>>53080385Anon a large portion of the anime staff by now are probably people in their 30’s who grew up with the OS. The only thing GO probably changed was providing evidence that Pokémon still has a huge fanbase of older people. Before that, the execs running TPC treated it like any other kiddie franchise where they assume the majority of fans simply age out of it as they grow up. They are ending Ash’s journey and resolving Misty’s arc now as a payoff to the original fans rather than just soft-rebooting the anime again like they’ve done every time there’s a new game for the past two decades.