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Well, the thing is, the children from now on are the kids of the people who grew up with the 90s anime, so idk - their parents are likely going to tell them about how Ash never won a league (or at least, recount that time when Ash lost at the first league), so we can't really say the negative light isn't present in the target demographic. I've said this a lot of times before, but young kids like to see their heroes win and triumph over all. They believe their heroes can do anything, and it delivers a satisfaction - all the more if it is someone they can relate to. It's similar to how kids are drawn to Superheroes who defeat evil and bring world peace and stuff - all that is possible because they win. If Superman and Batman kept losing every major battle at the end of every season... idk?I'm not so sure about that. I don't know how children feel about Ash, but most of the negative light around him that I've seen are from people who are well outside of the target demographic. Ash and Pikachu are pretty much a packaged set and he's been the lead for twenty years. He's far too recognizable and iconic, at least as far as the anime is concerned, for them to consider replacing him now and that ship sailed ages ago anyway.