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Reported Problem for The Road Most Traveled! (25x47)
posted by dokuroSTAFFMOD on November 15, 2023 at 7:39 AM
Item: The Road Most Traveled! (25x47)
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Incorrect_content
Extra Details: This may have been asked already or was covered in some other topic on the pokémon threads, however as I was unable to find this specific question so said I'd ask :-)
I can see on tmdb episodes 25x47 -> 25x57 on various other sites have been separated out into their own series, basically "Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master". I know we follow the original Japanese broadcast order however I was unable to find these listed as the final part "Ultimate Journeys" so was curious why it was not separated ? I'm sure there is a valid reason but I just have not found it. I thought it might have been separated like was done for "Pokémon Horizons: The Series".
Generally curious so thanks for taking the time to respond.
Reply by raze464
on November 15, 2023 at 4:31 PM
Those episodes are not listed as a new season or separate TV entry because they are more or less a story arc of the 2019 series since they were given a subtitle but are still listed on the same TV Tokyo website alongside the rest of the episodes.
Additionally, Pokémon's seasons are organized incorrectly since the current order is essentially the Western season split of 25 seasons with the original Japanese air date order instead of the original Japanese broadcast order of 8 series: Pocket Monsters, Advanced Generation, Diamond & Pearl, Best Wishes!, XY, XY&Z, Sun & Moon, and Pocket Monsters (2019). This is already on our list of anime that need to be merged so the seasons will eventually be merged at some point in the future since Travis is the only one that can do this automatically.
Pocket Monsters (2023), aka "Pokémon Horizons: The Series," is listed as a separate entry because of our anime rules; it's not a sequel to the previous Pokémon anime (at least as I'm currently writing this) since it doesn't appear to have any ties to them so it shouldn't be added to this entry. That means the 2023 series is either a reboot series, a spin-off series, a series set in an alternative timeline, or a new adaptation based on the same source material which means it should be given a new TV entry.