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I don't think it's unreasonable to want more focus on Galar when it's the newest generation and hasn't been prominently featured like pretty much every other region has in the anime. They could still have other returning characters from different regions and still give more focus on Galar. It didn't have to be one or the other. Most of the characters listed there, especially the former traveling companions and supporting characters like Gary and Korrina, already had plenty of spotlight during their own respective series. Meanwhile, the Galar characters are left on the sideline depsite this being their own generation.So you wanted the other regions to feature COTDs and Galar characters only? Let's make a list:
Kanto: Gary
Johto: Chuck (minor)
Hoenn: Drake
Sinnoh: Dawn, Volkner, Cynthia, Rowan (minor)
Unova: Iris
Kalos: Korrina, her grandpa, Wulfric
Alola: Main SM cast aside from Lillie
The non-Sinnoh characters have only received 7 episodes so far, and I honestly shouldn't count Chuck. Does this really bother you? BDSP being promoted is logical, but hopefully we got enough of that (Hisui is separate).
I don't see how that would defeat the point of the PWC, especially when they wasted pretty much the first half of the tournament on random one-shot trainers both on and off-screen. It also feels weird to make that statement when most of Ash's standout PWC matches have been against Gym Leaders. I would have much rather seen Ash battling new Gym Leaders instead of having brief two minute battles against a random Meganium, Tarous and Elekid that were basically just footnotes as opposed to the actual focus of an episode. He wouldn't have to battle them in order either. He could have battled both new and old Gym Leaders so that he would still be battling against trainers all around the world. Ash still could have a new and different goal while still giving fans of Galar a chance to see the Gym Leaders in action. It would have been an ideal way for everyone to get what they want.You want to know why Ash isn't going to battle all the Galar gym leaders? Because the would defeat the whole point of the PWC, not to mention forcing the animators to deal with Dynamax more than they'd like.
I wouldn't be surprised if they animators didn't want to deal with Dynamax that often, although it would be a shame if that was the main reason they wanted to avoid Galar Gym Leaders. I still think that they wanted to make Ash's battles at the start of the PWC relatively short given how many one-on-one battles there were at the beginning. Like I said before, it's fine that you don't like Galar or care that it has gotten the short end of the stick here, but it really shouldn't be hard to understand why people who liked Sword/Shield and wanted to see both new characters and Pokemon feature more prominently and are disappointed that they have been largely ignored.