Yes, they're not anthropomorphic at all. The movie just shows pokemon as they normally are; there is no anthropomorphism on a base pokemon. Pikachu is not speaking English, just the one person understands him. Same as how normally we don't understand pokemon but if you watch "The Island of the Giant Pokemon" there are subtitles that show they have a clear language.
There are also plenty of canon examples of pokemon speaking because that intelligence and capacity for advanced language is a part of normal non-anthropomorphic pokemon. Several pokemon are smarter than humans. For example, in Alakazam's pokedex it says:
"Its brain can outperform a super-computer. Its intelligence quotient is said to be 5,000."
There has to be a change from what a pokemon (or any character) normally is for it to be called anthropomorphic. That is not the case here.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
Yes, they're not anthropomorphic at all. The movie just shows pokemon as they normally are; there is no anthropomorphism on a base pokemon. Pikachu is not speaking English, just the one person understands him. Same as how normally we don't understand pokemon but if you watch "The Island of the Giant Pokemon" there are subtitles that show they have a clear language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxH7AS712vU
There are also plenty of canon examples of pokemon speaking because that intelligence and capacity for advanced language is a part of normal non-anthropomorphic pokemon. Several pokemon are smarter than humans. For example, in Alakazam's pokedex it says:
"Its brain can outperform a super-computer. Its intelligence quotient is said to be 5,000."
There has to be a change from what a pokemon (or any character) normally is for it to be called anthropomorphic. That is not the case here.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~