Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Gary Oak has been the longest-standing rival of Ash and a mainstay of the Pokemon series and ...

Gary Oak's Arcanine is his most majestic Pokemon. Seeing Arcanine for the first time in the anime was something special. Arcanine often defeated Pokemon that should have won with a type advantage.

Gary Oak debuted in Pokémon's premiere with zero subtlety: he was Ash’s childhood rival, already ten steps ahead. Fans were led to believe this was a grudge built on years of local sparring ...

Gary Oak always seemed to have the upper hand against his rival Ash Ketchum in the Pokemon anime. However, Ash did eventually beat him, and that's probably because Gary didn't make all the right ...

Gary first appeared alongside Ash in the very first episode of Pokemon’s anime, usually being followed by a caravan of cheerleaders that showed just how beloved the young Oak was when he began ...

Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak's iconic rivalry shaped the Pokémon anime for over two decades. Their contrasting personalities, Ash as the underdog and Gary as the prodigy, fueled their epic clashes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. That’s the thing that really stands out for me here, the ...

Blue — you may know him as Gary Oak, the entitled grandson of Professor Oak — enters the hall with an overwhelming confidence, making waste of the Elite Four’s core members with ease.

Charmander is returned to the lab, where Oak performs health checks on the three Starter Pokemon. Gary congratulates Ash on his World Championship win, then asks how close he is to becoming a ...

Ash's final episode as protagonist of the iconic Pokemon anime is almost here (in ... will reunite with his oldest adversary: good ol' Gary Oak, who we first met in Indigo League.

In July 2016, they’ll be joined by a new Pokemon Nendoroid set that includes Red and Green, familiar to some as Ash and Gary Oak, in honor of the Pokemon series’ 20th anniversary. (Note ...