Welcome to the Pokémon anime discussion thread. Talk about new episodes, old episodes, upcoming episodes, anime Pokégirls, sub releases, discuss, speculate, bitch and moan, etc etc.
NOT-SHIT SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/#PocketMonstersXYSubbed Trailer for upcoming events:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oizngjbAxM Pokemon the Movie XY 2 trailer:
http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/ ORAS Short:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eju1zieC5rM Next episode:
XY24: The Castle on the Seabed! Skrelp and Dragalge!! [November 20th]
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_xy/trailer Upcoming episodes:
>XY51: Hawlucha and Dark Hawlucha! [November 27th] >XY52: Ninja Art Showdown! Frogadier VS Barbaracle!! [December 11th] >XY53: Serena Gets Serious! The Wild Skiddo Race!! [December 18th] Shit people will ask:
>Is this season good? I haven't watched the anime in [x] years and- Yes, it's fucking good just start watching it already.
>Will Serena win da Ash? The long answer: No. |The short answer: Maybe.
>Will May return as part of ORAS hype? KAORI has recently returned to voice acting, so we'll see.
>Muh Skrelp where? A South Korean ship sank and TV Tokyo have postponed the episode since it deals with a sunken ship
>Muh subs when? [PM] is subbing XY but their releases can happen any time of the week.
>Muh dubs when? This Saturday, Splitting Heirs!
>Muh episode 24 when? NOVEMBER 20TH, MOTHERFUCKERS!
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Pocket Monsters 66 SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/ [PM]Pocket_Monsters_-_066_(038.75)_-_An_Iwark_Bivouac[H264_SUB][DC5C7697].mkv.torrent
The Strongest Mega Evolution Act II SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/ [PM]Pocket_Monsters_XY_Special_-_The_Strongest_Mega_Evolution_Act_II[H264_720P][9D9F7F03].mkv.torrent
XY50 RAW:
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=622796 NEXT:
POCKET MONSTERS XY 24: THE CASTLE ON THE SEABED! KUZUMO AND DRAMIDORO!! (NOVEMBER 20TH)
>This is an episode that was meant to have been broadcast April 24th. >Summary: >While fishing for Pokémon at the Muraille Coast, Satoshi hooks a Pokémon called Kuzumo. Pikachu gets hit by a poison attack by the Kuzumo, but the flustered group receives help from the married couple Eddie and Lindsay. The two explain that they are searching for the luxury ship "The Cussler", which is said to have sunk in this area. >Satoshi and the others agree to help Eddie and Lindsay. However, the Rocket Gang has been eavesdropping and start making their move towards getting the treasure.... >Voice Cast: >Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi >Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu >Mayuki Makiguchi: Serena >Yuki Kaji: Citron >Mariya Ise: Eureka >Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi >Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro >Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth >Yuji Ueda: Sonansu >Yuka Terasaki: Yayakoma >Hitomi Nabatame: Harimaron >Chinatsu Akasaki: Horubee >Akemi Okamura: Lindsay >Daiki Nakamura: Eddie >Unsho Ishizuka: Narration Anonymous
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UPCOMING SHIT>Double Battle and Double Kemusso!? / Showing Off the Beginning of Pokémon ORAS using Office Chief Taka's Game / In the PokéTV Challenge, Jungle Pocket Cause an Exciting Installment of PokéGate! >Ash and friends spot a shiny Hawlucha assaulting a Snubbull. Ash saves the Snubbull, but it turns out they were just practicing a theater play. In addition to the practice getting ruined, the Gallade playing the main character got injured in the process, so Ash's Hawlucha goes on stage in it place. Things get even worse during the actual performance when Team Rocket get involved. >Ash and friends reunite with Sanpei and his Greninja. Together, they battle a masked ninja! During the battle, Froakie transforms!?
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>>21730213 >siblings sitting so far apart from one another Anonymous
So fellow 4chan fags, what have we learned from the previous thread?
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when that magazine is released?
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>>21730266 >implying he's wrong. Anonymous
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>>21730322 That's what I meant by Knotz and Cathcart being in a porno, but I guess to be more specific, they were doing voice overs for hentai.
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So, dub fags, when do you think Crapcart will retire?
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>>21730354 >implying you're right Anonymous
So who's hyped for Zinnia being a new travel buddy for Ash?
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>using a shitty version of the pic with moonrunes covering everything
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>>21730575 Honestly, I'm not really hyped for it.
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>>21730629 And yes, Alain, not Ash: Alain is pretty boring, IMO.
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Dub Title Rant:
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>>21730559 >two Serena episodes without spaghetti >not ded Anonymous
>>21730762 >Dawn called Kenny "handsome" >pearl not ded Anonymous
>>21731023 Was that "Diamond Dandruff Dee Dee" shit dub only, people, from Kenny? Seems like typical Cathcart shit writing to me, but I didn't see much of DP subbed.
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>>21730555 When there's no more room left in hell.
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>>21731098 Hopefully Bill Rogers goes with him: damn, I feel bad for Eric Stuart- his replacements did him no justice at all.
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>>21730762 >spaghetti in non-Serena episodes Anonymous
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>>21731186 >Wanting more Kanahana Please no
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So what's this new short?
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>>21731275 Basically an ORAS commercial.
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>>21731186 >implying that's May Anonymous
>yfw Hinata returns voicing Valerie
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>>21731346 It's her younger cousin April.
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>>21731585 Agreed.
On that note, shittiest Pokemon English dub OP, people?
Without a doubt, the winner for me is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBDMhc54K2s Anonymous
>>21731213 It's likely before she got a goal, all she thought about was her and Ash. Now that she has a goal, it's not on her mind anymore.
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Also, fellow 4chan fags, worst English dub music theme?
Winner for me is from the same singer of previous song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKrUSs0_BwI Anonymous
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Has the short been subbed yet?
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>>21731650 >everyday until you like it Anonymous
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>>21731726 Yup. And if the Serena/Skiddo episode has none, it'll just prove it's being phased out.
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>>21731794 Serena's character and consistency are pretty much nonexistent at this point- nice going, writers.
Also, for god sakes, Team Rocket needs to fuck off already, am I right?
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>>21731794 >literally looking for a sunken ship next episode Anonymous
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>>21731806 Good taste.
Mah favorite ending theme for a Movie in the dub (second best is Jirachi Wish Maker):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1c-WBIZqgQ Symbolizes the last thing before the dub got fucked by amateurs to me.
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>>21731794 >>21731835 >emofags trying to go all out when they lost a weapon and it turns out one of the bigger people of Pokemon's behind the ship Anonymous
>>21731876 Yeah, Ash, you really screwed up in that League.
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>>21730575 I'm honestly pretty bored with the quartet, and if she isn't portrayed as an edgy shit, I would be cool.
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>>21731890 >lost a weapon What the fuck you talking about?
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So is there any particular reason why the emofags came back in full force after this week's episode aired? They even started up again with that "amour is dead" shit the other day.
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>>21731963 She never even was an edgy shit in the first place, anon.
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>>21731988 Boredom, most likely.
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>>21731988 It got explained to some newfag or something that the love for Pokemon Performing has a different meaning than to what she has to Ash as the one in the lyrics is in quotes. Next week's episode is the submarine episode, there wasn't spaghetti in the last episode, and Masuda actually retweeted Amour fanart.
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>>21731814 >consistency, non-exsistant >what is focusing on what's important to better herself >what is maturing Anonymous
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>>21732015 Not edgy, but they gave her that Elesa look when the battle screen comes up, just with wide eyes instead of narrowed ones. Both say the same thing: "I want to break the shota."
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>>21731988 If you were to be punched in the face, would you just stand there or retaliate?
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>>21731890 the dream is over anon, everything that we wished for died and was buried under 6 feet of dirt. you can keep on dreaming and hanging onto nothing, as for me I'll see the incoming trainwreck.
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>>21732118 Stop being so gay.
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>>21731814 To be honest, everyone is pretty inconsistent in XY, Ash is sometimes smart, sometimes dumb, Bonnie is an obnoxious shit sometimes, sometimes a cute shit, Serena is sometimes a scared beta shit, sometimes a somewhat determined shit. TR a full shit.
Clemont is by far the best written and most consistent character character.
>>21732091 >Implying maturity = ignoring already established character traits in an episode and re-using them in the next. Anonymous
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>>21732015 I was just being cautious anon
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Who's voicing Roxanne in that video?
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>>21732111 I don't think it's so much retaliating, more like flailing on the ground.
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>>21732295 >>21732111 I guess they couldn't handle Nene and her postivie portrayal of a land wailord.
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>>21732147 Delusion is bliss
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>>21732351 You have other pictures to emofag with, don't you? I've seen that one used like 4 times this week.
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>>21732335 because she is in love
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>>21732322 Why is she so perfect?
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>>21732380 You hang out on /vp/ too much if you're making statements like this anon. Go outside and do something else with yourself.
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>>21732351 Misaka pls; you will never win the Touma.
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>>21732174 Too bad you can't explain why there's been no spaghetti in her last two episodes then.
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>>21732423 >go outside First day here, eh?
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>>21732335 >>21732385 >>21732406 Why don't you people seek attention on Facebook or something?
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>>21732427 Because not every single episode needs to cater to your autistic wishes?
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>>21732055 Just because it says new "love" in quotes doesn't mean it can't mean she's moved on from Ash to focus on her goal.
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>>21732457 Serena's armpit.
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>>21732380 >being nitpicky anon its okay if you find it okay to hang on to emptiness
>>21732424 just like certain other pairing
I used to love amour but now it's basically non existent, and it seems the writters are satisfied with just having brought them back to a setting like their first meeting as a conclusion to it.
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>>21732495 Officer Jenny's ass.
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>>21732622 >Expecting explicit shows romance in an action show Why do people dissapoint themselves by thinking the anime will have the writing of heavy novel?
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>>21732622 >blatant Amour six episodes ago >1/5 of the aired episodes has had spaghetti and/or amour Anonymous
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>>21732495 You're trying too hard. All that's being talked about there is why emofagging started running rampant.
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>>21732622 >as a conclusion to it If you're referring to XY40, all it did was show Serena is still beta.
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>>21732685 >six episodes ago It was an animation error.
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>>21732715 He was obviously supposed to look at Froakie.
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>>21732495 Negro, her love for Ash and love for preforming are two different things, hence the quotes. Do you even reading ccomprehension?
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>>21731908 I swear, he could have won if he'd used Attract on Lucario. But nope.
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>>21732747 Hell yeah. Bros before hoes.
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>>21732457 >create a facebook account baceause said it Anonymous
>>21731736 I can't decide! It's bewteen Unbeatable, Born to Be A Winner, and Pokemon World.
Johto is really good though.
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>>21732793 Anon, it's Pokemon before waifu before bros before hoes.
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>>21732457 >create a facebook account because said it Anonymous
>>21732650 It doesn't need to be explicitly said but at least a hint would be appreciated yet nothing comes. They don't even bother doing it.
>>21732709 More like it showed Serena's pursue after a dream and no longer seeing Ash as a love interest but as a supportive friend
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>>21732879 Those are all good, so I can see why: np.
One of those additional songs the dub made I liked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZnmO_8M8zE Anonymous
Man, I miss when the dub wasn't shit, people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlvP07F2COA Cheesy, but still based, IMO.
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Who else doesn't like this, of Russian ancestry, hot bitch as Ash and Delia's voice actress in the English dub?
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>>21732914 Hence, why she spilled spaghetti in that very same episode.
Gotcha.
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So any link to torrent the ORAS short?
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>>21732914 >what is Serena being worried as fuck to the point of being frozen in Shalour Anonymous
>>21732174 >>21731814 >discussing consistency in the ashnime Anonymous
Fellow 4chan fags, presenting one of TPCi's shittiest themes yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZx7D1tofb0 ^Sounds like they hired any random douchebags to come up with the instrumental and a stoner to sing it.^
Compare it to the much better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gR3moQ8hXQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RJeGlLobo Guys, TPCi fucking with 4Kids themes for christ's sake...can they do anything right?
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>>21732174 "TR a full shit."
I couldn't agree more: what the actual hell are they even doing on the show anymore, people?
Also, I agree on everything else you said, too.
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Will we reach a point where Froakie will try to off Chespin?
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>>21732774 First Trollbias, then Camoron...what's next, guys?
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shit this lil bitch is gonna inherit this fucker isn't she
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>>21733264 If he keeps stealing their food, probably.
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>>21733273 Ash actually winning and going against Diantha after barely taking out the Elite Four. He still has to settle the score of their first battle.
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>boring fillershit next week >entertaining filler the week after >then a break >THEN we finally get to see froakie evolving
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>>21733308 We can hope, I guess.
As for the English dub, he has to get off the meth and stop smoking those cigarettes.
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>>21731057 She was called Pikari in the Japanese version.
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>>21733326 >Masuda approves of this and intertwined finger hand-holding Anonymous
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>>21733338 So it was typical Cathcart shit writing after all: god, I hate the current dub's scripts so much- total shit.
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>>21733328 >boring fillershit next week Then why do you watch this show?
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Truly one of (if not the) most stupid thing Ash Ketchum said in the English dub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyHSxdDXS1g TPCi, as if the radisms you make him say aren't bad enough, you make him sound and say things only a complete retard would say.
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>>21733092 It's not like they are incapable of being consistent, Ash stayed relatively clever and smart during AG and DP while suppressing some of his childlike demeanor but maintaining his adventurous nature.
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>>21733360 there's good filler and bad filler
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Truly one of (if not the) most stupid things Ash Ketchum said in the English dub, people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyHSxdDXS1g [Embed]
TPCi, as if the radisms you make him say aren't bad enough, you make him sound like a stoner, and say things only a complete retard would say.
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>>21733326 You mean the same movie where he bonds with a sentient rock?
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>>21733028 she spaghetti'd before Ash gave her the lecture about finding a dream with fennekin.
>>21733077 >frozen that was everyone anon
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>>21733456 >everyone >Bonnie and Dedenne yelling at the top of their lungs Anonymous
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>>21733326 >reminder of how good nips are at photoshop :^)
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>>21733484 >pretending that froakie and clemont weren't there Anonymous
>Serena interacts with Ash normally 95% of the time since she joined the main cast. >people think Amour is ded.
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>>21733514 Animation errors.
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>>21733264 >Chespin continues to be a gluttonous, greedy shit >Everyone's concerned about Pancham and him fighting >Nobody notices Froakie and Hawlucha plotting his demise behind their backs Anonymous
http://vocaroo.com/i/s16sdP2e7KV3 Michele Knotz using her May voice: "Cover me with your semen! Drown me in it!"
^I lol'ed at the irony in that I always said her May sounded like a whore.^
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>>21733514 It's the usual emofagging. Got more rampant since Masuda retweeted an amour fanart.
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>>21733575 >and Luxio is being, well he has that "the fuck is up with this little shit" face going on. Anonymous
>>21733399 AG, yeah.
DP, I thought he was a bit too stiff.
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>>21733575 >implying it isn't Froakie that's plotting the murder because Chespin stole the pokepuff Fennekin baked Anonymous
>>21733640 That's because of the overall mood of DP, shit was sad.
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>>21733399 >trying to reason with anyone who says "ashnime" Anonymous
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>>21733660 >Hawlucha is bro enough to understand Froakies qualms and wishes to aid a friend Anonymous
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>>21733704 Eh, Brock and TR were total shit in DP and supposed to be funny but they weren't, though.
For Ash and Dawn, though, yes, I agree.
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>>21733630 >>21733660 >Half the team each has their own designs for Chespin's untimely end Anonymous
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>>21733326 That scene was removed from the dub so its not canon.
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>>21733721 It's really hilarious how terrible most of the dub voices for the main characters have been since TPCi took over, honestly.
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>>21733733 oh man how bad will the mutilated corpse look?
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>>21733723 Brock even mourns about how he's become a secondary character in the Giratina movie.
TR just became boring and overstayed their welcome with time, as well as Pikachu.
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>>21733806 Well, Luxio, Hawlucha, and Fletchinder look normal enough. Froakie's the one who seems to be legit mad. So how Naruto can a corpse look like?
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>>21733815 Brock and TR are really why DP isn't my favorite seasons.
OS fag here, and honestly, proud of it: worst thing I can say about it is Johto Misty, but that's better than I can say for other seasons.
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>>21733830 With that constant scowl on their faces, how would you know if you have incurred the wrath of them?
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>>21733815 Brock and TR are really why DP isn't my favorite season: well, that, and the English dub is cancerously bad of that saga only second to XY in shitty quality (unfortunately being my first exposure to it).
OS fag here, and honestly, proud of it: worst thing I can say about it is Johto Misty, but that's better than I can say for other seasons.
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>>21733456 >she spilled spaghetti before Ash gave her lecture >she spilled spaghetti Okay, so she's still beta.
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Is just me or Ash japanese Va sounds old
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>>21733933 Yeah, she does nowadays (much preferred her take on Satoshi when she started out with the higher pitch since he's a boy), but unlike Sarah Natochenny, at least she can fucking act and puts genuine emotion into Satoshi.
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>>21733874 They wouldn't glare, they'd just go in for the kill.
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>>21733264 what is that rabbit thing covering the bravest ballerina ?
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>>21733956 I kind of like it, it makes Satoshi sound more seasoned. I know that Pokemon is stuck under endless-time-loop aging physics like Doraemon or Crayon Shin-chan, but this is pretty much the closest thing Satoshi gets to consistent characterization. There were times in DP and especially in BW where he seems to have regressed in character from OG/AG.
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>>21734071 Buneary line's sexual dimorphism.
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>>21734107 I would definitely get it if he was any freaking older, but since he's forever 10, I can't say I like it as much- still, it's like-able regardless.
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>>21734140 Well, they fucked up with calling him 10, it's why they went back to "young man".
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>>21732938 >>21733126 >>21733436 >>21734041 are you that pokemon master ash guy that used to post on bulbapedo by any chance
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>>21734219 I am, yes: who would you be?
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>>21734232 I don't like it, either, but it's fact.
Also, they downsized May's breasts later on, so she looked more like an actual 10 year old girl.
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>>21734204 Did you even see the beginning of XY? They call him "shounen" again because they knew they fucked up with B/W because they tried rebooting the series and calling him 10 again.
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>>21734263 I did, but they didn't state his age outright, though: he's still 10 as always.
He was 10 in DP, too, but I digress.
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>>21734263 Also, am I the only one who didn't get the thing that "OMG Ash has teeth now!"
He's always had teeth since Episode 1...
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>>21734232 >Max was there solely for cockblocking purposes Anonymous
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>>21734320 It's true, but I actually didn't hate Max- when he mocked May, I found it kinda funny.
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>>21734282 They didn't restate his age until B/W. AG and DP they kept it vague.
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>>21734282 They never explicitly mentioned his age in DP.
I'm not sure about AG though.
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>>21734359 Yeah, but the interview that I posted was from 2008, during the DP Saga, in which Ash was still confirmed to be 10...so it was only kinda vague in AG.
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>>21734320 That didn't happen until Misty returned.
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>>21734365 Again, see the interview: was taken when DP was airing, people- he was 10 then.
I don't think they mentioned his age in AG in an interview or anything, though.
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>>21734365 They didn't in AG either. They only mentioned May and Dawn's age as barely turning ten when AG and DP started.
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>>21734386 Yeah, although she passed down how to get Brock away from the ladies to him as well, so she cockblocked him more than anyone else (which was a good thing, IMO, as it would later become his whole character in DP- horny chef).
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>>21734320 >letting your precocious ten-year-old daughter travel around the world without an escort She's lucky that Ash is one of the most dense, asexual shonen protagonists known to man. Max is just there to try and protect the family honor.
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>>21734204 wasn't this guy out of the team whenever he did this interview?
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I wish the narrator could just shut up.
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>>21734416 It's only during the AG Era when his age was never stated at any point be it in interviews or in the show itself, really (if you don't count XY, but the saga's not over so that's why I don't bring it up yet).
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>>21734430 From what I understood, yeah.
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>>21734430 Nope, he was still the storyboard artist, but not the head writer anymore, that's all.
He was gone by BW, in which the current writers said he was still 10, so yeah.
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>>21734426 >Max is just there to try and protect the family honor. >May runs away at the first chance she gets with Drew max a shit
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>>21734447 Nope, not true: in DP, he was still around.
It's BW when he was gone, more o
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>>21734439 Honestly, Ash being 10 up until the end of DP could have easily been understood. It's when they made him 10 in Unova that threw everything out the window, though one Anon, tried explaining that everything from Kanto until the end of DP was done within one year, then Ash turning 11 in Unova.
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Am I the only asexual guy here? Everyone here seems to have a waifu of sorts.
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>>21734507 I kind of feel like Ash should've aged 1 year for every region, if it were up to me.
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>>21734416 isn't Serena supposed to be older than ten? she already had a trainer license and had to renew it or something
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>>21734463 I honestly think Bonnie is worse than Max.
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>>21734546 She's Ash's age. So if Ash were 11, then she would be as well. May and Dawn started when they barely turned 10.
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Manon is suppose to be ten. I ain't buying that shit they're trying to sell me if they want me to believe Ash is the same age as that fucking leprechaun.
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>>21734546 I'm not sure, honestly: I'm pretty sure Bonnie is around Max's age, though.
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>Scott said all frontier brains were as strong as Agatha >Ash beat them all
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>>21734546 > she already had a trainer license and had to renew it wut
>>21734573 you are entitled to your opinion, but your is shit
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>>21734573 No you don't. Stop shitposting.
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>>21734592 Battle Frontier: The last time Ash actually won something of consequence.
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>>21734463 He just failed to see Drew as a potential threat. What do you expect? Most male coordinators look about as sexually threatening as Liberace.
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>>21734542 No one ever questions Conan not aging. Sure there's an explanation for that, but even his friends don't age.
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>>21734518 wheredoyouthinkyouare.jpg
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>>21734603 Yup, you caught me trolling- well played.
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how confident are you that you're asexual?
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>>21734518 >asexual Back to TV Tropes, kid.
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>>21734629 I don't get it...
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>>21734645 He got into the same thing Diantha did. Only thing missing is him getting into the Champion's room to challenge Diantha for that unfinished battle.
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>>21734629 >Diantha won and got into the hall of fame as a child >Ash does the same Is this the first time in the series Ash followed in the footsteps of a champion?
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>>21734432 >dissing BRAVEST narrator Thats a staking
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>>21734658 You are gay, Harley...well, at least that's what the TPCi dub version of you seemed to be.
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>>21734542 Logically it makes sense, considering that the tournaments are supposed to be annual, but what can you do. He's forever ten.
Makes all of this shipping faggotry pretty trivial when you think about it.
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>>21734542 I'd give about a year for each region.
>Kanto: Narrator fucking says a full year has passed when Ash does the Kanto lap back to Viridian. (not sure about raw) >Johto: I'd give 8-10 months >Hoenn: 1 year >Kanto BF: 6 months >Sinnoh: 1 year >Unova: 10 months Anonymous
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>>21734664 That's just one of those side wins to me, though: if he beats her, then I'll count that as something.
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>>21734573 Even if this is bait I agree. At least Max isn't moebait
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>>21734612 If his voice wasn't getting so deep in the dub, I wouldn't mind at all, but damn, no kid on the planet sounds like Sarah Natochenny's Ash, people.
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>>21734675 the Leagues are annual, but they don't occur at the same time. Otherwise you wouldn't see our old friend attending each one.
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>>21734629 >Implying a random arc the writers pulled out of their ass means anything Anonymous
>>21734697 Max is there to appeal to little assholes that think they know everything.
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>>21734682 Kanto Raw had him say "a while since" and not a "year since," actually.
Still, he did actually turn 11 in the 1st Johto Movie short, but then he went back to being 10 after the movie??? Yeah, I don't get it, either.
Anonymous
>>21734711 It does.
Well...that was an easy debate.
Anonymous
>>21734712 so its mami pandering ?
Anonymous
>>21734726 If you're thinking about the short with the Pichu, then those have never been canon.
Anonymous
>>21734733 I don't think it means much, either: Ash won some side shit in DP, but I never really thought much of it.
Anonymous
>>21734733 Let me be more specific. In grand scheme of things... for Ash.
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>>21734736 Well played, anon. Well played.
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>>21734744 They really need to get a new English dub VA for him and replace Natochenny, then: he doesn't sound 10 at all, guys.
Anonymous
>>21734750 None of them involved a champion though. The camp was something Diantha did herself.
Anonymous
>>21734752 He is now forever immortalized on the wall among such greats as Diantha and the kid with a Pangoro.
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>>21734642 >DEM LEGS Okay, maybe I'm not that asexual.
Anonymous
>>21734658 Based Harley, the most glorious flaming faggot to ever hit the contest stage. I'm surprised people don't seem to like him that much in these threads, in Japan his antics were so popular that they gave him an entire extra arc of appearances.
>>21734673 The Japanese version wasn't particularly subtle either. His voice and mannerisms were pretty much a silly stereotype, and he launched into silly Engrish on the fly. Him calling Ash and company "the Haruka boys" always killed me. Wonder if they kept that in the dub.
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>>21734771 > the kid with a Pangoro > expecting me not to laugh at that bit Anonymous
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>>21734771 There's still him being immortalized as the winner of the Kalos League before he takes on the Elite Four and Diantha.
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>>21734786 The 4Kids version wasn't subtle, either, but him and the Japanese version didn't overdo the gay tone too much: the TPCi version was too over-the-top straight in your face gay for me.
Though, I do have to admit Harley probably hands down got the best replacement post-4Kids.
Anonymous
>>21733711 Keep fapping to Ash then.
Anonymous
>>21734733 >>21734765 >>21734771 Because everyone in the anime talks about how Ash defeated the Orange League amirite?
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>>21734765 It's just a camp hall of fame, though...I mean, I don't feel it's very notable, that's all: it's better than BW where he lost everything and went full derp on mode, for sure, but...
Anonymous
>>21734812 >fapping to your husbando Anonymous
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>>21734813 Ash winning the Orange League and Battle Frontier are really the only notable achievements for him so far to me: his League Rank was steadily improving until UNOVA, though.
Anonymous
>>21734813 >implying everyone in Kanto doesn't talk about the kid that dominated the Orange league with Tauros #18 Anonymous
>>21734786 >"the Haruka boys" This suddenly sounds like the name of a gay boy band.
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>>21734857 I think the TPCi dub had Harley call them "May's boy toys" or something to that effect.
Ironically I feel their dub was less shitty when it started than what it is now...
Anonymous
>>21734673 He was gay as fuck in the Japanese version too.
Anonymous
>>21734853 If that was the case, then Alexa would have prior knowledge about him and his achievements.
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>>21734853 It was Tauros #19, you blind idiot.
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>>21734889 He was gay in 4Kids, too, but the JPN seiyu and Rannells were more mellowed out gay to me- Timoney was straight in your face gay.
TPCi Harley said some stuff about "May, my little gingerbread cookie, how are you hun?" as well.
Anonymous
>>21734894 >Alexa >living in Kanto Do you even regions?
Anonymous
>>21734726 >Kanto Raw had him say "a while since" and not a "year since," actually. Actually,
http://archive.moe/vp/thread/20954495/#20954521 >As they reach the gym after their one-year absence The original talked about that exact same amount of time passing too just a couple episodes earlier.
Anonymous
>>21734894 your argument is invalid since even after stopping a rampaging garchomp and being in national news Alexa never even bother to interview him.
Anonymous
>>21734935 Well, those subs I were watching must've been shit then: thanks for the correction.
Well, time in this show has gone to hell, am I right?
Anonymous
>>21734940 Alexa wants Ash to be her own little secret so she can keep him to herself.
Anonymous
>>21734954 Were they PM Subs?
Anonymous
>>21734928 >>21734940 Do you even journalism?
Do you even travel around the world like she said she did during her debut?
Anonymous
>>21734954 That's not the 8th gym episode, it's the Misty mermaid episode.
Don't think either of them have been subbed though.
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>21734985 I think they were, yeah.
Anonymous
>>21734989 >Lives in poke France >meets Ash in Poke America >should know about his achievements in Poke Japan Sure thing, man.
Anonymous
>>21735009 PM has never subbed either of those episodes.
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>>21734990 I watched it a while back, actually: it's hard to find anything pre-BW subbed these days.
Anonymous
>>21734970 >Alexa is waiting until Ash wins the Kalos League to do a report on him >She'll eventually find out about Serena and her goal of becoming Kalos Queen >Alexa will title her article "The Queen and her Champion" to allude to Ash and Serena's respective victories to get the spaghetti and ramen flowing Anonymous
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>>21734989 she is right there nigga and then she saw him again in the aurorus episode and all she did was check the status of her pairing.
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>>21735027 Hmmm...must've been someone else, then...I saw that episode like 3-4 yrs. ago subbed so...
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>21735020 You know that competent journalists try to keep up with recent events around the world, right?
Anonymous
>>21735054 > XY Ash throws temper tantrum upon arriving in Kalos. > People say he's so mature again now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmb9cnx__hA Anonymous
>>21735069 If you consider Pokemon leagues like Tennis or Golf, journalists don't know the results of every tournament that happens around the world either.
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>>21735041 Nice and copypasta.
Anonymous
>>21733621 Masuda has no input in the writing of the anime and neither does Shoko. Them retweeting it means jack shit.
Anonymous
>>21735077 he was thirsty for victory anon
Anonymous
>>21735116 >belittling the influence of crazy aunt Shoko Anonymous
>>21735095 >Travels around the world >Works for a Pokemon-focused magazine >Implying implications Anonymous
>>21735116 >not accepting masuda's blessing I bet you powersave your shinny pokemon faggot
Anonymous
Ash should be at least 13 yo. Five regions, orange islands, battle frontier journey and still 10(?)
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>>21735122 I don't buy that, but okay...
> tfw this voice would fit Ash more than Sarah Natochenny's voice does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGwH_QQAN4 Anonymous
>>21735134 >there will never be a cat butt themed Pokemon for Shoko to smell Anonymous
>>21735140 >implying Alexa doesn't just cover pokemon lifestyle and social issues, rather than sports Anonymous
>>21735116 >mentions Shoko when the first post doesn't even mention her >Masuda, the main game developer, gets no input in the anime, which bases itself off of the game Anonymous
>>21735134 >>21735144 >Considering their non-existent influence to fuel your autism Anonymous
>>21735165 >What is proof-reading the entire magazine Anonymous
>>21735196 That's the job of the editor.
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>>21735178 >doubting masuda quit being a faggot
Anonymous
>>21735178 >being this mad that crazy aunt Shoko will someday cause the creation of a cat butt pokemon Anonymous
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>>21735147 This is made even more jarring because in the TPCi dub, Ash has never sounded 10 any way- he sounds year older than that at youngest.
Anonymous
>>21735239 >Not reading your co-workers articles Anonymous
>>21735147 Honestly, I can believe Ash being 11.5. He always seemed to rush through to get to places. It became more obvious in AG when he tried to rush to the Pokemon Center until May stopped him.
Anonymous
>>21735160 >>21735258 >thinking that Game Freak will allow a grown woman who photographs herself smelling cat anuses any form of creative control ever Anonymous
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>>21735147 This is made even more jarring because in the TPCi dub, Ash has never sounded 10 any way- he sounds years older than that at youngest- 17 at youngest.
Anonymous
>>21735273 >reading the dying industry that is print media Anonymous
>>21735275 Veronica Taylor would still be the better dub Ash if he was 11.5, though.
Anonymous
Let's say I want to use Ash's pokemon to make a competitive team
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>>21735284 Judging by how well she can actually draw, I really don't see why they wouldn't.
Anonymous
>>21735308 It would be wonderful if someday when the anime is over they redub it entirely with the same voice actors, all the episodes including the banned ones, all the movies, chronicles, specials, Pikachu shorts, etc. But I imagine by then, there will have been literally thousands of episodes to go through, so it's kind of an impossible task to ever redub it à la Dragon Ball (Z) or Sailor Moon
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>>21735306 >Working for Print media >Not supporting Print media >Hating being somewhat financially stable >Hating having all-paid trips to exotic islands Anonymous
>>21735147 I really wish they hadn't mentioned him being 10 at the beginning of BW. Completely pointless
Anonymous
>>21735176 Shoko did retweet it though.
Anonymous
>>21735368 Well, that as because they tried rebooting the series, but they admitted that they fucked up doing that. Otherwise, we'd still have Ash being undefined in age.
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>>21735369 She did, but no one was mentioning her.
Anonymous
>>21735403 They never admitted they effed up doing that, though.
Anonymous
>>21735403 The reboot failed because Dawn had to be replaced with Iris.
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>>21735328 I don't think it's ever happening, but the 4Kids crew will always clearly be the superior cast over TPCi's crew at this point in my book regardless.
Anonymous
>>21735511 Their silence is their shame.
Anonymous
>>21735527 Is that a ping pong paddle? If so what episode is that?
Anonymous
>>21735551 They've always been silent about it, though.
Anonymous
>>21735596 If we never see Iris ever again, I'll take it as their apology.
Anonymous
>>21735575 One of the shittiest episodes ever, when Dawn releases Ambipom to got to a douche named O because it is talented with Pokemon Ping Pong (I don't even understand wtf kind of an excuse that was, but it's the Pokemon Anime, so yeah).
Compare that to this and tell me the excuses for leaving Pokemon behind haven't gotten shittier, people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q85HAnQYqDw Anonymous
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>>21735575 It is when a guy steal ambipom
Anonymous
>>21735621 >not letting your pokemon go to pursue their dream and to maximize their potential Anonymous
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>>21735312 I tried that once
My best results involved Venusaur-M/Gliscor/Garchomp/Crawdaunt/Infernape/Leavanny
>tfw no Flying resist >Mega Pinsir rekt my shit Life Orb SD Crawdaunt works wonders with Sticky Web support
Heracross-M is good too, but Ash doesn't have many defensive pokes.
Leavanny can be swapped with Gigalith for Rocks + Boom, but you need DD then.
Anonymous
>>21735511 There was an interview about it not too long after B/W started which they mention they wanted to reboot the series by making Ash 10 again.
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>>21735650 > letting it go because no matter how much you want to keep it you know you can't bring out its strengths the way you are currently raising it is more like it
Anonymous
>>21735619 >brown loli voiced by Yuuki Aoi is the worst character on the show How could something so right have gone so horribly wrong?
Anonymous
>>21735677 Interview and source pls, then: I want to check it out for myself if it's possible.
Anonymous
>>21735697 > worst character on the show You clearly don't remember DP Brock, or can't seem to notice how awful XY TR are: not saying Iris was good, but compared to them, she's pretty tolerable.
Anonymous
>>21735621 There's only so many appeals an animation team can create using Swift
>>21735650 >Giving it a shitty dream Anonymous
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>>21735722 > Yeah, but the episode's premise is total crap in general. Exactly on the dream.
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>>21735721 >how awful XY TR are Anonymous
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>>21735758 >Being this blind Anonymous
Anonymous
XY Team Rocket have been improving a lot recently, though. They were great in XY50 and pretty good in XY49 as well.
Anonymous
>>21735812 I don't see it, personally: just seems like typical stupidity from them, IMO.
Anonymous
>>21735700 The interview was put in 2ch.
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Anonymous
>>21735650 But maybe they reach their maximum potential while traveling with their trainers. Ash's Charizard was an overcompensating manlet compared to the other Charizards so he would never be as good as them.
>>21735621 There was no need for Ambipom to leave as Dawn didn't had to replace Pokemon, it still pisses me off.
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>>21735882 I feel your pain: I didn't like how they handled it, either.
Anonymous
>>21735828 It's because of Jessie sexualizing herself recently.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Say what you will about BW, but Team Rocket was the best they ever were in the entire series. They might have been too serious for the Giovonni arc, but at least they could put up a fight. Even after the boss went back to Kanto they still managed to pull a nice blend of stupid yet competent
Anonymous
>>21735926 > Megumi Hayashibara's voice + that = instant boner Kind of sad looking at that because if Lillis was still her dub VA, would still get a boner, but Knotz will not do it for me- I'll just hear whiny teenager Jessie instead.
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>>21735999 I think Team Rocket were at their best as characters in the OS, but as villains, BW was their best saga, yes.
DP and XY Team Rocket make me want to stab something, especially dubbed, though.
AG Team Rocket was OK.
Anonymous
>>21736002 I'm surprised they never really take advantage of Megumi Hayashibara's singing voice much in the show like they did with KAORI.
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>>21736029 Me either: she actually has a good singing voice, IMO.
