6. The Anime Will Struggle
Pokémon looks to be a bigger deal that just a game. That's what this whole article is about. We wouldn't think '10 Reasons Why No-one Will Like Tetris', partly because Tetris is great but also Tetris isn't trying to sell plushes or candy or toys or, the most difficult sell of all, an anime show. Anime hasn't taken off hugely in the UK. Of course, there was Akira but we haven't seen a whole lot of follow-up. How many anime shows do you watch on daytime TV? Maybe if you're lucky enough to have satellite, but the majority of us are stuck with ITV and the Beeb. So, with no anime fan-base to build on, will the Pokémon series even work over here? It's a totally different style, not to mention the controversy some of the episodes have found themselves in. Electric Soldier Porygon caused a massive amount of seizures to those who watched it and in one episode a safari ranger points a gun at the protagonist's head. This early controversy could see the Pokémon anime stopped before it even reaches us.