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Pokemon

Pokemon

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Pocket Monsters, Indigo League, Adventures on the Orange Islands, The Johto Journeys, Johto League Champions, Master Quest
Japanese: ポケットモンスター

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 276
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 1, 1997 to Nov 14, 2002
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: G - All Ages
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.321 (scored by 54703 users)
Ranked: #19152
Popularity: #101
Members: 92,003
Favorites: 1,643
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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action adventure comedy shounen
Oct 26, 2008
iamjoe
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 read more
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Jul 9, 2008
Gin-iro
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. 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 read more
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Jan 27, 2009
TheLlama
Pokemon! We've all heard of the show, and most of us have watched and (probably) loved it as kids. So this means it's great, no? I mean, why else would kids all over the world love it? Well... kids often preceive things differently than the older demographic, and they find great what others think of as garbage. So... what about Pokemon? Is this the same? Let's see...

It starts out with a tiny step, like most other journeys. Our hero, Ash Ketchum, has high dreams of becoming the ultimate Pokemon trainer (I'll refrain from explaining that to you), and he starts out by sleeping in too read more
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Aug 19, 2007
vindemon64
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 tournaments and of course, must catch them all, as per the famous catch-phrase of the show. On read more
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Nov 26, 2010
trzr23
Pokemon

NOTE: The review is based completely on the dubbed version (the Cartoon Network version). The main characters are Ash, Brock and Misty and not Satoshi, Takeshi and Kasumi as listed in the MAL summary.

I was feeling bored and was lazing around in my house yesterday when I came across a box full of my Pokemon cards. Feeling nostalgic, I pulled out some of the episodes from my trusty friend, the Internet and sat down and watched the thing for hours on end. After about 40 episodes, I thought “Hey, let’s write a review for this thing”.

[ 1 MINUTE REVIEW ]

Pokemon might not have been the read more
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Jul 3, 2010
Kensukete
Here's the deal with Pokemon. Its a kids show that was created based on the lovable gameboy games, which have continued on into the Nintendo DS ages. This show has actually lasted as long as those devices had. That being said, I can no longer watch this show.

At first, you almost instantly fall in love with the show, mainly because of its overall premise, Pokemon, and the need to catch 'em all. Its that feeling of nostalgia, or for the sake of all the kids who are playing the games now, the feeling of being able to watch what you're doing while you also play read more
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Jul 18, 2011
BurntFlower
Pokemon was born out of Satoshi Tajiri’s love for catching bugs with a net, and has since become a massive world-wide phenomenon that reached every corner of the globe. It spread like a contagious disease making young kids (and even adults alike) cry out brilliant lines at their GameBoy screens like: “Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!” or memorizing very useful data like the Strength of a level 13 Bulbasaur. This fad was seemingly here to stay. Unfortunately, those happy times are long over, and those same kids who knew the evolution of a Psyduck, when they couldn’t even remember all 50 states of their own country, left read more
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Jul 10, 2009
Tatjana
Pokemon. A show I am sure we all have heard about. And it is still going on.
Pokemon is anime about a boy named Ash who wants to be a Pokemon master and therefore he travels with this Pokemon and then meets a lot of differents people etc.

I gave the story itself 7, because I think it is pretty good. It tends to be the same and the same over and over agian, but especially the first season has some very touching episodes and some good lessons about life.

Art and sound:

I have always liked the Art in Pokemon. Especially the Pokemon itself are very read more
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Jul 18, 2011
katgirl25
Okay, to start off I love this show and I have to say I'm pretty much a nerd of the show.
The first season was amazing, it was very good how he wanted to catch every pokemon and become the master ( who doesn't want to do that?!) every episode is heart warming and fun to watch but when you get to the end of the season you find out you don't have Brock any more! then later on the 150 pokemon is no more there's more new pokemon and that make's ash's dream harder and this go's on every season! plus after a few season read more
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Nov 16, 2010
BeebopJazzAttack
R.I.P. 1997-2001

Pokemon was my life as a kid. I know that's sad to say, but its true, and I know a lot of you were like me when this thing came to America in 1997. It hit like a nuclear bomb, the aftermath was huge. Pokemon had everything in terms of marketing. A show, games, action figures, shampoo! It was really a marketing genius.

But it was also more than that, now that I'm older and I've moved on to other things. As a kid, the concept of Pokemon was tangible. Imagine, leaving your home to go on an adventure with you're friends, growing up read more
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May 22, 2009
Dabchu
Has anyone never watched this series?
The Series is probably the best example of Nostalgia. Even though now most of us review the bad dubbing, the bad art, and repetitive story with distaste, We still hide in closests watching the DVD Box set of the first season.
I like the series because it introduced me to the basic ideas of Anime, made me play the video game series(as it was intended to be used) and old pictures I drew as a Kid show early attempts at drawing pikachu, showing that Pokemon influenced me to become a artist.
The bad thing about the Anime is that read more
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Apr 7, 2013
jellyonbread
Pokemon receives an 8 in all aspects.

Story: Ash and his pokemon have a relationship that allows them to work together in their goals of becoming stronger–as companions and challengers. Some of his creatures will like him, while some will have him consider releasing them (example: Misty's psyduck). I must now expose the dramatic truth of how things are done in the world of pokemon: most and possibly all pokemon trainers like it when their pokemon FIGHT other pokemon. You might even see it in some episodes: one pokemon does the attack shouted by its trainer and then that pokemon silently hopes that it's enough read more
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Jul 23, 2009
TheAnimeSuxLOL
One word: Incredible. The story begins with young Ash Ketchum, who is beginning the journey that will change his life forever. He is paired up with the stubborn Pikachu, and the two get off to a rocky start, lol. They eventually form an unbreakable relationship, and travel around the world fighting battle after epic battle.

This is an incredible show, right up there with the likes of The Simpsons and Seinfeld. It will undoubtley go down in history as the greatest thing man-kind has ever made.

To even be able to watch this is an experience. The first time I read more
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Feb 15, 2013
Horsieslove
We all know that Pokemon isn't a good anime, the storyline and mainly the characters are very shallow. We still love it, because it is nostalgic. I think this is a perfect anime for children and teens who feel nostalgic. Even though we now consider the later seasons anoying and repetitive, children all over the world still love them. It's just that they can't please elder generations who seek more adventure and excitement. We've just fallen out of the target group. In itself, the series are still enjoyable and the art is well attempting to follow the upcoming trends of IT. There is not really read more
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Dec 15, 2009
AuronSurmount
This Review is for the first 81 Episodes of Pokemon: "Pokemon! Indigo League"

We all have watched Pokemon, whether it was a couple episodes here or a movie or two there. Maybe you were the person who got into the card games or perhaps into the vast array of pokemon video games. Well whoever you are chances are you came across them at one point in time.

When you were younger most of us loved pokemon for whatever reason. I, as the reviewer, also had this experience. I loved the pokemon show and card game, looking back, but I don't remember why I liked it at read more
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Apr 24, 2009
Craig
Pokemon's an okay anime

i used to love it when i was a child but now..
i can barely keep attention of the screen.

it's okay for people who are under 10..

it keeps young children occupied, but....

idk, the story never changes..
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Jul 14, 2009
MeHime
Pokemon is good but for kids. Let me tell you it is always the same! Ash always gets the badges, Team rocket always beaten and pikacu ALWAYS saves the day. But you know, there is morality so kids can learn from it. I liked it too, it isn't half bad.
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Jun 6, 2013
Enokii
If I was to review this according to my memories as a kid it would get a high score. I loved it back then.

Pokemon is a very good game, possibly my favourite gameboy game of all time. But the anime, it's terrible. Honestly myanimelist's credibility is lost when you see Pokemon has a rating higher than 7 overall. It's a joke. You see a review saying the animation was good for the time, the animation of pokemon was terrible, terrible, terrible. There are many anime decades older than Pokemon which have better animation. The story is boring, repetitive, has many fillers. The opening is classic read more
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Sep 23, 2012
angelsreview
(( Indigo League Arc))
So… This is an anime that has been going on for a very long time. It has become loved and hated by many for its sweet childlike story and the card and video games.

I love how the anime actually starts out with a small clip from a video game. It brings the people who have played the game into the show, though that’s where the show pulls away. Instead of using Red and Blue like the manga or game, they use Ash and Gary. Not sure why the name change, and why they make their personality the way they do but it read more
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Jun 29, 2009
RainaGin
Pokemon, most of have already heard of it, but surely they can't be that great right?
Wrong!!

These funny episodes follow our hero Ash as he battles to become the 'Pokemon Master.' When I first saw an episode of Pokemon I was very young so I don't recall it, but all I will say is that the originals are kind of so much better then the new ones.
On Ash' adventures you meet, Brock, Misty (and to all you pokemon fans out there, of course, pikachu) and lots of gym leaders.

It is quite funny (thanks to miaowths not so funny jokes) and also thanks to team read more
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