Because of the tremendous popularity achieved by the large number of video games, the growing card game market, and now more than 1000 episodes released, the franchise is owned by Pokémon has a golden moment. However, there were days when success was not guaranteed and people were already thinking about how to end the cartoon.
Today is much of the Community fondly and nostalgically remembers the beginning of Ash Ketchum’s adventure and his inseparable Pikachu, who continue to be the protagonists of the series. However, in 2009, just a year before his death, the screenwriter did Takeshi Shudo, a key figure in the making of the anime and the first three animated films, had come up with two hypothetical conclusions from Ash’s journey, both of which were rather peculiar.
The first idea would show itself the Pokémon trainer now at a ripe old age, who remembers the good old days when he could travel from one region to another in search of new monsters, is interrupted by his mother, who reminds him to prepare for the adventure that will begin the next morning.
Always according to Shudo’s instructions, the next day Ash would set off to discover the meaning of existencewith the aim of understanding coexistence with others. An enigmatic ending that certainly adds to the sense of adventure and complicity between Pokémon and humans, albeit in a way that is far too deep and complicated, especially for the purpose the anime was aimed at.
If this ending seems absurd to you, wait until you hear the second idea Shudo developed. The apparently philanthropic Pokémon realize that they are treated like slaves by them, and they rebel with mass uprisings. The leader of this revolt would obviously have preferred Ash’s little Pikachu, and Team Rockets Meowth would step in to try to mediate between the two major factions, which made the whole situation worse.
Surely it’s a great twist in which to get it a strong criticism of the hierarchical structure of the Pokémon worldwhere people are free to capture their “companions” and fight legally, which, however, would again have distorted the previously used narrative style and would have resulted in the absolute end of this world and the series.
What do you think of these two conclusions from Shudo? Please let us know in the comments section. In conclusion, let’s recall that the Converse was presented for the franchise’s 25 years and leave to some flamboyant theory about Joy and Jenny.
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