Introduction
After his mother wins a free trip to the islands, Pokémon trainer Satoshi and his partner Pikachu head for Melemele Island of the beautiful Alola region, which is filled with lots of new Pokémon and even variations of familiar faces. Eager to explore the island, Satoshi and Pikachu run wild with excitement, quickly losing their way while chasing after a Pokémon. The pair eventually stumbles upon the Pokémon School, an institution where students come to learn more about these fascinating creatures.
At the school, when he and one of the students—the no-nonsense Kaki—have a run-in with the nefarious thugs of Team Skull, Satoshi discovers the overwhelming might of the Z-Moves, powerful attacks originating from the Alola region that require the trainer and Pokémon to be in sync. Later that night, he and Pikachu have an encounter with the guardian deity Pokémon of Melemele Island, the mysterious Kapu Kokeko. The Pokémon of legend bestows upon them a Z-Ring, a necessary tool in using the Z-Moves. Dazzled by their earlier battle and now in possession of a Z-Ring, Satoshi and Pikachu decide to stay behind in the Alola Region to learn and master the strength of these powerful new attacks.
Enrolling in the Pokémon School, Satoshi is joined by classmates such as Lillie, who loves Pokémon but cannot bring herself to touch them, Kaki, and many others. Between attending classes, fending off the pesky Team Rocket—who themselves have arrived in Alola to pave the way for their organization's future plans—and taking on the Island Challenge that is necessary to master the Z-Moves, Satoshi and Pikachu are in for an exciting new adventure.
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Audience reviews
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alienjacker
BY FAR the most underrated Pokemon series of all time, and I completely stand by it. Arguably, it is one of the most underrated anime of all time. Pokémon Sun and Moon objectively has the best-written episodes of all Pokémon. The episodes are directed much better than any other Pokemon series. The voice lines , the direction of scenes , the animation , the humor , the attention to detail , the introduction to stat moves and many more. Alola is also one of the most well-written regions in the franchise. I couldn't believe myself tearing up to some of the episodes.
I have heard a lot of criticism about Z-moves, but IMO, other than the slight redundancy (which gets a little better as you progress through the episodes), Z-moves are entertaining to watch. The only downside to this anime is th…
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I have to admit, when i first saw the artstyle change after xyz, and saw ash in the new school setting, i was furious. i thought it was the ultimate middle fingeer from the writers to long time fans of the show like me
"OH YOU THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA WIN THE KALOS LEAGUE? WELL GUESS WHAT? HE DIDNT AND NOW WE ARE GONNA TREAT HIM LIKE A STUPID BOY. AGAIN"
I wanted to leave the show and leave pokemon. i didnt want another BW
I'm SOOO happy i was wrong.
true, its filled with fillers, but sun and moon is at its core, a character based series. and thats what makes it special.
Mallow, lana, kiawe lillie saphocles and ash all grew along with the series. the things ash got from his time in alola are things he will never forget. its the first time he has a father figure! he raised and commanded a le…
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Pros:
- Ash wins the Regional Aloa Pokemon League,
- Ash got a few mythical pokemon,
- relaxing formula,
- much more expanded main cast,
Cons:
- none for me, but If I were to find one reason then maybe the story somewhat was lacking the dark moments present in games.
It took about more then 20 years for Ash to win Regional Pokemon League. Thanks to fans rally up on social media corporations policy of Ash losing tradition was finally broken. Ash losing each time the Pokemon League was one of most annoying things that happened in in all of previous generations.
Some might find the new artstyle and anime formula little anoying, but for me it's alright. Up to this day this is the best Pokemon anime generation.
Read at the sourceSparkzXD
First Thoughts: Pokemon Sun & Moon is very different from original Pokemon. It is more sit-com type of show with less intense scenes. There are still fights but it feels different.
Story: The story of Sun & Moon isn't bad. It is just different. The story is still good because an episode can lead onto another episode but it doesn't feel as intense as earlier gens. It is just kind of boring and predictable.
Art: The one time I finally get to use the art column lol. The art in this anime is so much worse and Ash looks terrible and everything is just screwed up and I would give it a 1-2 if it wasn't for Tajiri saying he only changed the art because he could focus more on the intense fights and I definitely understand but the art is still very bad knowing that.
Sound: I have no idea what to…
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In the Pokemon anime series, it’s common among the fans about the quality of each series that varies and changes from each other, where it’s lowering from the Indigo season to the Johns season, starting picking up a little with Advance, goes higher with DP, dropping low in BW and then going back high with XY. So when I started watching Sun and Moon (SM for short) it’s inventible to ask if it continued XY quality, or dropped it. The answer Is kinda surprising: it’s neither.
To understand why I’m saying that, I will explain some introduction - Pokemon SM games were actually the first for a long time in the Pokemon franchise that tried to do something new - making “new” format with the games. New format doesn’t mean there’s no Pokemon training but spinoff kinda thing, but taking the games in…
Read at the sourceJakklL
Gotta catch em all,
Let me just start the review by giving a very basic explaintion to the series. Ash goes to new region to become pokemon master...basically it’s the same as every other season except it’s in a new region!! AKA the Aloha Region
Now one thing I will say is the animation, this was a hard one for me at first because I hated how Ash looked but my final conclusion, it’s Refreshing with new animations. A lot of people hate it. I hated it. But after staring at new design in shock for a few hours, I got used to it. And honestly I like the new design for Ash.
Apart from ash the new Region and characters is simply beautiful, the animation really does bring it to life and it’s deserves all the praise it gets, all the Pokemon look the part and it keeps you invested to see more of…
Read at the sourceZamfirD
As a Pokemon fan,i watched almost all the movies and some of the series.I love Sun and Moon because its different from the other Pokemon series.That's why some people don't like it and some people love it.Its not for all people,in my case,i just wanted something different from all the series.The story,is not the best, i liked it overrall but sometimes it doesnt make sense.The art is the best in my opinion,Alola has a very good design,a tropical beautiful region.The sound are also very good,in my opinion the best so far.The character is the thing i kind of dislike.There are too much characters.Some of them,just dont make sense,and they sounld'nt exist.Also,Ash is different,a more comedic appearance than the other series,where Ash was more competitive.As for enjoyment,i like it for most of t…
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ok i have been a pokemon fan before i knew about anime and i was excited to know they were contuing but wtf happened to ash like this man looks like a 6 year old.
story 3/10
the only good arc there is when ash and lillie and the kids went to save lillies mom i was hyped watching this
art 8/10
the art is fine the only thing holding this from a 10/10 is ash
character 7/10
ok pokemon has so many fillers it is a filler anime but i enjoy the ones with lille, mallow and that fire dude besides that i only watched it cause of my baby brother thats 3
enjoyment 7/10
ok i enjoyed XYandZ so much like easily the best pokemon that will ever be made but this started something brand new. the reason this is not a 5/10 is beause my baby brother likes it and i love that kid to death
overall its a 6/…
Read at the sourcejayronandthecat
[SPOILERS]
Wow, I did not expect this to make me nearly cry.
Better yet, at the time, this was my first time watching the Pokémon anime since 2014.
But, damn, is this show actually pretty fucking amazing. I’m surprised that this show- THIS show that was mocked by the community when it was announced... would become not only my favourite anime, but also win the hearts of many who previously despised it.
Let’s cut the shit: This is no way the best anime I’ve seen. But, it is my favourite. (If you watch Schaffrillas Productions’ Best Animated Feature video, he says that The Incredibles is a better film than Spirited Away, but the latter is his favourite.)
The cons are as follows:
- Inconsistent Pacing
- Some characters don’t get enough time in the spotlight
- Ash’s design
Pacing can ho…
Read at the sourceDuckielover151
I've been going around in mental circles for a while, trying to figure out how I wanted to do this review... Because the thing is... This IS a good season. It was just-- by a wide margin-- not my favorite season.
There were a lot of things it did well that just weren't for me. But I kind of knew that would be true as soon as I saw the trailers for it when it first came out all those years ago. Everyone kept telling me I would get used to the art style. I still hate it. It looks fine on all the new characters, but it looks awful on Ash and Team Rocket and all the old faces. And that may sound like a really insignificant, don't-judge-a-book-by-its-cover sort of complaint, but the art style can say a lot about a show. Especially when it's changing from season to season like Pokémon does. Su…
Read at the sourceBanditLynx
Man, this anime has been a fun ride for me. Initially, I hated the anime the moment I saw how Ash was designed which was like 3 years ago, then I thought let's give it a shot. After like 10-15 eps I gave up the anime for a really long time because at that time I was more into shonen anime and SuMo anime wasn't my cup of tea. I had questions also like why would Ash want to go POKEMON SCHOOL after travelling 6 REGIONS wherein he won 48 gym badges (8x6, do the math) and competed in 6 Pokemon Leagues and why wouldn't you go an adventure like you did for 6 regions?
So many questions, then after I heard that Gladion, Nebby made entries into the anime, I kinda kept up with it due to previews of next eps however slice of life still wasnt my cup of tea. Also I knew about these characters because…
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Pokemon Sun & Moon is a weird story, its simultaneously widely hated and widely loved, so much so that its existence itself divided the Pokemon community into two halfs, "SM Stans" and "XY Stans".
Personally while I love and appreciate the XY Series as well, Sun and Moon is just on a whole another league for me.
After 20 long years of being on air, the Pokemon anime found itself a formula that it applied on every series, whenever the games came out, Ash went to the region said games are set and, traveled around the region, made friends, caught new Pokemon, collected badges and lost the league, this is the "basic plot" of Pokemon summed up in one sentence, even when this is done well as is the case in the XY Series, watching the same formula again and again got repetitive in my opinion.
Sun…
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Here's the thing with Sun and Moon. If you're going into this after watching XYZ, and expecting it to be similar in any way. Don't. This show isn't anything like that. And to be fair, it isn't TRYING to be anything like that.
For this season (or region, or whatever), the show takes on a more slice of life style, and as a slice of life show, it is decent. You have some likeable characters, each with their own personalities, and they're all in a school. Why is Satoshi (Ash) in a school? IDK, but don't question it.
Now, although the characters are decent to begin with, after 146 episodes, you would expect them to like. Change. But that doesn't really happen as much as I would have liked. We do get some decent development through Lillie, and to be honest, this show would have been a lot more…
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I remember seeing the first few episodes of pokemon Black and White on TV when they were first coming out over here and I was rather upset about them. My biggest gripe was with Ash’s character design, which was made to look younger. So I can totally understand the mindset behind the people who are upset about the change in art style the show has made, which is much bigger in contrast than it was in Black and White. Yet I’m not on their side this time. In fact I really love the new art style and how colourful and round it is. In fact I love almost everything about the new Sun and Moon anime, so much so that it might be the most I’ve ever enjoyed pokemon. Even as a kid I wasn’t as entranced by pokemon as I am now; back then it was just day to day business. Yet despite how much I think it’s g…
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