When I was younger me and my friends were hardcore Pokemon fans bought the movies, cards and games but after Ash went to Johto it stated to lose it's touch and so on after, he went to other regions with new Pokemon. After a while it does get old get 8 badges, Let free you strongest Pokemon and loss to champion league. In the end Ash should have a LV100 Pikachu by now and he still mangeds to loss.
In the end this series does loses its touch and replace the old voice actors doesn't help and i must say original is all ways the best.
I think they should have got a new main character for each new region.

after 700 ep who is Ash Dad?


This series is a mush watch for a couple of seasons in the end I will judge this by the original first season. (show less)

Well, I used to really love this anime as a kid, I mean, who hasn't? Recently, thanks to the start of the Unova Best Wishes Series, I've found myself slightly more attracted to it, thanks to the inclusion of new characters Iris and Cilan. It's good to, at least, see a few signs of character difference, rather than the past four regions of "Brock Hits on Pretty Girls" routine and "Random Girl Companion Wants to Be Top Pokemon Co-ordinator". The only problem I still have with with this anime is inclusion of the random; Every few episodes, some random passer-by's pokemon'll go missing/get in danger, and the the group of people'll detour from their journey just to get entangled in a big mess of something that shouldn't even be worth their business. Then, cue Team Rocket attacking the group of people and Pikachu saving the day. This should have a little amendment, but, since I'm older than desired viewing group, I guess it fits for kids wanting something new every while or so. At least I'm glad to see that the BW arc has some signs of improvement for that. So for now, it's still commendable, just getting a bit cliche in the story ideas. Other than that, I deem it fine. (show less)