>>57551247>Source motherfucker and not your hairy sweaty foetid arse.https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Takeshi_Shud%C5%8Dhttps://lavacutcontent.com/takeshi-shudo-ending-pokemon/https://pokemonthenovel.dreamwidth.org/380.htmltl;dr is the original head writer for the Pokémon anime and first three theatrical movies envisioned a more mature-themed setting based on his interpretation of the world found in the video games. I suppose the appropriate distinction would be that he wanted to write more of a shonen anime and coming-of-age story vs the kodomomuke anime with an eternally 10-year-old MC that Pokémon eventually morphed into by the present day. Pic related is translated from the first chapter of the first volume of his novelization of the anime. It describes the setting of the Pokémon world that he envisioned and the background of Ash's journey as a trainer. And yes Pokémon is a multimedia franchise, so the games and anime inform each other even if not all these concepts the writers use behind the scenes (like the Typhlosion story) become actual canon.
>Thyey're still kids and we've seen adults with jobs, outside "traditional" (and I hate that word applied to this specifically, but it is what it is) child jobs like actor or idol, they don't work coal mines (Roark's an adult) or office jobs in administration (Larry and the workers in castelia).There are still several kids who are gym leaders, which clearly counts as some sort of job. There are also kids in the anime who take on adult responsibilities. Gary owned a car and became a professor after quitting his life as a trainer. Brock raised his younger siblings while his parents were absent. Bonnie humorously asked Drasna to marry Clemont. Ash worked as both an Ultra Guardian and a research assistant to Professor Cerise. There are plenty characters of the day who did more "adult" things like have their own jobs and houses despite being kids.
