The anime's December 2022 message, signed by the programme staff, announcing the show would follow new leads Liko and Roy from April 2023. It gave no commercial reason

How it’s built

1. Reported by Inside Games, a Japanese games news site, quoting the official programme message of 16 December 2022.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

The message speaks for the programme staff, not the company's management, and says nothing about business motives.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

テレビアニメ「ポケットモンスター」のカメラは、2人の冒険を追っていくことになります (Gloss: The TV anime 'Pocket Monsters' camera will follow the two's adventures.)