{"id":49819,"date":"2022-11-11T20:26:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T04:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=49819"},"modified":"2022-11-11T23:02:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T07:02:54","slug":"pokemons-ash-ketchum-becomes-world-champion-after-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/11\/11\/pokemons-ash-ketchum-becomes-world-champion-after-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s Ash Ketchum Becomes World Champion After 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eternal 10-year-old <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/04\/26\/pokemon-hisuian-snow-anime-to-premiere-on-may-18\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> protagonist Ash Ketchum has become the top Pok\u00e9mon trainer in the world after 25 long years. The newly minted world champion reached his ultimate goal during the latest episode of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultimate Journeys: The Series<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which will air in English at a later date.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultimate Journeys<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> episode features Ash and Pikachu mustering a convincing win at the Masters Eight Tournament of the Pok\u00e9mon World Coronation Series. Ash\u2019s team is put to the ultimate test in intense matchups with highly skilled Pok\u00e9mon trainers around the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49820\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/11\/11\/pokemons-ash-ketchum-becomes-world-champion-after-25-years\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?fit=1822%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1822,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pokemon journey ash and pikachu feature image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 Nintendo\uff65Creatures\uff65GAME FREAK\uff65TV Tokyo\uff65ShoPro\uff65JR Kikaku&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u00a9 Pokemon&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?fit=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-49820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557-300x169.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"pokemon ultimate journeys ash trophy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?resize=1536%2C863&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?resize=696%2C391&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?resize=1068%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?resize=747%2C420&amp;ssl=1 747w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?w=1822&amp;ssl=1 1822w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-e1668226725557.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a9 Nintendo\uff65Creatures\uff65GAME FREAK\uff65TV Tokyo\uff65ShoPro\uff65JR Kikaku<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a9 Pokemon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Ash\u2019s historic win at the Pok\u00e9mon World Coronation Series has been a 25-year culmination of adventures that began when the first season of the long-running anime franchise debuted on April 1, 1997.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2019, Ash previously became the first official Pok\u00e9mon League Champion of the Alola region at the Manalo Conference, which served as the setting for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. That ended a separate championship drought of 22 years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u30dd\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u300d\u30d7\u30ed\u30e2\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u6620\u50cf\u246f \u30b5\u30c8\u30b7\u512a\u52dd\u901f\u5831\u7de8\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6tW_3ZwObY0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on the video game franchise of the same name, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has inspired multiple anime seasons, spinoffs, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/02\/27\/pokemon-legends-arceus-web-anime-announced\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">web series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, manga, animated feature films, merchandise, and many more media.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Tributes poured in on social media congratulating Ash on his overdue accomplishment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#39;s done it! Ash has become a World Champion! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udf89 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2jPb8pym3\">pic.twitter.com\/a2jPb8pym3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pok\u00e9mon (@Pokemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon\/status\/1591015158016446464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 25 years, Ash Ketchum has finally become the world&#39;s greatest Pok\u00e9mon trainer. \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LP2sPBBE3L\">pic.twitter.com\/LP2sPBBE3L<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1591080806076010501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: After 25 years, 10-year-old Ash Ketchum is now the Pok\u00e9mon world champion. <br><br>Ketchum becomes the world&#39;s top trainer after winning the Masters Eight Tournament. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eFylTz1yv0\">pic.twitter.com\/eFylTz1yv0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SportsNation (@SportsNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsNation\/status\/1591128210045276160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>Veronica Taylor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 the original English language dub actress for Ash \u2014 offered her congratulations on Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats Ash and team! No one achieves greatness alone. It takes courage, focus, skills, and great family and friends to support and inspire. This win is a great reminder to go for your goals and be there for one another. In this, we all win. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeYourBest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BeYourBest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pokemon25?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Pokemon25<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OriginalAsh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#OriginalAsh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjtXAZTTl5\">https:\/\/t.co\/tjtXAZTTl5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Veronica Taylor (@TheVeronicaT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVeronicaT\/status\/1591179879730806784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Current Ash Ketchum English voice actress <\/span><b>Sarah Natochenny<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was also happy to hear of Ash\u2019s win and expressed excitement for voicing him in the episode in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can\u2019t wait to share the English dub of this episode of Pok\u00e9mon with the world. What an absolute honor to be voicing Ash Ketchum as he becomes a world champion \ud83e\udd79\ud83d\ude4c\u2764\ufe0f <br><br>He really is the very best<br>Like no one ever was \ud83d\ude0e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pDw0PJLkYK\">https:\/\/t.co\/pDw0PJLkYK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sarah Natochenny (@sarahnatochenny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahnatochenny\/status\/1591056745694400513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taking the day to process Ash Ketchum becoming a world champion after 25 years of tenacity. <br><br>What an icon. Never give up on your dreams. Act with love and selflessness. Be the best, the very best. I love voicing this kid so much. <br><br>Pok\u00e9mon for life. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/meXKaE3UVJ\">pic.twitter.com\/meXKaE3UVJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sarah Natochenny (@sarahnatochenny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahnatochenny\/status\/1591250327075926016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Puerto Rican reggaet\u00f3n rapper and singer <\/span><b>Bad Bunny<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also offered praise for Ash in a Spanish tweet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Felicidades a Ash Ketchum en esa gran victoria. Nosotros los que estamos desde el principio sabemos lo mucho que cost\u00f3 \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffb<\/p>&mdash; \u2600\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\u2764\ufe0f (@sanbenito) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanbenito\/status\/1591121523179388942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultimate Journeys: The Series<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is currently available to stream on Netflix in the U.S. The streaming service describes the series as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pok\u00e9mon Trainer Ash Ketchum has a new plan: see the world! But first, he and his partner Pikachu are headed to the opening of the Cerise Laboratory, a research facility dedicated to uncovering the mysteries of Pok\u00e9mon in every region. Ash meets Goh, another boy with boundless curiosity about Pok\u00e9mon, and both are overjoyed when Professor Cerise asks them to become official research fellows. With Ash as determined as ever to become a Pok\u00e9mon Master, and Goh aiming to catch one of every Pok\u00e9mon (including the Mythical Mew), our heroes are in for adventure and excitement as they explore the wide world of Pok\u00e9mon!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/ash-ketchum-pokemon-top-trainer-ultimate-journeys-1235429602\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Variety<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Official Pok\u00e9mon Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon protagonist Ash Ketchum has become the top Pok\u00e9mon trainer in the world after 25 long years in the latest episode of Pok\u00e9mon Ultimate Journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":49821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2593,5843],"class_list":["post-49819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-pokemon","tag-pokemon-ultimate-journeys-the-series"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pokemon-journey-ash-and-pikachu-feature-image-2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-cXx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49819"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49840,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49819\/revisions\/49840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}