They're unique individuals that each have their own individual reasons for how they interact with humans. Yuyama: Indeed, Pokémon aren't always what humans expect them to be like. The Pikachu in the anime, however, didn't listen to Satoshi at all. Q: In the video games the protagonist starts off by choosing a Pokémon, then sets off on an adventure, working alongside it. That's why he ended up with a Pikachu, a desicion I'm really glad I made. By the way, I decided from the very get-go that the Pokémon that would become Satoshi's partner would not be one of the three you choose between at the start of the video game, since I figured that might've made some of the viewers sad. Yuyama: I think of Pikachu as a combination of cuteness, strength and the ability to bring a few laughs (laughs). Q: Satoshi's partner Pikachu showed a really strong personality from its very first meeting with Satoshi too, didn't it? I think this is the main thing that makes him so appealing. He accepts the Pokémon he encounters for what they are, showing no prejudice or fear, and is able to befriend them quickly.
I think people normally project themselves onto things or filter their thoughts about them in some way, but Satoshi doesn't.
Satoshi positioned himself as a very equal-opportunities kind of guy as far as Pokémon and the world they live in goes. The viewers knew way more about Pokémon than he did. So in that respect, Satoshi was "the boy who showed up late". Yuyama: The Pocket Monsters anime started airing about a year after the first video games had been released, and Pokémon was already massively popular with children at the time. Q: Even though you were basing the anime on the Pocket Monsters video games, you were still creating an anime-original story, so what kind of character did you think of the protagonist Satoshi as?
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