![]() ![]() At one point during the camp, Serena had hurt her knee from falling over after being startled by a Poliwag. In episode 7 of the seventeenth season, "Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!", Ash attends Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Camp, where he had previously met his childhood friend Serena. However, Ash missed the camp due to breaking his alarm clock and overslept. In the first episode of the twenty-third season, Ash at the age of six asked his mother if he can go to Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Camp, for which she happily signed him up. This made Ash so happy that he wondered how much he wanted to become a Pokémon trainer to travel across the entire world with his Pokémon friends. So, he invited them inside the tree and the Pokémon kept him safe and warm. However, he noticed a group of Pokémon who were also seeking shelter from the rain. Ash was forced to take shelter under a hollow tree. ![]() However, during the trip in the woods, it started to rain, and Ash got lost and was so scared to the point of bursting into tears. When he was a little boy, Ash went to the forest to look for wild Pokémon. In episode 28 of the nineteenth season, "Seeing the Forest for the Trees!", it reveals the true story of why Ash Ketchum loved Pokémon. Appearances In the anime History Pre-series Ash received a major design overhaul for the Sun and Moon anime series, which started airing in Japan on November 17, 2016. In the XY series, he received minor changes, such as a decrease in the size of the 'birthmarks' on his cheeks. Ash received a redesign in the Best Wishes! series, which included larger brown irises. When asked if either Satoshi would equal or surpass Shigeru, Tajiri replied "No! Never!" Ash's character design was initially overseen by Sayuri Ichishi, replaced by Toshiya Yamada during the Diamond and Pearl storyline arc. In an interview Tajiri noted the contrast between the characters' relationship in the games and anime while in the games they were rivals, in the anime, Shigeru represented Satoshi's master. The character was given a rival named Gary Oak ( Shigeru Okido in the Japanese version, after Tajiri's idol/mentor, Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto), loosely based on Red's rival Blue. He stated that he felt the character represented the concept of the franchise, the human aspect, and was a necessity. Tajiri noted in an interview that between Japanese and US reactions to the series, Japanese consumers focused on the character Pikachu, while the US purchased more items featuring Ash and Pikachu, his Pokémon, together. During localization of both for North American audiences, the character's name was changed in the anime to "Ash Ketchum", the first name taken from one of the possible default names players could select for the player character in Pokémon Red and Blue, and the surname tying into the former tagline (and as of Pokémon XY revived) for the series, "Gotta catch ém all!" ("ポケモンGETだぜ!", "Pokémon getto da ze!"). Named after creator Satoshi Tajiri, Satoshi, whose name can be taken to mean "wisdom" or "reason", was designed by Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida, and intended to represent how Tajiri was as a child, obsessed with catching bugs. However, his longevity and persistence have also been positively received by major news outlets such as CNN and the BBC Ash's outfits through the anime, In the 1,129th episode, Ash becomes World Champion, referred to as "Monarch". ĭue to the huge popularity, success, and longevity of the Pokémon anime series around the world since its debut, Ash has gone on to become one of the most well-known and recognizable fictional characters of all time He is considered a pop culture icon and a figurehead character of the wave of anime in the late 1990s.Īsh has been criticized for being stuck in a ' floating timeline', as well as for his long-lasting inability to win any major Pokémon leagues. Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon, has stated that Ash represents the 'human aspect' of the series, and that Ash reflects what he himself was like as a kid. Ash is loosely based on Red, the player character from the Generation I games Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green. ![]() Ash is a young man who travels with various companions, aiming to fulfill his dream to become a Pokémon Master his Pokémon lineup greatly evolves over the course of the series, with its sole constant member being Pikachu. In the English dub, he was voiced by Veronica Taylor in the first eight seasons and has been voiced by Sarah Natochenny since season 9. Hana Takeda voices six-year-old Ash in episode 1 of Pokémon Journeys: The Series. In Japanese, the character is voiced by Rika Matsumoto. He is the protagonist of the Pokémon anime for first 25 seasons and certain manga series as well as on various merchandise related to the franchise. Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi ( サトシ) in Japan, is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. ![]()
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