New day, new post! For today's blog post, I will be talking about ages in the Pokemon anime. Fans are often confused by the fact that Ash Ketchum never ages throughout the entire anime. They say it doesn't make sense for him to be the same age, and that he should've gotten older throughout the series. Some fans even theorize that Ash is older than he seems. However, I disagree. Ash doesn't age because he is supposed to relate to the target demographic, which is children. Keeping him young means kids can watch the series whenever and relate to the main character, even if the people who grew up with the series are essentially just disregarded and pushed away. Along with this, Ash isn't the only one who doesn't age. None of the characters ever get older, regardless of how much time passes. Even the adults in the series never change in appearance at all. Because of this, it makes sense that Ash also doesn't age. The main problem with this is that long-time fans no longer relate to him, which makes it more difficult for them to enjoy the series. The solution to this problem was to replace Ash in the newest installment, but obviously this upset a lot of fans. Personally I think they should've divided the series into two separate ones. One with an older Ash for the original fans, and the new one for new fans. Even if there were only specials featuring an adult Ash, it would likely still satisfy fans. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!