The long-running anime series will leave Ash behind and introduce two new protagonists in an hour-long special airing in April.
The Pokémon franchise is on the precipice of an unprecedented change: The two-and-a-half-decade-old anime adaptation of the game series is preparing to leave behind its protagonist, Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi in the Japanese version of the show). And now we know just when its new generation will begin their own Pokémon journey.
The Pokémon Company has released the first footage from the new iteration of the Pokémon anime, ahead of an hour-long special that will kick off the series in Japan next month.
