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Ash Ketchum is gone, and somebody has to fill those sneakers. We break down Liko and Roy's arcs so far — and make the case that one of them is already pulling ahead as the franchise's next great protagonist.
Ever wonder what your streaming habits say about you? Turns out the way you queue up Pokémon episodes maps almost perfectly onto a gym badge run — and we've got the watchlist to match your trainer type.
Hollywood spends $200 million trying to make you feel something. Pokémon does it in 90 minutes with a slightly oversized Pikachu. Here are seven films you can stream in HD tonight that punch way above their weight.
Every new Pokémon region introduces hundreds of new creatures, but only a fraction ever show up in the anime with any real screen time. We dug into the weird, frustrating, and sometimes baffling logic behind which Pokémon get the spotlight — and which ones get quietly ghosted.
Most American fans grew up thinking they watched Pokémon. They watched A Pokémon — one that had been significantly rewritten, culturally sanitized, and in some cases fundamentally altered from what aired in Japan. Some of these changes are minor. Some of them changed the entire meaning of what was happening on screen.
For most of its run, Pokémon's comic relief characters existed to get hit by lightning and eat weird food. But something has been quietly shifting — recent seasons have started giving these characters actual interiority, real motivations, and moments that land emotionally rather than just comedically. Here's why that matters.
Want to watch the complete Pokémon anime from start to finish? Good luck — you'll need accounts on multiple platforms, a spreadsheet, and possibly a time machine. Here's a breakdown of why Pokémon content is so scattered across streaming services in 2024, and why fans are rightfully fed up with the situation.
The Pokémon franchise has a Kanto problem, and it runs deeper than just slapping Pikachu on every product. From marketing decisions to anime callbacks, Gen 1 favoritism is crowding out eight other generations worth of creativity — and newer fans are starting to notice.
Pokémon has always been a show in a hurry — new town, new gym, new battle, repeat. But some of the most beloved anime ever made take the opposite approach, using quiet moments and deliberate pacing to build worlds that feel genuinely alive. What would Pokémon look like if it borrowed a few pages from that playbook?
Going back to the original Pokémon series as a grown adult hits differently than you'd expect — and not always in the warm, fuzzy way nostalgia promises. The show has real charm that holds up, but it also has some genuinely rough edges that are hard to ignore once you see them.
For a show that's been running over 25 years, the Pokémon anime has had no shortage of compelling characters and plot threads — many of which were quietly dropped without a second thought. From rivals who vanished mid-arc to legendary encounters that barely registered emotionally, we're digging into the storylines that deserved so much more.
The Pokémon anime has made real strides in how it writes and develops its female characters over the decades — but stack it up against what's happening in shows like My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, and Attack on Titan, and the gap becomes pretty hard to ignore. Here's an honest look at where Pokémon stands and what other anime are doing differently.
Some of the most beloved moments in Pokémon anime history didn't come from legendary battles or gym showdowns — they came from the weird, goofy, totally unplanned filler episodes fans can't stop rewatching. We're breaking down the strangest standalone episodes that somehow wormed their way into our hearts forever.
The Pokémon anime has never been afraid to pull the rug out from under its audience — whether that means killing off a beloved character, erasing years of continuity, or swapping out a face the fanbase had grown to love. Some of these calls paid off brilliantly. Others? Still causing arguments on Reddit to this day.
From the iconic Kanto banger that started it all to the surprisingly slept-on Alola jams, every Pokémon region has delivered its own musical identity — but not all of them hit equally hard. We ranked every era's opening and ending themes by sheer catchiness, nostalgia power, and how likely they are to ambush you in the shower at 7 AM. Spoiler: some of these rankings are going to make you genuinely angry.
The Pokémon anime's pivot away from Ash Ketchum after 25 years isn't just a casting change — it's a full strategic overhaul designed to pull in casual viewers who never wanted to marathon 1,000 episodes just to feel caught up. We dig into whether this gamble is paying off, what history tells us about anime reboots, and why longtime fans have complicated feelings about the whole thing.
Finding Pokémon content online in 2024 is way more complicated than it should be. We broke down every major streaming platform — Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and beyond — so you know exactly where to spend your subscription dollars for the best Pokémon library.
Few arguments in the anime fandom run hotter than whether Pokémon sounds better in English or Japanese. We dig into the history, the passionate communities on both sides, and why this debate isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Pokémon battles used to be simple, almost stiff affairs — but two decades of animation breakthroughs have turned gym fights and championship showdowns into full-blown cinematic events. We break down the specific techniques, eras, and landmark battles that redefined what it means to watch Pokémon clash on screen. If you've been streaming the newer seasons in HD, you already know something feels wildly different — and here's exactly why.
The latest chapter of the Pokémon anime isn't just a new story — it's a full-blown artistic reinvention. From fluid battle choreography to cinematic lighting choices that would feel at home in a theatrical release, the franchise's visual identity has entered a new era. We broke it down frame by frame so you don't have to.