>>50197074>The anime isn’t canonKeep telling yourself that, but the fact is the anime is the #1 most overseen piece of media by both GameFreak AND TPC to ensure it's 100% faithful, accurate and a factual source of information for the Pokemon World in its more pure, viewable form.
They've also gone on record saying the Games and Anime share the same fundamental world, but are set in different continuities in order to tell the stories they want in both mediums without getting tangled up in each other beyond loose adaptations on the anime's side.
