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The reason a Pokémon Company International executive gave in March 2024 for replacing Ash as anime lead

12 March 2024

ReportedAn executive's statement, reported by a reliable outlet.

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

What this is

The reason a Pokémon Company International executive gave in March 2024 for replacing Ash as anime lead: there was more world and more characters to explore.

How it’s built

  1. Reported by Variety in an interview with Andy Gose, The Pokémon Company International's senior director of media production.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

The reason given is creative renewal; sales are not mentioned. It is one executive speaking to the press.

Where it comes from

'Pokémon Horizons' Team Talks Netflix Debut, First Female Protagonist and Saying Farewell to Ash Ketchum Variety · 12 March 2024 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

it feels like there's more world and more characters to explore. So 28 years in, it feels like why not meet some new folks in the world

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