Ranked #2541

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl

Let's talk about art first. I watched pokemon from the first episode when it came out all those years ago. Compared to the art back then, DP (diamond and pearl...as im sure you know) is amazing. I remember one episode where the screen just flashed red and blue for about ten minutes and pikachu's thunderbolt was just two dull yellow zigzags...i think it was the seizure one in the first few seasons; but now it's improved so much in so many areas, too many infact, so i'm not going to list them all.

I don't really think I should comment on sound since I watched the dubbed version and not the subbed/raw but I will anyway, just a little bit. I thought the voices have deteriorate since pokemon switched companies when May, or Haruka, was still around. But i think everyone had gotten used to the new deeper voice of Ash, or Satoshi. The music, both japanese and english, for DP is quite catchy too and the OST used are used in jus the right places. I hate Staravia's cry though...no offence to the person who does the voice but it just irritates me.

The characters for pokemon are a little bit hard to rate. We still have Ash and Brock, or Takashi, but we have a new female prtangonist: Dawn, Hikari(I think...check synopsis). Ash is still the competitive type and Brock is still flocking to every beautiful woman's side to propose a date. Dawn is...very hard to describe without giving away spoilers, but she gives a sort of fresh sensation to the group which neither May or Misty(I hav not idea what she's called in japanese and i'm not googling it) gave.

The storyline's pretty much the same as any other pokemon series so not much there...and Ash has new pokemons except (big shock?no). I think he kept Pikachu plus another one this time though...intereesting...

If you liked the other pokemon series you're sure to like this one...unless you're a strong believer in the Ash and May love things that are going around on the internet. But even you guys, advanceshippers get a pleasant surprise in Diamond and Pearl. read more

My review...My first one so I thought I would do it about an anime I liked XD:

Story:
Ok this may be a bit brutal but the stoyline is a bit repeatish. And quite simple, unlike the movies, to me...XD. However, although this is aimed at younger children (not thirteen year olds like me XD) I find the story line very enjoyable and sometimes downright annoying/heart warming....I'm a sucker when it comes down to my favourite character and I absolutely hate it when it doesn't turn out the way they wanted it to; wierd aren't I? Back to bussiness; the storyline is a bit repeatish but always has its twists and turns which make it a great anime to watch. Also when old characters are incorporated into it, I feel gooood XD.This is a Shoenen so this would appeal to boys more than girls but not in my household. I am the older sister of two brothers and to tell you the truth I must be a wierd person because I know more than them about Pokémon and I am much more of an addict of it than them. So if there are any girls out there who don't mind the lead character being a boy.....wait most animes do have that sort of thing....well if you dont mind the anime being more adventureish and stuff WATCH THIS XD.


Art:
This is a very nice-to-look-at-ish type of art and to tell you the truth I am actually quite picky on the art and when in time it was drawn and so I am not keen on the animes where the characters eyes are quite far apart or something that was made in the mid 1980's and this was a very prettyish (XD) type of art so I really enjoyed watching this.

Sound:
Well the sound was actually pretty good but there isn't really much to write about it is there, I mean like It wasn't like:
' Wow!!! You could totally hear the waterfall in the background as he was running after Pikachu' but if there was an explosion it linked with the animation and the voice actors were very fitting to me and conveyed the characters feelings very well =)

Character:
They characters were very well developed, this is also due to the fact that the anime was a fairly long one so they had more time to develop but they all have thier parts in the anime and not too difficult to understand as this is not a phycological anime. Even the Pokémon have certain types of emotions and the story does not totally revolve around the main character ( such as The Pokémon Chronicals season).




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