Why We'll NEVER See Another XY Ash

Hey Everyone! today's video will be a discussion on why I think we'll never see an Ash like XY ever again.

Keep in mind this is just what i think feel free to disagree with me in the comments below ^^

#pokemon #pokemonanime #pokemonxyz #anipoke

Music Credits:
Pokemon XY Title Theme
Mewmore // Battle! Kalos Legendary (Pokémon X & Y Remix)

Art Credits:
Cokicat
Tzblacktd
Dan1592
Hanimetion
THSinaz_Art

No art in this video belongs to me credit to all creators

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[VeeVolt]

This video got way more views than i expected so i just want to reiterate this is just a simple discussion/speculation you don't have to be believe me and it's not fact either, there are even things that i got wrong in this video so make sure to take it all with a grain of salt, still I hope you enjoy nonetheless

[xXDrakartXx]

I always thought that in x y not only his appearence seemed older, but also his behaviour was kind of more mature. I really liked that. I mean, I still enjoyed the following seasons, but mature Ash stays my favorite.

[theunchosenone]

The creator said the 10 yrs old thing is a representation of youth not actual age. Kakui even had a freakin baby, he has aged its just supposed to represent spirit of youth

[blueendercraft]

and in the XY series, he even acts more mature than all other generations. I really liked xy and is still my favourite serie

[eljordinio]

Personally, it was nice seeing ash looking and even acting more mature. In my opinion, he should have stayed that way from XY onwards. There's no point making him gradually nature just to throw it out the window in the next series, and his overly childish personality is kinda unacceptable imo. Ten or not, there's a limit to how much immaturity ash can have after 25 years

[WilbertBeltman]

In the later episode of Journeys, I felt like it was weird to see Ash flashback to previous seasons, to see the Journey Ash art style in the outfits of past seasons, as its kinda hard to imagine its the same guy, yeah Ash was always kinda immature (he's 10 after all) I always felt like Ash didn't really behave like a 10 year old, he totally does now which is fine, because he is one after all. But its weird to imagine that Journeys Ash is the same guy as in Kalos for example

[Mr]

I really miss his XY design and his maturity in that series. SM was great but I never got over the art style change, it just felt such a downgrade compared to what we had before.

[rich]

My favorite character designs were the Advanced Series - XY designs. All of those designs between Gen 3-6 felt like Ash was actually aging a bit and gave us the sense of some maturity in the anime, but the new designs are a lot more "young" and I understand why the designs are simplified, so that the studios have more animation friendly designs, but idk it feels like the animation has gone under a downward spiral in Journeys.

[pitsburg]

Even with the amazing Leon fight, XY will always be my favorite season. A more mature Ash, best visuals of ALL the Pokemon series, great companions who each had good character arcs, even the pokemon themselves get good story arcs, with Greninja having such a compelling story that rivals even Charizard and Infernape. And the inclusion of a love interest was just such a great bonus. Serena is so beloved BECAUSE her crush on Ash was not her only motivation, hell she GETS her motivation to be a performer as she journeys with Ash, we literally see her go through the motions to become the character we all know and love. I know a lot of fans are okay with the current season being Ash's last journey, but I for one would love for his victory to become the stepping stone for an older Ash that can continue having the story tone that XY embodied so well.

[AuraZora]

I can't lie it does make me sad we probably won't see another Ash design that is similar to XY Ash but hopefully it's still possible one day! But mann your Points are Amazing it really changed my outlook on XY Ash, Serena and more and to be honest maybe not following XY Ash's direction is for the best but you know Fantastic Video! i can't wait for your next one 😆🔥

[qohnwkf]

Xy brought me back to being a Pokémon fan, I loved it so much. I’d not played or watched Pokémon in years until I randomly just decided to check it out. It was already finished at that point so I binged through it & it completely won me over. Pokemon’s not felt the same since then, I’ve seen a few Sun & Moon & Journey’s episodes but I don’t care for it much. Sad to me. Xy just felt so different & it was awesome…

[MagillanicaLouM]

I think the actual biggest reason is because Kalos was the first region there wasnt a physically more mature guy traveling with Ash. Without a Brock, Tracey or Cilan like character but being surrounded by newer characters the same height or even smaller for once, the perspective has us imagine a more physically grown Ash when otherwise he's the same. Also yeah, first time his clothes aren't pretty baggy also helps lol

[DarkWinterAMV]

Ash's BW design is my personal favourite because I think it looks the nicest, and kind of combines old and new

[Andy]

i liked the small romance aspect of xy and xyz, It added something that we really hadn't seen with the pokemon series.

[BlueJack]

The one thing I can say for sure is X Y and Z feels like the series grew up with me Ash feels more mature and cooler and when we went into sun and moon he became more childish and Goofy and I really don't mind because that's true to his character but I would like to return back to the XY and Z style one day

[advisingassable]

since they changed to a more simpler animationfriendly style with Sun&Moon and reset his Ash mostly.
i feel they missed an opurtunity to end ashes story in the XY series, then after a timeskip have his kid take the main character spot . That way they could have had the kid have new sillyer adventures learning the ropes, and have Ash step in for some tougher battles & lifelesson scenes. They went the safer route by having Ash be their "mickey mouse" of sorts wich is understandable(especially since he is originally named Satoshi after the creator of pokemon Satoshi Tajiri )
but its fun to imagine.

[ganoninthepit]

I don't feel like Journeys buried Amourshipping though; I ship it and I was actually very happy with how the episode tackled it.

Like you said, it's a series about monsters, so they can't get TOO bold with it all, for better or worse. But they VERY easily could've flubbed the note XY closed on, by making some cheap joke at Serena's expense about Ash still being dense or what not, deconfirming what the ending implied for them.

But they handled a delicate situation with care, let them meet in the last minute of the episode; I'm pretty sure the constant moves to keep them apart were pretty much a meta joke on how leaving them together would lead to complications; and their meeting was very fitting for the two of them.

They were instantly thrilled to see each other, with touching music playing over the scene, and reluctantly pulled apart. For the very little time they have, they shout their ambitions to each other over the sea with the sunset backdrop; notice how a major complaint of later series is that Ash doesn't talk about his accomplishments or ambitions that much, or share with his friends? I don't recall him even mentioning the PWC to Dawn of all people. Meanwhile he shouts that to Serena as his first thought. It was all pretty romantic, in their own personalized way.

Plus, there's the Great Gatsby reference at the end, with the green lights. I felt that scene was pretty romantically coded, with ambiguity left to get away with.

[bookit]

It definitely feels weird when looking at Ash in XY because he really doesn't look like 10 year old and doesn't feel like a 10 year old. They 100% look like teens.

[kaitheguy]

Ash didn’t even look 10 in XY/XYZ. He felt so much more mature. The plot, characters, animation (especially animation) was so good. We’ll never get this again.

[LuigiTheMetal]

Another reason the art style has changed is because the anime studio has cheaped out on the animators. Animators have always been overworked and underpaid, and at times, they do rush on the animation to meet short deadlines. With the movies, the characters are designed fine since the movies are shorter than a 12-episode anime season.