>>57905779>what is early instalment weirdnessAnd Shudo wanted to kill it off, because he couldn't understand the concept, or why kids 20 years his junior were bossing him the fuck around when HE was the "showrunner". Who also threw his staff under the bus when it was pointed out by time he'd started, they'd pulled back from having animals alongside pokémon. It was still aimed at pre-teen kids back then (whole point was to keep the brand vital while Game Freak worked on Pokémon 2) and after getting rid of the tranny, needed a whole universe reset to have it actually be a representation of the world. Including ensuring it was appropriate for the demographic is was aimed at. OG series died fully 23 years ago lad. And if you'd paid ANY kind of attention beyond "hurr, dat ash. ash am me", you'd have realised what it was supposed to be far sooner. Instead you're sperging out like a fuckwit online, because a kid's toy advert shockingly has adjusted to kid demographics as years progressed over the 28 years it's been a thing in this world