Transformers Vs Pokemon

"You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl"
–Madonna - Material girl.

I've heard critics to japanese animation series like Pokemon just for not being anything but a product created to give support for merchandising and videogames. This is not new. Cartoons that I watched when I was little, like GIJOE or Transformers, were too comercial products. In GIJOE's case, with a pro-military message. GIJOE and Transformers had a massive catalog of official products: TV shows, comics, toys, posters… so, there's any diference between Optimus Primer and Pikachu. There's not as a commercial phenomenon.

One is the truck leader of the Autobots, one of the to factions in the Cybertronian Wars. By a luck of disasters, the bring this war to Earth and now, as they are the good guys, they have to fight against Decepticons and protect the suspicious humans. The other is a cute pokemon pet, travel mate of Ash, his coach, and he has an electrifiying way of getting angry. They both together goes around the world of Pokemon, taking part in the pokemon leages, discovering new pokemons, to become the best coach.

They're both have distinct plots, but at the time of taking juice from the marc, the similarity is absulute. Pokemon has obteined great success and seems to continuing. Transformers don't have that much, but they have been in the market for two decades.

Same shit different color.