Digimon Makes The “Are Pokemon Food” Anime Question Worse
One of the most persistent questions about the world of Pokémon anime is whether or not Pokémon are eaten as food — and Digimon just made Pokémon's stance on the query worse. The Pokémon anime has wavered on this question quite a bit over the years, with early episodes showing iconic characters hungry for Pokémon delicacies. Digimon, however,provides a better example of how a franchise can head off uncomfortable questions in a way that Pokémon still hasn't over its two-decade-plus run.
While Digimon technically began before Pokémon with a virtual pet game, the anime series was created in the wake of Pokémon's runaway success, leading to natural comparisons between the two franchises. While Digimon has never approached the breadth and popularity of the entire Pokémon universe of media and merchandising, such as the recent Pokémon Legends Arceus spin-off game, its anime series has received favorable comparisons to Pokémon because of its more serialized and character-driven storylines. In this way, the seemingly silly question of how both the Pokémon andDigimon worlds source theirmeat helps to show how different the two franchises are in developing their universes.
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The Pokémon anime frequently shows characters eating meat, but there's no indication of where it comes from. While early episodes of the series had Earth-like animals in them in addition to Pokémon, these were gradually phased out as the number of Pokémon expanded, with a Pokémon equivalent of seemingly every real animal eventually created. There are some early implications in the anime that some Pokémon are eaten: Ash and Brock fantasize at one point about cooking a Magikarp, and the description of
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