Alternative Titles
Pocket Monsters; Pokémon - Johto League Champions; Pokémon - Master Quest; Pokémon - The Johto Journey
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Type: TV
Episodes: 276
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 1, 1997 to Nov 14, 2002
Duration:
22 min. per episode Rating:
G - All Ages
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 6.701 (scored by 6745 users)
Ranked: #21232
Popularity: #102
Members: 11,300
Favorites: 209 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisA young boy named Ash Ketchum embarks on a journey to become a "Pokemon Master" with his first Pokemon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Brock, a girl-obsessed Rock Pokemon Trainer, and Misty, a tomboyish Water Pokemon Trainer who may have a crush on him. Ash and Co. end up traveling through various regions, including Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, and then enter the Pokemon League competitions there. Along the way, they run into many confrontations with Jessie, James, and Meowth, a trio of Pokemon thieves who are apart of an evil organization called "Team Rocket". But everytime Team Rocket try to do their evil deeds, they fail thanks to Ash and his Pokemon.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Pokemon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Pokemon Adventures
Side story: Pokemon: The First Movie, Pokemon: The Movie 2000, Pokemon 3: The Movie, Pokemon 4Ever, Pokemon Heroes, Pokemon: Jirachi Wishmaker, Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys, Pokemon Crystal: Raikou Ikazuchi no Densetsu, Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon, Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns
Sequel: Pokemon Advance, Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
Spin-off: Pokemon Chronicles
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The main characters both have small monsters as partners, who can evolve into bigger, more powerful monsters. In both series, these monsters are used to battle each other and serve as bodyguards for their "owners." Pokemon was always the most popular of the 2 series, but Digimon is definitely not to be underestimated and by many even rated better than Pokemon.
Digimon and Pokemon focus on the friendships and interactions between young kids and their monster companions. Although Digimon has a more developed storyline as opposed to Pokemon's simple 'become the greatest trainer' plotline, they both will provide good entertainment, especially for the younger audiences. Also, both series end in '-mon'.
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Both series are based off of Nintendo video games.
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Reviews
| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
5 |
| Sound |
5 |
| Character |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
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Oct 26, 2008276 of 276 episodes seen 49 of 66 people found this review helpful 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 your friends and family are the most important people in your life.
Only unfabulously mean people hate on Pokemon. You know they all watched it and liked it as a child, but my, how uppity we have all become. If you're feeling nostalgic and want to go back to when anime was about adventure and friendship and silliness, then Pokemon is for you. It's also a harmless, fun anime for your kids, too. So I totally recommend it. Fabulous, it is. read more
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
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| Enjoyment |
10 |
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Jul 9, 2008276 of 276 episodes seen 19 of 26 people found this review helpful 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. I remember getting up every Satur...day morning just to watch the new episode of the week. 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 him as a master. But no, the episodes just keep coming and coming. Johto was cool because of showing new pokemon, but when they repeated the trend of "new pokemon lolz" it got old really quick. And not mention that Ash never matured. He had a birthday one episode and in the 3rd movie he exclaimed that he and Pikachu have been together for a year. But at the start of Diamond and Pearl Ash was mentioned to be 10 years old again. Inconsistency is bad if you want to keep your audience.
It still find myself rewatching the first few seasons of Pokemon and hugging my pikachu pillow. But the new episodes these days just don't have the same atmosphere as the old show and it is hard to watch it without booing the lack-luster effort that gets put into each episode. But Pokemon will always have an unforgettable place in my heart and (ignoring anything past the Johto season) for that I give it an 8/10. read more
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| Animation |
6 |
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Aug 19, 2007276 episodes 70 of 108 people found this review helpful 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 tournamen...ts 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 that this show debuted in 1997, so let's give it that much.
The animation for Pokemon is something that gets better as the show goes on. In the first many episodes, the animation is not the greatest thing in the world, and many of the frames are repeated several times throughout the entire anime. But because of the huge improvement, I will give credit to the animators in keeping up with the times.
The one thing I really like about this show when I first watched it was the music. I totally fell in love with many of the scores used whenever Ash participated in a big battle against gym leaders or tough rivals. Many of these scores can be seen in the many games that have been created for it as well. Besides that however, a lot of the other music heard sounds kind of boring, which ironically, fits well with the pace of the story, which I'm sure we all are familiar with.
I feel that the characters in Pokemon are simply too perfect. I suppose that since this show was geared towards the younger age group, that may be the reason why, but each main characters we are presented with have either one or two obvious faults that the show always seems to dwell upon whenever there is a problem. Whether it be Ash's rash and stubborn nature or Brock's obvious love of Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny, it just becomes waaay too repetitive for it to be enjoyable anymore. Team Rocket anyone?
Which leads to the category of enjoyment. If Pokemon simply aired the important episodes (i.e. gym battles, Ash catching Pokemon, etc.), the show would be scores more enjoyable than what we are presented it. The insane amount of pointless episodes are so utterly boring, that calling them fillers would be an insult to the word "fillers." Whenever I turn on the television and find Pokemon airing, I would stay on that channel for however long it took me to deduce whether or not a gym battle was occurring. If not, the channel was flipped instantly.
Pokemon has tried to keep things fresh with introducing a whole new set of pocket monsters, but at this point, there are so many that its hard to keep track of them all.
Pokemon is the anime show which introduced many of us to the world of japanese animation. I believe that a lot of us grew up watching this show at some point in our lives and will always hold it in a special place in our hearts. However, now that we have become older and can compare this to other anime out there, we can see how Pokemon horribly fails as being an enjoyable show to watch. The fact that Ash almost never wins a regional tournament and relinquishes all of his Pokemon that he has worked so hard to evolve and train (cough* Pidgeot* cough) also gets on the nerves of many people as well. For argument's sake, I rated it a 4 (decent) because of the "used-to be" interesting gym battles. Even now, whenever I see Ash competing at the Orange Island final battle, its something I'll gladly stay tuned and watch again. read more
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Opening Theme#1: "Mezase Pokemon Master" by Rica Matsumoto (eps 1-82)
#1: "Pokémon Theme (Gotta Catch'em All)" by Jason Paige (eps 1-82)
#2: "Pokémon World" by ??? (eps 84-116)
#2: "Rival!" by Rica Matsumoto (eps 83-118)
#3: "A Whole New World (Pokémon Johto)" by PJ Lequerica/Johto (eps 117-157)
#3: "OK!" by Rica Matsumoto (eps 119-194)
#4: "Born To Be a Winner" by ??? eps. 158-209
#4: "Mezase Pokemon Master" by Whiteberry (eps 195-241)
#5: "Master Quest" by ??? (eps 210-272)
#5: "Ready, Go!" by Naomi Tamura (eps 241-276)
Ending Theme#01: "Hyaku Gojuu Ichi" by Unshou Ishizuka and Pokemon Kids (eps 1-27)
#02: "Nyaasu no Uta" by Inuko Inuyama (eps 28-37)
#03: "Pocket ni Fantasy" by Sachi & Juri (eps 38-53)
#04: "Pokemon Ondo" by Garura Kobayashi (eps 54-66)
#05: "Type: Wild" by Rica Matsumoto (eps 67-104)
#06: "Lapras ni Notte" by Iizuka Mayumi and Aikawa Rikako (eps 105-116)
#07: "Nyaasu no Party" by Roketto-Dan (eps 119-143)
#08: "Pokemon Hara Hara Relay" by Aikawa Rikako And Korasu
#09: "Takeshi no Paradaisu" by Yuji Ueda (eps 159-174)
#10: "Boku no Best Friend e" by Iawasaki Hiromi (eps 175-193)
#11: "Maemuki Roketto-Dan" by Roketto-Dan (eps 194-238)
#12: "Poketaari Monsutaari" by KANA (eps 241-276)
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