Takeshi Shudo was a crazy person. Between his genius ideas there is a lot of insanity in his works. Would have loved to see an unfiltered adult Anime by him as a writer/director.
@corelepy
5 ай бұрын
Shudo’s a gem to the writing team. I wonder what the pokemon anime would look like today if he was still as involved
@waltermb
5 ай бұрын
an actual professor teaches you why you’re wrong about pokémon. incredible
@Scott-ws8yt
5 ай бұрын
First thing to say is this was a great video and you did a great job with all the research and presenting it. A+ work here. Now for some "fandom history" dating back to the ancient times of the early 2000's: Most of the original fanbase had already gotten bored or stopped watching the anime somewhere around the middle of Johto. Part of it was the endless fillers, Charizard/Squirtle leaving Ash's roster, the GS ball dropped with no resolution, or the fact that most of the original fanbase was aging into teens around this point and Pokemon wasn't "cool" anymore with the original fad dying so they drifted from the series. This is actually why a lot of people didn't even know Misty left until years later after AG already started, because they weren't watching the show anymore. They turned on the TV one day in 2003-2004 and saw May on-screen and no Misty, and wondered what happened. Also remember this is the early 2000's, back then most people did not watch the Japanese episodes, online streaming did not exist of course, so it was much harder to watch the Japanese anime back then compared to modern times. People grew up with the 4kids dub and had no idea what was happening in Japan at the time. Overall most of us old-school Pokemon fans (who are now 35+ adults), who were already teens in the AG era discovered serebii/bulbagarden around 2002/2003, and we all knew Misty was leaving years before it aired on TV. The dub used to be like 50 eps behind Japan (AG for example began Nov. 2002 in Japan, in the U.S. it didn't come out to Spring 2003, almost a full year after Japan), so for those of us following serebii at the time we already knew about May about a year before Hoenn came out. And of course if you played Ruby/Sapphire you would recognize May from the game. Johto in general was also considered the first time the anime went downhill. Not all the eps were bad, but the series had gotten repetitive from the first two seasons. When AG was gearing up it felt like a "series revival" for most people, as it was the first series to make all the major changes in the anime (new companions, Ash and Brock with new clothes, Ash starting over with a new team, etc). At the time Johto was considered the time the anime jumped the shark, and AG was viewed as a return to form. May of course became popular very quickly, and the Contests immediately caught on and became the most popular addition to the show that the writers made them a staple for almost a decade. As we know 20 years later, this was the right decision, and honestly Brock should of been written off after Johto too. Bringing in new female leads every series has obviously worked every time, and each character gained a fanbase. Misty obviously had no reason to be in the anime for 1000+ eps, the writers could barely keep her relevant in Johto. And as we saw with Brock who did last another two series, all his character did was get progressively worse as a third-wheel character so he probably should of left earlier too. May of course is remembered as a fan-favorite character, she's still to this day one of the most developed and focused on female leads of the series. She had a great design, great voice acting in both Japan and the dub (Kaori and Veronica Taylor gave her excellent voices), and of course her Contest arc and rivalries with Drew and Harley are also very popular especially among female fans, hence why Contestshipping had one of the largest followings for a non-Ash ship in the series. And last but not least, May also of course had huge boobs for her age (10 years old), and as young teens growing up with AG in the early 2000's noticed, May was also sexually appealing for the male audience. May still to this day infamously has the biggest boobs of all the female companions in the anime, it's why all the Japanese artists constantly draw May with a huge chest (even the female artists), because it's so ingrained into everyones minds that May has boobs that people just draw her like that unconciously. God it's 20 years later, and to this day I can't get over the size of May's boobs. The animators/writers knew exactly what the fans wanted at the time, a cute brunette with huge boobs was going to be a winner. And yes I know someone is going to either comment or screencap this last paragraph because of what I said, but we all know it's true, I'm just the only one not afraid to say it. There's a reason why May has so much fanart on both western and Japanese fansites. What a time to be alive.
@Critical_HitZ
5 ай бұрын
Never change
@tyanajones8399
5 ай бұрын
@@Critical_HitZyup amourshipping alive and well.
@Evdafawth
5 ай бұрын
I finally witness the infamous Scott.
@xxbunny1233
5 ай бұрын
This video was so well edited and put together you deserve a sub, I wanna shove this into the idiots on twitter's faces, but I don't think it's worth the effort, good video man, it's popping into recommendation feeds, hopefully you gain subs soon man
@Dealortruth
5 ай бұрын
Well, feel free to shove it into some people's faces. Any reach it gets is good. But the reception so far has been positive enough that even if this channel never takes off, I'm happy with how this is doing.
@Joe_334
25 күн бұрын
Seeing Misty, Brock and other characters watching Ash during the world tournament finals, was the best feels. Misty told Ash to keep doing his best, and we even get to see Ash finally earn his Boulder and Cascade Badge years later in the Alola Saga. LoL Edit: stupid auto correct...
@Dealortruth
5 ай бұрын
The narrator sounds extremely intelligent and handsome. DYKG should hire him.
@MrLunaBoy1996
5 ай бұрын
As someone who previously did something like those Twitter and dA posts, I feel I deserve it. Thank you for the very informative video.
@pokepress
24 күн бұрын
To summarize the situation, it was probably a case where it was a group decision, leaving it open for observers to ascribe it to a specific person.
@Rpgwaiter
5 ай бұрын
Having never seen the show or played the games, I now feel like I have the tools to confidently argue with strangers online!
@_-Emerald-_
5 ай бұрын
Nice video. Very informative and clears things up
@NotOrdinaryInGames
12 күн бұрын
43 seconds in, I will just drop this little unassuming bomb into the building. This is pure deduction. Would the closest thing OG Pokemon had to a lead writer, the man who worked hard to put as much Misty shipping into the second movie as possible, the man who WROTE the second movie, really want to get rid of Misty as soon as possible? Answer is of course no.
@NotOrdinaryInGames
12 күн бұрын
Turns out I was only 1/4 correct. Eh, good enough. I will remain a mild shipper though (not the annoying type). Death of the Author, and everything. I will judge the show (up until Johto's end) by what's on-screen. Which I don't think Takeshi's ghost will judge me for TOO harshly for.
@Dealortruth
12 күн бұрын
@@NotOrdinaryInGames If you look at the anime on the surface and the subsidiary media at the time (all the manga, Yellow, GSC) it's pretty clear that Misty was put into the girlfriend role early on. It's not really bad per se that people assumed that was the couple, but I think Shudo was right that devoting too much on-screen energy to a romance subplot would harm the show. It definitely did when they went back to it in a certain later series.
@NotOrdinaryInGames
11 күн бұрын
@@Dealortruth Well, yeah. You cannot put a heavy(heavier?) emphasis on romance in a NON-romance show. What I meant is looking at the original series for what it is, and what is there. I will interpret what I want, as long as it is plausible and isn't a stretch, no one can stop me! :P You can read it both ways, either Misty was frustrated at first then got inspired by Ash/Satoshi to have an adventure with him (she would not probably try it by herself). Nothing romantic there. Or you can see it as a different type of frustration and attraction (IT'S NOT LIKE I LIKE YOU OR ANYTHING). As for promotional material? I bet half of those artists were shippers themselves. Later seasons...... I will never watch all of them, but I seen select parts. That was a real clusterfudge, trying to force shipping and make it """official""", only to immediately abandon all of it the next season. You don't do that to your viewers, it's a spit in the face. Either go all the way, or keep it ambiguous (or do no ship tease at all).
@supercharmander1
4 ай бұрын
Great video! In a nutshell: The entertainment industry is more complicated than you think and pushing all the blame on one person is a stupid waste of everyone's time.
@scootusproductions8497
5 ай бұрын
This was a very informative video!
@bruno23567
4 ай бұрын
8:41 Brazil mentioned let's fucking goooo
@WindiiGitlord
5 ай бұрын
let's gooooo
@closedcaps
17 күн бұрын
Misty is my girlfriend by the way.
@canalsincontenido
5 ай бұрын
31:53 that's Disappearance Diary, right? is he only in the alcoholism arc or is he incluided on the lolicon side of things?
@Dealortruth
5 ай бұрын
It definitely looks like it, though I've just gone through it and I can't find this particular panel. It's thin-haired Azuma though, so it's definitely in the alcoholism half of the manga and not the homeless part.
@alexanderchippel
5 ай бұрын
I'm gonna be honest I'm kinda dis because i thought this was gonna be another "Skin Theory" type video about a guy's insane theory that Misty was murdered in-universe.
@derbydali
4 ай бұрын
Theories that revolve around the real life side to a creative work are so much more valuable to me imo than a rando's headcanon on trivial fictional whatever. Artist make things to connect with people after all so it's only fair that we connect with them back in some form lol.
@alexanderchippel
4 ай бұрын
@@derbydali I watch KZitem videos to be entertained and some skitzo ramblings about how everyone in SpongeBob is wearing skin suits or how Misty from Pokemon was killed in universe by May who was in turn killed by Dawn is so much more entertaining then a guy just saying "yeah, they just wanted to change things up a bit."
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