Well they're testing Pokemon without Ash & Pikachu and I can't say I approve. But I'm not that deep into it yet and it's still subbed.
Dragon Ball Z notoriously removed Goku from the main plotline very often, and that added interesting dimensions to the show.
But one WHERE IT HASNT BEEN DONE, and I'm not saying this because the protagonist is bad or because I don't like them but rather because the worlds the exist inside of are so diverse and full of potential that they could easily tell the story from multiple perspectives... I'd say Owl House and Amphibia both could be told in their respective universe's with different leads and supporting characters..
I think a lot of shows exist like this, we don't need forced appropriation/inclusion, it isn't thought provoking, revolutionary, creative, or even slightly necessary, it's forced, inauthentic and cringe. Owl House side canons are a literal nightmare. Like just let Willow and Hunter be normal xD
I'm so sick of this, quit taking identities/trying to take identities and mold them into something they aren't for clout... It's annoying straight white men are great and made the world, this dudes a 1700s witch hunter my god lol...
Things don't get more interesting bc ppl go "look, look, look, that person's like me" it's oversaturating media and it's ruining actual creativity and it's literally stealing from OC and actual characters and their ACTUAL IDENTITIES