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> For a franchise to retain relevance for as long as Pokémon, it must evolve But why? You could literally show reruns of the same late-90s anime to kids and ge

by teeray 3y ago

> For a franchise to retain relevance for as long as Pokémon, it must evolve But why? You could literally show reruns of the same late-90s anime to kids and generate the same hype. They have no idea that the episodes are almost as old as their parents. You could probably even give them Pokemon Red / Blue and they would probably enjoy it as-is, even if the graphics aren’t up to par with modern games.

yodon 3y ago
> You could literally show reruns of the same late-90s anime ... the episodes are almost as old as their parents. See also bugs bunny cartoons, which are almost as old as their great-grandparents.
- ndriscoll 3y ago
  If you figure 25 years per generation, then it looks like the first Bugs Bunny cartoons are older than an 8 year old's great grandparents. Only one more generation to go until copyright expires! Of course any version someone will actually be able to obtain will be retouched with a renewed date. So maybe one day their grandkids will be able to freely share a copy from a VHS.
- hot_gril 3y ago
  Those old cartoons are great. I was born in 1998, but most of what I watched as a kid was from 1960 or earlier.
keybored 3y ago
It’s bit weird/curious to think about but I watched Moominvalley (90s series) when I was a young child. The “IP” is of course Finnish. Then when I was older I watched Pokémon. Only recently did I notice and find out that they are both Japanese anime. (I mean that Moonvalley surprised me)
that_guy_iain 3y ago
When I was younger they showed Marvel cartoons for stories that were written 20 years before hand and the cartoon was created 10 years before hand. I showed some other kids the original comic book for one of the cartoons they refused to believe me that it was that old even though the comic book had a copyright notice for that year. "But I saw it on TV yesterday morning" was their reason for why the copyright notice was wrong.
- doublerabbit 3y ago
  You need to show them the copyrighted date at the end of the credits. Till you find you've actually been time travelling and it was actually created this morning.
flappyeagle 3y ago
Because the audience extends beyond children. The people spending big money on Pokémon are adults who grew up on it. Now they are in their prime earning years.
- canjobear 3y ago
  Remakes like Let’s Go Pikachu have sold well.
abrugsch 3y ago
My sons are both (well one more than the other) heavily into Pokémon, and will quite happily flit between episodes from the first season and the latest ones without missing a beat. The sheer number of episodes across the whole series means it'll be years before they even see every episode once... and they haven't even got into the RPG yet!
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by teeray 3y ago

yodon 3y ago

> You could literally show reruns of the same late-90s anime ... the episodes are almost as old as their parents. See also bugs bunny cartoons, which are almost as old as their great-grandparents.

ndriscoll 3y ago
If you figure 25 years per generation, then it looks like the first Bugs Bunny cartoons are older than an 8 year old's great grandparents. Only one more generation to go until copyright expires! Of course any version someone will actually be able to obtain will be retouched with a renewed date. So maybe one day their grandkids will be able to freely share a copy from a VHS.
hot_gril 3y ago
Those old cartoons are great. I was born in 1998, but most of what I watched as a kid was from 1960 or earlier.

keybored 3y ago

It’s bit weird/curious to think about but I watched Moominvalley (90s series) when I was a young child. The “IP” is of course Finnish. Then when I was older I watched Pokémon. Only recently did I notice and find out that they are both Japanese anime. (I mean that Moonvalley surprised me)

that_guy_iain 3y ago

When I was younger they showed Marvel cartoons for stories that were written 20 years before hand and the cartoon was created 10 years before hand. I showed some other kids the original comic book for one of the cartoons they refused to believe me that it was that old even though the comic book had a copyright notice for that year. "But I saw it on TV yesterday morning" was their reason for why the copyright notice was wrong.

doublerabbit 3y ago
You need to show them the copyrighted date at the end of the credits. Till you find you've actually been time travelling and it was actually created this morning.

flappyeagle 3y ago

Because the audience extends beyond children. The people spending big money on Pokémon are adults who grew up on it. Now they are in their prime earning years.

canjobear 3y ago
Remakes like Let’s Go Pikachu have sold well.

abrugsch 3y ago

My sons are both (well one more than the other) heavily into Pokémon, and will quite happily flit between episodes from the first season and the latest ones without missing a beat. The sheer number of episodes across the whole series means it'll be years before they even see every episode once... and they haven't even got into the RPG yet!

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