>>45570052>>45570220>>45570289lol OP I don't dislike the idea, but it's not based in reality.
Japanese don't go "Hey! Let's take this interesting but obscure niche and do something totally original and out of the box with it." That's an American thing. They take calculated risks guaranteed to pay off, which this is not. Here's why:
1. The time to turn sp. into an anime would have been mid-late 2000s alongside Gen 3 and 4, when there were still enough fans of the manga and the original games to make this happen. The tone of the franchise has chained so much that special almost feels incongruous with the rest of it. Now Pokemon is too well established now to pull a right hook like that, which brings me to my next point
2. I'm assuming what you mean by liberties is taking that source material and writing a more mature story with it. Shonen Pokemon won't happen for the same reason there will never be a serious attempt to appeal to us older fans; this is a family friendly kids game. It doesn't follow you as you grow older. Even the manga is pushing it as far as grit goes. Westerners would find a Neo Genesis Pokevangelion cheesy and Japanese would find it out of place and absurd. If anything they'd neuter the anime adaptation so it'd feel familiar to audiences (whoever they'd be) which brings me to my next point.
3. What could they possibly gain by reinventing the wheel? Pokemon has everything it needs with its current approach (with has lead to the franchise's current decline.) Pokemon company doesn't chase demographics; they already have them all. They know exactly who they're going to sell merch to and a new generation gets hooked on Pokemon as the old one grows out of it. Despite being less blatantly advertisey than the anime the manga falls under this umbrella
Maybe it'll happen someday but my instincts say that someone had your idea at some point but got shot down for the reasons I just listed.
