Audience reviews
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_Bubassotto_
Yeah... it was a bit less impactful than the first part, but still quite enjoyable.
This continuation of Pokémon Advanced Generation turned out to be a slightly weaker experience for me compared to the first part. I don't think this is necessarily because the season dropped in quality, but rather because I was starting to feel a bit of fatigue regarding the formula Pokémon uses. After watching so many episodes with similar structures, certain situations begin to lose some of that initial impact.
I also have to admit that the absence of Bulbasaur weighed a bit on my experience. For those who don't know, he’s my favorite Pokémon, so naturally, any arc where he isn't present starts off at a slight disadvantage with me. Of course, this is a completely personal preference, but it significantl…
Read at the sourceProudElitist
Incredible how Studio OLM continues to impress with each iteration of the Pokemon franchise in terms of expanding the possibilities of the Battle Shounen genre, despite being in the business relatively late if compared to the big names of the industry like the Toei Corporation and despite being this show intended as a tie-in of a videogame (videogame you don't need to play to enjoy these shows anyway). Case in point, the series object of the review in question (which I have watched in japanese subbed in english), started on a whim on the good impression given to this reviewer by a tokusatsu currently in production (Kakusei Hunter Omegahorn, which is an attempt of translating the Pokemon IP in tokusatsu form written by one of its veterans, Atsuhiro Tomioka, also contributor to this show) an…
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Pokemon Advanced Generation is the second series of the Pokemon anime, including episodes 277 to 468 and featuring the Third Generation Pokemon. Objectively, this sequel is better than the first series. Many of the issues I criticized in the first series have been improved or even resolved. For example, I previously mentioned that the episodes had no connection to each other, giving us an unpleasant generic feeling, which has slightly improved. There are more links between the episodes, giving us more of a sense of continuity rather than watching random episodes.
This second series is marked by the departure of Misty (Kasumi), who is replaced by May (Haruka) and her younger brother Max (Masato). Like many, I was quite nervous about Misty disappearing from the story’s center. After so many…
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While Advanced Gen starts out looking like a carbon copy of Ash's journey's in Kanto and Johto, make no mistake - this is the pinnacle of the Pokemon franchise.
Half of the main cast remains, as Ash tackles the Hoenn league with a new team (and Pikachu), and his old pal Brock returns to cook the munchies and explain the bs of Ash's pokemon battles to us watching. But they are joined by two compadres who bring opposite value to series: May and Max. There isn't much good to say about Max. He's too young to have any pokemon, so he just causes problems for the crew and whines a bunch about how his older sister isn't a pokemon master immediately. That sister, May, however, is the brightest spot in the entire Pokemon franchise. While she has her struggles at first, her talent as a trainer and c…
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Contains spoilers but I am keeping the major ones aside. I will be focusing on the characters and story as a whole, not stuffs like the arts or the music in any kind.
Following the uninteresting Johto region, this series taking place in the Hoenn region actually worked pretty well.
This series made the difference first by introduction of Haruka, a newbie trainer. Because of this alone, Satoshi had his moments where he looked and was actually mature and had patience in comparison. Speaking of which, this series gave Satoshi as much time he required to grow as a trainer which got us out of the nightmare from the Satoshi we had before. He started to gain experience and also served as a mentor at the first for Haruka.
Another win from this series is the introduction of Pokemon Contest. This…
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Pros:
- 95% of this anime is really interesting,
- character development is enjoyable,
- this generation we got 2 more characters,
- we got 2 new evil teams,
- the game story adaptation is acceptable
- the best part of this generation are Battle Frontier fights,
- introduction of pokemon contests,
Cons: - The remaining 5% Ash doesn't win Hoen League,
- Some battles are ridiculous,
- Team Rocket appearance can get more annoying,
- The story development is being held up by corporations policy,
- some fans dislike Max character in this generation,
The story takes now in both regions Hoen and Kanto, however best part in my opinin was Battle Frontier arc. The cast shifts to permanent 7 characters in this generation.
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One of the reasons for the Advanced series to be likable but still not a favorite for the fans, most of it is since the Advanced series comes right after the lousy Johto season, though effected by it creating some boring and excepted "filler" episodes the Advance series tries to fix them, in the most parts of it succeded but once the filling episodes that are not connected to the main story appears, the quality of those episodes are going down like the most of Johto episodes.
The simple reason for the improvement is Misty - the female character in Ash's gang - is replaced by May, a young beginner trainer who begins her Pokemon travel at the start of the anime, not much later Brock is returned and May's little brother joins the gang. the big change in May's appearance is not that she is muc…
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First of all, I'm a 28 years old dude who still loves Pokemon. Me and my brother grew both with Pokemon. And to be honest its still a great serie to watch.
The story in short, you follow Ash with he's journey to become a Pokemon Master. And together with he's friends he will try to conquer the League and the Battle Frontier. There were funny, drama and sometimes sad moments. But overall its still great to watch. (anno 2019).
The artwork in this serie is just decent. Its a old serie and you will see that sometimes. Its easy to watch for kids. Thats all I want to say.
Sound and then I will talk about the Opening and ending first. Its really motivated music. And to be honest, as a child the opening was my favorite. The sound in the serie is not to great but good enough.
Not the fun part t…
Read at the sourcePokeFan2112
Pretty good, but a step down from the Original Series.
In terms of negatives, the contest episodes mostly were pretty boring. A lot of them were all flash but with none of the intensity that usually makes the gym battle episodes so good. The battle centered ones were usually fine, however.
Adding to this, the high amount of tournament arcs, as well as a lighter, more relaxed tone, resulted in there being less interesting episodes than the OS.
But though it was weaker than the original, that doesn't mean it was BAD. There was still more good episodes than not, and quite a few (such as the Swampert episode, Kyogre vs Groudon, or the one where Pikachu loses his memory, to name a few) that i'd definitely consider highlights of the overall show. The animation was still solid, and the humor…
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This one is better than the prequel. This region gets ash in the top, where he might've won first, but this region makes ash start the trend of losing forever to make it seem like he never ages, but he does age, just keeps him looking young.....weird. This season ash gets May and annabelle (second to last frontier brain) there might've been another girl or 2 earlier, but highly doubt it. They scuffed charizard in the end lost first round and didn't defeat a dusclops.
On the contest side of things they did great as a first time, they introduced a gay harley out of nowhere, where he is a like-able character, second favorite character. I think this region of anime they introduced combo attacks, but I think I am wrong, maybe they did that last in original pokemon. Well let me tell you who is m…
Read at the sourceDuckielover151
So, as anticipated, I did end up enjoying Advanced quite a bit more than the Original for most of my viewing experience. Though you may have noticed that the overall score doesn't reflect that... And it wasn't for the same reasons I'd expected...
As I mentioned in my review for the original series, Hoenn was my generation. I didn't get really into playing the games myself until Sapphire/Ruby. I expected to connect better with Advanced because the towns and gym leaders and some of the special events with teams Aqua and Magma were more familiar to me. But that wasn't really the case. It was kind of nice to know what was coming next, but for the most part, the gym battles were just... gym battles. It was the way the second season was handled that won me over. The format changed a bit for thi…
Read at the sourceLil-Bird
Note: Given the nature of this series, this review will be split into two parts to cover both the Hoenn League and Battle Frontier.
Regardless of what we think of Pokémon, it's a successful franchise, and the original series was popular even with its ups and downs. However, its popularity began to decline during the Johto season, and the Pokémon phenomenon that rocked the world lost its luster. That didn't mean Pokémon was done with, as the Ruby and Sapphire versions rolled around for the fairly young Game Boy Advance on November 21 of 2002 in Japan, and then March 19, 2003 in North America (April 3rd in Australia and July 25th in Europe, can't forget you guys). The final Johto episode aired just weeks before the games' release in Japan, while in the U.S., it aired in late October of 2003…
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Pokemon Advanced. Another enjoyable pokemon series. Its full of humor, lovable characters, and a AMAZING soundtrack. Advanced really doesnt fail with the enjoyable formula pokemon is so well known for.
Storyline9/10-NO SPOILERS. Ten year old Ash Ketchum is now on his quest to go to the Hoenen region. He is joined by May, Max, and Broack. Ash once again is going to collect gym badges and become a pokemon master. Pokemon once again has that really fun and enjoyable storyline. Its cute, adventrous and full of laughs. Its like the first series, just newer.
Characters8/10-The charaters are once again, enjoyable, Ash is once again, my favortive, because hes stupid and funny. Team Rocket still are enjoyable characters, mostly Mewoth. The characters mature qutie a bit in the series. I find Lanc…
Read at the sourceSakuraForever
I didn't expect many reviews on this chp. of pokemon. The history of pokemon had done so well up until this point, as seen by many. However, hardcore/loyal pokemon fans stuck around and watched the entire ADV generation. We embraced the new characters, though many did not want to see old ones retire away. We took note of even more pokemon added to anime, though some felt the originals could never be replaced. The games were stellar, I've played every single pokemon game out there and I can honestly say ruby/sapphire or emerald are must haves. So what is about ADV? I mean, it should be better than Kanto's and Johto's saga, right?
PMKN ADV features the return of our main heroine Satoshi (better known as Ash Ketchum) as he explores an entire new region, Hoenn. Here, he encounters totally new…
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