>>31289302Pikachu not resetting is hardly a feat, and the only proof to it is Pikachu learning a Z- move, which was obviously going to happen early, and has more to do with his bond with Ash than his actual powerlevel.
The animation is fluid, most of the time, but the art style is ugly, and it brings a lot of quality when characters stand still.
Almost every episode, except for the first two and the last one with the Totem Trump, has been basically what would happen if you had filler episodes with Ash's classmates instead of CotDs, to the point that the best things to come out of them have been the occassional Bewear appearance and Lillie's family portrait. And the thing is, these aren't supposed to be fillers, these are the character introduction episodes, so you just have to imagine how boring the actual filler episodes will be.
