>>56831128Also remaking the opening means they don't have to pay additionnal royalties for the music.
50% of the ost in the pokémon anime in the US was done by 4kids. They left the most iconic tracks (because they appear in the game and that's free advertisement) and the rest was done by their studio.
The epic music when Ash is riding Misty's bike in episode 1 for example? It's 4kids music.
But nope. They probably bothered to hire a bunch of musicians JUST to censor a small little line in the japanese OP
