What made the original Pokémon series special...

[Fantastische Hure]

...was that the original was Japanese in everything. They wore Kimonos (I think I saw that), ate rice-balls, references & other things that wouldn't be in a western cartoon. Once it became an international success though they started making it more like a western cartoon with barely anything to distinguish it from other western cartoons.

 

[Papasmurf]

They still ate rice balls I think.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

They still eat or ate? I didn't know whether they still do (I think). Also I meant just in-general. It seemed more like animation from Japan. Everything about the series.

 

[Papasmurf]

Well, parts of Johto and some parts of AG and DP had Japanese references.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Johto is part of the original series too though.

I assume you mean mainly Kanto, which is definitely the one where that's most notable.

 

[Papasmurf]

Tracey was introduced to replace Brock because he could have been seen as a racist caricature so they replaced him

 

[Fantastische Hure]

True. Same with Rougela IIRC but I still felt it wasn't as generic back then. Kanto is the most obvious one though.

 

[Ultimate Cell]

They still ate rice balls I think.

I think you mean jelly doughnuts.

 

[theallpowerfulpuipui]

The Pokemon made it special, the original 150




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And the original Ash character design

 

[Captain Cadaver]

And the original Ash character design

You're saying that in the original draft, rather than seeing a Ho-Oh, Ash was blessed by the Booty Warrior Lord ?

Mind = Blown