Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28799866-20151121054320/@comment-4608608-20151121104332

ThePokémonGamer wrote: Everyone else reading this, please respect my opinion: Pokémon is a bigger franchise, and people who think it's babyish have never even tried a Pokémon game/watched the anime/read the manga/etc. It is rated fantasy violence by the way. Its anime has nine-hundred confirmed episodes as of yet, 22.5x the number of Gravity Falls episodes. It's made in a way that is still enjoyable even with the 900 episodes it has so far that basically follow the same process: Ash gets gym badges, challenges the Pokémon League, heads on to the next region, but it's still a high-quality show even after all these 900 episodes. There's many animes, and many shows that could do better than Gravity Falls, which is a small show, for an average television fan who might not know what Gravity Falls is, it may seem like a waste of time to them and extremely trivial. That's what I was trying to point out. I like the franchise, I just feel after all these episodes it's basically turned into a waste of time.

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ThePokémonGamer wrote: Everyone else reading this, please respect my opinion

No one was attacking you.

ThePokémonGamer wrote: Pokémon is a bigger franchise, and people who think it's babyish have never even tried a Pokémon game/watched the anime/read the manga/etc.

Obviously the Pokemon franchise is bigger than Gravity Falls. No one here said vice versa.

ThePokémonGamer wrote: It is rated fantasy violence by the way.

So? Having a higher rating really has no effect so why even mention it?

ThePokémonGamer wrote: Its anime has nine-hundred confirmed episodes as of yet, 22.5x the number of Gravity Falls episodes.

Quality > Quantity. Well, not implying the Pokemon series lacks quality but having a higher episode count has no effect, once again. Plus logically, the Pokemon anime is separated by the shows itself, rarely by season - a practice uncommon in America.

ThePokémonGamer wrote: There's many animes, and many shows that could do better than Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls isn't an anime, nor is it striving to be like one.

ThePokémonGamer wrote: which is a small show, for an average television fan who might not know what Gravity Falls is

From a logical standpoint, if an average viewer doesn't know Gravity Falls, they might not also know the Pokemon anime as well either, considering the fact the Pokemon fanbase and the GF fanbase is very niche. Look at the ratings, they both reach at least at the 1.0 rating mark. (Plus, considering the fact new episodes of Pokemon air early Saturday mornings which by itself is a disadvantage, especially in countries other than America (e.g Canada) there is a possible change it wouldn't reach the 0.5 mark.)

Pokemon may have more episodes, more shows, but it doesn't justify a substantial amount of viewers watch it to the point Gravity Falls can be declared as trivial.

ThePokémonGamer wrote: I like the franchise, I just feel after all these episodes it's basically turned into a waste of time.

Your opinion really doesn't speak out as the general viewpoint of everyone else. You are boasting the anime based on it's popularity while in fact, gets the same number of average viewers as Gravity Falls. What a injudicious statement you have just made, and with that said, you have successfully derailed this thread - and several others.