>>56899360This is true, but America took to Pokemon the strongest when Nintendo began localizing, very quickly becoming the second biggest market to capitalize on.
And we know for a fact that the anime was very interested in keeping that American market, because they pre-emptively shitcanned Brock for the Orange Islands out of fear that Americans would begin recognizing him as a bunch of racist stereotypes rolled up into one character. So they wanted him gone before that could happen when they were already dealing with the heat from Jynx racism allegations, and even Electric Soldier Porygon reaching western headlines because of how massive of a blunder it was.
