>>53396014Marketing choices for PM were quite different from the rest of the series, with less anime merch in general, but more promotional art and appearances in both social media and physical media, including female-oriented magazines (because two boys doing cute things are appealing for that target demographic too).
So yeah, sucks for merch collectors, and makes me wonder if they'll keep that trend for the upcoming series. Introducing two brand new MCs means they are less marketable from the start and neither one owns one of the traditional shillmons (Pikachu, Eevee, Charizard, Lucario).
