>>33576247I don't miss the characters from the old anime that much: what I really want to see is the darker shading and more surreal environments.
My young brain always pictured pokemon as cute, kid-friendly SMT demons. They can help you if you become friends with them, but they work on their own accord, and can mess you up if you do something stupid. My favorite example is the ninetales episode. I don't remember it that well, but something about it was fucked up.