I get the feeling that at this point people are just feeling Journeys fatigue between all the breaks and recaps and just want it to be over with already so we can clear the air with a fresh start.
Yeah. They clearly showed something that implies Dynamax Band recharge, but no Dynamaxing. Could easily be them hiding the Gigantamax battle.
While it may be my own feelings, let’s be real, it’s not just me. We’ve even had numerous posters who have expressed wanting this current series to just be over already so we can move on. The series has been plagued with numerous issues and sometimes it’s better to reshuffle the deck and draw a new hand than to drag something out longer than it needs to be. Even the writers seemed to have been hitting the fast forward button since episode 100. Hell, had it not been for the production issues that resulted in a loss of at least a month, we’d most likely be at the end of things right now.
Ya, It's at times like this that I ask myself "Why do all the things I like go horribly downhill?". Thankfully I don't think the pokemon anime has sunk nearly as low as certain other things I like (Cough Cough Angry Birds Cough Cough), Journeys is just one series, after all, they could get the anime back on track when the Gen 9 anime comes. Plus, Journeys is just a mediocre series, not an outright horrible one. It has its highlights like another series, it's still my least favorite series but it's not awful.
It is since usually they have a new series starting right before or shortly after new main series games are released. It's a weird and different kind of situation than we're normally in during the dawn of a new generation. I still wouldn't have expected Journeys to end right with this episode when they still need to wrap things up. Ideally, I'd love for them to properly announce the next series after this episode airs. That still might be hoping for too much. If they're struggling to get the Master Class episodes done with these breaks and clip shows, they still might not have much, if anything, to show of a new series, but getting a title and promotional poster would be nice.
I really don't know why you think all the production issues will be fixed the moment a new series starts? It's going to be the same staff, and unless there's a hiatus of sorts, it's not like the start of the next series is going to have any higher production values than we have now.
For starters, since the beginning of a new series tends to be more relaxed compared to the end, it won’t be putting as much of a strain on the animation team. One of the biggest strains at the end came from the fact that they were animating 7 battles almost back to back, especially when the original plan was only to do Ash’s. There’s also the possibility of a change in director and with it, the vision for the series.
They might not even have a new series to promote.
Unless, they come up with original character that is not in the game at all. Nevertheless, Ash win or lose. Leon first ever lose will be find out next week. If Ash won, I would love to see him wear the cape that Leon may give him for potentially facing the 9th region champion in next series.
Ash is going to win. Especially with all the blessing from Alola, he got all three mechanics and also all the friends cheering him in TV. It is a situation, where he can turn the tide and get the W. I'll only hope, the 9th region champion is also watching as well. Because, he/she will be the next that Ash going to faced. As for this match it is the passing touch of Leon undefeated to Ash after suffered the first ever L. Not to mention, Leon even allow Ash to used all three power-up. There is no way, he is going to lose.
No. Paldea shouldn't get the Galar treatment and be shoved aside so the other regions can more spotlight. Balancing 8 regions is one of journeys many struggles, adding in a 9th isn't going to make it any better.
No, they created the journeys formula to celebrate some kind of pokemon anniversary (which one I cant think of off the top of my head).
This year is the anime's 25th anniversary.
