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Posted by: MXLRockingRepublicTTY May 24 2012, 04:25 PM

By judging how short he is i think 10

what do you think?

Posted by: momdukes100 May 24 2012, 04:27 PM

On the first episode he just turned 10 so he is like 15-20 now

Posted by: Dragonwish2 May 24 2012, 06:09 PM

I'd say eleven or twelve tops. He started as ten and if you consider each episode to be 1-2 days (3 for those where they are on a long event), then not much time has passed.

Posted by: Doodlebug2000R May 24 2012, 06:12 PM

i say 13 chaps. Update: Im not Britiish

Posted by: Redlion516 Jun 30 2012, 09:16 AM

i would say around 14 or 15

Posted by: Redlion516 Jun 30 2012, 09:16 AM

i would say around 14 or 15

Posted by: MagooinatorPokemon Jul 7 2012, 07:49 PM

Ash is 10..
Proof:
1. People do not grow up in anime
2. He has not celebrated his b-day

Posted by: LucarioandDialga Jul 7 2012, 08:03 PM

^^^^ I agree with you 100%

Posted by: Gambrinous Antiscian Jul 7 2012, 09:49 PM

He's a 10 year old who's been a Pokémon trainer for close to 15 years.

I wonder how Iris would react if he ever told her that. hmm.gif

Posted by: ElementalShellosTriforce Jul 10 2012, 07:42 PM

He's a twenty-five year old who has not physically or mentally aged over fifteen years.

Posted by: Protoman Jul 11 2012, 07:28 AM

Ash has got to be about thirty. I was six when he finally got all the badges. It took him almost a year to get those eight anyway.

Posted by: Samoo Jul 11 2012, 08:21 AM

QUOTE(Gambrinous Antiscian @ Jul 8 2012, 03:49 AM) *
He's a 10 year old who's been a Pokémon trainer for close to 15 years.

I wonder how Iris would react if he ever told her that. hmm.gif


Probably something like this! (click to show)


Maybe something like that who knows...cat.gif without the floating Vanillite too.
Ash? 10. He will always be 10.

Posted by: GBomber Jul 11 2012, 05:50 PM

I dunno. For some reason, I'm thinking he may be around 12 or something.

Posted by: quomimi Jul 11 2012, 06:58 PM

On the show, he's a 10 year old. But in real life by date, he'd be in his 20's or so. happy.gif

Posted by: Gambrinous Antiscian Jul 12 2012, 08:55 PM

QUOTE(Samoo @ Jul 11 2012, 11:21 PM) *
QUOTE(Gambrinous Antiscian @ Jul 8 2012, 03:49 AM) *
He's a 10 year old who's been a Pokémon trainer for close to 15 years.

I wonder how Iris would react if he ever told her that. hmm.gif


Probably something like this! (click to show)

That's the reaction I'd expect when Iris and Axew both learn that Ash thinks of the latter in the wrong way. o_O

Posted by: stephanieem Jul 16 2012, 10:36 PM

Has to be almost 30 he was 10 in 95 i think. Come to think about it thats creepy.

Posted by: shinymaster3000 Aug 4 2012, 08:15 AM

Well the first episode when he went to unova the narrator said hes's 10...

Posted by: quomimi Aug 4 2012, 08:23 AM

QUOTE(shinymaster3000 @ Aug 4 2012, 09:15 AM) *
Well the first episode when he went to unova the narrator said hes's 10...


I'm pretty sure thats just his show age. He's been traveling around longer than he's lived, if you call him 10 XD

Posted by: Wings of Sorrow Aug 4 2012, 08:32 AM


That is all.

http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/4komacomicstrip_how_old_are_you1.jpg if you can't see.

Posted by: quomimi Aug 4 2012, 08:35 AM

)XD Ash would make Twilight better (if that's possble).

Posted by: Aura Dynasty Aug 4 2012, 05:14 PM

Ash is IMMORTAl!

You have to see the nigahiga parody of twilight!

What are you?
You know what I am, so say it!
You...
yes?
You're a mermaid!
WHAT?!

jup... best quote ever... smugnod.gif

Posted by: Pandatia Sep 10 2012, 07:54 AM

Ash is forever ten, until they say so. Lol. So weird though, when you look at how many episodes there are.

Posted by: pinkriffic Sep 26 2012, 06:08 PM

Imo, it would be viable if Ash was ~13, because a few years for the few leagues he's been through seems to be a reasonable amount of time.

However, he's still probably 10 for the purposes of the anime.


You have to remember, Dento (Cilan) is only 15. o3o

Posted by: Lugia182 Oct 10 2012, 07:56 AM

Yeah, I think he's gonna be 10 for a good while yet sad.gif

Posted by: Chrome Oct 10 2012, 10:34 AM

He should have grown already, like 14-15.

Posted by: Anurah Loveheart Oct 10 2012, 10:54 AM

QUOTE(Chrome @ Oct 10 2012, 10:34 AM) *
He should have grown already, like 14-15.



TEN years old..
FOREVER.

even when Pikachu has birhday's and grows old

Posted by: ShanaiiKiiro Oct 10 2012, 04:28 PM

I think he's been 10 years old for like... 15 years

Posted by: Trainer Bloom Oct 16 2012, 12:00 PM

He should be more than 20 now :P

Posted by: The Shadow Oct 25 2012, 08:21 PM

He was 10 when the series started and I hes about 13 now... Man he ages slowly...

Posted by: Angelic Lizzie Oct 31 2012, 08:54 PM

He was 10 in the beginning.
I believe in the 2nd generation, they said he was 11.

Now he's back at 10 years old.

Posted by: shellyoshawott Oct 31 2012, 09:44 PM

Around 19

Posted by: Totodile Nov 7 2012, 09:15 AM

He's 10, but I'd like to think he's 14:)

Posted by: Marie MacLir Nov 16 2012, 12:11 PM

In the first episode he says he's ten. Assuming that each season is at least one full year that would put ash's current age somewhere around sixteen

Posted by: Shashy Nov 2 2013, 03:10 PM

He's 11. He metioned one time in the anime, "Hey pikachu today is a very special day. One year ago today, I met you!" So he had to have a birthday.

EDIT: Alsio the fact he just recently grew teeth.

Posted by: xXJessicaPandaXx Nov 7 2013, 04:02 PM

He should be more than 20 by now xD
Though we all know he's going to be 10 FOREVER

Posted by: Anti Ivy Aug 29 2014, 12:20 PM

I say 12, or 13.

Posted by: Anti Ivy Aug 29 2014, 12:21 PM

QUOTE(ShanaiiKiiro @ Oct 10 2012, 05:28 PM) *
I think he's been 10 years old for like... 15 years


So he should be 25.

Posted by: Asmodeus Oct 21 2014, 09:13 AM

Well, look at it this way, everyone in Pokemon will be stuck at the age they are currently at, FOREVER.

Oh, and whoever said that anime characters don't age hasn't done their homework.

1. Dragon Ball.
2. Dragon Ball Z.
3. One Piece.
4. Bleach.
5. Naruto.
6. Fairy Tail.
7. Sword Art Online.

All Characters in those anime have AGED. Except Roshi-sennin. He's immortal thanks to something he had done. I'll have to go back and watch Dragon Ball to remember what it was. He can still die though. Just not of old age.

Posted by: snapplefacts May 7 2017, 11:45 AM

someone on the pokemon anime staff (i think it might have been the director?) mentioned that they purposefully don't age him so as to keep the series, and especially new seasons, accessible and enjoyable for new viewers around the same age, which i think makes a lot of sense! even if it can get kind of confusing and frustrating for older viewers who would like to see some sense of time progression and consistency in a show they've been keeping up with for so long.

i tend to rewrite things in my head as i watch them, though, so imo, every region's antics would be ~1 year. ash would have to be 17 pushing 18 at this point in the series! maybe 19 if you account for orange islands, battle frontier, etc.

Posted by: dededo1 May 7 2017, 08:16 PM

Ash is 10
Ash is always 10
Ash always will be 10
I'm pretty sure Xerneas was passing by while Ash was looking at Ho-oh in the first episode

Posted by: space monkey44 Feb 23 2020, 11:33 AM

10-11. The theories about his "real age" are funny but I don't pay them much attention.

Posted by: Charchill May 3 2021, 08:00 AM

Twelve,he was stuck in time in the anime,two decades passed in the whole anime...I think.



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