>>28889195My opinion is unpopular as fuck, but I kinda like the new art style. Sure it's not the sharp, crispy, occasionally sexy animation we got in X/Y but I think that's okay. And double okay if they continue to do stuff like Generations that is more detailed and more closely represents the games.
The new SM style reminds me more like an actual saturday morning kids cartoon. It seems cozy. I'm not sure what to expect of the 'Ash goes to school' plot, it seems like it'll be more episodic/flavor of the week type stuff ALL the time, since there won't be a focus on needing to collect the badges. I wouldn't mind that so much.
In my mind I'm comparing it to Yokai Watch, which as far as cartoons made for children go, is fucking suburb in my opinion. Cute style, good humor, can pick it up and drop off wherever you want without losing context. It's more accessible for kids, but it doesn't make the quality less. Especially when you consider the quality of the Pokemon anime has always been sorta sub par. It didn't really do the game story well, but it didn't really do its own thing well either. Some episodes were good, and there were some great scenes in the later years, but the writing and pacing always fell kinda flat imo.
