What Happened To Pokemon Movies?

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Happy JPR Friday! What's your favorite Pokemon movie?

[@Beegirl12345]

Poop

[@guillermorey2574]

Pokemon I Choose You

[@twistedjake_]

Zoroark: Master of Illusions is my favorite Pokémon movie

[@evawhite1144]

The three I like the most are the one about Lucario, the one about Zoroark, and the first one about Mewtwo. My favorite one of these three tho, is the Lucario one.

[@Raptorlord241]

Pokemon the movie 2000

[@jwanie366]

I’m guessing they had plans for more movies but cancelled them due to COVID. And now that Ash is no longer the main protagonist, they might need some time to think of the next movie for the new protagonists

[@Ditto.007]

Yh the first movie for a new protagonist has to be impactful like how the first movie is still spoken about

[@Damiantjuuu]

Would be cool if the movies went with ash cuz its in a like different universe

[@1y6._1op]

​@@Damiantjuuui hope so

[@karuagira9067]

​@@Damiantjuuu yeah it can be like what is the champion doing now ❤

[@fritomusic7832]

Or like they will do the same thing, with the AU ash, which I think is a great idea.

[@knux333jw]

The fall of Pokémon movies is pretty sad... because it was a tradition to watch em with friends and family. And I always used them as a way to associate with the overall Pokémon generation of the time. But now that they're absent, it feels like something is missing. Combined with the mixed state of the video games, and the anime leaving Ash for a new direction, it puts Pokémon is a very weird spot currently. Hoping that works out in the end, because I do love Pokémon as a franchise still overall. But it does need to handle things better.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

It may have something to do with the dubs.

[@mohammedhussain939]

It's actually perfect as you could still have Ash in them as like a catchup?

[@TheConuresrule]

Pokemon slowly lost its soul. First the show after gen 4 going down the drain slowly. XY was a good step but that got thrown away. Movies started getting stale during gen 5. And then after gen 6/7 the games went down the drain.

[@Xalvadore505]

Pokemon Horizons is the best Pokemon media we've had in the last decade so maybe things will start to go back up

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

"The fall". Not taking into consideration outside factors?

[@KremBotop]

With how mythicals have basically disappeared post Zarude, the assumption that they have become movie tie in mons over time, hence their lack of in-game precense and lore in recent gens, seems to have some truth to it. There might be 2 planned Gen 8 mythical designs buried in GF's archives that could've most likely been made for the 2021 and 2022 movies, but have since been discarded following the complications of releasing movies after the health crisis and especially with the diminishing JP box office returns of the last few movies. That event essentially ended the annual movies for now. If that ever happens again, aside from a Detective Pikachu movie sequel or something, the big question is who's gonna star in it now that we're in a post Ash world. With the ICY AU movies settling as standalone / self contained anthology films they can very much keep that formula but with an entirely new cast per movie, with most of the selling points being the partner Pokemon and voice actors (in the JP original at least) and the new mythical fully taking center stage.

[@k2basior]

They Could've made a Calyrex Movie and a Enemorus Movie (placed in Hisui).

[@jeffreygao3956]

I for one, would want to focus on minor characters from previous films or even antagonists like Bianca or Molly Hale.

[@TankEngine75]

And if they were Planned Gen 8 Mythical Designs, they may have probably been used for Gen 9 as normal Pokemon or something

[@Zarugoza5969]

Pecharunt movie!

[@ralpbeez8414]

The company behind the anime, OLM is in the middle of a huge problematic workplace, with many employees quitting in the past years, and having really stressful working conditions on a tight schedule. For example, the the champion tournament was changed radically by the higher ups on short notice, which is why some battles are so very short/glossed over, they weren't intended that way. Horizons having a two week break (alongside episode 13 being part clip-show) is also another crack revealing itself of how much the team has to push out the anime in the time alloted, recall that the anime was the first place for the DLC turtle shown and it's not surprising.

[@phoenixshadow6633]

8:30 It's also worth noting that the animation industry lives and dies with a ton of freelance work. With the pandemic causing a massive backlog of work (animation is a collaborative effort mind you), the industry tried to both play catch up with their backlog and take on more projects because more projects means more money. This means we have a shortage of time to make all these projects and manpower.

[@typemasters2871]

It is very interesting that gen 1-6 movies tie-in with the main anime series And then gen 7 had it’s own timeline of three movies Either way, if Koko is the last Pokemon movie, then I think that they have ended on a strong note, very emotional film

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

Secrets of the jungle was a very good movie imo. Did make me cry

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

@franksandoval6046 um I don't understand your question.

[@bacd-nn2lg]

The main reason why we don't see Pokemon movies anymore was a Global Pandemic that happened in last few years ago. Right now we are are at entire new era with Liko, and Roy as main protagonists, so it will take OLM studio few years to make more Pokemon OVA's, and movies featuring new protagonists.

[@SeethingSimp]

The fake one or another one?

[@GoldLight73]

I could definitely see a Horizons movie at some point, but probably not so soon. Liko and Roy have JUST started their journeys and while I don’t know if we can expect them to stick around for the next 20 years, their arcs are clearly going to take a couple of seasons to resolve.

[@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache]

To be fair, Ash got a movie after only one year of the anime being out, so having a Horizons movie come out so soon wouldn't be that surprising.

[@GoldLight73]

@@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache Fair, but the Pokemon anime was also way more explosive in its popularity at the time. Horizons seems to be doing well enough, but I'm not sure Liko and Roy are having quite the same splash as Ash did at the start of his adventure. Also, if Horizons did get a movie, I feel like it would be better saved for the finale. Ash kind of just got swept up in big world-changing events while on his quest to be a Pokemon master, but Liko and Roy are actively following a mystery that feels set to have a big payoff at the end.

[@franksandoval6046]

@@GoldLight73 Pokémon Horizon move is coming and are you blaming China 🇨🇳 for the coronavirus pandemic 😷 ?

[@armantrto180]

No. Ash will be star because movies make BO money. So, people have to be drawn. No one is gonna be drawn for Liko and Roy.

[@pokepress]

One issue with tying films to legendary/mythical Pokémon is that not all of them make compelling stories based on their abilities. Sometimes the movie works in spite of this (TFM, Zeraora, etc.) because the writers can craft an interesting plot around it, but sometimes they can’t/don’t (the Keldeo movie should have made that work, but probably was short on time/money).

[@ralpbeez8414]

The Keldeo movie was so bizarre, it's like everything wrong with the BW anime in a single film, nothing about the characters even remotely resembles any of the actual BW canon beyond the 3 musketeers being friends and keldeo being their student. Literally zero "hate/dislike" humans, and Kyurem has nothing to do with Reshiram/Zekrom. The only reason to watch it is if you're a huge keldeo fan really

[@franksandoval6046]

@@ralpbeez8414 who owns the rights to Pokémon Nintendo and the Pokemon company or Netflix ?

[@MarioSonicDKPokeFAN]

i knew i wasnt tripping! the last movie we saw was the Jungle Movie one. And that was during the 2nd season of the Journeys Anime. They didn't have a movie that year during Journey's final season of the series. That could have been nice to see Ash and Pikachu in their final glory, even though the movies became incredibly different ever since the Sun & Moon Genneration!

[@BanditX109]

I honestly do hope they bring back the Pokemon movies. I really enjoyed their movies especially movies from the first movie till the volcanion movie and detective pikachu and mewtwo strikes back remake. If they can't use mythical they can still use regular pokemon like in the past movies zoroark and lucario. Although I think the arceus chronicles could be a movie if you put all four parts together but idk if's it's classified as a movie or just a mini series.

[@Hip-Gnosis1134]

Honestly? I really enjoyed the first 6 or so movies. The last one I remember liking was “Lucario and the mystery of mew”. Not sure if they started getting worse, or if I was just growing out of it 🤷‍♂️ Also, I remember during sun and moon, people were talking about leaks for the “next game” and basically gave the whole plot summary for the Zarude movie before it was ever announced. Anyone else remember hearing that rumor?

[@zehlua]

The pokemon movies DID stop being good after Lucario, you're not wrong

[@Yoshyguy21]

@@zehlua Nah that's not true at all. I haven't watched a Pokémon movie since the Zoroark one, but I do recall all of the ones I watched (Manaphy, Giratina, Arceus, Zoroark) to be pretty decent

[@meyadin5844]

i only watched the celebi one as of recently and that one was pretty ass ngl

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

​@Yoshyguy21 the only pokemon movies I didn't see was the I choose you movie and the remake of the mewtwo strikes back. I myself really enjoyed the power of us and secrets of the jungle. The movies aren't bad well I didn't care for the lucario movie nor the keldeo movie. But that's me. My favorite is still the 3rd movie "spell of the unknown" though.

[@joshyotoast]

Watched the zarude one on netflix, was good but it was just avatar + tarzan with pokemon

[@wikiuser92]

It's always refreshing to watch a new JPR video after my weekly sauna evening.

[@realsalu634]

If only the games could get an 3+ years hiatus... It's been an very weird time for Pokemon recebtly, no movies, no Ash, barelly working games, i hope it gets better someday

[@toumabyakuya]

They can't, sadly. Seeing how every other branch of the franchise adapts smething from the main games, that puts pressure on said games being released on time.

[@TheConuresrule]

Pokemon is a soulless cash cow now. Absolute trash. But I'll keep my good memories of Pokemon from 98 to 2014 (last game I enjoyed was Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha sapphire.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@TheConuresrule No, no it is not a "soulless cash cow".

[@vivvy_0]

@@toumabyakuyait’s not even a cow just a corpse wasting away 😂

[@toumabyakuya]

@@vivvy_0 Is not that either.

[@ZeldaA_91]

also one big thing and i did not think anyone has brought up enough ,but OLM main and its overseas studio's are working on alot more anime shows outside of the pokemon these days(hell they even have two shows coming out this summer anime season) and they most likely dropped movies because of this too.

[@henrykrebs6367]

I could see the next Pokémon movie for a mythical being called “(Mythical Pokemon) and the treasures of ruin”

[@redviolet5158]

im still mad we never got a movie in the alola art style, of course the series most suited for fluid animation doesn't get to have the movie treatment...

[@giboit.]

I don't care if mythicals are meant to advertise the movies or viceversa. As long as I like the pokemon I'm fine with it. At the end of the day it just means that I got a new pokemon AND a movie about it to watch. And I tend to like to get both of them. And I've been really enjoying Pokemon Horizons. It's great. And Liko is a pretty cool protagonist.

[@pixelpiekser]

I guess that they could make the DLCs and their Contents as Movies at the End of the Anime Season. It doesnt matter if the Characters remember the Contents of the Movie as to me it seems like the Protagonists of the Anime will switch more offen now. Terapagos is most likely shinylocked and there are still many Legendaries they can distribute as Shinies for the Movies. Im sure Lico and Roy have magically disappeared in Generation 10 or something and we will see new Main Characters until they have found something more profitable.

[@KuroBlitz]

I expected for 2021 to give us a dual-movie for Calyrex, with the Steeds being the "Unova Dragons". Sadly Hisuian Snow and Masters EX robbed us of having AU Ash in a PLA or Pasio related movie.

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Ash is stuck in Pasio, he can never come back

[@stephvondames6369]

Damn shame.🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Quetzal00358]

I remember rewatching all the movies over quarantine. Hopefully we get another one soon and I am sure I will do another rewatch at som point in the future

[@tktyga77]

At least if the movies do get made again, there would be chances for more polished works in the end, or at least the possibility of such

[@PkmnTrainerEmerald]

Ah the movies now made it to the what happened to series! To answer your pinned comment question, my all time favorite movie has to be the manaphy movie! Best story however has to be The power of us! Movie i think i like more than most is the hoopa movie! Loved the different shorts that came along with it just something special to that movie that really has been done since the early movies and really any movie now a days. I hope one day we can see movies return and maybe even do a video on what happened to the pikachu shorts cuz that has history too!

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

I loved the power of us. I think it has a very good story. I did cry though on the snubull scene...

[@sophiehanssel2017]

YES! I want the Pikachu shorts to come back.

[@shinyumbreon-jb3cp]

I wonder what happen to all Pokemon DVDs containing any original Japanese version with subtitles...

[@pokepress]

FYI, I think the “30 million” for Pokémon 2000 is with the standard “marketing equal to production” increase. Production was probably 15 million.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

I think the dubs have something to do with it

[@swagkirby3449]

Phione, Meloetta, and Meltan/Melmetal are all Mythical Pokemon but they've never had movies

[@pokemaniacdavid]

It feels to me that they’re pouring their resources into the mobile app game because there’s a lot more money in it than movies. It may benefit them in the short term but I think it’s going to drive a lot of long term fans away. I’m already feeling a huge dip in interest tbh.

[@FernandoStarkTargaryen]

Your videos are always the funniest and accurate 😂 Love all of the content! Been a fan for a few years now, hope to see more ✌🏻

[@pokepress]

I see 4 possibilities for the next animated Pokémon movie: -Another AU movie -Another CGI remake (probably The Power of One) -An original CGI movie (Mystery Dungeon, perhaps?) -A movie in the Horizons universe I don’t think they’re completely giving up on animated films, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they skipped next year as well. Maybe we’ll hear something at Worlds next month.

[@aliabbasi7497]

What bugs me is that, they established a new timeline with ash in the i choose you universe, they could use that universe for movies and show us a glimpse of ash's team since he isn't a champion in that universe and still can be traveling galar and paldea like a normal trainer trying to challenge the league. I like liko but i choose you universe ash should star in the movies provided they show his team of the current gen and not just pikachu(I didn't like the fact that ash only had pikachu in the zarude movie). Liko's story should be anime exclusive and so for what I've seen it's best that it concludes during gen 9 since milking it won't be as easy.

[@ClefairyFairySnowflake]

I hope there are more pokemon movies in the future! Please make it happen!

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Lol nope, they're trash.

[@ClefairyFairySnowflake]

@@c0mpu73rguy If you don't like them, you don't have to watch them. You are entitled to your own opinion.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

@@ClefairyFairySnowflake Yep but since it's a free country, I should be able to express said opinion. Shouldn't I? (and obviously, I haven't watched a pokemon movie since movie... 7 or 8? The one with the Groudon monster thing)

[@BlinkArmy4]

@@c0mpu73rguynobody is telling you not to write your opinion, but to understand the difference between opinions and statements. You clearly wrote your thought as a statement than an actual opinion.

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Streaming services are declining because of the content being censored and/or removed at any time.

[@LuckyLadybug66]

Very interesting topic! I've wondered about this as well, and also why there were no movies taking place in the Alola or Journeys settings.

[@lawrencebautista1]

It's unfortunate they have stopped this tradition of distributing mythicals through movies, as well as a sneak peak of next gen pokemon and legendaries in the ongoing gen movies. If indeed Satoshi will still reprise his role in the movies after M23, it will most likely be AU Satoshi, perhaps a continuation of JNS05 special episode "A Distant Blue Sky" but now wearing his OS hat from the main series timeline. I hope they'll retain M20 art style though, I didn't like the art style of M21 and M23.

[@johnax4124]

Yo I didn't think you'd make it a video at least not this soon lol, thanks. I guess it turns out the timing was good since this week always released them. I guess what's weird to me is they likely make mythicals in advance (as we can see when you could datamine them in past gens) so like, I feel like there's a decent chance there would be like cancelled mythicals if COVID is a big part of why for like a 2021 distribution event in SwSh

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Thanks again for the suggestion!

[@TheInfinityFulcrum]

Great video!!! You should totally do a video talking about Pokémon Contests Vs Pokémon Showcases

[@Brian_PCNoob]

Game freak ≠ Pokémon anime. I’m surprised people think this way. Personally for the Pokémon movies it may still be a while to determine where it goes from here, horizons just cam out the other month

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

The Lugia movie is the best in the first trilogy Pokémon movies, especially in Japanese. The characters go to different places than being in a castle the whole time.

[@KBox1991]

The Pokémon movies used to be canon in the anima then become alternate universe. The big problem with alternate universe is that it doesn’t matter to the rest of franchise.

[@mattsterical577]

3:29 people think gamefreak is responsible for 100% of everything that goes on pokemon related, so this isn't really surprising.

[@KingsNerdCave]

It's a shame cause the movies are a lot of fun and a great yearly tradition for some people. Even the weakest of pokemon movies have good elements to them. It's likely a combination of the studio taking on new projects while being overworked as well as the new era for the series, needing to develop Liko and Roy more before giving them their own movie. The movies I hope to see return one day. And a great eventual movie should be one about a young adult Ash, it could grab the attention of older viewers who wouldn't be invested in the movies anymore.

[@JDjade1]

I think you nailed it at 8:33. With less staff-and possibly financial resources-than you've had in the past, what productions do you prioritize? I'm sure OLM produces other shows aside from Pokemon, and I would have to believe the money is in making television episodes to attract the ad revenue from commercials. And my favorite movie is Jirachi: Wish Maker. Its a guilty pleasure. I know it wasn't the best made movie.

[@Lucasfan375]

This is going to be a really hard situation for the Pokémon company. They'll probably wait and see if the new anime protagonists are popular enough to carry a movie, the anime in general or not. Which I don't see them as iconic as the original characters. They'll probably stand on their own and get replaced with other protagonists.

[@adolfolunamunoz8128]

They should have made a movie about the legendary Pokemon Calirex he never appeared in the anime

[@mushroomdude123]

It’s also worth noting that the quality of these movies have always been very inconsistent. Mewtwo Strikes Back, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, and Rise of Darkrai are great movies in my opinion. But then you have Celebi: Voice of the Forest, I Choose You and basically every Gen 5/6 movie that are painful to sit through. If these movies are going to be treated as disposable junk then we shouldn’t be shocked when we stop getting them.

[@maganhassan2627]

That's subjective though lol

[@TSLstudio2010]

Pokemon movie 1-12 were at least 'canon' movies (with some absolute great ones! Like 1-2, 8, 10-12) after that they started to get meh... sometimes decent ones but worse. Although the alternate universe ones likes Power of Us, where quite good/refreshing.

[@griffinhead9218]

Damn I'm here more than year later and there is still no pokemon movie in sight for the future :(

[@liamking8983]

I watched the zarude movie a while back. It's pokemon's version of Tarzan but I still enjoyed it. Like the 2 movies before it they did have the topic of death in pokemon

[@chadmartin3423]

Journeys should have had Darkest Day be a full length movie instead of 1.5 episodes in the series.

[@maganhassan2627]

It's a shame though because I thought i choose you era films were a breath of fresh air to me

[@Theloster]

I think that since both Journeys and Horizons dont take place in just one region, the writers can write arcs that feels like movies. also, a lot of money is spent on movies because they're big deals, in every anime, the voice actors for movie characters are famous and they demand a lot of money. in this year, i watched all of Bleach's 4 movies and let me tell you something: Ganryū, the main villain for the first movie is voiced by Masashi Ebara, the voice actor of Might Guy and Raizo. Sōjirō, the main villain for the second movies is voiced by Akira Ishida, the voice actor of Gaara, Edo Phoenix and Katsura. Shizuku, the male main villain for the third movie is voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya, the voice actor of Levi Ackerman and Trafalgar Law. Homura, the female main villain for the third movie is voice by Aya Hirano, Lucy's voice actress. Kokutō, one of the 2 main villains for the fourth movie is voiced by Kazuya Nakai, the voice actor of Zoro and Toshiro Hijikata. Shuren, the second main villain for the fourth movie is voiced by Tōru Furuya, voice actor of Yamcha and Sabo.

[@squidink7453]

I think a Horizons movie will happen next year 2024 or they could just make a Pokémon movie that is completely different with a new main character or something in the future.

[@jaredhamilton425]

I still wish we got an Alola movie and a Journeys movie instead of cgi remakes and alternate universes.

[@xbertron]

The craziest record during that 2020 is that demon slayer muger train movie got 330 million dollars grossed at the time of this year . But how did they managed to come up getting a money like this 🤔 Btw ,the only highest grossing movie was the first ever that 1999 pokemon movie .

[@HewleyxAngel]

I’m absolutely fascinated by the law of diminishing returns here, because I think something parallel happened much faster in the US, because after 4ever, none of the movies got a theatrical release, at least in my area. I remember going to see Mewtwo Strikes Back, 2000, 3, and 4ever (I recently found my ancient Mew promo card in the course of moving). But then I had no luck *seeing* any of the movies until Keldeo made a midday premier on Cartoon Network like 10+ years later. Subsequently with the move to streaming, I haven’t been able to find any of the DVDs after Magearna. I think the thing that surprised me most were the low returns on Hoopa and the Clash of Ages though, that one’s got some classic Showa Era Godzilla movie energy and I love it. But I know I have a strange taste in movies sometimes. Go figure.

[@pokepress]

Judging from what I’ve seen on iTunes, the Hoopa movie is actually pretty popular (in the West?), possibly even before Hoopa appeared in Masters and Go. Also, movie 5 (heroes) did get a limited release (like movie 4 did).

[@meta527II]

I honestly hope we get at least one more Pokemon movie, especially since the last one we got, Secrets of the Jungle, was just a shameless ripoff of Tarzan.

[@deanfry879]

Ash really had a supporting role in "Secrets of the Jungle." They could have substituted other characters for Ash and Team Rocket without changing the movie very much. They could also make movies around some of Ash's companions rather than Ash himself. Considering the success of shows like "My Little Pony," focusing on Pokemon Coordinators/Performers would seem to have a good chance of being successful.

[@pokepress]

I think there’s a strong argument for a longitudinal/coming of age Misty movie, though that could be done in live action as well.

[@franksandoval6046]

@@pokepress why they didn’t put Lillie and Mallow and Lana and Sophocles and Kiawe and Goh and Chloe why ?

[@GaionSputro]

​@@franksandoval6046 what about a movie where pokemon themselves are made able to talk. So no need for human characters.

[@htfs493]

I think it would be cool if the movies featured Ash in the original universe while letting the show remain focused on the new protagonists. That way, we get to watch new characters grow and develop in the show while also getting to know what crazy adventure Ash is up to in the movies once a year. I’d say that’s a best of both worlds. Fans can enjoy the development of new protagonists without having to say goodbye to the old one.

[@Zanolith]

Most people watching this video: Huh, this is really interesting… Me: Is that the Xenoblade 3 soundtrack!?!?!?

[@Godzilla00X]

Make a proper movie with Ash entering some big tournament and using his old mons

[@269productions]

Those three mythicals with low numbers were treated horribly. If they put them in theaters, people would show up, nothing good is ever playing anyways.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

In the dub version, they were treated horribly.

[@deanfry879]

How did the live action "Detective Pikachu" do in comparison to the other movies?

[@pokepress]

Much higher return (450-500 million box office worldwide), but also much higher budget (over 100 million). Also much longer production time.

[@teh_justin2860]

Honestly if it doesn't have ash in it. I don't care and won't watch it

[@gamestation2690]

You should have said "the straw the broke the Camerupt's back."

[@TheGamerninja15]

Instead of Pokémon aim to be a Pokémon Master, I would rather have a movie release on the 26th anniversary of Pokémon and have Ash's story conclude from there with the post-credits scene being Ash vs Red, the battle of the multiversal Pokémon Masters.

[@Hainaut183]

Mugen Train came out just two months before the last Pokémon movie and became the highest-grossing anime film of all time, beating out Spirited Away. Granted, Demon Slayer is the hot new show and the film was necessary to the continuity of the canon, but even the pandemic can't totally explain Secret of the Jungle's failure.

[@DJPJ.]

But what about "Pokémon movie: Secrets of the Jungle" that came out in 2022?

[@maganhassan2627]

That came out in 2020 in japan & year later internationally

[@MeaningPlum1995]

no ash=no watch

[@FullOedipus]

They're probably are still writing the new movie with the new characters based on the new dlc. They could also be waiting until the new series finishes aring it's 1st season. Also you have to remember they have gen9 to update, plus about 7 spinoff games and the anime to promote at the moment. Regardless I doubt the next movie comes out before the dlc, and I doubt even moreso that Ash is going to be in the movie in any capacity larger than a co-star to pass the pervebial torch.

[@Meap-nv4rv]

one of the big anime that's out as a part of the summer 2023 line up is called Zom 100. The show's staff consist of ex studio OLM employees so there is a good chance Studio Bug (the new studio) is part of the reason

[@shanaheart3510]

Since Ash journey ended with pikachu, I can see why movies could end or take time to bring make, since Ash was the cast for pokemon and Liko and Roy became his replacements. Still maybe they can still do movies with casts like the playable characters in games or adapt a movie from the mangas.

[@BulbaWhat98]

We just got a new mythical Pokemon with Pecharunt so maybe there's some hope for a new movie. Potentially this year since Pokemon is skipping out a year on a mainline game and they can use Pecharunt and a movie about it to fill in the gap or something. Though this mythical has already been released before any potential movie, and all the other things you mentioned could mean we aren't getting one this year. I guess we'll just see what happens

[@lysergicaciddiethylamide6127]

I’m watching this while my kids watch Pokémon destiny deoxys

[@jbcatz5]

While it wasn’t promoting a new mythical, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew does have a new for the time Pokemon up front and center in Lucario, where its Aura abilities were a key part of the plot. And Lucario is a fan favorite to the point Ash got one in Journeys. And that’s the thing, the new Pokémon tend to be the USP beyond the fact it’s a Pokémon film even as the new Pokémon became more formulaic or less relevant to the plots as the films continued to the point Secrets of the Jungle made little impact. The XY movies especially Diancie, Hoopa, Volcanian and Magearna just didn’t have either the likeability or memorability of past characters in the earlier moves (nobody expected Volcanian to be truly dead). I Choose You had a bump because the AU was the USP even though Marshadow was more plot device than proper character (not using the Alola setting also hurt it because it’s inspired by local folklore from Hawaii) but The Power of Us didn’t bring much new to the table in terms of marketing and Zeaora was very interchangeable in its role.

[@GabrielaRafael1982]

They could make more movies about AU Ash since his journey hasn’t ended yet right?

[@Paradox20XX]

Just make movies with Ash facing champion level Issues that need to be resolved. He can change his team out every movie and keep it moving!

[@k2basior]

Ash joins Master 8 to fight vs Rainbow Rocket using Legendary Pokemon

[@xenomorph733]

​@@k2basiorthey should make him order. show who he becomes as an adult if they advertise it that way they would make money

[@Mew_Stor]

Yes great idea then he finally needs to fight Giovanni

[@mezzovii]

my dream pokemon movie is an all-pokemon cast, and features all the previous mythicals as they go on an adventure or save the world or something. while also featuring a brand new mythical to join them! perhaps the distribution could be getting the new mythical + 1 old mythical of your choice?

[@500938ful]

Id imagine if they make a movie with the new cast in the next few years, theyll make a canon one with an ash cameo to rake in the cash

[@pokepress]

We also have to consider the effect the success of Detective Pikachu on the franchise. While a direct movie sequel is in the works, I suspect Pokemon has been pitched other ideas, which may be taking up some oxygen.

[@ShadowXeldron]

I've only seen the Hoopa and Genesect movies, and both of them were on CITV. I didn't watch either of them live, and were recorded to our Sky box. Truth be told, the Pokemon movies were probably just direct-to-video cashgrabs. It's possible that the current anime might get a feature length at some point near the end of its story (I've heard a few animes do that, but I don't actually watch any anime so I can't say for certain; hell I stopped watching the Pokemon one during the Sun & Moon season) As for Ash, he's probably coming back for a big conflict in the last season of Horizons or something as a way of hyping up the finale and boosting ratings.

[@wildtacocat]

I’m guessing it’s cuz Ash isn’t the main character anymore and since the 2 new characters just started their journey they’re just not ready to make a movie about t then cuz they’re not in a cool part to make a movie about like take the 1st movie for example, Ash was already a fairly solid trainer and was in a prime position to meet Mewtwo as he already had a good amount of strong Pokémon the new characters don’t it’ll happen eventually tho

[@hhjan594]

What Happened to Pokemon Movies? My direct answer will be "What happened in the world over the past few years that could possibly cause Pokemon movies to have trouble to make? Hmmmmm that's a really tough question that I really don't know what the possible answer could be......."

[@EternityinOurHearts316]

The mythical question: it's both. It's called cross promotion.

[@UltimateFunBilly]

-Covid 19 -Ash’s reign as the protagonist was ending - None of the recent movies connect to the main anime anymore. - Oversaturation. Especially after one of them decided to go the "two versions" route.

[@NextLevelZ_]

I've watched all of the pokemon movies so many times now, so it's definitely sad to see this result of them.

[@rose7659]

I'm currently rewatching the Pokemon movies, so this couldn't have come out at a better time.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

In the 90s they were hated

[@neotono5536]

Quick answer: They knew people would buy it so they stopped caring. Exactly the same case as the games.

[@gushernandez25]

I think the main problem with Pokemon movies is that they are so worried about promoting games and the mythical Pokemon that comes with them that they forgot storytelling. We literally have more than 10 movies of the same kid with the yellow mouse but no actual story or conflict that would make each one story unique or progressive. I had hope that Pokemon would eventually reveal Ash's father in the last movie for the final season. How cool would it have been if the network of the pokeball broke down and Pikachu's pokeball breaks and Ash tries to get Pikachu back and befriend it again or another story where we see other characters and their problems cross Ash similar to Pokemon 4 Ever where we experience Professors Oak's young version go back in time. We never really get to experience backstories of legendary Pokemon like mewtwo. I wanted to see Suicunes story up to the point where Ho oh revives the legendary trio after the fire.

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

4:10 They're realizing they hit the anthology type seasons far too late now, should have retired Ash sooner

[@eastonmurdock04]

Honestly I think they should make pokemon movies based on the games like pokemon origins generations and evolutions

[@SirCheeseCrab]

Yeah

[@eddiec9756]

When Covid first started I decided to rewatch all the Pokemon movies in the build-up to Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution getting its dub and some movies still held up 10-15 years after I originally watched them. At the same time, others were really bad and I could understand the lower box office. I at least got to see the Zoroark movie in theaters during the Black and White Tour in Califonia. It's too bad that we are at the end of the pokemon movie era for the foreseeable future. It would be really cool if they pulled a yugioh like move on us and the next pokemon movie would see Ash meeting the other pokemon anime protagonist like Liko/Roy, Red, or even the alternate universe version of himself.

[@5Porygon]

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu.

[@amarg7657]

The Pokémon world is so dense and full of lore it would easily be possible to make several movies, not only do we have hundreds of Pokémon but we also have several regions with a plethora of prominent gym leaders elite four members and countless colorful characters with different personalities temperaments, and ways of thinking. I believe a successful. Pokémon movie can still be made. If it doesn’t center around a mythical. Pokémon they just have to make plots and characters in those movies that work together. They could make movies witg plots centered around other criminal syndicates and it’s world domination or one shot villains with a few members in their group trying to take over a town etc I definitely believe there’s a lot to work with the writers of Pokémon however, I just sadly incompetent

[@eliassmeke3991]

Maybe 🤔 during the new Pokémon anime without Ash and Pikachu they’ll return them to the anime timeline

[@DanielRamos-tq7cz]

Ash is no longer in the anime , BUT it would be awsome to have a new movie with the new protagonist and have Ash appear as a cameo or help the new protagonist as the newly titled pokemon Champion of Champions

[@Strawhat_2006]

I hope if we get another Pokémon movie I hope it takes place in paldea. We need Ash and Pikachu back to see how they are doing after the series ended. Imagine seeing an Ash in his prime Pokémon battling. This will be without a doubt the most intense Pokemon movie since its Ash at his peak.

[@Ikcatcher]

I remember watching the Volcanion movie in theatres and I was literally the only one there.

[@pokepress]

Which country are you in?

[@KhatambroKhatambro]

They must bring back the 20s Pokemon appearance 😢old is gold. .this new appearance of the characters it's like for babies

[@Zactoshi]

Anipoke 😏