The new Gen 9 anime is looking really good from what I'm seeing, great animation, the artstyle is great, and there's definitely great potential for this brand new story.
Liko and Roy have so much potential as new protagonists and while it still feels surreal to not have Ash around anymore, having these new characters with new stories to tell and journeys to go through is going to be an immensely refreshing experience for the anime. Liko seems like the main main character in the vein of Ash though, and hopefully she'll be a worthy successor to him as a protagonist. I enjoy the feminine perspective of the anime more often and relate to the girl characters more in many cases with the anime so a girl taking on the role of being the battler of the cast is pretty cool this time around, as much I enjoyed Ash's story. I'm definitely looking forward to her story the most in that regard, and I'm excited to see her journey and the story she has to tell.
Roy will hopefully have a cool story of his own, and Friede will definitely add his own fun dynamics to the group and is seemingly the Brock/Cilan/Clemont of the Gen 9 anime squad, ie he's the big brother figure to Liko and Roy and will likely be the comic relief. Liko, Roy, and Friede seem like a great main cast and I also look foward to seeing fun dynamics between them, I live for fun character interactions and these three seem like they'll deliver in spades.
This is an exciting new era for Pokemon, and the anime is one case where I'm definitely excited for the new era. This is very interesting and I am already looking forward to watching this new season with our new cast of characters.