Ranked #2152

Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2

People are beginning to forget what kind of audience Pokemon cater towards, which are little children who are just coming to age.

Anyways, Pokemon Best Wishes 2 kicks off right after Ash gets his 8th gym badge in the Unova (Isshu) region. It's your standard Pokemon with Ash and friends helping out people until their problems are solved. They don't drop the formula and have a high standing in morality.

Best Wishes 2 is no exception to Pokemon's standard formula of emphasizing friendship and bonds. Expect a lot of speeches about such. The art is very repetitive, and you'll be seeing A LOT of repeat animations in different colored backgrounds.

The characters are very standard. Iris, the annoying maybe-OTP with Ash (lol BW episode 4) and Dent the wordy cook of the group.

All in all Pokemon brings a nostalgic innocent point of view to those who grew up watching it. Instead of watching it for technical value, watch it in the hearts of a child growing up. It really helps me enjoy Pokemon for what it is and what it's meant for. read more

Pokemon has gotten to the point where I know longer see it as the first anime I ever fell in love with. It has the ability to be so much better. Developing characters and moving on from the same old Pokemon formula sounds easy enough, right? Either write something that excites both new and old audiences or stop before you lose them both.