After 22 years, Ash Ketchum has finally become a Pokemon Master
He only went and won a Pokemon League!
- Best New Journalist 2019 Australian IT Journalism Awards
Ash has finally won a Pokemon League.
He's won a few big honors in his time (he's 10 years old), but Ash Ketchum has finally won a regional Pokemon League.
The hero of the Pokemon anime, which premiered over two decades ago in 1997 in Japan, has been working hard for some time now to become a Pokemon Master. He's notched up an impressive array of badges from multiple Pokemon regions and won two major Pokemon competitions: the Orange Islands League and Battle Frontier.
Now, in the most recent episode of Pokemon Sun & Moon, the sixth series of the anime (the English version hasn't aired yet), he's won the Alola region Pokemon League.
Fans far and wide are congratulating Ash on his hard-earned victory.
The meme finally ends#anipoke pic.twitter.com/SPWsdLJmi0
— Sour (@Sourcastic25) September 15, 2019
ASH FINALLY DID IT GUYS!!!
— 東の雨 (@Higashinoame) September 15, 2019
HE WON HIS FIRST POKEMON LEAGUE AFTER 20 YEARS!! #anipoke pic.twitter.com/Tws4N1F42b
You're looking at ALOLA'S FIRST CHAMPION
— Sour (@Sourcastic25) September 15, 2019
ASH KETCHUM
YES THIS IS NOT A DREAM#anipoke pic.twitter.com/tyFSpgl6qI
Same energy. #anipoke #サトシ優勝 #Pikachu pic.twitter.com/lDM6qAAK2p
— Shadao (@rex_shadao) September 15, 2019
History moment right there
— Benana xXx (@Banana6677) September 15, 2019
#サトシ優勝 pic.twitter.com/quhmjIVAF7
I think what broke me the most about this episode was Ash’s face when he won. Pure shock. The entire stadium cheering for him, and he was speechless. THIS. WAS. EARNED. We THE FANS who have seen this 10 year old grow from a klutz to a legend. Im speechless too. #anipoke pic.twitter.com/ylhnn8dgcE
— That Ice Guy IS SCREAMING ABOUT CHAMPION ASH!!!! (@Frostsplash) September 15, 2019
Even Veronica Taylor, the actress who voiced the original English version of Ash in the first eight seasons, sent her congratulations. "Congratulations to Ash Ketchum on winning the Pokémon League from Ash's 'younger' self, circa 1998...yup, hard work, determination, good friends, and a bit of luck pay off!" she tweeted Sunday.
Congratulations to Ash Ketchum on winning the Pokémon League from Ash’s ‘younger’ self, circa 1998...yup, hard work, determination, good friends, and a bit of luck pay off! #pokemon #ashketchum #winning pic.twitter.com/JhgRcGJBEy
— Veronica Taylor (@TheVeronicaT) September 15, 2019
Stunning work, Ash! You're still only 10, so plenty more to come.
