I think they would look far less horrific if they'd gotten them closer to Palmer's "realistic Pokemon" series. (It's a texture thing. I didn't see a single Pokemon they gave fur to that looked like it had the proper texture of fur. Kinda looked lazy, especially on Pikachu.)
Btw, making a fictional universe in which nonhumans have language is still anthropomorphism, in a meta way at least, because complex language is a human trait. ;)
I think they would look far less horrific if they'd gotten them closer to Palmer's "realistic Pokemon" series. (It's a texture thing. I didn't see a single Pokemon they gave fur to that looked like it had the proper texture of fur. Kinda looked lazy, especially on Pikachu.)
Btw, making a fictional universe in which nonhumans have language is still anthropomorphism, in a meta way at least, because complex language is a human trait. ;)