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ProudElitist
Third Pokemon anime show after the first one, second 1:1 remake of the OG 1997 Pokemon anime after Advanced, third attempt from Studio OLM at making their own version of the live-action henshin heroes tokusatsus of the Kamen Rider and Super Sentais under the façade of a tie-in of a videogame, third strike! Yup, if you were expecting some sort of attempt at "making something new" with this franchise look elsewhere because this, like Advanced before it, is a literal 1:1 copy of the original Show (apparently the fandom sees differences in the formers, but I have no idea as of why) minus different clothing for the male protagonists and, most important of all, a new tasty girl - Hikari - in the role of female companion of the main protagonist that was previously of the equally tasty (and equall…
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Pokémon Diamond & Pearl is the third series of the Pokémon anime, following Pokémon Advanced Generation. It spans episodes 469 to 660 and features the Pokémon of the fourth generation. Overall, there are a lot of similarities with Advanced Generation: the pacing is generally the same, alternating between Ash’s battles and the Pokémon Contests—not with May (Haruka) this time, but with Dawn (Hikari). I admit I was a little disappointed that this new series didn’t introduce anything innovative, but instead simply reused the Pokémon Coordinator concept, which we already had plenty of time to explore with May. I would have preferred if Dawn had brought along a new way of battling, just as May introduced us to Coordinators in AG.
That said, I still think Dawn was used better as a character than…
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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.
This is clearly the best Pokemon series story wise.
This series takes the best things from the previous regions and evolves one step further. The story now introduces us to the Sinnoh region and Hikari as the main heroine. Here, the things are kept really simple with goals set to the both characters Satoshi and Hikari from the get go.
All of the episodes are about Sinnoh region and so this is the longest region episode wise till this day. Because of this, it succeeds in giving time to develop not just Satoshi and each of his pokemons but also Hikari and her contest battles. Satoshi in this region is already self-flourished…
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Pros:
- Pokemon anime took everything best and put it up to the next level in this anime,
- Ash got really good Rival in this generation,
- The new characters in the main cast develpment,
- Gym, and final rival battles.
Cons:
- Ash don't win Sinnoh League,
- Some battles are ridiculous,
- Team Rocket appearance annoyance is at it's top, - The story development is being held up by corporations policy (here they have crossed the line),
- the final battle with Tobias is the biggest mistake in this generation, guy is literally using cheats to get mythical/legendary Pokemon, and then beat Ash with just 2 Pokemon
Overoll this generation is one of the best on in this franchise were we can see really good storytelling (for Pokemon anime standards), and character development.
They might have miss…
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Pokemon Diamond & Pearl is my favourite pokemon series.
Its story is directly taken from the games. Lore from the games is present. Each town is given a personality just like the game. But routes still don't have a personality and feels like generic jungles.
Concept of pokemon ability is introduced, late but still appreciated. Team rocket interrupted many important battles. Happiny's egg hatch was way too dramatic. All of the elite four and champion were part of the story. Only the Sinnoh League victor can challenge them, but they made Ash lose in the League. It would've been great if Ash fought Cynthia in a full battle and then lost. Pokedex is used too much that it started to annoy. There were many fun fillers in "Galactic Battles" and "Sinnoh League Victors". Except for the Shaymin ep…
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Truly enough, the Pokemon anime franchise has a lot of uphills and downhills, starting with the Original series with the Johto season to the Advance that considered average, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl or for short DP is definitely one big uphill before the Black and White downhill, and DP is a good one especially because it's originality and maturity.
Ash (or Satoshi in the Jap ver.) starts a brand new journey in the Sinnoh region who - as the other regions - include new generation species of Pokemon and Pokemon League of its own with 8 gyms scattered around the region, there he meets Dawn, a new trainer who aims to be a Pokemon Coordinator and his old friend Brock, he also meets a new rival called Paul (Shinji in the jap ver.) and the rest is pretty known... so what is new and different t…
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STORYTELLING: The plot and the storytelling is probably the highlight of DP. Coupled with some fantastic arcs, DP successfully remained thrilling throughout for me.
PACE: Pacing was one issue that was well managed in the first two seasons. Third season, however, was a complete disappointment in terms of direction with bunch of fillers. On top, the spread was horrible. Fourth season somehow regained the pace back after the initial episodes though.
CHARACTERS: Characters were another highlight of the series with Dawn, Ash & Paul being the most remarkable characters. It felt as if I'm witnessing three seperate journeys correlated to one another. I loved how Dawn never felt like a 'companion' but rather a lead character. Bond between Ash, Dawn & Brock were entirely on a different level makin…
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First of all, here are two rules to understand the Pokemon anime :
1) If you watched the dub, you did NOT truly watch the anime.
2) Each Pokemon "cycle" is a different style of anime : different narrative, and different art style.
Pokemon Diamond&Pearl is an excellent anime. It has deep stories, it has great fights, and it has even less fillers than Naruto or Bleach.
STORY
DP starts by introducing Hikari, who wants to become a Top Coordinator as her mother was. But as she starts her journey, she'll realize she may not have the guts to succeed. Indeed, she will often fail, which will make her wonder if she is fit to be a Coordinator.
Ash and Pikachu, of course, come back as the MCs. Ash still aims to win a Pokemon League, only this time, he has a lot of experience: in this series, Ash…
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let me be frank, this is the ONLY anime of the pokemon series that comes close to the spirit of the games its the definitive series as far 8 gym badges a rival you want to beat. it is everything the first 3 series's should have been Ash'es ideaology combining with paul's calculative ideaology is delightful Paul is a utalitarian in every sense of the word which conflicts with the gary stu -ness of ash which i cant stand i fucking hate ash
Dawn i like tho pipplup is an excellent character im admitdely bias but as some one who had been watching the series and playing the games since 1997 i NEVER thought we were gonna get an adaptation that even remotley resembled a what i would consider to be an authentic and genuine pokemon quest through a region.
this is the closest they ever come to fu…
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I can say this for Pokémon, at least. It has gotten continually better with each season. I have no qualms about calling Diamond and Pearl my favorite season of Pokémon thus far.
To get my main concern going into it out of the way... The voice acting has improved since Battle Frontier. There were still a few instances where he sounded a little off-- particularly wherever laughter was required-- but Ash sounded perfectly listenable for the duration of Diamond and Pearl. But the improvements I really took note of had nothing to do with the voice acting...
My main praise for Advanced was the writers' time management skills. Having a main character participating in contests on top of Ash competing for his gym badges did a lot to keep me invested. I understand that early on, each Pokémon got…
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***This is a spoiler free review***
If any series has been done to death, Pokemon is usually one to come up. While I grew up watching the original Pokemon as a kid and have dabbed in Pokemon Advanced, I found myself wondering if anyone still likes the series for what it made its name for. I enjoyed Pokemon as a kid because it offered something I inspired; adventure. Ash as a main protagonist is not very appealing except for the fact that he never gives up and he can be too kind to others. That being said, someone told me that Diamond and Pearl is much different than the previous installments and that I should give it a try. So join me for a review that will help you figure out if Pokemon really needs to die.
Story: 7/10
So as I stated before Pokemon has been around for a very long time…
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A little late for the review for this series? No?
"When every life meets another lifes, something will be born"
Tbh, I watched this one occasionally when it was just released, mostly only for the league. Now I watched the whole series and tried to watch the filler too. Before, I like this series because of Paul (Shinji) and Ash (Satoshi)'s chemistry, but now I like it more and more. And the quote above is really the whole plot of this series.
I am a Pokemon fan for a long time, frankly speaking it would be my whole life, I'm now 18 and I watched it when I was 3. When I grow up I meet lots of friends thanks to this, but a bit lonely since I'm the only girl in the group, ha ha.
Diamond and Pearl surely has improment in the art, but probably nothing compare to other series that time. I wa…
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Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl anime was definitely an enjoyable series for me. I liked all the new Pokemon introduced in Sinnoh with appearances from some of the more classics too. This is the one series where I felt Ash/Satoshi did his best battling wise. A great aspect to this was his rival, Paul/Shinji. The two had completely different views on how they were training their Pokemon and battling. It led to a great strong rivalry and was the main reason he did so well. The gym battles were great, team rocket was still funny as ever although i wish they didn't always appear in every episode. The plot with Team Galactic was entertaining. Now for my favorite part, the Sinnoh league. This was by far the best league Ash battled well in, and it's also the first league where most of his Pokemon team…
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For starters, as a Pokemon series, it had a lot to live up to. It had to be more developed than the previous two series that came before it. It had to have its own identity. It also had to have its own look. To be honest, this series did the most right. In fact, I would go and say THIS is the series to study if you're going to make subsequent shows. AVOID BEST WISHES LIKE THE PLAGUE! (Okay, watch the highlights, but that's all, to get some continuity.)
Despite a dash of forced mascot syndrome, see Piplup for that, the characters chosen for the cast were overall very charming and lovable.
Two established characters of the series got very satisfying character development, new characters proved their worth on many occasions, and EVERY significant human character in the games were showcased…
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I'm going to start off my review by stating that I will treat Pokemon D&P as a full flege anime and negate from the games and other chilhood influences. At this point it should be noted that Pokemon D&P is apart of the long running Pokemon FRANCHISE. A franchise that has a basic formula. That formula is aimed towards kids so there will be a lot childlike situations and themes. It just so happens that that formula continues to be reused time after time again. Its old to a lot of veteran viewers but new to the younger and newer generations. However, despite D&P being a "rehash", it still finds it's place amongst the other series.
Story: Satoshi or Ash for us American viewers is traveling by himself as he makes his way to the Sinnoh region. He eventully meets up with his long time traveling…
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Alright, let me start off by saying, the Diamond and Pearl Saga, with full honesty, was the best developed and most promising series of all of its previous titles. Don't really depend on those nostalgic views of "the original being best" and all, all Pokemon Sagas were awesome, all in different ways. For me however, Diamond and Pearl ranks #1.
For the story element, Pokemon still sticks with the repetitive pattern except for some minor diversions. That is to say, if I would rate the story, I would down rate it for the repetition BUT I would still over rate it for the enjoyment. I mean, everyone else is demanding the same old classic Pokemon...and well...it is still here, and still delivers. It is still enjoyable and never gets old (to certain extents. So, 8/10 its pretty decent backed up…
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I'm not very good at writing professional looking reviews. But I like this season because this is the season that made me get into Pokemon again. When I was very young. I like many kids watched Pokemon. But over the years, I didn't watch it anymore. At age 21 or 22, I decided to look up Pokemon online. One of the 1st eps I watched was from Diamond & Pearl. I did get confused cause I saw Dawn. And I knew that I missed alot. So I started from ep 1 of the Pokemon series. And watched every show and movie. And ever since Ive been hooked!
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A repeated plot but a more serious tone has been added in DP. Some 'violence' has been added, the new villain for example doesn't seem to care to much what happens to Ash (main character)
The art is sometimes very good (movies, special episodes etc.) but it can also really suck. It just depends what team does the episode (check bulbapedia)
Sounds alright, good background music in japanese version.
The characters are more developped and they're not all 'black and white' like they used to be.
Nice anime to watch, not too serious but can be when needed to.
Overall nice, no real action, the plot is spread over 200+ episodes with mostly fillers. Art's not always the best but major episodes are mostly done nicely. Pokemon USA doesn't edit episodes any more so there isn't that much differen…
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