Pokémon made world news again after Ash Ketchum, the main character of the series, managed to become the world champion as the best trained Pokémon after 25 years.
The news, which went around the world and was a trend on Twitter in the last part of the week that closes, was announced in the last chapter aired from season 25 of the series ‘Definitive Trips Pokémon‘, which aired in Japan.
The fact caused a stir not only on social media but also in the Asian country itself, which shared the construction on its main street in Tokyo, which resembles a sort of Times Square in New York.
CRAZY 🤯 Shibuya City, Japan stopped to watch the HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP of #Ash Ketchum in the league #Pokémon 🏆 Everyone wanted to witness how he became the best, better than anyone after 25 years of anime pic.twitter.com/xP0PUkQcQE
— Gaby Meza – 🍿🌈 (@GabyMeza8) November 11, 2022
It is no less, because according to the Statista portal, Pokémon is the multimedia franchise that has generated the most money for its creators since its launch in 1996. With more than 105,000 million dollars, the Japanese anime surpasses Hello by more than 20,000 million dollars. Kitty ($84.5 billion), which is second on the list.
Pokémon generated more net revenue than franchises that are more than half a century ahead of its first airing, such as Winnie The Pooh (1924, $80.3 billion) and Mickey Mouse (1928, $80.3 billion).
Even from brands that at first glance some would think are more globally recognized, the series also leads Star Wars ($68.7 billion), Marvel ($36.2 billion) and Harry Potter, which are fifth, eighth respectively in the case of the first two.
