Holy shit, they mad.
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Eureka is mad too.
Fuck off.
So this is how they are going to transition into SM?
>>142025436
>>>/vp/
Keep this autistic crap out of /a/.
>>142025530
Isn't /a/ already autistic crap incarnate?
>>142025436
Meaning what? Why would the transition be different from any other season?
The /vp/ anime autists keep trying to shill this shitty show on /a/ every time an episode airs.
If you ever actually visit that /vp/ general, you will see how many underagers post in it.
>>142025572
Yes, but /vp/ is a whole new level of autism.
>>142025704
70% of /vp/ is underage to begin with, it's not surprising that /padt/ is too.
I don't mind a Pokemon thread occasionally, especially since /padt/ is on the same level of cancer as /snk/ and /jojo/, but the person who's making a thread every week should fuck off.
>>142025784
I don't mind either, but the problem is those autists always end up raiding /a/ threads anyway.
and yes, the OP is trying to shill this show here every week, and sometimes even makes daily threads.
>>142026076
You're not wanted here. Fuck off.
>>142026076
What a bitch!what did satoshi do?
>>142026076
>throwing 3 successive snow balls
How is that even possible ?
>>142026076
Holy shit are they actually doing it?
>>142026184
Serena: Ash, you can talk to me. I understand how you feel. When I lost the Pokemon Showcase…
Ash: This is my problem! Not yours!
Serena: The Ash I know is someone who is happy, serious, hardworking, positive and won't give up till end!
Serena: That's why I...I....the current Ash is not Ash after all!
>>142026184
>>142026192
>>142026196
Why aren't you discussing this in your general?
>>>/vp/26481887
>>142026246
This fucking guy is actually triggered, holy shit.
>>142024491
>okottemasu.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgmKlB0LO8k
>>142026246
Maybe because /vp/ is fucking garbage and people are posting pictures of their literal shit? No, thanks. That place is fucking unbelievable.
>>142024491
>actually watching this
Kill yourself.
>>142026652
Stay assmad shitposter
>>142026638
>garbage
and these aren't >>142026301 >>142026296 ?
You're just /vp/ crossboarders.
>>142025704
>we actually naruto now.png
>>142026638
Stay on your fucking shit board
>>142026742
>actually being this assmad
>>142026076
God damn Serena is cute when she's angry.
>>142026311
It's that one guy that constantly shits up anime threads on both /a/ and /vp/. His posting style is incredibly recognizable.
Pokemon threads on /a/ were nice a while ago, why are you trying to ruin it?
>>142027918We still have the occasional nice one, it depends entirely on whether that one dedicated shitposter sees them or not.
>>142027788
>>142027918
>>142028011
At this point I think his excessive shitposting has convinced too many newshits that that's what you do to Pokemon threads, unfortunately.
>>142025759
yeah keep telling yourself that anon 8)
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>>142026811
Cuter when she's flustered.
>>142026076
What happened?
>>142026076
She's more honest about her feelings then misty ever was.
>>142029455
Serena got mad that Ash/Satoshi left to the forest without them telling anything and not talking about things with them.
>>142029296
I totally forgot to lurk pixiv for her fanart in his clothes.
>>142026076
>soundless webm with no subtitles
What is the fucking point of this shit?
>>142029708
Only raws are out.
>>142029708
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUs5KKYhYL0
>>142029296
>>142025759
/vp/ has nothing on /mlp/
>>142029556
Misty was a bitch.
>>142029571
>I totally forgot to lurk pixiv for her fanart in his clothes.
There's so much of it it even has its own tag
http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%82%B5%E3%83%88%E3%82%B7%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8A
>>142026777
Some of us actually want to discuss the Pokemon anime on /a/ without you /vp/ crossboarders posting as if you were on /vp/.
Does anybody have the video with row row fight the power and all the fan fic for the new game?
>>142030970
The reason it's hard to discuss Pokemon on /a/ is not because of "crossboarders from /vp/", but because threads constantly get flooded by this kind of shit by someone that clearly is trying to prevent discussion from taking place at all, usually by tossing random accusations about /vp/ out of nowhere
>>142024827
>>142024930
>>142025530
>>142025572
>>142025704
>>142025784
>>142025856
>>142026134
>>142026246It's probably you anyway, considering you made a point of blaming that board.
>>142026076
Why she so mad tough?
>>142031298
It's not me, I've been in these threads before. But the posts he linked were in fact /v/-tier cancer. And the way the guy answered with his greentext "u mad" and oh-so-hilarious smiling image is the kind of stuff you would find on /v/(or those kinds of boards)and not on/a/. He's not wrong to point them out.
>>142031447
That particular post is garbage, yeah, but those posts are absolutely not the problem with these threads. When 9 of the first 15 posts in this thread are either some variant of "go back to /vp/" or random unprovoked bitching about how autistic /vp/ supposedly is instead of actually discussing the show, it should be pretty obvious the problem isn't crossboarders from there.
>>142031679
>/a/ state in a nutshell
>>142031679
The thread seems pretty dead now and was probably doomed from the start given it's beginning, but yeah, this is basically the issue.
Pokemon is a currently airing show, and today is a day a new episode aired, but for some reason someone is trying to push some crazy agenda that this is a show that can't be discussed regularly on /a/ at all, including when new episodes air, that all threads are made by the same person, and that the threads turn to shit because they get raided by /vp/. It's getting completely ridiculous at some point, and the similar wording makes it pretty clear it's either one or a small handful of anons pushing this shit in an attempt to kill Pokemon discussion here, further evidenced by the fact that the occasional good Pokemon threads are the ones that don't get flooded by that kind of fingerpointing and bitching right at the beginning.
It's pretty much guaranteed that she won't be staying and will go train with the other old lady right?
>>142032741
Staying with Satoshi after the Kalos league would be the most shallow thing she could do at this point. After XY&Z 20 I'm surprised people still want/expect her to stay.
>>142026076
>3 tone shading
Is this what you wanted /a/?
>>142032741
I'd say it's really up in the air at this point. They're pushing her love for Satoshi harder than ever right now and the female Sun/Moon protagonist looks more like her current design than the female X/Y protagonist does.
Add in that the Tripokalons don't actually exist in the games anyway, and they can easily just put them in the Sun/Moon anime too as an excuse to keep her around. It's what they did with Haruka after the Hoenn arc ended, after all.
>>142032910
I know it wouldn't fit her character arch but I still hoped the feelings she showed for him were going to be than just fanservice. It sort of feels like that part of her characterization will have been for nothing.
Eureka and Citron on the other hand don't have that going on.
>>142033087
>I know it wouldn't fit her character arch but I still hoped the feelings she showed for him were going to be than just fanservice.
Did you watch today's episode? They played a pretty major role in it.
>>142026076
Serena actually opposed Ash on something?
>>142033142
I haven't watched it yet. I'll get right on it.
>>142033143
Ash was emofagging and Serena tried to talk him out of it, but he just snapped "you have no idea how I feel" back.
Her yelling at him and tossing those snowballs is actually what made him realize he was in the wrong to do this.
>>142033143
Ash was like "U dun understand!!!"
>>142033266
>>142033221
What's wrong with Ash?
>>142033402
Was overconfident and got fucked in the 8th gym.
>>142024789
I love when potato mimic her.
>>142026076
>big coats and ZR
>>142033402
It's a running arc at this point, but in short, one of his Pokemon received a new unknown powerup that he's been attempting to control, but which is getting more and more problematic for him over time. He also failed extremely bad at trying to impress a kid that basically idolizes him, getting his ass kicked in front of him twice in a row.
At this point he just lost it and went moping in the forest since everything was going wrong for him.
>>142033402
This >>142033557 caused him to blame himself for his Pokémon getting hurt and caused him to start doubting himself as a trainer.
Do we know if the Mega evolution special has another episode planned?
>>142033856
Act IV was said to be the final act and XY&Z was specifically said to be a crossover between XY and the Strongest Mega Evolution series, so no.
Those specials just existed to build up Alan Manon and Fleur-de-lis's characters prior to their debut in the show.
This episode made me like Serena,up until now I was indifferent to her. Friends do not allow friends to wallow in self pity.
I'm also glad that Ash got himself together and we got some insight into his past.
Looking forward to the rematch with Wufric,its probably going to top the battle at that Psychic gym.
Why do people still watch this, 2000 was 16 years ago
>>142034578
Why not? People watch Dragon Ball and Precure, how is this different?
>>142033557
I really hope once he gets over this emotional trouble he starts to become a top tier trainer.
I skipped a bunch of seasons because I read his development as a trainer was cyclical.
>>142034704
He already is, he was this close to defeating the champion and only lost because he couldn't control Greninja's transformation back then (but he supposedly learned to in today's episode).
>>142034879
Diantha was clearly going easy on him. Why the fuck else would she, a CHAMPION, continuously use Shadow Ball against a fucking Dark type? Either she was going easy on him or she's insanely incompetent.
I just started watching XY because I was intrigued by all the noise around this season. So far it's certainly been more engaging than what I expected, and it would actually be pretty good if it were compressed into like 24 eps instead of like 100 or whatever.
The pikachu vs mega lucario fight where he goes all berserk made the whole thing worth it for me. I haven't laughed that hard watching anime in a long time. Watching pikachu just get brutally savaged and seeing the fear of death in satoshi's eyes... was just so tonally absurd for this show that I cannot watching it without busting up laughing.
For all you /a/nons in here bitching about containment boards, I can't say I disagree with you, but watch this clip, you'll love it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW0p1QsvJPo
Also I have to admit, the ep where yayakoma evolved was surprisingly effective. I felt shit.
Can anybody post that watching order / priority chart which indicates which eps of xy/z are skippable? Dunno if I'll actually skip any yet, but I'm definitely thinking about it.
>>142034879
There's no way Greninja doesn't get a Mega Evo next generation, that thing is most popular starter since Charizard.
>>142035247
>Also I have to admit, the ep where yayakoma evolved was surprisingly effective. I felt shit.
Just you wait until you get to Hinoyakoma's evolution, it's the best in Pokémon period.
>>142034704
It's definitely not completely cyclical. Satoshi is continually portrayed as strongly strategic and creative, and just a generally very accomplished trainer. And everybody always comments on how strong his pikachu is.
The main problem is that he starts XY with just pikachu, meaning he has to capture all fresh pokemon and train them from the ground up. I assume there's some in-universe reason for this, but it's not explained in XY so I don't know what it is.
But he trains his new pokemon very quickly and effectively, and earns the respect of all the trainers he faces with his actual ability, right from the start.
>>142035377
The impression I've gotten is that XYZ is some kind of step up from XY, so I'm looking forward to that. But if I'm overestimating how good XYZ is gonna be, please disabuse me of that notion right now.
>>142035247
Yeah I'm in the same boat with regards to trying it recently. The pacing's fucked, but there are some great moments.
>>142035377
Hinoyakoma->Fiarrow is brilliant. I started watching the series because of that scene.
If the guys behind the show didn't have to advertise for a stale game or fill in episodes with the same formulaic crap, they could probably do a string of good episodes.
>>142035372
I thought that was greninja's mega evolution. I don't watch the show, so why does greninja head turn red.
>>142035565
>I assume there's some in-universe reason for this, but it's not explained in XY so I don't know what it is.
Ever since Hoenn he decided he wanted to start each region with a fresh team because he felt the journey would be more meaningful that way.
>>142035565
>The main problem is that he starts XY with just pikachu, meaning he has to capture all fresh pokemon and train them from the ground up. I assume there's some in-universe reason for this, but it's not explained in XY so I don't know what it is.
But that happens with nearly every new area he goes to. He tosses all his old pokemon to Oak and takes pikachu with him. The only reason that happens is so they can show off the new pokemon every time.
And by cyclical he probably means how shit he became in B&W where he forgot the about basics like types and such. You wouldn't be hard pressed to think he just became a trainer a few days ago in that situation.
>>142026076
Holy fuck Satoshi, you fucked up again.
>>142035756
>they could probably do a string of good episodes
It's apparent that the writing staff is actually really strong, even relative to anime in general. They're severely limited by the pokemon formula, but what they've been able to accomplish within that formula is impressive.
>>142035807
>>142035855
Makes sense.
>>142035757
It's being called "synchro" in the show right now. The Mega Evolution guy said that the signal resembled a mega evolution. It's basically a mega evolution without a mega stone, and it's apparently a new power never seen in the world before.
Should I bother watching the Diancie/Destruction whatever movie?
>>142035749
The main advantage of XYZ compared to XY is that there's very little filler. Usually just one episode of filler between actual relevant stuff.
>>142032741
Fuck she looks so good with long hair
>>142035954
It's better than the most recent movie but nothing special And just like every other Pokemon film it's completely parallel to the main plot.
>>142035954
Movies are non-canon and are basically long filler episodes made to feature legendary/mythical Pokémon.
Out with Serena, in with Chicken-chan
>>142036175
Go away Entei you had your movie!
>>142035898
>It's apparent that the writing staff is actually really strong, even relative to anime in general. They're severely limited by the pokemon formula, but what they've been able to accomplish within that formula is impressive.
The main scriptwriter is Atsuhiro Tomioka, who's done a lot of stuff over the years: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1623
>>142035954
Nah, watch a better Pokémon movie, like 4 or8.
>>142036207
Poor Serena is getting sent to the pokegirl box even after all she has done
Hopefully we will get something interesting out of our new girl
>>142036155
>>142036175
>>142036251
Okay, if it's not progressing character development in a significant way, then I couldn't give a shit.
>>142036022
That sounds ideal.
>>142036377
Is that the new game protag?
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>>142036449
You don't watch the movies for character growthUnless it is the 1st movie
You watch the movies for the legendary fanservice
>>142036484
Yes
Pick your flavor
I can get over Satoshi leaving his Pokemon every new region for new ones and completely forgetting about the old ones. But the fact that this is also how he handles his human relationships is really funny to me.
>>142036528
That's movie felt very lazily written, it had like a dozen legendary Pokemon.
XYZ end prediction
>Ash wins the pokémon league
>Become a master
>Get's Serena
>Sun and Moon has a new protagonist
>new pikachu
How the fuck has Ash not made a name for himself by now?
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>>142036600
Ever since BW the movies have been very underwhelming in terms of story. There are some nice points in them and the animation is as beautiful as ever but overall they don't have an impact anymore in the story department.
>>142035247
>Can anybody post that watching order / priority chart
>>142036733
because each region seems to be extremely isolated for some reason
>>142036590
>no delicious brown with blonde hair/blue eyes combo
Fucking lame.
>>142036377
The new girl looks way too generic. She has the stereotypical childhood friend who can cook look down.
>>142036836
Thank you friend.
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>>142036717
I wish but we all know what the formula is going to be. I don't know why they want to keep Ash around though even after all these years and no character progress
>>142036879
Considering how long it took him to reach Kalos. I'm surprised Serena's parent sent their child to some faraway country for summer camp.
>>142036717
After they revealed the league stadium, I think what will happen is that we'll get the Team Flare "cannon to cleanse humanity" plot right in the middle of the league.
After Ash beats them the league will be cancelled due to the destruction of the stadium, which was right above their base and thus he'll leave to another region without the Pokemon League champion title.
Or I guess they could pull a Black & White (game) and have the league getting interrupted right for the final battle, with the final opponent being also the other finalist, and Ash beating them there, technically winning even without an official match.
>>142036895
As you can see, you're already past the filler-heavy portion of the series (12-18). The rest just have the odd filler here and there, most of which are fairly good anyway.XY&Z24 felt like some leftover Johto filler script, though
>>142036881
That's what I have been saying!
But I think they know what we would do if we had that combo. Many Americans may not know what it means but the rest of us do
>>142037046
The dark chocolate version would also do well with red or green eyes and white/silver hair.
>>142035950
so pokemon is going full ham right now
>mega evolutions and Synchro's in one generation
>players will be able to synchro in gen 7
next thing will be "Reborn", which is basically a pokemon turning from final evo and level 100 to base and level 1, but in a +1 form.
There is no saving the bullshit train...
>>142036733
There was an episode, I think in BW, where he entered some smaller tournament and the announcer listed off all his league achievements up to that point and emphasized how accomplished he was. It might have been before one of the Don Battles. I wouldn't mind seeing that happen again, it was cool to see him get some recognition.
>>142035247
Honestly, the extreme majority of the shitting on the Pokemon anime comes from people that haven't watched it in 10+ years and just assumes the series hasn't changed any since those days.Discussing it on /vp/ is hard because these people are everywhere
>>142037102
I think Synchro is literally a way to give him a mega-evolution without having to explain why he won't have it any more next region.
>>142037172
Maybe its because he really hasn't changed.
Ash's character isn't hard to figure out
>>142037232
And spare them the effort of having to bring Charizard back
>>142036717
>ash doesn't win the pokemon league
>wants to continue on his journey to yet another region
>serena doesn't want to interrupt his dream
>lets him go, promising herself that she'll find him again once he's achieved his dream
>goes back home and rides rhyhorns on the ranch
>never to be heard from again
>>142037281
"He hasn't changed" compared to when? People who haven't watched the anime in years almost invariably assume he's still the idiot he was in the original series, but his character in XY is a 180-degrees inversion from that.
>>142026076
It's going to be so cute when they make up
This photographer chick in the rival squad is the new cutest girl.
>>142037521
They did at the end of the episode.
It was cute.
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Now that Serena is getting canned, what are the possibilities that she will make a cameo in SM?
>>142037805
>Now that Serena is getting canned
Gotta work a bit more on your bait there
No point watching after Misty left.
>>142037880
yeah, should be "shitcanned."
Given how S/M is already confirmed to be taking place in PokeHawaii (and remember that Hawaii =/= Europe) I'm still surprised there are still people who insist that she's staying. It's much more likely she'll leave like all the Pokegirls before her, to be replaced by someone else from Alola, then Serena will make her obligatory cameo next region to make sure people still remember her.
>>142037805
50-50. We still haven't had our Iris cameo, so if that happens, it goes up to 90%.
>>142037880
Serena staying is very unlikely to happen, though.
>>142035128
He has Protean.
>>142038042
Fuck of, tripcancer.
Every so often when some shit goes down in XY this epic fucking organ track kicks in. It's usually total overkill for the scene and results in a really wacky tone shift.
>>142038042
Iris was the least popular pokegirl which is why she has no camo
>>142026076
Picked up.
>>142038042
Nobody knows what their plans for Serena are at this point.
>>142037281
He's changed for the more generic. He could have stayed a goofball while getting better at battling, but mostly he's become more wooden.
>>142036763
Ash has made a name for himself but the anime rarely brings it up.Shota knew about Ash's exploits at an earlier league.
>>142038265
You could say the same thing about Iris before she left. I remember before Iris left there were also people who insisted that she would be staying.
>>142038392
I don't know what to say, he finally got it right but for all the wrong reasons
>>142037399
XY is the result of all of Ash's development in previous seasons(excluding Unova where his development was undone).
>>142038392
I miss his old character before he became a battle nut.
>>142038392
hey senpai bw is the other way.
>>142038392
I know what you mean but I have no idea to what you're comparing him to say he's generic. Generally, MCs are not that forgoing.
>>142038392
>generic
You mean GAR
>>142038464
No one is insisting Serena is staying. They're saying we don't know. The only people being insistent are the ones insisting she's leaving.
Speaking in absolutes about things like these is retarded anyway. We don't know.
>>142038392
So he finally became your average shonen protag? Good for him, then.
I'll never get pokeshippers.
>Ash needs to grow up misty is right to call him out on it
>Ash grows up but as a result attracts serena
>remember when ash was a goofball? god can we have that back please?
Why does Serena have a shit hairstyle in the anime?
>>142038481
>>142038499
The whole point of this episode was for Ash to get back to his roots as a trainer.He was so focused on mastering Greninja's new ability that he forgot that it was his love for Pokemon that got him this far and not focusing on power.
>>142037805
I really doubt it. I think it's more likely she'll get a special episode like Iris and Dent did. Probably showing the beginning of her training with Yashio.
>>142038547
Well, in this case people saying "we don't know" is almost like saying that she is because there are people who keep claiming that she could stay all because she resembles S/M's girl. Back in Iris' time I don't remember people ever saying "we don't know" when asked if Iris would stay. Even back with Dawn most people accepted she would be replaced and only the most diehard of shippers thought otherwise.
>>142038392
Who cares? Nobody watches pokemon for satoshi's character. It's nice that he's driven, but he's pretty one dimensional.
In XY I'd argue that the most interesting characters are the pokemon, and probably Serena because she's the one who's all trying to find herself and shit. But the pokemon actually have arcs and personal struggles they need to overcome. And the show actually does a really good job of getting all of that across via the direction given that they're all characters who don't speak.
The human characters are all pretty necessarily static, but the show makes up for it by rigorously and liberally developing all of the pokemon characters. Just look at the mega lucario arc. Lucario himself had way more interesting stuff going on than his trainer. Even if it was basically just Berserk with kid gloves on.
>>142038597
Educate yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gykdWFrSrKM
>>142038588
When Ash was a goofball people complained he sucked,now that he has matured people are saying he sucks because he's now a Mary Sue. The truth is that no matter what happens with Ash some people will be pissed off.
Is Ash a pokemon master yet?
>>142038597
Character Development
>>142038597
Forced drama.
>>142038657
People are pointing out actual legitimate reasons why she could potentially be kept on. It's speculation, it has nothing to do with "diehard shippers".
Hikari never had any romance angle with Satoshi anyway. The people saying she might be kept on were pointing out that Pochama had basically become a second anime mascot alongside Pikachu and they might want to keep Hikari on to avoid writing HIM out.
And I don't think anyone thought Iris has a chance in hell of staying. She wasn't popular at all and had zero marketing value or other relevant reason.
>>142038665
>Nobody watches pokemon for satoshi's character.
I really liked Satoshi back in the day.
Thighs of the champion. Isn't she suppossed to be an old lady?
>>142038946
Christmas cake doesn't mean old no matter what anime has tried to teach you.
>>142038657
I think the difference is that Serena's relationship has been setup in a way where it needs some kind of resolution in order for the narrative of the series to work. That doesn't mean that she's more likely to stick around, there are tons of ways it could be resolved, but it does imply that the nature of their relationship will be addressed somehow. Maybe she'll just keep it to herself because she wants satoshi to continue on his journey, but if that's the case then there will have to be some kind of internal conflict and resolution on the part of serena in order for the narrative to work.
So I guess what I'm saying is that everybody knows that they have to address this gigantic hanging loose end before the new series starts. And the nature of the issue is not quite like anything that's happened in pokemon before. So there's a little bit of a question mark on it. They've strayed from the formula, if only a little bit. So what people are wondering is if this portends larger changes, or if they'll just return to the formula. If they just go back to business as usual, then it would be sort of a let down after they've built up this new thing.
I'm not saying she'll stay or go, I don't really have a dog in that fight, but I think the reason for all the renewed interest recently is these hints of something different going on. And it's fair to speculate what, if anything, those hints really mean.
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>>142038946
Depression of the champion
>>142038946
She's Poke-Audrey Hepburn , so she's likely meant to be in her mid thirties, like Hepburn in her prime.
>>142038042
>50-50. We still haven't had our Iris cameo, so if that happens, it goes up to 90%.
We didn't get an Iris cameo because Aoi Yuki is a hell of a lot more expensive now than when she signed a contract to stay on as a regular cast member for Best Wishes.
>>142038989
This, and also the fact that Sun/Moon is not only confirmed to have character customization like X/Y did, the initial character designs are also uncharacteristically bland this time around, most likely to push the idea that you're supposed to customize your own character instead of using a set design.
And on top of that, Serena in the anime got redesigned long ago and currently has a design that doesn't even resemble any design possible to use in X/Y. At this point, her only connection to X/Y is her name and some details like who her mother is.
>>142039244
Gyakuten Saiban is being made on a budget of a few loose coins A-1 found under their couch cushions. I'd bet OLM could shell out for one or two episodes.
>>142039244
They brought Yuji Ueda back for X/Y after writing him out in BW, though. At that point, that was thought to be because he was getting too expensive.
>>142039412
Kek. Ace Attorney also has the same main writer as Pokémon XY/XY&Z, he could pull some strings.
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>>142036175
They have a better budget for animation than the standard episode. It's usually ok to just watch the opening scenes, they usually have a battle or another flashy-looking scene of some kind.
The 3rd movie opening battle is still one of my favourite Pokemon-related things, Butterfree is a miracle of the universe
>>142038989
I was always thinking that her love being resolved doesn't necessarily need her to stay: one option is for her to simply confess/attempt to confess, but Ash instead declines for one reason or another, while still telling her that they'll remain friends.
>>142039703
A downer ending like that sounds both extremely out of tone with Pokemon and a really shitty note to end the series on. This is a largely positive series. Having a three year long romance subplot end with "sorry, I don't like you that way" is not how you make viewers want to keep watching.
>>142039703
Yeah that's what I'm saying. But the point is that it's new territory for the show. That's what everybody is latching onto. They're saying, if they're doing something different with the narrative, maybe that means they'll shake up the formula too. That might be optimistic, but I think it's a fair line of reasoning.
If I wanted to understand the context of this whole situation better and try and make an actual educated guess about the scope of this shakeup, I'd start by trying to find some kind of revenue figures over time. Has pokemon been making a solid income? Were they slumping before XY? Did the season before XY meet with a lot of critique? Or success? Have there been staff shakeups recently?
Those would all be valuable hints in trying to figure out whether they'd want to maintain business as usual or take some risks. Like if the previous season was slumping, so they took a risk by introducing these new character elements in XY which was more successful, and they're pushing that even further in XYZ, then that's a very easy to understand narrative. But if they've just been doing great throughout then it's much less likely that they'd take significant risks.
I just don't have any of the figures.
>>142039912
I don't think it's necessarily a heavy "downer" ending. There are ways to play the two of them not getting together despite her being in love with the story still being positive for both characters. It happens all the time in anime.
>>142026076
Serena can't stay mad at Ash for long.
>>142040049
>Did the season before XY meet with a lot of critique?
Any time I hear people talking about the BW season it's that it was total shit for one reason or another, and that apparently fans in Japan also agreed with that.
It's all hearsay from anonymous on 4chan, sure, but it does seem like the majority opinion
>>142040182
a cute
>>142040049
>If I wanted to understand the context of this whole situation better and try and make an actual educated guess about the scope of this shakeup, I'd start by trying to find some kind of revenue figures over time. Has pokemon been making a solid income? Were they slumping before XY? Did the season before XY meet with a lot of critique? Or success? Have there been staff shakeups recently?
If you actually don't know:
BW was doing all kinds of weird experimental things, most of which weren't very positively received. Iris is the least popular female companion by far. The series also suffered hard from a lack of direction, lots of executive meddling leading to aborted subplots, clearly unplanned changes to planned shit and multiple badly executed rating stunts, the most blatant one being bringing Charizard back to Ash's team for the last 30 episodes of the series and have it do absolutely fuck all beyond some generic Team Rocket fights and scouting missions.
XY ditched most of the shitty changes and felt more like a natural continuation of DP. They also replaced the director, the first time this has ever been done between series, and the old director hasn't really touched Pokemon again since (he did some storyboarding on the Diancie movie, but that's all), so it's pretty clear they saw it as a failure and gave him the blame.
>>142040429
BW really felt like it could have been something else, with Team Rocket seeming more threatening from the get-go. Then the earthquake and tsumani happened, the Team Rocket vs Team Plasma arc was cancelled, and it was basically downhill from there.
>>142040049
The ratings for BW were actually pretty good until Decolora. They then dropped like a rock afterwards. They've risen slightly since then but right now it's consistently in the 3.0 - 4.0 range, which is still pretty good (for comparison, Aikatsu which comes before and Naruto which comes after have lower ratings) but far from the 7+ the show used to get.
>>142040602
The next 30 or so episodes to air after the earthquake had already been written at the time. The quake changed nothing, Team Rocket were always meant to go back to "boring plot of the day" for a while and then have that subway two-parter, etc.
People blame the quake for fucking over BW, but it seriously didn't affect much.
>>142040602
I've heard a rumor that Team Plasma vs. Team Rocket was always only going to be an introductory arc and never the climax, though. I've also heard on /vp/ (veracity unknown) that someone saw at least part of the plot for the arc and it wasn't going to live up to the hype anyway. If anything, it's possible that Episode N in some way or form was always going to be done from the start, it was just rewritten to take into account the changes Team Plasma got for B2W2.
>>142040653
That's not how ratings work. They've dropped for everything because people watch less TV than they did 8 years ago. Not even One Piece consistently gets 7+ these days.
>>142040666
>The next 30 or so episodes to air after the earthquake had already been written at the time.
There's no way they had such a big lead, more like 10 or so episodes.
>>142040718
I know, but when you had Yo-Kai Watch beating XY in the ratings for a long while (though as of late Pokemon has had the upper hand in the ratings again) that's not a good sign.
I still have a lot of catching up to do with XY, since I put it on hold before Serena cut her hair, but his Team Flare relevant to the plot yet?
>>142040747
An interview with show staff has stated they start working on episodes 6 months before they air. When Mika Kanai took over for Mariya Ise due to Ise's maternity leave, Ise posted on her blog that she was actually back from the leave at that point. In other words, at the time XY87 aired in Japan, the next 15 episodes were already completely done and had had their voice acting recorded.
>>142040805
Yes, and they are amazing.
>>142040846
Wow. That schedule actually seems extremely good compared to other continuous weekly shows. No wonder the animator has gotten so good.
>>142040781
Why not? I don't think you realize how big Yokai Watch was.
>>142040805
They start appearing in the main show in the beginning of XYZ.
>>142040805
They're pretty much THE plot right now.
>>142037172
The anime never really changes much and it's pretty much always a bad-to-mediocre extended Pokemon advertisement for young kids.
>>142041060
Since you took the time to reply to some 2 hour old post in a thread you for some reason read all of despite it being about a series you neither watch nor like... when did you last watch an episode?
>>142041060
XY(Z) is the 5D's of Pokemon. Pretty damn good for an extended advertisement, and you can do a lot worse.
Who will Satoshi get /a/?
>>142036590
>we want the american audience!
I hate this retarded country
>>142041302
The bird would be the best fit, I think. Followed by the seal.
>>142040912
I was in Japan this weekend and YW was still in lots of places so I'm perfectly aware of how big it was in its peak.
>>142033402
He got BTFO with everyone watching
>>142041302
that's fake right?
all of them look so good in theit first stage and then they slowly turn into spoopy shit
>>142041302
Rowlet's marginally more original than Oshawott 2.0 or a third most focused upon fire type starter, so hopefully that. As long as they don't give him all 3 and halfass them all like in Johto and Unova.
>>142041433
Hopefully Japan will give us the black hair white skin version for the anime
>>142041598
I'd rather they keep Serena and go for the guy MC this time.
>>142037351
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>>142036964
>it's the medabots ending
>>142041652
They will probably save him for the manga like the others
>>142041532
>that's fake right?
First stages are real, the rest are fake shit from DA
>>142041777
>thinking there's only one manga series
>thinking any of them have anything to do with the anime production
Stop
So what happened? Ash and his girlfriend broke up?
>>142042672
Ahhh thanks anon!
>>142033627
>This >>142033557 caused him to blame himself for his Pokémon getting hurt and caused him to start doubting himself as a trainer.
How many times did that shit happen in the show?
My fucking god, how can you keep reusing the same dumb stuff time and time again so shamelessly?
>>142043033
Zero?
>>142040429
>bringing Charizard back to Ash's team for the last 30 episodes of the series and have it do absolutely fuck all beyond some generic Team Rocket fights and scouting missions.
I still can't believe they didn't have him keep it and use it as a marketing tool for X and Y because Mega Evolution.
>>142033552
This guy gets it
>>142043662
They've been going pretty heavy on the Serena fanservice lately.
Has Ash actually won anything yet?
>>142043812
Lots. Why?
>>142043812
He won the Orange League and the Battle Frontier, if they count.
>>142043033
>How many times did that shit happen in the show?
Actually, this is the first time this happens.
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>>142043864
I guess?
After re-watching the Orange league I feel like Drake was a joke
The Battle Frontier gave Ash way too many chances, it more like a series of difficult gyms
Either way a win is a win I guess
>>142024789
>Bitch cockblocks her brother after trying multiple times to set him up
Fucker. She was the perfect waifu too. A damn shame.
>>142044298
>implying the perfect waifu for an onii-chan isn't his imouto
How good is Ash's current team?
Does he have a shot at winning the league this time?
>>142044369
Not better than Tobias's.
>>142044137
>>142043158
Wrong. Listen kids, I watched the first season when it was on TV and I'm fairly certain this happened many times during it.
>b..but it was just beginner's doubt
It is still the same thing.
>>142044369
His best yet.
Yes.
>>142044475
>I'm fairly certain
Into le trash it goes, Alzheimer.
>>142041598
It's funny as balls the protagonist was asian this entire time (dark hair and eyes, light skin) and no one bitched and now we have to have "le blond person, let african person, le mexican person"
I am an American and I hate my retarded country for ruining everything. Why does pokemon need race? Just let me poach animals and make them dogfight, goddamn.
>>142044475
Wasn't that during Orange Islands when Charizard got sick? Or is my memory just failing me again?
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>>142044602
Charizard got beat by a Poliwrath
>>142044584
It's actually tans, you can change you skin color at tanning studios ingame.
>>142044929
I have no idea what you mean man
>>142040182
Pretty cute. I'd watch it if she was the MC. Ash should win the league and retire and Serena should become the new MC.
>Owls
>>142044602
Charizard lost because of his own overconfidence, not necessarily Ash's. Charizard doubted Ash as a trainer leading to Charizard's defeat. That episode was more development for Charizard than it was for Ash.
>>142035128
Because it's moves were
>Reflect
>Shadow Ball
>Moon Blast
>Psychic
Moon Blast has a long start-up and wouldn't have landed against Greninja's speed. Psychic wouldn't have worked at all. That leaves Shadow Ball as its only attacking move.
Get fucked nerd.
>>142024491
>I'M GONNA KILL GIOVANNI
what did they mean by this?
>>142045428
Adolescent wanting his daddy's approval.
QUICK QUESTION
Is Charizard coming back?
I am a faggot who will only watch this shit for nostalgia and if Ash is going balls deep in the League then he will have to switch out Pokemon like in Sinnoh right?
>>142026076
why is ash a Mexican know?
>>142045461
Yeah. But sadly don't expect Mega Charizard.
>>142045461
>Is Charizard coming back?
No.
>>142045553
Why?
>>142045566
Why not?
He needs a pokemon that can mega evolve. Unless Greninja gets one in the new game.
>>142045631
Greninja is his "mega."
>>142045543
From his dad.
Why you think he has hawlucha?
Can't believe it's 2016 and people are delusional enough to think a pokegirl will be sticking around. I don't even watch this show but it's pure marketing, try to think without the use of your heart to understand.
>>142026246
stay mad nigger
>>142045553
I'm hoping Ash rotates through all of Pokemon for the Kalos League like he did in Sinnoh.
I'll probably catch up on the series once it reaches that point, just to see how they stop Ash from winning the league this time.Missed the Tobias shitstorm
>>142045783
There's always a slight chance and the more serious Amourfags are clinging to that slight chance. Kind of like how there were delusional Dawnfags who thought she would stay back in the day.
CUTE
