Trainer2000
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It seems that in every generation in the anime, Ash doesn't have easy battles with anyone. I think it may have something to do with his age, but I'm not sure.
...Ash has never been competent. He's always been the idiot hero for lack of better words, and he regresses every new arc too. Otherwise, he would have very well been champion by now with his Pokemon.
Personally I think it's time to ditch Ash already, let's get in a new hero/heroine and their story. BW was the best chance to do that since it was aimed at a slightly older audience than usual (just check the trainer visuals), but they didn't...not to late to, but yeah...and if it hasn't been said enough time, all the team rocket gags are just depressingly, mind-numbingly stupid at this point.
...Ash has never been competent. He's always been the idiot hero for lack of better words, and he regresses every new arc too. Otherwise, he would have very well been champion by now with his Pokemon.
The vast majority of animated characters do not age nor do they gain skill. Charlie Brown will never grow up, will never kick the football, and will never change his zigzag striped shirt. Mickey Mouse sure looks good for his age, doesn't he? Ash will always be 10 because the show is designed to appeal to children.
I still say they should've ditched Ash as a hero for BW, I mean even YGO saw how tired Yugi was getting, so after his story arc finally ended they moved on to new heroes. And considering the background of BW, which is aimed at a slightly older audience (likely because they've finally realized many of the people still playing them are older now too), along with slightly older heroes it would've been a nice change of pace.
I haven't watched the current BW anime, but if TR gags and their fail attempts to steal Pikachu are in every episode still, that needs to end too.
Didn't Japan get a one shot side episode aimed at an older audience... and its ratings weren't good enough so they stuck with the old formula?
The Raikou special with whatever Gold's anime name is? I know his Japanese name is Kenta but I don't know his English name. Anyway, I'm guessing that's entirely why it failed. With something like Pokémon, the target audience flat-up doesn't want too much of a break from the established formula. They want to see Ash run around the gym circuit with Pikachu and a bunch of new Pokémon every season, as well as varying travel companions. Like it or not, the older fans who'd want a more serialized, less cartoonish series with a different protagonist are kind of a fringe demographic, even though the Pokémon world is perfect for all kinds of stories revolving around older/better people than Ash.