What attracted me to pokemon the anime was because i the whole concept of being a trainer and having eternal friends after a battle(pokemon) and catching them that would like to defend and acompany on what ever way in life you choose. and because of the bond that grew so big between ash and pikachu but the main reason is that how cool some pokemon are ( charizard) and how by playing the games ( emerald, diamond) you could have your own team and fix the errors that the characters made. ( releasing pkmn).

yeah so say what attracted you to pkmn and what keeps on attracting you still to this day or why not any more.