ashs story will continue in the pokemon anime despite the fact it was thought his arc was done following recent world champion win as reported by anime hunch the general manager of the animation business at tv tokyo toshiyuki hiroaka as well as the president of tv tokyo ichiro ishikawa has said that ash ketchum will stay play a part in the pokemon anime regardless of his arc seemingly coming to an end after winning the pokemon world championships a few weeks ago it has taken 25 years for satoshi ash to become the world champion so it will be interesting to see what the future holds for him said hiroaka the adventures will continue and we will be providing information on how satoshis future story will unfold in the upcoming tv anime so i hope you will enjoy it the general manager revealedi heard that fans from all over the world congratulated satoshi for winning the championship this time ishikawa said we are very happy to see satoshis achievement and we would like to congratulate him as well the tokyo tv head added if this is news to you last month ash ketchum finally won his first pokemon world championship in the pokemon journeys the series anime the win was heard around the world with several people cheering the fictional character on as the episode aired in japan several fans got emotional over the win partly because it took the 10yearold kid 25 years to achieve his dream but also because it reminded many of their childhoods especially when ashs original team reunited in the episode speaking of the anime this threehour unofficial pokemon red anime has gone viral for good reason