Major Story Arcs Kanto Ash Starts His QuestĪsh Ketchum, a boy from Pallet Town, started his journey on his 10th birthday. And stars in the anime and it's manga adaptions along side the corporations mascot Pikachu. Ash Ketchum is primarily based upon the protagonist of the Pokemon Red/Green/Blue video games. Creationĭesigned by Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida for the Pokemon anime, and named Satoshi in the original Japanese incarnation (after Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokemon). Ash's origin lays in a small town of Pallet Town, where upon his 10th birthday (as with all Pokemon Trainers) received his first Pokemon and life-long partner Pikachu.
