Good lord, that's an absurdly strong team. Apparently Ash has come a long way since the "Charizard won't listen" days....

Mikachu, I agree that I'm not a big fan of multitasking during anime; I'm usually more inclined to treat it as a special occasion and focus all of my attention on what I'm viewing. It occurs to me, though, that I doubt I'll ever catch up with Pokémon if I have to carve out dedicated time for each individual episode, so I might wind up trying Fett's multitasking approach. In the end, half-watching would at least be better than not watching at all.