>>35291615Oh yeah, I remember seeing those cryptic tweets from some of the Japanese animators after the airing of Ash lost to Alain episode. Somebody must still have a screenshot but I do remember one of them saying something along the lines of " its time for a change." Even they didn't like the decision from the producers.
>>35283403The producers could've had Ash win the Kalos League and did a 5 episode mini arc of the Kalos Elite Four and have Ash get BTFO. That would've shut up us XYfags and it would've been a smooth transition into ALola and not the backlash and sudden drop off of fans from XY to SM.
>>35291431I'm an XYfag and I have to admit the animation of SM is a step forward from XY. However, I can't watch the series because of that art style. I hope they do iron out the art style by the time Gen 8 comes around. I also believe the producers brought back Brock in Misty in SM for the 20th anniversary but to test the waters and see if they still can bring in the same/similar audience numbers and maybe do a mini arc in SM.
