>>49181318It's a Games =/> Anime kind of deal.
Both GF and TPC regularly visit and consult OLM on how the anime should go and how its characters, world and creatures should be depicted to assure it's the most ideal, faithful and accurate look into the Pokemon World from a full perspective, rather than the abstracted perspective the games offer from your 11 year old protagonist.
GameFreak doesn't pay mind to the anime as often, aside from shoutouts, formerly Ash-Greninja and otherwise Cap Pikachu, but TPC is 500% reliant on it to sell merch because that's the anime's primary purpose nowadays is to be an advertisement for the toys and shit.
