>>53066988A portion of the pokemon fanbase eat it up. Corporate stuff is basically "No, no, no, totally not Misty. No Sir. Have no idea what your talking about, that is just a woman with a child"
>>53066992Knowing how stuff works in animation, I wouldn't be surprised if when redesigning her for AG they at least tried to salvage the trailer outfit for her, keeping the shorts but redesigning the top. Also they usually tend to have sheets for when they redesign characters, basically stuff to keep the character on model for animating purposes, so adult misty have had one at one point even though its such a short clip.
It was posted before but her hairstyle is also the same as the one where she had her hair down in the Ghost of Maiden Peak episode. The main differences is just a few tweaks here and there to give it an allusion of looking different.
>>53067139Apparently its not the first time for when they were meant to conclude. The series also had road bumps where it was meant to conclude after DP. Then Unova. Then Kalos.
>>53067150Yeah Johto in retrospect feels the most chaotic out of the regions for what they intended. Like in the directors commentary for Spell of the Unown, it was stated that there is plans for Ash's dad in the 5th season (Master Quest), but that also got dropped.
