Audience reviews
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EveChin
Absolutely amazing. Can't believe I didn't watch this earlier this is literally made with so much love and care? The animation is gorgeous the music is awesome and there is so many really well integrated references to like every character in the pokémon games? Everything is incredibly well animated and the animation is very smooth and nice on the eyes to watch and every frame is so filled with details that you could watch the music video again and again and still find more little details you didn't catch earlier. Absolutely amazing I would recommend for any fan of the pokémon games 10/10 made me cry
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In my entire life as a viewer of anime, I have never once watched a single Pokemon episode, movie, OVA, or game. It's not that I have anything against Pokemon, it's just that it seemed aimed more towards young kids, and even as a kid, I never liked childish anime. I was always into Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Grave of the Fireflies, etc... So, I just never watched. I know plenty of the characters like Pikachu, Ash, Misty, Mew-Two, Renamon, Gardevoir, etc... simply because you can't be an anime fan and not hear of them. But, I've never actually sat and watched anything Pokemon related before today.
I only watched this because I was looking for things highly rated that I haven't already seen. It was just a music video and I like Bump of Chicken, so why not?
I have to say, as someone…
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Gotcha. The best thing to come out of Pokemon in years. It was like a love letter to Pokemon fans, telling them that they still care about the franchise, even if their most recent games weren’t the most well-received.
There wasn’t a story in this short music video. It mainly referenced the games, going into many details, big or small, from older games. Many of these references are rather forgettable for most people but can bring a feeling of nostalgia and help you remember things. For example, during the opening moments of the video, four boys are walking on a railroad track, a reference to the TV in Pokemon Red and Blue.
A lot of characters were shown in this music video. I think every single major protagonist, rival, professor, champion, antagonist, gym leader, and elite four members w…
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A music video in the top 100+ ranks of MyAnimeList?? What’s that doing here?!?!
(as of end 2020)
While those were my exact thoughts when I first saw this listing while scrolling through the Top Anime list… I knew at the same time why this piece of art made it here, and why it has every reason to. And I could feel it with every fibre of my heart... just how amazing it all was that I got to live to see something like that. Definitely, this is something that would most strongly resonate with loyal followers of the now 25-year-old Pokemon franchise but that too aside, the GOTCHA! music video is nevertheless a masterpiece in its own right.
The level of effort put into the animation and the level of aesthetic that came out of it is almost phenomenal, not to mention that the song itself has suc…
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It flashes way too much to understand anything. There is no plot. I was curious, why this is so high in rankings and... pokemon nostalgia, they say?
The only thing that deserves high score there is art. Technically, it's pretty nice done. If you're into art, then you will like this video.
Sound is ok, but nothing outstanding there
I like AMV videos in general, collected a fair bunch of them, but this one, while being official, is not on the bright side. Again: it flashes too much, and it shows nothing particulary interesting. People faces, that dash around for like 0.5 second, aren't very appealing (i mean, i even know some of them, but what is so cool aboout it?
All in all, it has zero sense, and it's impossible for me to enjoy art when it constantly flashes. But art itself is beautif…
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Okay! So, I grew up watching, playing and loving Pokemon. My earliest memories involve Pokemon!
This means I love this animation to death. I grew up loving every single generation. I grew up in a poor family so I didn't play many games, but I remember waking up and staying up just watching every Pokemon episode that aired on TV. I watched every single movie... you could say I'm a superfan. So watching this made me cry a little!
This review is kind of unscripted but yeah... I have no complaints. The art and animation is amazing! As expected from Studio Bones! The characters are full of life and even though most appear for a brief second, you can really tell what their personalities are through their body gestures. The girl with the pigtails and the guy with the black hair are also full of…
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Pokemon has long been a part of my childhood. It inspired me in so many ways and created so many unforgettable memories. That being said, Gotcha! was one of those works that I just don't get. Sure, some of its aspects were absolutely breathtaking, but on the other hand, so much of the actual music video was just a disappointment. Maybe I put too many expectations when I watched this, but at the end of the day, although I enjoyed it, I can't say that this rekindled my nostalgia for pokemon in any way.
Story: 4
This is honestly already a high rating for this animation. There really wasn't any real story that was told, but it did show glimpses into some of the most memorable moments throughout each of the pokemon games. At the end of the day, this section is pretty bare-bones and honestly b…
Read at the sourceRoevhaal
Dull, pointless and emotionless. Meaningless nostalgia bait at it's finest.
Clean art and fluid animation but because it's completely directionless and extremely poorly stitched together it completely fails to achieve anything at all. The use of filters doesn't do it any favours either.
Repetitive and dull music, not an ounce of creativity to be found, it feels like something you've heard 1,000 times before. I suppose that might be an achievement, although not a particularly positive one.
I fail to see any value in this what so ever. It's atrocious and fails as an animated music video on every front. Just goes to show how far cheap nostalgia bait will get you, especially when tied to a franchise as big as Pokemon.
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It would seem that to properly enjoy Gotcha!, some degree of nostalgic feeling towards Pokemon is required. Which, to be fair, is not exactly unexpected.
Should you be one of those that didn’t really get around to playing or watching Pokemon in their childhood (which somehow seems to be a minority group), this music video isn’t going to have the intended effect on you. After all, it consists mainly of short flashes of various characters from the Pokemon franchise, and you won’t even recognize a lot of those – even more as some of them are characters only from the games, not from the anime adaptations.
The animation is the best part – such quick-paced storyboard requires fluid animation to not look like a flipbook, and this requirement was fully filled. I also like how it has a sort of n…
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I watch this video for breakfast. This is the best thing I've ever seen. 10/10 will watch as many times as possible. Makes my heart do the happy. Big respect for anyone and everyone who worked on this masterpiece.
This video hits right in the nostalgia for Pokemon fans of all generations and ages, highlighting the characters throughout the years in beautifully done animation, and an equally amazing song to go with it. Wonderfully done work of art that really makes people fall in love with the Pokemon series all over again.
A much needed shining star in a dark time.
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TLDR; If you grew up playing Pokémon, whether that be you’re a former trainer or a current fan, you’ll love this music video. It’s nothing short of an epic rush of nostalgia.
Watching the new Pokémon direct earlier this week I was not expecting the president of Game Freak to announce a music video, celebrating what was likely meant for a 25th Anniversary. This alone was a welcome surprise, but to have one from BUMP OF CHICKEN made the announcement evermore savory.
If you’re not familiar with BUMP OF CHICKEN, they’ve done work with other anime music videos including March Comes in Like a Lion. Normally their music is accompanied by gorgeous visual art that is arguably just as good if not better than the anime itself. This music video is just as detailed with many callbacks, cameos, and o…
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This made me really happy and really sad.
Happy becuase man, this is amazing. Probably it is the best thing that I have ever seen on Pokemon animation. The animation was like some more mature animes and the musc was a master piece. I love how Bump of the Chicken did that OST.
But at the same time it makes me sad because that shows howcould have been and how it wasn't. It was like "hey, this anime could have evolved, forgetting Ash arcs and introduce new characters as main and see what could have been. But instead we give you poorer animation and is okay".
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This vid came out of nowhere, and it instantly became one of my favorite things ever. The animation is incredible, there are so much frames and every single one with astonishing drawings and effects. Expressions, colors, overall direction and music tell complete stories with so little time.
As a Pokémon fan since the Red/Blue/Yellow days, I was almost crying by the end of it. After watching this I started remembering lots of Pokémon memories from my childhood, and that's when you know a nostalgia video was a success.
Now I can't stop watching it, I want a physical version of any kind and 4K release ASAP.
I know this won't become an anime of any kind (and if it does, it wont be as pretty), but I don't really think I need one. This was all I needed to see The Pokémon Company really take…
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I usually don't even add music videos to my list, let alone score them. This one pulled a 10 right out of my soul tho.
Content-wise, it delivers what the Pokemon youtube channel animations usually deliver. It has a very basic plot, a million awesome nostalgic easter eggs and heavily features the latest game. The amount of awesome nostalgic easter eggs is the differential tho, it literally features every relevant character and legendary ever, and the more you look the more you find.
Where this stands out as a freakishly great work of art is with the too good to be true animation+music. If you asked me for a band to do anything for an anime it's likely I'd suggest BUMP OF CHIKEN (one of the best ops ever in 3-gatsu no Lion, one of the best eds ever also in 3-gatsu and the only good thing…
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Before going to my short review of this sensational music video, I would like to talk a little about Pokémon and my love for it.
As a kid, Pokémon was one of those shows that I always loved watching, so much so that sometimes, I would watch an entire episode repeatedly without getting bored of it. I loved watching my favourite characters go on various adventures and then fight with other Pokémon trainers—in order to become the very best, like no one ever was! (Sorry, that was kinda cringey.) I loved hearing the cheesy lines of Team Rocket as they used their silly plans to defeat Ash and his crew, but failed every time. I loved the adventurous feeling of the show that always made me feel inspirational. Actually, I loved pretty much every aspect of Pokémon as a kid.
Well, I still love Poké…
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This is the greatest piece of animation ever constructed by human beings. It must be known that I am only guessing that human beings made this, because the nature of this video is so other-worldly amazing that it is not out of the question for it to have been made by celestial deities on a higher plane of existence. And also Bump of Chicken.
After merely two minutes and change, your eyes will be shitting out pieces of your brain. Your life will be forever changed and you'll temporarily forget the collapse of civilization occurring outside of your place of residence, because this video is good enough to change humanity. The human eye can see a million colors, but this animation has several trillion. It exceeds the limitations of the third dimension and stretches beyond infinity. It is all…
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The Pokémon franchise is what many would call an outlier. Its success can only be described as historic, and one of the very few franchises that bridges the generational gap. Pokémon has continued to capture the hearts of young and old alike through creativity and fun. As it nears its 25th Anniversary (also Pikachu's Pokedex number), Game Freak and Nintendo surely have some exciting things up their sleeves.
To kick off the celebration, Game Freak showed off a music video that fully encapsulated the spirit and wonder of the Pokémon world. Animated by the legendary Studio Bones, it kicks off with reference to what could be the very first easter egg in the entire franchise. An almost shot for shot sequence from the classic movie, "Stand By Me", which of course was what was playing on the pro…
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I loved this short music video, the colours and sounds show what can happen when two giants of their industries get together and work on the same project. I liked how in the first half the pokemon that were covered by blocks of colour, were covered in their primary/main colours. I just wish we got to see more of Wally than just his back shot. It was really cool seeing pokemon show love to all generations from gen 1 all the way up to their current generation, with no one generation being given priority over another. Just a heads up to anyone that has photo-sensitivities there is a lot of flashing colours and this might trigger something in some people.
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I watched it about eleven times since it released. Every time i cried from nostalgia. Greatly captures feelings of bond created with characters across the entire franchise. Animation and music are both bangers. Studio responsible for the animation have shown, that they care for the franchise and love it as much as the viewers the video was targeted to. Incredible atention to details, that make you immersed in the experience. It is the embodiment of my childhood dreams and memories and I feel really thankfull that TPC wanted to acknowledge how we as Pokemon Trainers felt during those great moments in our life. Thank You Pokemon.
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This music video is a perfect illustration of why I love anime.
From the godlike team up of Rie Matsumoto and Yuki Hayashi, a divine duo that's proven themselves together twice over with Kyousougiga and Baby, I Love You Daze, loads of incredibly animation talent from studio Bones and other connections, and a bumping song by BUMP of Chicken, this music video was born.
All it needed was three minutes. Three minutes of time to completely embody the appeal, history, and wonder that is the nearly 25 year old franchise known as Pokémon. Every bit of love I've ever had for every facet of this franchise and every bit of love the team creating this music video had for this franchise, bursts into a beautiful celebration of the series, one that has made me feel more passionate than I've felt about…
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