>>39864942Reminder that Kanto is very much a real place and it is entirely possible that the earlier Pokemon media takes place it a fantastical contemporary setting and not another world entirely.
In my mind with the exception of Surge all of the original game/anime characters are Japanese. They switched it to a different world after GSC after seeing how popular the show was world-wide in an effort to make it more easy to market. Which is why the early stuff is so much more Japanese.
