Do you watch Pokemon in English or in Japanese?
>>59326352It's happening to most other boards.
>>59326214The early anime is actually somewhat on par even with some of 4kids edits/censorship. TPCI's location is a *relatively* more faithful translation with occasional horrendous score (especially in the later seasons of the series) making it a inferior way to watch the anime. 4kids knew how to come with witty dialogue every now and then. Mind you, this isn't necessarily speaking volumes for 4kids' skills as much as it's speaking volumes about the bland dialogue in the original version.
>>59326352>this board is dying lolMake it die faster then
>>59326091I wish there was an official way to watch it in Japanese with subtitles.
>people are STILL having dub vs sub arguments over this shit tier kodomoslop in the big Two SixGrim.Watch something else.
Kinda weird that we don't have a gingerbread man pokemon yet with all the recet food mons
>>59329949Fuck, an actually funny frog OP pic.
Murkrow is an underrated birbfren.
I love it
>>59322246Cool art!
>>59317107The quintessential Ground-type
>>59327362That would be Diglett.
>>59317107Contrarian choice
The hate runneth over editionPrevious >>59195674>FAQ>What is this?People are turning into Pokemon in the real world. Some are having the time of their lives, and some are struggling to survive. These are their stories.>How do I join?Just start posting.>What's the lore?People and animals (and at least one tree) are changing at random in their sleep, waking up still in the real world, but now as Pokemon, and nobody knows why (that includes you. Please don't try to explain it). Just enough transformations are occurring to notably change day-to-day life without collapsing civilization. This is not the apocalypse, even if it might feel like it to some characters in the moment. Some people are more in touch with their instincts than others, and some have lost more of their humanity than others. That's about it. Avoid legendaries if possible.>What the Hell is PIPS?In many of the stories, the scientific community in-universe has begun referring to Pokemon instincts and the loss of humanity some people who transform experience as Pokémon Induced Psychosis Syndrome, or PIPS. The term is explained in more detail here: https://rentry.org/sip-concepts
another question to consider: would pokemon merch lose value since well, now they are real, would it be banned in general or would nobody give a shit? would society drastically change?also, were do we stand with abilities, attacks, items, etc?
>>59328295>also, were do we stand with abilities, attacks, items, etcPower levels are at pretty reasonable levels in the bigger stories, and they should stay that way. Having pokemon do some of the DBZ-level nonsense the pokedex entries and move descriptions say they can do means things get absurd fast.The New Police Animals mentions oran berries, I think. That's about it as far as 'items' go. No luxuries of teleportation and pokeballs or whatever. Real world, present day, actual tech is the setting.
>>59328263>inb4 eating those foods actually immunizes you against transforming into those pokemon
>>59328482>It does nothing>But between the people who do not want to transform and the people who do, consumption patterns have become incomprehensible>The branded merch is soon dumped just to avoid the headaches
>>59328295Part of the appeal for a lot of toys for kids (soldiers, princesses, doctors etc.) is the kids wanting to become those things when they grow up.
another year, another record just consoom
>>59326919it was a combination of the series stagnating, smartphones, yokai watch, and nintendo releasing flop consolesi really wonder what a pokemon go-less world would look like, pokemon would probably still be doing better than ever just because of the switch effect, but still
>>59327613No. The global generation(s) that grew up playing Pokemon became independent consumers with strong brand loyalty. They acquired a purchasing power they did not have in the 2000s or even early 2010s, as well as a sentimental attachment to the brand. Observe how the Champion apparel brand got briefly revived a couple decades out from its last relevance: spending adults' childhood nostalgia.
>>59326604>>59327851The graph tells the story of monetization.The Pokemon Company has increasingly heavily monetized the brand in any area possible, essentially rivalling the level done during the first Pokemania, but without fanfare and headlines announcing it. Why? Because Pokemon has become embedded in the Earthling cultural DNA to such an extent that interest in Pokemon is an unspoken assumed default one deviates from, and its popularity and success and presence and ubiquity more or less expected or even welcomed rather than questioned or even acknowledged at all.
>>59328420Your first clause is bullshit and caused me to stop reading the whole post, considering the series is still stagnant and yet evidentally more profitable than ever. You need to do more thinking and come up with a more sensible narrative to believe in and propagate.
>>59326617It's cardboard crypto
imagine a world where gamefreak actually cared about raichu instead of pikachu
>>59329712God i hate alolan raichu, he looks like someone sprayed him with a dilute hydrochloric solution and smoothed out his entire body.
>>59329712Humiliation ritual
>>59329022Have you said thank you yet?
>>59329017Both Pikachu and Raichu are pretty trash desu
>>59329017imagine a world where Raichu fans wouldn't act like they're the most oppressed minority in existence
Let's start the new month strong Let's start with an absol thread
>>59328815I can't believe Absol is dead!
>>59329116I recognize Zinfyu artstyle in one millisecond, and instantly think "yes, it is Absol time."
Did absol stole your heart when you were a teenager or much later?
why don't we have a Pokemon pet sims already?
>>59327411We should have pokemon dating sim
>>59329567Masters exists but it's garbage
>>59327411They did an Eevee-themed version of Tamagotchi a few years ago.
>>59327411Honestly yeah. How come TPC haven't thought of making amie-like for Android yet?
>>59329736Pokémon go basically has this with the buddy system
>Literally named after a real placeKanto needs to be renamed. None of the other regions have this problem, it's pretty egregious early-instalment weirdness. Could maybe call it New Johto given that it's basically Johto's bonus level as of Gen 2.
>>59329679>Kanto so boring it doesn't even get it's own name They weren't lying when they said kanto has no identity lol
>>59329685Indeed they weren't. All its famous Pokemon are just devolved descendants of Galarian godmons.
>>59329685Dude, Pokemon was originally our world with magic creatures
>>59329752>OriginallyKey word. The franchise has evolved past the crummy early days.
>>59329679They should rename it from "Kanto" to "KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" or "CHAAAAAAAAAAAAARIZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADTOPIA!!!!!!!".
>get a clear pouch to hold sitting cutie when I go out>immediately feel embarrassed and push it out of sight when others walk byI'm a failure to my pokemon...
>>59327343Least cuckbrained /vt/ poster
>>59328038>YanmaYanma is based though, I can imagine people calling the cops if you had a kirlia or braixen plushie
>>59327343Fuck off.
>>59328038People will look down on you if you're ugly anyway. Do as you please and stop being anxious about what rude strangers think of you.
>>59327365Funnily enough, both
Lugia time
>>59325523He's big boned, okay?
>>59328396Nice! Love that artist!
>>59325523only healthy salads from now on
Post Youngsters (and other cute bois too)
anyone here have that one art of allister posed as pic on the right?
>>59326547>>59327093<3
>>59328734Never seen it but interesting, seconding your request
>>59328734I don't think it's what you're looking for, but I'll post this as an excuse to bump the thread.
Yanmega is really cool
>>59316315Pretty art!
Yanmeg and Flygon should have been Bug Dragon
Corviknight is fucking AWESOME!!!
>>5932617375
>>59327258ZAMN, her kill count is THAT HIGH???
>>59328391heres the pic without the tung tung sahur or whatever watermark
