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>Tracey is Anglo-Saxon
Dude always looked like just another implied Japanese anime guy to me. Wasn't Brock always meant to be Japanese too, just tanned? The squinted eyes also came off like a stylistic choice to make him look more intense in his original Sugimori art, with the furrowed brows and narrowed eyes making him look like a tough first gym leader. It's his anime depiction that made him look more harmless. Anyway the only non-Japanese character from Kanto I remember is Lt. Surge unless they've since retconned his American background to an Unovan one.

I also remember seeing some /vp/ posts whining about AG being a downgrade compared to Johto, but I'm too lazy to rewatch the anime myself to decide whether Johto was a slog or le hidden gem. I always loved Ash's Bayleef though and wasn't happy he left it behind. May's Skitty (who stays unevolved thank fuck) almost replaced Bayleef for me, but not fully.