@WillTheLion The proper names are Red and Green. However, this isn't based off the manga; that is just the names in Japanese. In the English translation, this was changed to Red and Blue, since Pokemon Green was a Japan exclusive. The anime characters are based on Red and Green, but since the anime and the games reached the West at about the same time, the localization added Ash and Gary as names that would be familiar to western audiences. Thus while Red and Blue/Green are the "proper" names, so many people in the west know them by Ash and Gary. That's the legacy of their childhood and the simple fact that those aren't the correct names doesn't change that
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Re: Pokémon's Ash And Gary Are Getting The Nendoroid Treatment
@WillTheLion The proper names are Red and Green. However, this isn't based off the manga; that is just the names in Japanese. In the English translation, this was changed to Red and Blue, since Pokemon Green was a Japan exclusive. The anime characters are based on Red and Green, but since the anime and the games reached the West at about the same time, the localization added Ash and Gary as names that would be familiar to western audiences. Thus while Red and Blue/Green are the "proper" names, so many people in the west know them by Ash and Gary. That's the legacy of their childhood and the simple fact that those aren't the correct names doesn't change that