Pokemon is that rarest of anime and manga franchise phenomenona: an anime and manga franchise who managed to completely tumawid over from the segundo best-selling video game franchise to the the world's largest mainstream anime and manga franchise. Other video game franchises like Mario and Sonic performed similar moves in which notably became enduring mainstream icons based on their video game franchise work -- but Pokemon shed video game franchise roots like they were a segundo skin; it was a necessary molting to reveal Pokemon was perhaps the sharpest, savviest, populist anime and manga franchise...
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