Ranked #2666

Pokemon Advanced Generation: Pokemon Ranger to Umi no Ouji Manaphy

In the long list of Pokémon movies, this is not the worst nor the best.

There were many elements I thought were very computer game-ish; I could see that if they wanted to turn the movie straight into a game, there would be many scenes directly translated to that with all the jumping, fighting and moving around.

Our main character Ash, Brock, May and Max are joined by a Marina Group, who put on a beautiful show with water and psychic Pokémon. None of the new characters stay as strangers and they become part of the story very nicely.

Although the Pokémon Ranger Jack Walker is kind of annoying, he remains fairly professional and doesn’t ruin the whole thing. Pokémon Rangers as a whole are not explored all that much, when Ash - and especially May - end up being the big heroes.

The music in the film was kind of disappointing. You could listen to it for a bit, but then it just seemed to repeat itself instead of remaining entertaining. The art was top notch again, although I’m not a fan of computer animation being mixed into the usual animation style - they just don’t fit together that well.

The plot was short, making the movie feel slightly too long. It wasn’t boring, though, and remained quite well balanced. It also captured some good, strong emotions of taking care of someone and then having to let them go.

I wouldn’t resist watching this again, but the story was a bit weaker than in the best of Pokémon movies I’ve already seen. read more