‘Pokemon Horizons’ Is Doing Something That The Franchise Has Never Done Before

If there is one thing that Pokémon fans had issues with in the original anime series was the fact that protagonist Ash Ketchum (Rica Matsumoto in the original Japanese and Veronica Taylor/Sarah Natochenny in the English dub) never aged. Over the course of over 1,200 episodes spread across 25 seasons, the boy remained a 10-year-old Pokémon trainer, and even went through a redesign that made him look even younger in the final seasons. For the franchise's new iteration Pokémon Horizons, though, it looks like this isn't going to happen. A poster was unveiled for the series' new segment, titled Pokemon Horizons: Mega Voltage, and it had a distinct difference: the three protagonists look like they were aged up at least a couple of years.