Doesn't matter, the anime doesn't change or will change because a bunch of anime nerds on the Internet aren't fans of the writing formula. It's always going to be like this, merchandising will always come first and Pokemon isn't a deep show to begin with. It's a children show and that's that.
The writers don't care.
That makes no sense.......they are the real writers.
The anime targets children because it's a kids show and sells immense amounts of merchandise outside of the game. Most game players don't even watch the anime.
Takeshi Shudo said he intended for Pokemon to be a Family Show in the early age of Kanto, however it quickly turned into a children's show around the time of AG/Johto. It targets children, not little girls. It's a gender neutral show.
So...maybe you could stop watching? You clearly don't enjoy the show anymore.
I guess thats Why Pokemon doesn't has the same appeal original series had !
So....
wut
I never said you didn't have that right, however you gotta realize the writers aren't pandering to you.
Pokemon will always be a show where merchandise comes first and writing second.
:I Okay.
I never said that, I said that the aim of the show is to sell merchandise and Pokemon has pretty much been portrayed a light-hearted ditzy little kids fighting cartoons and I, for one, have never had a problem with that so I don't know where you're getting the idea "everyone" dislikes the show for what it is. Pokemon will, and probably always, be the show it is right now. They don't consider older fans because older fans are like a grain of sand in-comparison to a basketball in comparison to the true target audience. Children. Not to mention Pokemon isn't written with the regards of anime nerds in mind and that's just the truth tea. There no reason to be so pressed over marketing in a children's show, it's never changing from that. :<
I'm not blaming kids, I'm saying that has always been Pokemon's writing genre and probably always be it. Quit being ridiculous.
More subjectivity, lovely~
Because the writers are conspiring against their own main character. Yeah, ok.
You've made it sound like the writers somehow measured the average ages of the viewers before deciding what demographic to aim for. Unless they have access to time travel or Future Sight, that's not even possible. The decision to make the show for kids happened all the way back when it started. Bulbagarden didn't even exist back then.
Think of it like this. The target audience of children is a basketball, the audience of older fans is a grain of sand. Pokemon Anime's main goal is to sell plush toys, toys, action figures, merchandise, et cetera. Older fans are not going to be buying most of that crap.
Nickelodeon and Disney do similar things, it's marketing through social media something a lot of companies do.
But the writers have absolutely no reason to take older fans into consideration since the current marketing formula works very well and sells immense amounts of merchandise. Even Charizard's return is due to the sizable amount of product he can spawn and sell en masse. The thing many older fans don't seem to realize is that they're easily replaced.
Like I said, some older fans do buy merchandise however that is vastly less than the amount of children who buy it, Pokemon has good ratings but it doesn't matter because the show lives for its merch, Dragon Ball Kai got good ratings but got canned because no one bought the merchandise, "sunk this low" another subjectivity because children don't care about writing, the writers have no reason to change the show for you.......sigh.
That's the exact same way Pokemon is now, minus the higher-ups caring about older fans. There are older fans buying merchandise but they're more of a *bonus* because the target audience buys merch too. In the grand scheme of things, like I said before, they have no reason to change their current formula for the show when it's already successful at it is. Pokemon is a ditzy little cartoon about kids and their pet monsters and I don't have a problem with that at all.
Situation moments like this make no sense. No sane adult is going to refuse to buy their child a toy from the show they used to watch just because the show didn't end or wasn't written the way they like it to. That's insanely immature, not to mention most adults will have fallen out of the loop since they, ya' know, have kids. At the end of the day it doesn't matter, because in Japan especially the merchandise sells very well as does it in America.
Kids don't care about that, they're just happy to see cute monsters fighting. Writing doesn't matter to them.
Animaniacs was a show, not unlike Adventure Time and Regular Show today on CN, that had many "getting past the radar moments." Pokemon will not be making jokes about sexual fingering, it's a show written with an international audience of children in mind and the writers do their best to be very sensitive to even the smallest aspect that could upset anyone. Even then Pokemon isn't a show in the same vain as Animaniacs, Rocko's, or any of those other shows because it's not comedic and TPCi is very cautious. Spongebob has never been a show with any hidden dirty jokes either. I don't see how adding Animaniacs-style jokes to a show with a much different format to Pokemon will make the show any better, Pokemon has made a few jokes like that in the past but they definitely weren't the end-all be-all of the show like with Animaniacs. The formulas of the show are too different to compare.
Animaniacs was comedic. Pokemon is not comedic, makes a lot of money, and has had several controversial moments in the past. The writers aren't gonna take their chances. The closest thing to inneudo or "mature" was 4kids' occasional joke about James being gay in Johto and Hoenn and, iirc, a few movie jokes.
I don't see how any of those shows are any different from modern day Adventure Time or Regular Show, they have many "getting crap past the radar" moments on CN. Shows on Nicklodeon like iCarly and Victorious make inneudo jokes all the time. It's really not that different. Even then I don't see how hidden dirty jokes would make Pokemon a better show or help with its marketability. :/ Like I said before, those were comedy shows, Pokemon is not. The formula is vastly too different to compare and if you want Pokemon to change the way its formula is into the style of Animaniacs than you pretty much want a whole different show. It's about a 10-year-old and his Pokemon and that's what it advertises, it's a "take it or leave it" deal with this show because the marketing does very well for itself and there's no reason to change that. If the show and merchandising behind it is still going strong 16-17 years later they aren't just gonna suddenly stop because of upset anime nerds(Who make up what? Less than 10% of the actual audience that watches the show compared to the true Target Audience?) not watching.
That still doesn't mean Pokemon should change the way its been doing things and suddenly start factoring in people outside of their main demographic. Pokemon isn't MLP, Pokemon isn't any of those 90's spawned cartoons and the show sells more merchandise than any of them and is more successful. Think of Pikachu as being Japan's Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse cartoons these days aren't written with adults in mind but still sell a lot of merchandise. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is meant for preschool students for example, but the Mickey Mouse franchise as a whole still sells a lot of crap that adults and children buy. Spongebob too. Pokemon too. However these shows certainly aren't written in this current day and age with the ideas of older fans in mind and they still find a lot of success, if they aren't stopping now. They aren't stopping in sales now they aren't in the future.
