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We all know that no anime is by any means perfect and by default, the pokemon anime isn't perfect either. While it has its strengths, it also has its weaknesses and ways it can improve or strive to become better. So, what are those things exactly?
Personally, one major problem I've noticed is that many characters aren't properly developed. Even those that people may argue are developed, have problems that make them the opposite. What I mean, is that the characters aren't fully thought out before they're brought to the cast. When you have such a vast and creative world like pokemon, the main focus of the writers should be developing characters and telling their story according to how their character is built. But you can't do that unless you know absolutely everything there is to know about your character, or there's going to be some problems. For instance, Mallow from Sun and Moon.
We can all agree that the episode regarding her backstory was very bittersweet, but it had no buildup or foreshadowing. This implies that the relationship between Mallow and her mother was something that was not planned and that has a bad affect on the anime as a whole. In order to make a well developed character, you should try to know everything there is about that character first and establish the most important parts of their character to their audience.
A lot of the anime has the characters written around the plot, not the other way around, which is a glaring problem that the series has had since the beginning-even when it wasn't as prominent back then, as the narrative had just started out, but it was still present. Even Ash, Team Rocket, and Pikachu have this problem, as many fans have already noticed throughout the series.
That being said, I feel like the reason a lot of characters feel like many parts about them were entirely unplanned is due to the fact that there is so many writers on the series, and while this can be a good thing-providing different viewpoints on certain characters-it feels as if it isn't really a joint effort-the writers don't communicate-so some episodes have the characters act OOC or have some information revealed that contradicts something previously or doesn't make sense; while in other episodes they feel bland, or, even in other episodes where they are at the peak of their character and most well written: it's all very disorganized. It's because of this that proper characterization is a big issue on the anime's part, which they can improve on by having the writers work together-specifically on planning out the CHARACTERS and not introducing anything late which makes it feel jarring and sudden.
That was rather long-my apologies-so now I want to know your thoughts! What is a way the anime can improve from its weaknesses? What are its strengths that they should focus on? What are the weaknesses, anyway? How can the anime improve?
Personally, one major problem I've noticed is that many characters aren't properly developed. Even those that people may argue are developed, have problems that make them the opposite. What I mean, is that the characters aren't fully thought out before they're brought to the cast. When you have such a vast and creative world like pokemon, the main focus of the writers should be developing characters and telling their story according to how their character is built. But you can't do that unless you know absolutely everything there is to know about your character, or there's going to be some problems. For instance, Mallow from Sun and Moon.
We can all agree that the episode regarding her backstory was very bittersweet, but it had no buildup or foreshadowing. This implies that the relationship between Mallow and her mother was something that was not planned and that has a bad affect on the anime as a whole. In order to make a well developed character, you should try to know everything there is about that character first and establish the most important parts of their character to their audience.
A lot of the anime has the characters written around the plot, not the other way around, which is a glaring problem that the series has had since the beginning-even when it wasn't as prominent back then, as the narrative had just started out, but it was still present. Even Ash, Team Rocket, and Pikachu have this problem, as many fans have already noticed throughout the series.
That being said, I feel like the reason a lot of characters feel like many parts about them were entirely unplanned is due to the fact that there is so many writers on the series, and while this can be a good thing-providing different viewpoints on certain characters-it feels as if it isn't really a joint effort-the writers don't communicate-so some episodes have the characters act OOC or have some information revealed that contradicts something previously or doesn't make sense; while in other episodes they feel bland, or, even in other episodes where they are at the peak of their character and most well written: it's all very disorganized. It's because of this that proper characterization is a big issue on the anime's part, which they can improve on by having the writers work together-specifically on planning out the CHARACTERS and not introducing anything late which makes it feel jarring and sudden.
That was rather long-my apologies-so now I want to know your thoughts! What is a way the anime can improve from its weaknesses? What are its strengths that they should focus on? What are the weaknesses, anyway? How can the anime improve?