After 25 years as the headliner of the Pokémon series, Ash Ketchum is on his way out. The Pokémon Company has announced that Ash's story will end in a special mini-series starting in January 2023 with an all-new cast taking over the series that spring. Whether Ash will truly disappear for good or be demoted to mentor or side-character status is currently unclear. I certainly couldn't imagine that the eminently marketable Pikachu would disappear from the screen for very long. Regardless, this is a turning point. Ash and his Pikachu have been the main characters of the anime series since 1997, and multiple generations have grown up with him as their protagonist. His departure would be the greatest change to the status quo in the history of the Pokémon anime.
Or would it?
The Pokémon anime franchise has been busy experimenting for the past few years. The mainline anime redesigned Ash and the...
Or would it?
The Pokémon anime franchise has been busy experimenting for the past few years. The mainline anime redesigned Ash and the...
- 12/21/2022
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
In an early issue of Hidenori Kusaka's 1997 manga "Pokémon Adventures," based on the game by Satoshi Tajiri, the definition of a Pokémon was laid down as merely "a mysterious species not recorded in traditional biological taxonomies." A look around the Pokémon universe, however, finds no animals that have been recorded in traditional biological taxonomies, either. There are no cats and dogs in this world, only Pokémon. Some have theorized that Pokémon takes place in a distant future, a post-post-apocalyptic world where animals evolved into superpowered creatures. Others simply repeat to themselves it's just a show and fans should really just relax, understanding that Pokémon exists in a fantasy world.
In this world, 10-year-olds are offered the opportunity to leave home with a bindle with a superpowered animal in their charge, all in the hopes of garnering the honor (there is no cash prize) of becoming a Pokémon Master.
The volume...
In this world, 10-year-olds are offered the opportunity to leave home with a bindle with a superpowered animal in their charge, all in the hopes of garnering the honor (there is no cash prize) of becoming a Pokémon Master.
The volume...
- 8/27/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
An ongoing inside joke of the Pokémon community is that the protagonist of the anime, Ash Ketchum, never ages. Indeed, although his appearance has gone through quite a few animation styles following his first television appearance in 1999, his age seems to have remained fixed at ten ever since.
For the past twenty-one years, Ash has traveled all over the globe. During that period, he’s made new friends and lost old ones, but every time another season rolled around, audiences always found him the way they left him: a naive, driven, and optimistic kid whose only goal in life is to become a Pokemon master, and who seems to be stuck in some kind of existential limbo until that goal is finally achieved.
Practically, Ash’s agelessness was most likely a product of economic necessity. Creating a new character model every season is hard work, and if you give one person a makeover,...
For the past twenty-one years, Ash has traveled all over the globe. During that period, he’s made new friends and lost old ones, but every time another season rolled around, audiences always found him the way they left him: a naive, driven, and optimistic kid whose only goal in life is to become a Pokemon master, and who seems to be stuck in some kind of existential limbo until that goal is finally achieved.
Practically, Ash’s agelessness was most likely a product of economic necessity. Creating a new character model every season is hard work, and if you give one person a makeover,...
- 5/26/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
Matthew Byrd Jan 4, 2019
The first Pokemon movie is being remade in CGI. Here's the debut trailer:
The original Pokemon movie is seemingly getting a CGI remake.
Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is the title of a Pokemon movie that's been floating around for some time, but a recently released trailer seemingly confirms that this film will be a remake of the first Pokemon movie (known as Pokémon: The First Movie or Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back) made entirely with CGI. At the very least, we see a CGI version of Mewtwo and Mew flying through the sky.
That lone detail doesn't confirm that this will be a full CGI remake, but there's other information surrounding this project that suggests that is indeed the case. First off, Takeshi Shudo credited as the film's writer. Shudo did write the original Pokemon film but sadly passed away in 2010. His credit on this...
The first Pokemon movie is being remade in CGI. Here's the debut trailer:
The original Pokemon movie is seemingly getting a CGI remake.
Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is the title of a Pokemon movie that's been floating around for some time, but a recently released trailer seemingly confirms that this film will be a remake of the first Pokemon movie (known as Pokémon: The First Movie or Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back) made entirely with CGI. At the very least, we see a CGI version of Mewtwo and Mew flying through the sky.
That lone detail doesn't confirm that this will be a full CGI remake, but there's other information surrounding this project that suggests that is indeed the case. First off, Takeshi Shudo credited as the film's writer. Shudo did write the original Pokemon film but sadly passed away in 2010. His credit on this...
- 1/3/2019
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Jan 11, 2017
A 1997 episode of Pokemon contains an unexpected homage to Ray Bradbury's The Fog Horn - the loose basis for a pivotal 50s monster movie.
There's a certain pleasure in spotting pop culture references in animated shows aimed at kids, whether it's unmistakeable allusions to Goodfellas in Animaniacs or The dude from The Big Lebowski showing up in an episode of Powerpuff Girls. An early episode of the animated TV series Pokemon, meanwhile, took the unusual step of spending a large chunk of its duration on paying homage to one of America's most distinguished genre writers.
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Mystery At The Lighthouse was the 13th episode of Pokemon, which made its first Japanese airing in 1997 and appeared on Us screens the following year. Arriving near the start of Pokemon's global explosion in popularity,...
A 1997 episode of Pokemon contains an unexpected homage to Ray Bradbury's The Fog Horn - the loose basis for a pivotal 50s monster movie.
There's a certain pleasure in spotting pop culture references in animated shows aimed at kids, whether it's unmistakeable allusions to Goodfellas in Animaniacs or The dude from The Big Lebowski showing up in an episode of Powerpuff Girls. An early episode of the animated TV series Pokemon, meanwhile, took the unusual step of spending a large chunk of its duration on paying homage to one of America's most distinguished genre writers.
See related Netflix's Stranger Things: Shawn Levy interview Netflix's Stranger Things: spotting the movie references
Mystery At The Lighthouse was the 13th episode of Pokemon, which made its first Japanese airing in 1997 and appeared on Us screens the following year. Arriving near the start of Pokemon's global explosion in popularity,...
- 1/10/2017
- Den of Geek
If Takeshi Shudo had his way, the Pokemon anime would've ended with Ash as a delusional old man! Comicbook reports that Shudo, who wrote the first three seasons of the series and three movies, planned to have Ash reflecting on his childhood as an old man and wondering whether Pokemon really exist or not. The series would then close out with Ash wandering into the woods searching for Pokemon, presumably to die.
What The Hell, Shudo?!
I suppose I shouldn't speak ill of the dead, as Shudo passed away last year, but that's quite a bonkers and ridiculously dark direction for a series that has been pretty happy all the way through. It would also directly conflict with every Pokemon game in existence or perhaps be an incredibly symbolic statement on mental illness...I can't decide which.
Obviously, Nintendo had other plans as Shudo was taken away from the series...
What The Hell, Shudo?!
I suppose I shouldn't speak ill of the dead, as Shudo passed away last year, but that's quite a bonkers and ridiculously dark direction for a series that has been pretty happy all the way through. It would also directly conflict with every Pokemon game in existence or perhaps be an incredibly symbolic statement on mental illness...I can't decide which.
Obviously, Nintendo had other plans as Shudo was taken away from the series...
- 11/28/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
November 4, 2010: Japanese scriptwriter, Takeshi Shudo, who gained prominence with the famous TV animated series Pokemon, died at the age of 61 on October 29. The master mind behind the animated series Pokemon, which was initially adapted from the Pokemon video game series died while smoking in his workplace.
It was 6 in the morning on October 28th, when the chief writer of Pokemon collapsed at the smoking zone of Kansai Main Line’s Nara Station. It was later discovered that he had suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Shudo was immediately rushed to the Nara, Nara hospital after he collapsed. The doctors carried a surgery on him. He passed away the following morning.
The writer of the super successful.
It was 6 in the morning on October 28th, when the chief writer of Pokemon collapsed at the smoking zone of Kansai Main Line’s Nara Station. It was later discovered that he had suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Shudo was immediately rushed to the Nara, Nara hospital after he collapsed. The doctors carried a surgery on him. He passed away the following morning.
The writer of the super successful.
- 11/4/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Pokemon writer Takeshi Shudo has died. He was 61.
The Japanese artist and scriptwriter suffered a brain haemorrhage on Thursday and was taken to a hospital in Nara, Japan, where he underwent emergency surgery. He passed away the following morning.
Shudo is best known as the chief writer of the famed 'pocket monster' anime cartoon series and also penned scripts for the first three films in the Pokemon franchise.
The Japanese artist and scriptwriter suffered a brain haemorrhage on Thursday and was taken to a hospital in Nara, Japan, where he underwent emergency surgery. He passed away the following morning.
Shudo is best known as the chief writer of the famed 'pocket monster' anime cartoon series and also penned scripts for the first three films in the Pokemon franchise.
- 10/31/2010
- WENN
According to Anime News Network, Takeshi Shudo, chief writer of the original Pokémon TV series and writer of the first three Pokémon movies, has died at the age of 61, a day after experiencing a subarachnoid hemorrhage at the Nara train station. Developer of the anime series Fairy Princess Minky Momo, Shudo also worked on Martian Successor Nadesico and Legends of the Galactic Heroes.
Our condolences to his family, friends, and fans.
Our condolences to his family, friends, and fans.
- 10/30/2010
- by Amy Goldschlager
- Comicmix.com
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