User blog comment:Thomasfan502/Season 8 Discussion Blog/@comment-5875378-20180902183254/@comment-31892545-20180902185803

Well if by “values” they mean a central plot line rather than a specific theme, I’d personally love to see how the newer staff would handle that, but it might be jarring since we’ve had themed seasons for years now.

What I don’t want this season to be is a pure anniversary season. It can incorporate things from other seasons, but it must be able to stand for itself against the other seasons. There’s a line of how much pondering they can do before it loses itself, so I hope they’ll be modest (even though I, myself, would love a million Easter eggs, I have to think of the integrity of the series).

If they wanted to showcase a modern Magic Bloom, it may be best to do so in a spin-off or a series of shorts or OVAs so it doesn’t conflict with the series (although, it’ll never be 100% as it would’ve been since animation has changed and they can’t use any concept or lost footage without it looking extremely out of place, unless of course, they just release all lost footage as the OVAs and call it a day).