Time to speculate!
We're most likely more than two thirds into the series. 30 post-league episodes should be enough for a few villain-related episodes, but I don't see the point of introducing Team Plasma so late after they've been given no development. There isn't enough time for a brand new plot starting from scratch, since the anime is highly unlikely to to focus on any villain-related plot for more than six episodes over a 8-month period. Even if the Meteorite two-parter were to air, it would just come at the expense of new episodes.
He doesn't really add much. But at least he arrests people, which is probably what happened with Pierce and the Plasma grunts.
Yep. It's pretty easy to tell since almost everyone else there disagrees with me.
That was the climax which was preceded by many appearances throughout Black and White, and wasn't followed by anything important. Besides, B2W2 are certainly more relevant to Season 2 than their predecessors are.
Do you honestly see that happening? That would only happen if the writers prioritized Team Plasma over the league, and there is no reason to think that. If they want Ash to be denied of his victory, that's what his rivals are for (Virgil in particular).
Meloetta wasn't shooed away; it was given 13 episodes of screentime that culminated in a movie-like arc. If anything, I'd understand featuring Team Plasma and Genesect in an anime arc, but that's unlikely to happen since Genesect will appear in Movie 16. The movies have never involved game characters; even Giovanni only appeared in the prologue of Movie 1.
I post there once in a blue moon when I see misinformation being spread like wildfire.
You could say that about any evil team; they always have plans that get foiled by the player in the climax. There was still a lot of buildup throughout the Unova journey, but the anime did something else entirely.
By that logic the entire plot was mere preparation for something that never happened. Do you expect the anime to outdo the games and have this epic saga about the ramifications of Pokémon being separated from their trainers?
I don't know what is going to happen with Virgil's Eevee, but I never expected CoroCoro to foreshadow next month's potential announcement. There have been many examples where CoroCoro revealed a new Pokémon without previously alluding to it, so let's wait until next month before we discard the theory. Even without a new evolution, I see Eevee being Ash's downfall.
Trip is hardly the only rival and a lot of fans are glad about him losing early. The Axew episode will involve Virgil (as evidenced by Umbreon being the episode's featured Pokémon), so it will most likely lead to something (development for Virgil and/or Ash's Pokémon).
Blame Game Freak for designing four Mythical Pokémon for a generation that will only last three years. I think that the anime writers handled the Meloetta situation well enough.
Because there is almost always a second star, and Genesect needs to be showcased somehow.
Genesect shouldn't be banned from the anime because of Team Plasma. It existed long before them and the person who resurrected it is an unimportant scientist. He could easily be replaced with an anime-exclusive character (Dr. Zager comes to mind), or the resurrection won't be brought up at all. We don't need to see a retread of Movie 1.
Victini, Jirachi and Deoxys have already been featured in movies. Genesect deserves something regardless of the writers' plans for Team Plasma, or lack thereof.
