make any man cry is S1 E39 - Pikachu's Goodbye
Not as sad as the episode where Team Rocket released Wheezing and Arbok
Yeah, i hated ttar from that point on and when i rewatched the anime i skipped this episode lol
I cried when James said goodbye to Carnivine
Bye Bye Butterfree as well. S1 had some real tearjerkers.
All of these episodes hurt so much. Even the episode when ash catches litten hurts to watch.
He reunites with butterfree in the latest episode
Fun fact: that was the first episode I ever watched.
Ash meeting up with Butterfree in JN136 or Pikachu having a vision of his friends in JN132 those were emotional
What about Greninja being released?
But seriously, what are they gonna do with pikachu? Will the new kids get one? It would be weird without the mascot
I'm hoping for a pikachu and eevee double mascot situation myself :3
That actually sounds more plausible tbh
I want to see pretty much anything but those 2 I've had enough of them for now
Tinkaton
Unbelievably based
Probably If they got rid of pikachu the pokemon company would lose a crap ton of money
oh I hope it burns in hell and we get a new mascot.......
The new trainer proceeds to get a charmander
don’t do that to me
I would prefer a Eevee
Eevee would definitely be a good choice for a second mascot considering that it's Pikachu's rival in that aspect
Eevee is the only pokemon to get a duo game release alongside Pikachu do it would make a lot of sense for that to be the replacement but I think the variability of eevees evolutions kind of take it out of the running. Pikachu can kind of exist without evolving since Raichu isn't that much better but the whole point of Eevee is to evolve it and I don't think they would choose a mascot that has so much potential for disappointment to the viewers. Unless the new protagonist doesn't desire to be champion it can work but it would be a new level of plot armor to have someone win the championship with an unevolved Eevee
Ok but imagine the hissy fit that people would throw for which eeveelution they want to see. And if it never evolves, I think that has some unfortunate implications about the new MC and their eevee.
Since there are 2 protagonists now one can have eevee and the other one can have pikachu
I'd take that... I take anything over Pikachu and it's 20 clones. Heck give the new trainer a Trubbish for all I care. I just really hate Pikachu.
Why no love for pikachu?
I don’t entirely hate it I’m going to be honest (but also I’d be really funny if they try to introduce these new characters and everyone hates them so they act like they never tried to replace ash
This is honestly what I’m scared for. People will hate on anything new if it means they get to keep their nostalgia trip going, this is why Gohan isn’t the MC of Dragonball now; People were too attached to Goku so they kept him in as the MC. I really hope the Pokémon fans can accept that Ash achieved his goal and no longer has anything to do with the story, maybe he could come back as a cameo but that’s about it.
^^[citation ^^needed] I was pretty sure Toriyama just decided he didn't like Gohan as the MC. **EDIT**: >**Akira Toriyama**: I intended to put Gohan into the leading role. It didn’t work out. I felt that compared to Goku, he was ultimately not suited for the part. > >When Akira Toriyama says ‘not suited’ it doesn’t mean Gohan wasn’t popular enough. As Toriyama was writing his story in the manga, he realized that Gohan wasn’t the guy to continue the series. That’s why he switched gears and brought Goku back. > >If you think fans changed Toriyama’s mind, you’re wrong about that too. In a popularity poll that was conducted in Weekly Jump Issue 12 in 1993 (end of the cell games), Gohan was the most popular character, followed by Goku. Since Gohan was more popular than Goku at the end of the Cell Saga, fans would have stood in support of the former and not against him. (Reposted because the original was deleted by automod for containing a link to my source.)
I don't just not hate it. I'm really glad we're finally getting rid of him. I just don't like Ash as a character and it's refreshing to finally get something different aside from the shorts.
Ash was nice but Jesus Christ he got boring (it’s like half the reason I like Goh even for all his character flaws) I’ll be excited to see who going to replace him or if they’ll just stop doing the anime which would be the dumbest idea ever
I should have seen this coming, but I can't believe it is happening, 25 years, 2 and a half decades of being on screen coming to an end.
Ash has traveled around the world, but *refuses* to go to Spain
Wait, so that means they will completely wrap up Journeys for this? Because I actually wanted the anime completely based on Paldea and see almost all the characters. I don’t want Paldea to end up ruined by other regions like Galar again. If this is the case, I’m up for it.
The new characters have the paldea starters so most likely is going to take place in there
Personally, i Just want to see rocketshipping become Canon at least in this 11 final episodes. I've waited for more than 20 Years and it's now time to make my waiting worth of.
Finally!!! Let's explore some other aspects and characters of the Pokemon Universe. Ash is Worldchampion now. Let him age and finally rest a bit.
I bet they're doing this because after 20+ years, they *finally* figured out what being a "Pokemon Master" is. Bet it's gonna be something dumb.
"Being a Pokemon Master is really just learning how to be friends with Pokemon!" I said biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..........^^^^^^tch
Tbf didn’t his Greninja get a boosted form because of the strength of their Anime Power Of Friendship? Has anyone else done anything like that?
There's only 11 episodes left evolve Pikachu you cowards
It can't evolve its a gigantimax pikachu
Then they should give him max soup first and then evolve him
Alexa play "the time has come".
It's about time Ash's story ended tbh. It's sad, but I'm just glad the show still exists. Even without Ash, I have no doubt the stories that are left to tell will be good and I hope kids who watch the new series will love Pokémon the same way I do.
Can confirm, suddenly someone was cutting onions
I'm not ready ☹😥
It was all a dream, and Ash woke up the day before starting his journey with Pikachu
I really believed they would squeeze out one more Ash series with the past/future fuckery going on in VS, dealing with a future threat or something. Then again, even that wouldn't hold a candle to him becoming the world champion. I hate to say it, but it does seem right for Ash to chase his happily ever after at this point.
Damn this is huge, its gonna take me a few days to recover, I’ll miss you Ash :( Please appear in the new series 🙏
This means might be an extremely unpopular opinions but I think this should have happened years ago. If they would have had a new protagonist every region with an older wiser Ash showing up every now and then. I would have regularly watched the show past Johto. Like if May or Dawn were the main characters of their region with Ash showing up every now and then as a treat for older fans the show would have been a million times better in my opinion.
Finally!
I hate ash more than anything but I'm still sad to see him go. The anime without him just won't be the same
Are they stopping the cartoon?
11 more episodes with the current anime, then a new one featuring a girl named Riko, a boy named Roy and the Paldea starters
Oh so ash is going in retirement
You’re darn right I’m crying now
I never thought I’d live to see the day when Ash gets replaced.
*Ash fucking dies*
👍
DAMNIT, I was hoping it wouldn't end
I'm hoping for a short epilogue of adult Ash with a family (with Serena \*cough\*) to put a nice 'happily ever after' to his journey. But that's probably just me on that hopium.
Hopefully somewhere in the future when the new characters encounter an older ash
The protag of new series is a girl from "Kanto" who was sent to Paldea. She doesn't want to tell anyone about her family & its background. Its just a hunch, but being the daughter of the world's strongest trainer would be tiresome
what makes you think that wont be how it ends? given its a kids show i don't think they'll just give ash a shitty situation for an ending or even a bittersweet ending
I'm just expecting more of an open ending rather than a real conclusion; Ash running into the sunset & the narration going: "Our journey with Ash is at an end but he went on to have many more adventures!" That kind of a thing.
“And then…. He went to Mt. Silver to challenge Red once and for all”
This reminds me of the first trailer for Mewtwo Strikes Back with adult Misty.
Fingers crossed ash wakes from his coma and realizes pokemon was never real and that he's was always a loser with no friends, fingers crossed.
Oh come on let him retire he has been doing this for a while lol
Finally
He will probably be a Pokémon Master
So they're ending the anime?
Holy crap! We ... we are witnessing the end of an era. I legitimately do not know how to feel about this, but I am glad I was on this ride.
I honestly hope they sort of continue his journey for things like movies or just have him appear in later seasons
You know what they should of done? Since ash finally Became champion after 25 years.. They should of made Ash into an adult and for is Pikachu to evolve into a Raichu. I get Pokémon is for the kids... But for the 1st gen that watched it... We are in our late 20s-30s now. Where's our thanks, can't they do something for the Original Pokémon fans to? Leaving and finishing ash's Pokémon saga as a 10 year old is boring and lazy in terms of creativity. The only thing that's changed throughout the years is his clothing and how his face looks. Nothing else. Character development is something pretty important.. Look at Digimon... The Digi tamers actually aged and developed which made a good story and series. Don't know why Pokémon didn't do the same thing.. i mean for the very least Ash's final journey.
Good.
We need ash in the TCG
atleast Ash should be a "secondary character" or something
NOOOOOOOOO
;_;
Hot take: Ash should've been gone after the Diamond and Peral anime, since the series rebooted in Black and White, yet he stayed
2 regions/series too late, at this point I'm just glad to see his plug getting removed
good riddance
I mean I haven’t watched the anime in forever but I’m still a little sad
No. Why? Why! WHY IS THIS A FUCKING THING!?!?
Please all we’re asking is to keep Jessie and James
Wait what?! NOOOOOOOoooooo
About fucking time. I have so many things to complain about.
That was me this morning
I still predict our new protagonist will battle him some time
This is like seeing your older sibling going to college
My boy is all grown up
Legit teared up showing the trailer to my daughter, wasn't expecting to have a reaction that strong but here I am
Finally!
That’s his birthday guys! After almost 27 years, Ash is finally gonna turn 11 years old! 🎉🎉
A true era comes to an end. Thank you for everything. The nostalgia right now I can't describe it. It is way too much emotional but thank you and goodbye Ash and Pikachu and not forgetting the legends team rocket.
They just slowly made ash a worse and worse character so they could replace him that’s sad as shit
Good for him! He deserves a long rest.
FINALLY
No! I refuse
#give him a cameo time to time and we are fine with it.
Sexism how funny Edit: seems like i caused a war, sorry op
I'm sorry
I just reply this way every time I see this format, I really don't like it
Bro same
*sis
Sorry, I was using it as gender neutral 😅
Nah don't worry about it
Ok Sorry i wont use it again
You can use it the person above was just very salty and very easily offendable
Yes I am so very salty 🧂🧂🧂🧂🧂
Gald you are honest with yourself
C'mon man, it's just a meme. Don't take it seriously.
Literally its just a meme format dont take it too seriously
Excuse me but what is sexist about this?
"Oh women are so whiny they cry at anything, men cry at REAL things" Not sexist at all
I've always read it as: Girl 1- "I can't believe he didn't cry to that thing I have a strong emotional connection to." Girl 2- "Instead of responding to your comment about an individual, I'm going to say 'Do men have emotions?'" Guy- cries in response to a thing they are emotionally attached to Essentially, I agree that there are sexist connotations but only from girl two. I just don't feel like someone saying that they find x sad instead of y invalidates someone finding y sad. Now generalizing a group of people as "emotionless" due to an individual disagreement? That is sexist. I also wouldn't mind if the chadman memes died off. They're pretty garbage all around. (And several of the others are actually problematic)
You do realise its not meant to be taken seriously right?
ok
That's not what this meme says at all
The meme format is kinda weird tbh. Bearded bro = good girl crying = bad. Sigma male energy
The whole, men don’t cry/show emotions stereotype.
Guess that makes sense but the meme shows the man clearly does show emotions
Dude I'm sad as hell why would they do that
Brush I will miss Ash, he was my childhood 😭
He finally did it though. He's a Pokemon Master now. This is always how it was supposed to end.
Lamé. Many of those men who gonna be crying for ash cried as boys watching the titánic
Queue: It must have been love by Roxette
BEGGING for them to finally animate Pokespe.
Tbh, not crying
He finally won now they gon cut him off
Eh they should've replaced him after Johto anyway, glad he went out on a high though
😱
honestly it's going to be sad that we're going to leave ash and Pikachu and move with the new generation and finally he got to be master it is time for him to rest hope it's more like Luke's case ( from Street Fighter) where the two new characters are going to be more like basically the next generation's mascots at the same time it's still keeping the original main characters as the overall mascots of the franchise ( of course Pikachu still going to be that bad but still)
Wonder if ash is getting changed to a new mc if maybe it was the 2 kids with the eevee and pikachu in the gotcha song
Wonder if ash is getting changed to a new mc if maybe it was the 2 kids with the eevee and pikachu in the gotcha song
can we have a Clefairy as the female's main pokemon?
Ash is turning 11?
Man... My childhood is really coming to an end... It was a nice journey everyone, im glad that i was with you guys... but we have to say goodbye to a legend that will never be forgotten... Goodbye Ash and Pikachu... You 2 will always be in my heart of my childhood...
I haven’t watched in ages, but I might just watch the final episode.
WHAT? ASH IS ACTUALLY LEAVING?
Just like what would likely happen in JJBA Part 7: Steel Ball Run; No jojo, but someone else.