For over two years now, Pokemon Journeys: The Series has been airing. These days, that is a long time for one anime to stay on TV and continue to get new episodes, and it seems like it is finally coming to an end. A new video has hinted to a climatic arc, meaning that it is likely on its way out in the coming months.Late last week, the Pokemon official Twitter tweeted this latest video. The video shows the Pokemon World Championships, which is very likely to be the climax of the current arc of the show. It shows the main character, Ash Ketchum, fighting in a huge stadium in the championship. Both classic and new Pokemon also appear, along with deuteragonist Goh and Ash's other friends from the series.Pokemon Journeys: The Series has regions and Pokemon from all the currently released games, including Generation VIII which premiered with Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. Interestingly, in Japanese the anime shares the name of the original Pokemon anime (Pocket Monsters), and adds "2019" to the end to differentiate between the seasons (this season is actually set in 2019 as well).
Currently, there are 48 episodes in Pokemon Journeys: The Series. It is the 23rd Pokemon animated season to be released, with the first dating back to 1997. This season airs on Friday evenings in Japan, making it a popular watch for the whole family, and many families likely grew up watching the show and now watch it with their own children.
Pokemon Journeys: The Series began airing in late 2019 just days after the release of Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. Now with Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet set to release this autumn, the first main titles since Sword and Shield, it makes sense that this anime has to reach its conclusion. Likely, we can expect a new Pokémon animated series to come out shortly after those games are dropped, especially now that Pokemon games have global release dates.
After 23 seasons, Pokemon has not changed that much other than adding in new areas, characters, and of course, Pokemon. There probably will not be any big shocks for the climax of this season, either. But for fans that watch Pokemon regularly, that is probably totally fine - and they like seeing their favorites over and over. They know what they have come for, and Pokemon Journeys: The Series is likely to deliver. Hopefully, news about the next series will not be far away.
Source: Twitter