‘Pokemon’s Next Season Is the Last Starring Ash and Pikachu

The animated Pokémon tv collection has been going robust for 25 years. And for a whole quarter century, the hero of the present has been Ash Ketchum — which, you must admit, is kind of a handy title for a Pokémon coach, like a man named Jeeves truly changing into a butler, or a race automobile driver named Chevy Malibu or one thing — and his journey to develop into a Pokémon grasp, alongside together with his loyal Pokémon, Pikachu.

Well, it appears as if after 25 years and nicely over 1,200 episodes, Ash’s journey is over. The official Pokémon Twitter account revealed as we speak that the subsequent batch of recent episodes will conclude Ash’s (and Pikachu’s!) quest. And it teases a brand new collection of episodes with out Ash that may comply with.

Make positive you’ve a handkerchief prepared earlier than you watch the new teaser.

Obviously, Pokémon will not be ending; the franchise remains to be going robust all these years later. No, it’s Ash’s story that’s winding down. The trailer makes it very clear {that a} new hero will take over the present in the future. And clearly there are different points of Pokémon — card video games, video video games, comics — that may proceed as nicely. But what even is Pokémon with out Ash and (gulp) Pikachu? We‘re about to find out. But all good things must come to an end — and really if you can’t develop into a Pokémon Master after 25 years of attempting, perhaps it’s time to strive one other profession?

Pokémon is now in its twenty fifth season on the air; the present run of exhibits is titled Pokémon: Ultimate Journeys. Ash’s remaining 11 episodes start airing in Japan on Friday, January 13, 2023.