>>29675549The animation they're using is now 3D, but the program is so well-integrated with respects to the camera perspective, it has pretty much mastered how to take a 3D shape and make it look like a decent 2D. Now they don't have to hand-draw anything, and with this new style can explore more options outside of Ash. Literally the entire pokemon world will become the main character.
An example of this work are the Pokemon Generations stuff. None of you notice this, but all of that is 3D animation rendered and re-mastered to appear 2D.
This is the future of animation: Fluid beautiful animation done in half the time.
Assuming the animation entertainment doesn't go under due to...economy or whatever...then we now have a bright and beautiful future in animation as they master the style in better ways.