>>53258257>>53258276Yajima directed the last movie (Koko) and it flopped even harder than Volcanion. It currently holds the title of lowest-grossing Pokemon movie.
To be fair to him, Koko had the luck of being released during the Pandemic.
>>53258268I imagine they are exploring their options after Distant Blue. Do they remake another OS movie? And if so, which one? Lugia and Not-Entei are not as iconic as Mewtwo. Or do they salvage the alt universe by uniting Ash with Misty/Brock rather than have him fuck around with Movie Character of the Day- who usually tend to be the Real Stars of the movie after ICY.
ICY- Ash is the Chosen One
Power of Us- A bunch of characters have problems they need to learn to resolve. Ash is there just because.
Koko- PokeTarzan and Ash takes the position of Jane
DBS- A Ghost tries to reconnect with his parents and help them move on after his death. Ash is Whoopi Goldberg.