Before you get too hyped there don’t appear to be any actual pokemon in this world:

The series will tell the story of Madoka Akagi, a young girl who moves to Tokyo and becomes enthralled with the world of Pokémon when her mother gifts her a Game Boy and a copy of Pokémon Red.

  • De_Narm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Pokemon and most anime in general, or anything else targeted at children, always was and will be a commercial. That’s not even necessarily a bad thing, since a lot of them aim at being good enough that people want merch.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t disagree on anime/children’s content or even Star Wars to an extent but since this is a Pokémon show with no actual Pokémon I think it falls under the corporate commercial category more than anything else.

      • Instigate@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        I think it’s an interesting and meta take to show a human, in the human world, becoming engrossed in the fictional world of Pokémon. I think many Pokémon gamers will be able to empathise well with her, having lived through the revelation of Pokémon on Game Boy and the amazing culture around it.