>>36149308>making a 21-minute advertisement for children cease to be a 21-minute advertisement for childrenI get that you want SOME portion of the franchise to appeal to an older audience since the games refuse to and the manga's a clusterfuck that's no better than your standard shonenshit, but you realize the anime's responsible for a significant portion of the franchise's success in Japan due to its ability to immediately boost a Pokemon's popularity and thus print merchandise sales, right?
