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couple of notes before you start reading:
- this review is a remake of my old 2020 review, I will give a link to it in a bit
- the reason for remaking it is both for celebrating 30 years since the series debut, and also on a whim
- the old review was written in a rough english, rough writing, and poor critical acclaims
- therefore I wanted to look back at what exactly I tried to say in it, and renew those claims with my modern and better writing, english and critical thinking.
- this means this isn’t some new entirely review, yet while doing this I elaborated when I didn’t, filled holes when should, improves my thesis and writing and even added verdicts where I should’v
- for this reason I suggest that even if you read the old review, read it again, not just to see the foundation to this…
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Pokémon is a real success, especially because the main character goes on an adventure to capture Pokémon without his parents. Despite the criticisms often heard, such as the fact that this series would be nothing more than a marketing product or that it would be only aimed at children, this did not prevent me from enjoying it, because these details are compensated for by many qualities. Let's start with the main protagonist:
He is the most emblematic character of the series. Although he is often perceived as lazy, he is in excellent physical shape, especially for someone his young age. He has regularly demonstrated impressive endurance, traveling kilometers in various environments. In addition, he shows great agility and remarkable reflexes, allowing him to dodge attacks or catch objects…
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We've all seen an episode of Pokémon when we were kids, or at least heard about the adventures of Ash and his Pikachu. That's why it hurts to give such a rating to this anime, but in all objectivity, it doesn't deserve more.
Since this review is in English, I'll use the English names of the series, as depending on where you grew up, you may not have known the characters or Pokémon by the same name. For example, in Japan, the heroes are called Satoshi, Takeshi, and Kasumi, while in France, my home country, they are named Sacha, Pierre, and Ondine. However, I will use the English names, namely Ash, Brock, and Misty!
Firstly, let's establish some basics. Pokémon is an anime aimed at a fairly young audience. Moreover, the anime was released during a complicated period in terms of censorship,…
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The writing of this show is terrible. Dialogues are redundant and boring. Only few Brock's dialogues seem to be humourous, for example, "She can violate my rights". I think the writers have never played the games because they keep calling vine whip a special attack but it is a physical attack. There were many instances of characters saying dumb things. Each episode is the same, a new pokemon is introduced then team rocket tries to steal it then Ash saves it. The entire show feels like a filler to me. Many people consider the anime canon but to me, it is nothing compared to the games.
Animation and battles get better as the show progresses. But the initial battles are painfully boring. Many important battles are interrupted by the Team Rocket and their presence started to annoy me after a…
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To make things simple and why the first series of Pokemon have so many critical issues I will just divide the first series to its three main arcs:
The Kanto\Indigo League arc
The Kanto arc is notable as the best arcs in the Pokemon Long-series, for some points that makes this arc so much fantastic and memorable: the ep-format created in the Johto arc not yet to be introduced and even the filling episodes between the gyms battles more enjoyable than any Pokemon season, Ash (or Satoshi in the Japanese ver.) maybe stupid and clumsy but present every first Pokemon trainer to get out to the world so you will forgive his lack of knowledge and stupidity about Pokemon for his love for Pokemon, and that is actually the good thing about him, makes you want cheers for him.
Maybe the most boring part…
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Oh, Pokemon.
So for some god-forsaken reason I decided to go and watch the entire Pokemon anime last year. All 20 years of it. I took breaks every now and then, obviously, but at this point one of my greatest life achievements is that I managed to watch almost 1000 episodes in under a year. I hate myself for this as well don't you worry.
I didn't watch this as a child. It was always on at 3:00 in the afternoon and I only got home from school right as it was ending. Also, I was born three years into it so I was late to the party anyway. I can't even use childhood memories as an excuse for watching it all the way through again.
Even without nostalgia driving me forwards, I was addicted. I love the entire Pokemon franchise, which is probably why, and epic battles like during the Leagues ma…
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Pokémon was a cornerstone of my childhood and even my early adolescence. I've watched almost all of the movies (prior to Gen V, that is) and I've completed every TV series up to and including Diamond & Pearl. On top of that, I've played all of the games and have been playing "competitively" since 2006. I think it's safe to say that I have a rather biased perception of Pokémon as a whole. Whilst most people I know either lampoon this series at every chance they get or overrate it to high heaven because of either old shame or nostalgia respectively, I have an opinion that's somewhere in the middle.
As far as my opinions on Pokémon go, well... I personally don't consider it to be anything more than shallow entertainment meant to entertain sugar-high children on Saturday mornings and it works…
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Story: 2/10
Well...the story...one could argue that the anime contains no story whatsoever; just a bunch of episodes which barely connect to one another, if at all. It's not -ALL- bad, but almost every episode seems like a filler until the next gym battle, or until the next Pokemon is caught, or...whatever...the point is that I personally didn't like the episodes which had no effect on future episodes, which were numerous. Also, I hated the Team Rocket story repetition; you know that they're going to be disguised, NOT GET RECOGNIZED EVEN IF THE DISGUISES ARE TERRIBLE, try to catch some Pokemon, and get blasted off. So what's the point in watching? (Also, their annoying rhyming introduction...)
Art: 9/10
The art however is the best thing about Pokemon. It is drawn magnificently and the Pok…
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Pokémon is unique. Not so much in its presentation (though it does stand out easily in a crowd), but in its reception. To date, no other franchise—game, anime, cartoon, or otherwise—has become a worldwide phenomenon as Pokémon did, except perhaps the Super Mario Bros. series. The timing was somehow just right for Pokémon to make its entrance to the world, and nearly all of the children flocked to it like moths to a flame. Adults (most of them) were left scratching their heads at how it is something so simple could become so popular and so famous in such a short amount of time. What was written off as a fad has become one of the best-selling video game franchises in the world, and still going strong 18 years later.
And it's because of the anime—well, the anime helped play a big part in it.…
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Pokemon: Gotta Catch Em' All
Preface:
Let's take a quick poll. Raise your hand if you were born in the 90s. Put your hand down if you did none of the following:
1) played the Pokemon games
2) collected/traded Pokemon cards
3) watched the anime
Nobody? Alright, well, lets talk about what's probably the largest media phenomenon to come out of Japan in the 20th century, that TV show all the kids couldn't get enough of, and their parents have shelled out ~$50,180,000,000 dollars for since 1998. (stats via Famitsu from Pokemon Company data *link at the end). Pokemon was an enormous part of my childhood (I have an original Mew from my Pokemon Yellow, suckaz.). I played endless hours of the collection of Pokemon games (owned RBY, GSC, RSE, and Pearl), watched from the beginning up through th…
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Pokemon gets a 10/10 for being my (and most people's) entire childhood. It was without a doubt my favorite show/game for a couple of years~
But seriously, what anime franchise (everything like games included) is as successful as Pokemon? Flashback 10 years, you'll remember that whether you were in high school, middle school, or elementary school, everybody had a gameboy to play Pokemon games - Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow to Pokemon Silver and Gold, to Pokemon Fire-red and Leaf-green to Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire to whatever came after that up all the way to today. And they're still making new Pokemon Games and being top-sellers. Pokemon united kids together, because everybody wanted to trade with each other or battle each other; Pokemon had a positive effect on society itself. The origina…
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Pokemon's story is honestly not the best. They could have ended the story after just one season, but instead, they made more. At first, it was okay, but they kept adding more and more into it that viewers got bored and tired. Instead of being excited for new evolutions and new Pokemons, it became boring. Travel, get Pokemon, fight the gym leaders, and stop the Team Rocket. After about 500 episodes, the Team Rocket still hasn't gotten a single Pokemon and keep it. I stopped watching Pokemon ever since Takeshi Shudo, the original writer, passed away. I feel like Pokemon went downhill ever since he died. However, Pokemon was my favorite anime, is my favorite anime, and will always be my favorite anime. Pokemon always gives me a nostalgic feeling. I still know the theme song and the Team Rocke…
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Pokemon was born out of Satoshi Tajiri’s love for catching bugs with a net, and has since become a massive world-wide phenomenon that reached every corner of the globe. It spread like a contagious disease making young kids (and even adults alike) cry out brilliant lines at their GameBoy screens like: “Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!” or memorizing very useful data like the Strength of a level 13 Bulbasaur. This fad was seemingly here to stay. Unfortunately, those happy times are long over, and those same kids who knew the evolution of a Psyduck, when they couldn’t even remember all 50 states of their own country, left Pokemon in the dust. However, the impact that it once had can still be felt on the still ongoing anime series that has more than 600 episodes.
With a surprisingly simplistic plot,…
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R.I.P. 1997-2001
Pokemon was my life as a kid. I know that's sad to say, but its true, and I know a lot of you were like me when this thing came to America in 1997. It hit like a nuclear bomb, the aftermath was huge. Pokemon had everything in terms of marketing. A show, games, action figures, shampoo! It was really a marketing genius.
But it was also more than that, now that I'm older and I've moved on to other things. As a kid, the concept of Pokemon was tangible. Imagine, leaving your home to go on an adventure with you're friends, growing up with them, learning new things, visiting new places. Pokemon wasn't just about the monsters, it was about the journey.
And following someones journey can always be an experience too. Watching Ash get Pikachu, then meet up with Misty, then Brock.…
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Has anyone never watched this series?
The Series is probably the best example of Nostalgia. Even though now most of us review the bad dubbing, the bad art, and repetitive story with distaste, We still hide in closests watching the DVD Box set of the first season.
I like the series because it introduced me to the basic ideas of Anime, made me play the video game series(as it was intended to be used) and old pictures I drew as a Kid show early attempts at drawing pikachu, showing that Pokemon influenced me to become a artist.
The bad thing about the Anime is that I, not the series, grew up. I still cringe at some of the bad dubbing and the theme song.
I still secretly watched the series (yes, even the later seasons) and still try to guess on 'whos that pokemon' in the first season.
Its on…
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Hm.. how should I say this?... If you are 12+ I highly recommend not watching this series. It will clash with our society's laws, moral beliefs, and sometimes the laws of physics. I watched this anime when I was in 5th grade and enjoyed it for a while(I was young and innocent and didn't know how evil pokemon was). Now I looked back at it all I see are..
1.) A world in need of animal rights. E.g. trainers throwing balls, knocking pokemon out and imprisoning them. Though some of them doesn't seem quite right in the head, they willingly gave in to capturing, probably got hit too many times in the head by pokeballs.
2.) Owners using their pets in fights for personal gains <-- much like a dog/cock fight. Also the trainers use their own pokemon to beat the crap out of wild pokemon to "train" th…
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Pokemon! We've all heard of the show, and most of us have watched and (probably) loved it as kids. So this means it's great, no? I mean, why else would kids all over the world love it? Well... kids often preceive things differently than the older demographic, and they find great what others think of as garbage. So... what about Pokemon? Is this the same? Let's see...
It starts out with a tiny step, like most other journeys. Our hero, Ash Ketchum, has high dreams of becoming the ultimate Pokemon trainer (I'll refrain from explaining that to you), and he starts out by sleeping in too late! before logn however, he's gotten his first (reluctant) Pokemon, everyone's favorite mouse Pikachu, and they're off on their epic journey!
The shows brings out an epic adventure of friendship, harsh battl…
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It's pretty unfabulous to have to review something you love when you know it's not very good.
Pokemon works with a re-use formula, the story is long, it is repetitive, it doesn't progress in any way because development doesn't really happen.
Art and sound is mediocre as it is a mass-produced anime. Production costs would have been sky-high if they spent any more money on it, and it shows.
The characters are pretty two-dimensional. They aren't deep, you don't go into their heads, and they're all about 11-15 years old but all act the same.
But why do I love this anime so much?? I was obsessed with it as a child, and it still has a warm place in my heart. I think it's a perfect anime for children because it teaches them some good lessons: try to be the best, do the right thing, and yo…
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Pokemon had many good qualities during its golden years (roughly 1998-2002). It became an unstoppable force in many countries, mainly the USA and Japan. It quickly became the most successful show based off a video game and it has the most episodes of any animated show ever shown in America.
The animation was great for its time, and the songs were very addictive. It was obvious that everybody that saw the show enjoyed it very much, myself included. And to this day, over 10 years after the debut of Pokemon, they are still able to sell merchandise.
But what created the downfall of the series was that it never ended! The show could've easily ended at the end of episode 84, with the end of the Pokemon League. They could've said "Since that day, Ash trained hard to be a master." and then show…
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Ok, so for the sake of creating the ultimate database for MAL on anime reviews, I have decided to create a review on an anime show that almost everyone in this community is familiar with - Pokemon. Have YOU caught them all?
As many people probably already know, Pokemon is the story of our young hero Ash (Satoshi) Ketchum and his dream of one day becoming a Pokemon Master. Of course, if that is your dream, one must defeat gym leaders, participate in the regional Pokemon tournaments and of course, must catch them all, as per the famous catch-phrase of the show. On Ash's journey, he meets up with many different friends who all have different dreams as well, but coincide with Ash's dream of being a Pokemon Master. While the story nowadays seems pretty cliche and straightforward, keep in mind…
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