Introduction
On a new day in the Kanto region, Satoshi gets invited by Professor Yukinari Ookido over to Professor Sakuragi's lab-opening ceremony in Vermillion City. During the ceremonial speech, Professor Sakuragi receives an alert of a possibly rare Pokémon appearing in Vermillion City's harbor, leading Satoshi and the other trainers to rush to the area in hopes of finding the mysterious Pokémon. At the harbor, they find Lugia—a Legendary Pokémon—engaged in combat with other trainers.
Noticing the other trainers' tactics, Satoshi has his partner, Pikachu, strike Lugia with a Thunderbolt attack. Unfazed, Lugia flees, but not before Satoshi determinedly leaps onto its back. To Satoshi's surprise, he meets another boy, Gou, who leapt onto Lugia's back as well. The two ride on Lugia's back as it brings them along on a bizarre adventure across the seas. As it lets the two back on the ground, Satoshi and Gou bid their farewells to Lugia and return to Sakuragi Institute.
Impressed by Gou's findings and Satoshi's insight taken during their encounter, Sakuragi requests for the duo to be his new research partners. And so the duo's journey begins, traveling across multiple regions to meet many new Pokémon—including ones that have the ability to Gigantamax!
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Before I get started, This is going to be a sort of conclusion to the Pokemon review series I have been doing for the past few years. now. By doing so, I might reference previous reviews, especially the Sun and Moon one, since Journeys follows that series, Some ideas presented in that review are going to be referenced in this one.
When I started writing this review, I didn’t plan to include any breaks, but as I progressed, I realized it was worth adding breaks here and there for the reader. since I’m going to pour my thoughts in the purest way in this review, this review became longer the more I thought about it, both before and after writing. thus, this became my most ambitious review to date. so while the review was written in one breath and on the same note,, if you feel the need for…
Read at the sourceRepulzer
Sounds weird but.. the further you go, the better it gets.
Especially the last part... damn just awesome meeting so many fellow souls and seeing some eastereggs for old fans
especially the one with movie 5 got me so well <3
Is the story unique? -
i mean yes in the end I totally felt nostalgic and miss the fact that I wont be able to watch it anymore. Didnt expect this feeling, afterall sun and moon destroyed my whole opinion about the anime
Do you think the art style is fitting for the story?
yes Were the characters well-rounded? Did they have flaws and strengths, or were they unusually strong/smart/stupid?
well you knew most of them... ofc it just felt nice to see them again
Did the characters react to situations and events in a realistic way?
uhmm depends, it was fitting for those ch…
Read at the sourceDuckielover151
I actually ended up watching this season all the way through twice. Which ended up being a good thing, because it really hit different the second time around. I wasn't that impressed with it during my first watch-through. What really made the difference was that, going into it the second time, I was already aware that this would be Ash's farewell season. That gave me a different opinion on the way Journeys is structured.
So to get some of the initially negative things out of the way first...
Pokemon Journeys can feel pretty disjointed at times. The idea of Ash and Goh being research fellows and going on a different adventure-- visiting a different region each time-- every episode or so sounds fun. And it was at times. But I've mentioned countless times before that I'm not really one for…
Read at the sourceIchijiku
This series was something that as I returned to just because of the nostalgia bit. Told myself I would watch the finale, the same way I swore in grade school I would watch Naruto, Bleach, One Piece to the very end. (Of course, that doesn't imply any obligation towards movies, spin-offs, legacies and so on.) What could I say, other than the fact that I enjoyed one or two battles and reunions, there isn't much of that nostalgia brought back in here. The show oscillates between couple fillers, couple interesting episodes, but this gamble actually killed some expected interactions, some reunions got lost in the filler spectrum of events, training for relevant battles sometimes is expected to be imagined, the alternative stories struggle to make a point or to become relevant, and some character…
Read at the sourceShadowUnown
Does "fanservice" make a show automatically great?
(This review does not include the 'Mezase Pokemon Master' miniseries)
What I liked about "Pokemon (2019)" / "Pokemon Journeys":
(+) Unpredictability (any story anywhere makes you wonder what comes next)
(+) New world-scale Pokémon battle ranking system with all gimmicks
(+) Continuity and fanservice (it remembers the past)
(+) Yuki Hayashi was one of my top requests to make Pokémon OSTs
(+) Some battles worth a look (vs Volkner, vs Bea, vs Cynthia, vs Leon)
(+) Some nice little self-contained arcs and some of the best episodes in the show (mostly thanks to continuity) Even as someone who has followed this show for 20 years, I'll try to patiently explain why Ash's last season is one of my least favorites and whether I would still recommend…
Read at the sourceaeroror2
A lot of things happened and I'm all for it.
Never in my wildest dream that I'm expecting that this is the last Pokémon anime with Ash/Satoshi as the main character. Throughout the series, there are too many theories and speculations but I used to take it as a joke, not until it became real. As someone who's been a fan of the franchise since the day I first watched this on our local television channel, watching the end is too much for me. I know that they're not yet released the final set of the last episodes which highlights the farewell of Pikachu and Ash, but thinking about it was already been a sad one for me.
Going back to this season, one thing is for sure; it's hard to love Goh as compared to the companions of Ash from the previous seasons. It feels like, the franchise somehow swi…
Read at the sourcePineappleRobin
Not my favorite Pokémon series but what a ride!
After winning his first regional Pokémon League and becoming the Alola Champion, Ash returns to Pallet Town. Eventually he goes to Vermillion City where he meets Gou and together they become a researcher duo.
Both Ash and Gou have different goals.
Ash eventually decides to participate in the PWC aka the Pokémon World Championships (which was teased in the Diamond & Pearl series, gotta love some forshadowing!) where Ash eventually wants to enter the Masters Eight, which are the eight strongest trainers in the world with Leon being the number 1.
Gou wants to meet Mew and does so by catching as many Pokémon as he can. Honestly, I needed some time to get used to him but I eventually learned to love him. At some point he also joins Project Mew…
Read at the sourceEliteEmperor
Must recommend, it may have many down's to it, but it's good. The art style and animation were good, even though sometimes it disappointed me. The story could have been a lot better if it was executed even more brilliantly. Even though some episodes were not good, it made me laugh, cry and enjoy pokemon as a whole. Ash was really well developed, but sad it didn't go well for both Koharu and Goh's development, it could have been improved which would make the series more better. The action was there and it fulfilled it's rule very well, there were emotions and many more, hope we could have got more.
I give it 7/10.
Read at the sourceGakutoDeathGlare
Pokemon has been an incredibly big part of my life and especially so during my childhood. I would wake up in the early hours of the morning and plant my backside right in front of our family TV, anticipating another new episode of Pokemon, wondering what new species I'll witness next. I would play my Gameboy Color that I got for Christmas in 1999 along with Pokemon Gold, under my blanket during bedtime, hiding it away from my parents as I relentlessly played it through the night. I would nag and nag at my Grandma the following year to buy me Pokemon Red, which was seemingly still on the shelves for sale, and eventually got what I so desired. I would collect Pokemon Trading cards, trade and battle with friends, buy figurines, I would eat, sleep and breathe Pokemon. Suffice to say, I was ver…
Read at the sourceFlyingsparks1130
I just want to say thank you for the memories and the childhood that this series gave me for 15 years of my early life. Although the anime is not perfect, nothing is, this show will always hold a special place in my heart forever. The animators and directors remember the small details of all of the events that occurred throughout Ash's 24-year journey, and I appreciate that fact as nostalgia is one of the most powerful forces anything can bring for a person.
As the series came to a close, we finally witnessed history, that Ash is finally a Pokémon World Champion after watching him develop as a trainer as we developed ourselves as people. Is Ash a Pokémon Master? Thats up to him to decide since it's an arbitrary term. Either answer, I salute Ash in honor of him completing his journey and b…
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