Galar is the region introduced in the Pokémon video game Sword and Shield, symbolizing the eighth generation. Generation which, however, is about to end as it will enter the ninth with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. The ninth generation will also bring a change in the anime at the mentioned time Pokemon: Explorations.
When will this change take place? It is not known, but it seems that there are some serious problems in the production of the anime Pokémon Exploration. Ash is in the Galar Pokémon League and faces increasingly difficult battles, but the studio staff also have certain challenges to contend with. Lately, there have been more and more episodes of anime full of fillers and recaps of previous events or even skipped weeks. There?
An employee seems to have confirmed this The Pokémon anime doesn’t have enough people to work on it. The rumor originated from Twitter, where Centro Leaks picked up a message from a member of animation studio OLM, the Director of Animations Kurakazu Chiaki, to translate it into english. This could be one of the reasons why the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet anime was not announced, which theoretically should have come with the conclusion of Explorations and more or less contemporaneously with the video game’s planned release for the next one. Month.
What will that be Future of Pokemon anime?
OLM animation director confirms Pokémon anime is in trouble
– LEAKS Center (@CentroLeaks) October 2, 2022
After all the recent issues with the Pokemon anime (fillers, gap weeks, repeat episodes), a staff member has confirmed that they don’t have enough people.
That may be why we haven’t heard anything about a Gen 9 anime. pic.twitter.com/zNHYutJ82T