and (like most good shows) the corporations turning almost every thing into a "goofy" joke

LOL TRUE

I haven't watched the Pokemon anime in a while because of the recent Netflix series(not the Horizons one, the one with Ash still) it disappointed me very hard af

he looks like a middle aged man with a bobblehead collection who shaves every tuesday and friday. He also looks like he works at an 8 to 6 job just to get a minimum wage pay after his 13th breakup of the month.