2013-08-07, 09:13 PM
I appreciated the fact that Ash still stuck to using newer pokemon with each installment in the series (save for Pikachu) because I saw the choice as a way for him to put himself in a position where he needed to be flexible enough to adapt and maintain enough integrity to not default on some of his much older and more exp'ed pokemon (again save Pikachu). Even then, there were times when Pikachu got it's butt kicked and often I thought, "really.. god you should be roughly lv. 100 by now.. why are you fainting so easily?"
As for the whole aging thing, I think the animator's and the company keep Ash the way he is to appeal to young audiences. Ash and Pikachu are engraved in the pokemon anime.
As for the whole aging thing, I think the animator's and the company keep Ash the way he is to appeal to young audiences. Ash and Pikachu are engraved in the pokemon anime.