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Sep 9, 2021 7:22 AM
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I went into watching this with pretty high hopes and I'm not disappointed. It actually felt like an anime unlike the main one
Sep 9, 2021 7:27 AM
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https://youtu.be/v56BRim3g0w

I was expecting it to be a little bit longer than 8 minutes, but hey, atleast it's longer than Generations.
Sep 9, 2021 7:33 AM
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Pretty nice for a short series on the side. Looking forward to the next episode.

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Sep 9, 2021 7:46 AM
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A bit more conservatively animated than I expected considering it's only 8 minutes but I suppose it'd be difficult trying to animate intense sequences with Eternatus/Zacian/Zamazenta. It's fine for what it is in the end.
Sep 9, 2021 8:15 AM
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Pretty great, although I wished they actually showed the final battle between Leon and the protag. Still nice to see actual ingame moments animated like this though. Looking forward to future episodes.
Sep 9, 2021 9:25 AM
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Damn, Leon been through some shit. It's really nice to see this, since we don't really get the perspective of others much in the games, so this is great.
Sep 9, 2021 9:51 AM
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I hope there would be a Japanese dub of this. But overall it was great.
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Sep 9, 2021 2:22 PM
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Very nice, although Sword/Shield has one of the weaker stories of any mainline Pokémon game, IMO. Still, they worked with what Sw/Sh gave us, and it was pretty faithful to the same battle as seen in that game

Really excited to see what they do in the gen 5 and 7 episodes, since those are the games with the best story by far, IMO. Gen 3 could be great too if they base it on ORAS rather than RSE (which seems likely, since Zinnia's on the poster, lol)

But, hey, none of the mainline games are bad, or anything like that, so I'm sure all the episodes will be amazing in their own way! I just happen to be most excited for the ones based on my favorite games, lol
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Sep 9, 2021 4:00 PM
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Looks alright so far. I doubt it will be as good as Twilight Wings though.
Sep 10, 2021 8:26 AM

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Never had any give for the Galar Region in Pokemon Sword & Shield, but it's decent enough.
Sep 10, 2021 12:57 PM

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I hate how they not innovate and just make Leon important, than exploring other characters.
I wish I could kill Hop and Leon.
Sep 11, 2021 4:23 AM

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This franchise really reached its peak with first two generations and their remakes. It was just painful to watch. Character and monster design is so awful.
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Sep 12, 2021 3:38 PM

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I feel like Twilight Wings set too high of a bar for any other studio with a lesser budget to match, but it was still enjoyable. It's a shame that the actual Pokemon anime doesn't follow the events of the games like the manga does (for the most part).

Bede made an appearance so this episode gets 10/10.
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Sep 13, 2021 5:30 PM

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It's just Pokémon Generations 2.0.
It's okay.
Sep 13, 2021 5:43 PM
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Antanaru said:
This franchise really reached its peak with first two generations and their remakes. It was just painful to watch. Character and monster design is so awful.

Uh what. Gen 3-4 have some great designs and the character designs still hold up in the new gens
Sep 13, 2021 6:04 PM
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Good episode, looking forward for the next ones. These more "mature" Pokémon animation projects, like Origins and Generations, are always interesting to watch
Sep 17, 2021 10:52 AM

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This kind of made me feel bad for Leone, strange since he seemed perfectly fine in the game.
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Sep 24, 2021 9:59 AM
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Antanaru said:
This franchise really reached its peak with first two generations and their remakes. It was just painful to watch. Character and monster design is so awful.


Of course not. Johto's Remakes are amazing, but BW/BW 2 are just as good games but with a far superior story. And when it comes to anime, most of the fans agree that DP (Gen 4) was the best season.

The "golden age" of Pokémon for those of us who continue with the franchise after it went out of style is from Gen 3 to Gen 5 in terms of video games. The anime reached its peak in Sinnoh and then went to hell, but XY and SM have nothing to envy from the first few seasons.
Nov 1, 2021 8:22 PM
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they need to make it into the game!!!!

hope gen 9 they could add voice acting, its fine if its only in cut scene, i mean its great if they add cut scene like in this anime
Dec 11, 2021 5:42 AM

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RoyAlfertia21 said:
Antanaru said:
This franchise really reached its peak with first two generations and their remakes. It was just painful to watch. Character and monster design is so awful.


Of course not. Johto's Remakes are amazing, but BW/BW 2 are just as good games but with a far superior story. And when it comes to anime, most of the fans agree that DP (Gen 4) was the best season.

The "golden age" of Pokémon for those of us who continue with the franchise after it went out of style is from Gen 3 to Gen 5 in terms of video games. The anime reached its peak in Sinnoh and then went to hell, but XY and SM have nothing to envy from the first few seasons.


For me, the Kalos region was the peak in terms of anime, and the Unova region (B/W B2/W2) was the best in terms of the games.

X and Y anime was just phenomenal. Ash had arguably the best team, one of the best villains, best girl Serena, also in the anime Ash actually felt like he had grown up a bit. The animation was also better than the previous seasons.

Dec 11, 2021 5:50 AM

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It was a pretty good first episode. I liked how the Champ tried to catch a legendary pokemon with a normal pokeball lol. Only in the anime~~~

Apr 5, 2022 3:10 PM

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I guess this style has a wider appeal but it looks ugly coming from Shin Yama's versions. Never really cared for the story of games of gen 8, so it makes sense to me why I didn't care much. Overall, it was meh.
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Why is Leon's Charizard in a Ultra Ball? And trying to catch a Legendary Pokemon with a normal Pokeball..

Battle was amazing to watch though.




Sep 9, 2022 9:57 AM
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so its canon that the game protag chose sobble ? /jk
Apr 27, 2023 10:40 AM
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Pretty good, gives Leon's perspective of climax of game

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