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I have NO idea how controversial this one is, but I have to confess:
I really wish Pokemon didn't had so many filler episodes. I get their importance to the series and recognize that it's okay to have fun and just have an episode where you don't have to think about a lot and just relax and enjoy it, but seriously: Most of these fillers are SO boring and utterly pointless. There's tons of characters and arcs that could've been worked on a LOT better if there were just more eps about them, instead of like,,, an ep where a bunch of Marshtomp get stuck in the ground.
And my next point is:
While I DO get that for a series like Pokemon it may not be that doable, and TPC LOVES to use the anime as an way to promote remakes and other stuff, thus forcing the writers to take turn arounds and add things last minute, but I really wish that Pokemon could be written in an way where the writers have the entire thing planned from the start instead of making it up as they go. A lot of writing, tonal and consistency issues that this series as whole had/have could've easily been avoided if they have taken this approach.
And they sorta of did that in DP (like Ash promising to take on Paul at the league in the begginning, and Dawn telling Zoey they would meet again the finals as examples, since they estabilished that pretty early and delivered some of the best battles of the entire anime), and look how many people still have it as their favorite series even after all this time. I don't think it was the only thing about it that people love, but I do stand by that it plays a bigger role than people realize.
I really wish Pokemon didn't had so many filler episodes. I get their importance to the series and recognize that it's okay to have fun and just have an episode where you don't have to think about a lot and just relax and enjoy it, but seriously: Most of these fillers are SO boring and utterly pointless. There's tons of characters and arcs that could've been worked on a LOT better if there were just more eps about them, instead of like,,, an ep where a bunch of Marshtomp get stuck in the ground.
And my next point is:
While I DO get that for a series like Pokemon it may not be that doable, and TPC LOVES to use the anime as an way to promote remakes and other stuff, thus forcing the writers to take turn arounds and add things last minute, but I really wish that Pokemon could be written in an way where the writers have the entire thing planned from the start instead of making it up as they go. A lot of writing, tonal and consistency issues that this series as whole had/have could've easily been avoided if they have taken this approach.
And they sorta of did that in DP (like Ash promising to take on Paul at the league in the begginning, and Dawn telling Zoey they would meet again the finals as examples, since they estabilished that pretty early and delivered some of the best battles of the entire anime), and look how many people still have it as their favorite series even after all this time. I don't think it was the only thing about it that people love, but I do stand by that it plays a bigger role than people realize.