How is Pokemon a marketing campaign for Shinto?

I'm not asking why or if it does... All I am asking is how, because I read it in an article on metaphor.com about the Power Puff Girls Movie.

of course

Dude it's been marketed for years.

Please don't tell me you are just noticing.

Say what?

Well doesn't Shinto hunt down little animals that fart fire , put them in balls and then fight them......No.

Isn't that like saying "Robin Hood" is a marketing campaign for Christianity? Kind of silly, don't you think? Shinto is a way of life in Japan, so naturally aspects of it show up in movies, TV, and animation.

what is your basis for this accusation?