James doesn't use the rose much anymore, does he? I know he used one a lot in the first season...and that's about as far as I can go. I've only seen season 1 in full and the Orange Island eps in full. Everything past that have been scattered.
The Kanto eps aired here, but Pokemon was yanked off here when they got to Cinnabar, so I saw those eps later on, and a friend of mine actually taped the eps for me and mailed them, same with Orange Islands. She didn't get the chane to with Johto stuff.
Hmm, hasn't Pikachu become way stronger than it should be?