>>26673941YGO is a weird exception, most Japanese in general hate change. They flipped their shit at Toriyama wanting to end Dragonball, then flipped their shit more when he tried canning Goku, they flipped their shit when they banned Space Jesus in the character polls.
Japanese fans latch onto characters super quick and hard and will never let go. In Pokemon's case that's Ash, they will never let go of him. No matter what they do with the anime, it'll always be 'right' as long as Ash is there.
>>26674010To everyone but Japan, sure he's boring as hell. To Japan, he is Pokemon as much as Pikachu. He's the Goku of that series.
