Audience reviews
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Elyshion
Pokemon Best Wishes is repetitive storytelling, adhering rigidly to formulaic progression without meaningful evolution. Plot beats feel predictable, and inconsistencies weaken continuity, such as a recurring electric companion inexplicably losing prior battle prowess or the protagonist’s failure to reference past allies, creating narrative dissonance.
While the cycle retains charm through its vibrant cast and upgraded visuals, its lack of innovation and emotional depth renders it less memorable compared to predecessors. The cyclical plot and missed opportunities for character growth highlight a disconnect between ambition and execution, leaving it a nostalgic yet flawed entry in the broader saga. Maybe it's time for a refresh!
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Pros:
- First part of season 1
- Team Rocket storyline at the begining of Season 1
- artstyle sometimes is good
- somewhat Iris character have some good development
Cons:
- Team Rocket starting from mid season 1
- Ash had a hudge nerf at the begining,
- game story adaptation into anime, - were is Team Plasma???,
- Ash doesn't win neither Unova League,
- A lot of battles are ridiculous,
- Team Rocket appearance get's to annoying from mid season 1,
- The story development is being held up by corporations policy it's a tradition
Overall it's one of the most weakest Pokemon generations, the characters have little development. Ash character has suffered really the most in this pokemon generation. I am not sure why did anime writers shifted from really interesting plot, to just a shell of its…
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The more I grow and get older, the more I realise how much I've 'outgrown' Pokémon. This doesn't mean that Pokémon can't be enjoyed by older audiences, in fact, Pokémon has always been a show that is incredibly easy to watch and enjoy - and the new series actually have some really great art, sound and story direction.
However, even when I saw the Black and White anime when it first aired, I knew something wasn't right. Within the first episode, despite all Ash (Satoshi) had learnt, he loses to a lvl 5 Snivy, owned by a trainer who is clearly a knock-off Gary Oak. I remember being so confused why Ash always needed constant reminders about Pokémon type matchups, what specific moves did and how they worked, how many Pokémon he was allowed to carry - when at this point, Ash had already visited…
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I think this is one of the best pokemon seasons. Many people don't like it because it is a soft reboot.
I think their nostalgia is blinding them. I watched it in 2010 then rewatched it again in 2021 with all of the other seasons. The first pokemon season is the worst in my opinion because they are trying so hard to appeal to the western audience. The world is still a lot like the real world. But the game world is a lot alien. They were afraid that an alien world might weird out the audience and that's why the first season is so bad.
But here they are just presenting the real world of pokemon. They not trying to please the western audience. It is alien and different. That's why people don't like it.
Writing has gotten better with each season of pokemon. It shines very well in this season…
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There was some time, long ago, when I watched Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, it was in 2012, and then after a long break I wanted to go back watching Pokemon, but didn't want to rewatch but complete the series I have started watching from my childhood and completed DP later, so I started off completing the Pokemon anime with Pokemon BW - Best Wishes in Japan, Black & White in the International Dub, it was in 2018, long time after finishing DP, and when I watched Black and White I totally enjoyed, I mean, Ash maybe went back to learn basics, but as I remembered Pokemon with lots of useless episodes and stupid stories for most of the times, Black and White came to me with lots of Pokemon catches, lots of battles and importantly the series didn't took much time from Gym to Gym. I was completely e…
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I watched this as a kid when it aired, so some parts are cloudy in my memory. Skimmed through two episodes as a refresher.
Story is okay, typical Ash stuff like "oh i gotta do all of these and then ill be a pokemon master!"
Art was good, although it doesn't look as good as I remember. 2010, so I can't really hate on it.
The sound was to an extent good quality. Not the best, as it was aired on Cartoon Network in the early 2010s, lol.
Characters are a six because they aren't as well written as other anime of the time, probably translation errors as well but I'm not sure.
I enjoyed it at a mediocre level, as even though kids have short attention spans, it caught mine.
Read at the sourceAkeitho
So we're now at the 5th gen Pokemon anime and so far, Ash has successfully gone through 4 Regional leagues, also won several cups on his way and built himself quite a decent experience as a Pokemon trainer.
As usual, he starts in this new region with only Pikachu and let all of his powerful and trained pokemons at Pr Oak's.
Nothing surprising so far, but:
- Why the hell is he 10 again and acting like a boring child and total beginner trainer who even doesn't know how to properly catch a pokemon?!
- Even with his little electric issue, how in the world can his OP Pikachu lose to some pokemon starter freshly removed out from its pokeball?!
This is too much, I feel like I'm watching a bad remake of the first animes while I was expecting its sequel 5 years later. I'm out.
If you never saw…
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It's been years since this show aired and I still love returning to it! (Note: this review is based on the English-subtitled, Japanese anime. I strongly recommend watching this series in Japanese to better appreciate the characters for reasons I will explain in later in this review.)
A very fun, easy-to-watch show, with exciting moments, updated character designs [while still maintaining the charm of the 90's style, the new eye designs show the brown of Ash's eyes in more than close-ups and tearful moments], and better animation quality than its predecessors, although it hasn't reached XY's peaks of beauty or Sun & Moon's lively fluidity yet, it still has well-animated battles and very expressive characters.
The soft reboot-esque beginning of the series makes it easier for newcomers and…
Read at the sourceDuckielover151
(As a little side note: I'm writing this review after the episode where Ash wins his eighth badge for this region. The episode list on Wikipedia doesn't match up with the number of episodes on this site. In the past keeping track was easy. Even if I lost track on my episode count, the series ended when Ash moved on to the next region. Best Wishes ends a little past mid-Unova, it seems. But, reading the synopsis for the next season, it looks like I've reached the end of the series as far as MAL counts it. Now that that's out of the way...)
So, Pokémon quickly went from reaching its highest point to hitting its lowest point, but this wasn't immediately apparent. At the start of episode one, I was really optimistic. Best Wishes starts out with Ash accompanying his mother and Prof. Oak on a…
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Pokemon is one of my favorite video game series of all time. I also a huge fan of the movies,anime,etc. I love anything pokemon. Pokemon Best Wishes! is a very boring series. In my opinion, it ruined pokemon. Like a Ice Cream Cone pokemon? Thats stupid. I can't stand it. I wish pokemon will be like what it used to be.
Storyline3/10-Ash Ketchum, a 10 year old kid now going to the Unova region to catch em' all. I wouldn't hate the storyline to much if it wasn't so dumb. I don't hate the pokemon storyline. From Indigo Leauge, to Dimaond and Pearl, it was amazing. Black and White ruined it. Its so boring now. It got less interning because of the fillers. Like one fill about Ash helping some little kids with some thing. I really don't care because its boring. Pokemon used to have good fillers…
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Here's my approach to kid's anime - choose a flavor and enjoy it.
Sure, there's some truly fantastic series being made sometimes, but a lot of things are just average. There's nothing wrong with average. Depending on your point of view, Average can be Above Average, or Below Average, or really awesome, or total crap.
When it comes to Pokemon, you don't want to watch all of it. It's been on for 15 years, it's never going to stop. So pick your favorite Generation, and watch that.
I picked "Best Wishes" because I loved the Black/White games. Plus, this series is modern, it uses digital ink, and is available in widescreen.
Story: One refreshing aspect of this season was the change for Team Rocket, they used to appear in every episode, but this season they're only used half the time. Jes…
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I actually can't believe that anyone would give this a rating above 5.
I actually wanted to watch it after playing my Pokemon Black, however to say that I was disappointed would be a major understatement.
With that said let me get down to the review part.
Story : 5
The usual fail-safe Pokemon story, so can't really complaint about anything here.
However, I just couldn't understand one thing, HOW CAN ASH's PIKACHU LOSE TO A LEVEL 5 SNIVY ?!? Art : 4
The art was let down. It broke the tradition and did not seem right.
Character : 2.5
I was not against getting new characters in the series but the characters must be of some quality. The new characters were just pathetic. To be honest the only characters I did like were some of the new Pokemon (that too only because of the game)
Enjoym…
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Good evenning everyone,
I dont know if its here i can say it or to where i should write but the number of episodes of this anime in this site is 84. This number is incorrect and can cause mistakes like mine.
The last two episodes of the season are the batle with the 8th gym and if you continue to the next season you see the mistake right away.
In reallity, this series has 86 episodes and after episode 86 it begins the new series, Pokemon Best Whishes S2.
Thanks for your time
FrankTobar
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