Still watching?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

To be honest, I don't follow the anime anymore, per se. I don't even know if it's on Finnish TV right now. I do have Netflix though, but, to be blunt, I detest their language policy when it comes to Pokemon. They have had all those animes from Code Geass to Kakegurui in Japanese but Pokemon has to be in European languages only.

The newest season I watched through was XYZ from Japanese DVDs and I recommend the original version for anybody who hasn't seen it. It's very dramatic and shonen-esque, particularly the last 20 episodes are very interesting and the last opening is catchy and sounds if not just like, then almost like Heavy Metal.

That being said, I haven't watched a single Alola episode because I have seen how they draw the characters and I honestly don't like the style. To end this post to a positive note, I must mention I was finally able to watch through the Orange League during the coronavirus lockdown. The very same season Finland skipped way back in 2001.

[mr_pikachu]

That being said, I haven't watched a single Alola episode because I have seen how they draw the characters and I honestly don't like the style.

Thank you. Every time I've seen a picture from Alola, I've done a double-take, as it just doesn't look right to me. Was there some reason why they changed the art style? It doesn't seem like that was necessary, and I have a hard time believing that anyone was clamoring for such a change. (I haven't checked yet, so sorry for the uninformed comment, but I'm kind of hoping that later seasons reverted the art style to something resembling its earlier form.)

As for the Orange Islands, I really enjoyed that region, and I always questioned why it was never in the games... never mind the fact that the anime arcs always followed the games rather than vice-versa. The two-episode battle at the end of the season still gives me chills. (For that matter, I even enjoyed how the Orange Islands were depicted in the latter portion of the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga series, and in my opinion, the climactic moment of the last battle was even better in that version.)