Ash Ketchum and Pikachu are finally being retired as Pokemon's main characters after 25 years

[RamsayBolton]

Ash and Pikachu to depart Pokémon series after 25 years

Pokémon's long-running anime series will say farewell to Ash Ketchum and his loyal Pikachu after 25 years. Ash's…

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New main characters:

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Retire it altogether

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

I stopped watching when they changed his voice

 

[thaKEAF]

 

[Killah Ray]

That’s like getting rid of Mario at this point.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

aint watched this crap since back in 2000

 

[Carl Tethers]

Cap. They'll be back

 

[thefloorislava]

At this point dude is a mascot like Mickey Mouse. The best time to end the show and start a new series was in the 90s when the Pokémon movie came out. They are throwing away a major asset to their brand for nothing.

Plus these new Pokémon look like trash . Everything past gen 3-4 looks weird to me

 

[Chrishaune]

The goddess culture in final gear.

But some of you don't know what is going on

 

[The Pledge]

Retire it altogether

Just say anything for daps

Pokémon

1996

$71 billionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises#cite_note-22

[TD]

• Licensed merchandise – $69.2 billion [c]
• Box office – $1.85 billion[d]
• Jet aircraft livery sales – $3 million[e]

[/TD]

 

[Adonis]

I thought this ended a long time ago.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Eevee >>>>>>>>>>> Pikachu

 

[Spence]

This ain’t the very best, like no one ever was

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Bye bye Butterfree

When Ash went back to look for Charmander and found him in the rain

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]