>>50928045Anon, they're just going to make an ash clone if they replace him, especially as they'll need to shiull the mascot per the terms of their existence. At that stage, it's easier to just re-use him and doubly-so when the kids watching the show age out and move on to age-appropriate anime by that stage, allowing a fresh set of younglings to inherit Satoshi, which results in the next band of western chisellers to get Ash's adventures off netflix or whatever.
It's like you weebs forget they don't make this shit because it gives you a stiffy.