How Ash Ketchum’s Character Design Has Evolved Over The Years

How Ash Ketchum’s Character Design Has Evolved Over The Years

The Pokemon television series has been around for a while now — long enough that Ash Ketchum’s character design has changed a number of times over the years (sometimes, not so subtly — the same goes for Pikachu).

Now that there’s a new game coming, there’s also a new anime series to go along with it. Said season starts airing in Japan on October 17th, but we can already see Ash’s new design — it’s the last Ash on the right in the image above, which was posted to Reddit by 009reloaded.

Overall, the design changes continue to make Ash more and more svelte. A sign of different fashion and beauty standards over the years? Either way, I don’t know about you, but the latest Ash looks cooler, if not classier, than earlier designs. His clothes are fitted, making him seem less like a kid. And the hat’s minimalism may not be as iconic as original Ashs’ hat, but it manages to convey the idea of a Pokeball effortlessly.

I like the new Ash, although I appreciated Pikachu better when he was chubbier. Cuter that way and all.

What do you think?

Evolution of Ash (His hat looks like Red’s now, don’t you think?)[009reloded]


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