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Well time to look at another Pokemon short.

Story: The story is basically what it needed to be. The Pichu Bros. have a problem and the other Pokemon help them out. It's nothing special and nothing amazing happens during it that changes the main goal for a bit.

Art: The art is the same as the show with a few moments of CG. The CG is used sparingly and really only at one point of the short. Other than that, it's pretty good and can fully show the power of certain things, like Totodile's water gun.

Sound: The music isn't really anything memorable like with other shorts I've ... seen. The only song I can remember is the intro song, which is a country song with Pokemon lyrics. Everything else is just Pokemon noises.

Character: The only real character to talk about is the narrator. He's actually not annoying here since a lot of what he says is useful to telling the story and wouldn't really work without his input. As for the others, they're cute and playful, just like the other shorts.

Enjoyment: I didn't enjoy this one as much as other shorts, mostly due to nothing spectacular really happening and the music wasn't catchy or memorable. However, it's not terrible, so I'd recommend a watch if you have nothing better to do.

Time to take a look at the last DBZ movie to have an English dub, that is until Battle of the Gods is dubbed. While on a personal level, I hold this as the greatest DBZ film ever, let's look at it objectively.

Story: The story is your standard DBZ plot. Giant alien comes to Earth in hopes of destroying the planet and the Super Saiyans have to destroy it. However, quite a bit of time is spent developing the newer characters, such as Hoi and Tapion, and Tapion's relationship to Trunks. Granted, this isn't the first DBZ film to put a lot of focus on ... character development, the first Broly movie did the same, this one seems to put the story over the action, which can be either good or bad depending on how you look at it. Personally, I loved it because it helped make Tapion more relateable and thus making him a better character. By the time the movie is finished, it does tie itself into the main series by giving an explanation to a minor thing that fans may not have needed an explanation for, but it's great that they did anyway.

Art: Surprisingly, the art is actually more detailed than previous films. All of the previous DBZ films that I've seen used the same art style as the main show without much more put in. Villains were also either bland looking or based of already established characters (Cooler looking like Frieza, but with a few minor differences and Broly pretty much being Goku on about 50 lbs. of steroids). The design of Hirudegarn, while bland at first with a few shades of brown and white, drastically changes into one of the best designs of the series once it sheds its skin. Watching the way it moves is just amazing. However, a lot of the other art is just sharpened, which isn't bad, but it's not adding a whole lot more to what we had before.

Sound: Aside from the usual characters, Tapion and Hoi sound great. There were a few moments where Tapion's voice seemed to drain any emotion the actor put in, but it didn't bother me too much. The only disappointment I had with voices was Hirudegarn's roar. It's just a generic monster roar. This is a completely different monster from anything else shown in the show, yet it sounds just like everything else. As for the music, the most you'll get is the song that Tapion plays every now and again in order to keep Hirudegarn sealed away. While the first few times sound the same, which I don't mind, the song is beautiful, it's the very last time that Tapion plays the song that truly shows how amazing it is. Everything surrounding this moment along with the added instruments to the song make it one of the most memorable songs in any DBZ movie. Yeah, it's not another rock song like other ones, but this one didn't need to be. It's great all on its own.

Character: Like stated earlier, a lot of time is spent developing Tapion and Hoi, so for the movie to work, the characters have to be likable, which they are. While Hoi is just your average villain that wants to do anything to take over the universe like every other DBZ villain, Tapion is quite interesting. He starts off as this loner that doesn't want anyone around, but by the time his backstory is fully explained, it's understandable why he always wants to be left alone. Yeah, he does eventually warm up to everyone else, but it never feels rushed. It's all natural, which is hard to pull off sometimes.

Enjoyment: As stated at the beginning, this is my favorite DBZ film out of the ones I've seen. For the longest time, this was the last DBZ film with no other one in sight and I was proud that the series went out this way. Then Battle of the Gods came, so it didn't end here. Having not yet seen Battle of the Gods, I have no room to judge the movie on how it shows off the DBZ characters and there's supposed to be more movies after that one, so the series is still going. No matter what, though, this will be my favorite of the series. I hope I've shown you why, and if not, well at least I tried.

Alright, time to tackle the last of the Broly trilogy. After witnessing how terrible Second Coming was, I was hoping this would be better. Thankfully, it is, but not by much.

Story: The story is basically the same as Second Coming, except replace Videl with 18 as the female non-super saiyan that is here just to show how weak regular people (or in this case androids) are compared to saiyans and throw in Hercule because the story says so. The story was handled a lot better here since it shows the consequences of their actions during the fights, which is mostly random people getting killed off, ... but at least it's something. Characters do still have a tendency to come out of nowhere when the writers write themselves into a corner, but that seems to be a staple of the series by this point. Then there's Broly's defeat, which wasn't all that satisfying, but made more sense than Second Coming's defeat of Broly (seriously, when did the Dragon Balls gain the ability to read minds? Do they not need to do the chant anymore? Then why didn't it do that earlier?).

Art: Like pretty much all of the DBZ movies, the art for this one is the exact same as the show. The only difference here when compared to the previous movies are some designs of the bio-warriors and Bio-Broly himself, which are all just generic designs and Bio-Broly is just a big glob with some hair sticking out and eyes.

Sound: Surprisingly, there isn't much of a soundtrack, or at least not a memorable one. The previous DBZ movies had some great rock music that got your blood pumping for the fights. Not so much here. As for the voice acting, it's good enough, although 18 could at least show some emotion. I know she's a robot, but she's become one of the main characters of the show by this point. She could try harder not to sound so robotic.

Character: This is another spot that I think this movie did better than Second Coming. Goten is actually bearable in this film. He's not whining all the time and actually acts like a kid. There's also no piss jokes, except for one at the beginning, which automatically makes this a million times better than Second Coming, which was filled with them (seriously, did Adam Sandler direct that movie?). Everyone else is the same as either the show or previous films, depending on who you're looking at.

Enjoyment: With this being the final Broly movie, unless they really want to do another one based on the ending, it was good. It could have been done a lot worse and was done a lot worse, if my numerous jabs at Second Coming weren't enough of a hint as to how much I can't stand that film. While not as good as other DBZ movies, like the first Broly movie or Cooler's Revenge, it's not the worst one I've seen.

Before I get into this, the version I watched was the edited American release. So any scenes cut that affect the score will not be counted.

Story: The story is what it needs to be for a DBZ film. Most of it is handled in little chunks just so they can hurry up and start fighting, which starts about 9 and a half minutes in. Granted, this low level of storytelling wouldn't really work for other animes or any other movies, but this is DBZ and the biggest reason anyone watches it is for the fighting, not so much the storytelling. However, I did like how ... they tied it in with the show instead of just saying "Hey, at some point in the story, this stuff happens. We don't know when, but by looking at the characters, you can probably guess". It's pretty easy to point out that this most likely takes place during that large time gap between Goku's arrival back on Earth and the androids first appearance. While this is a movie, and thus not canon, it can work fit itself in rather well without screwing up too much of the timeline, unless I'm forgetting something. However, characters do still seem to pop up out of nowhere when the writers can't find any other solution to a problem, but I guess that's what's to be expected of the DBZ movies.

Art: The artwork isn't necessarily anything spectacular. It's not anymore detailed than the artwork of the show, but that's not a bad thing. The artwork of the show is pretty good and the design of Cooler is interesting, especially his transformation.

Sound: As expected from a DBZ movie, the music is amazing. While it's still random rock music that most likely don't sing about anything going on, it still gets your blood pumping for the fights. As for voice acting, everyone sounds good, although Salza's extremely heavy French accent can be annoying for some.

Character: I'll skip over the good guys since there's no real reason to discuss them for this review (I'll save that for my review of the series if I ever get around to finishing it). Instead, I'll focus on the villains. Cooler's minions really are just the Ginyu Force's hand-me-downs, right down to their intro poses. Cooler does make up for this since he's actually one of the best villains I can think of for the series. Instead of wanting to kill Goku because of how much he cared for his brother, he just wants to keep his family's name from being ruined. He doesn't care about Frieza at all. I wish they would have had an arc about him in the show. Cooler definitely deserves one more than Garlic Jr.

Enjoyment: Taking it as a DBZ film and then comparing it to other films in the series, this is most likely one of the better ones. Granted I haven't seen all of the films in the franchise and there is at least one other DBZ film that I enjoy more than this, but this is a really good one.

I'm happy to report that this short isn't anywhere near as bad as the movie it comes with. However, it's not that hard to be better than 4Ever. So let's see if this short is actually worth checking out.

Story: The story is nice and simple. It's mostly just Pikachu playing hide and seek with other Pokemon. Nothing remarkable, but it didn't have to be considering it's just supposed to get you ready for the movie, which it does. However, I did like that they changed it up at about the half-way point.

Art: Given the concept of trying to make the Pokemon blend in with their ... surroundings, the artwork should help work this in, which it does beautifully. What's even better is that the small amount of CG that they do use for the short is either used to help point out where certain Pokemon are due to how well they blend in or for a more cartoony look. However, the artwork isn't as good as other Pokemon shorts, like Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

Sound: The soundtrack is pretty good, sporting a few tracks that I actually wouldn't mind listening to outside of the short. However, they're not as creative as other shorts.

Character: The only character I can really talk about is the narrator. My problem with him is the same as my problem with the narrator in Slowking's Day, that being he only tells us stuff we already know. So the short could have worked without him. As for everyone else, I did like seeing how seriously Larvitar takes his job while also being laid back at times.

Enjoyment: Considering the movie that this short comes with, this is the only reason to bother purchasing the movie (if you can find one that still comes with the short that is). However, being that this is the internet, you can just watch the short without showing any support for the movie, which I highly recommend. It's funny, cute, and entertaining, so give it a shot.

Time to take a look at one of my personal favorite Pokemon movies. This is also my first review of an Advanced Generation movie, a series that I'm not as familiar with as the original, but I'll give it my best shot. Personal biases aside, let me tell you why this is one of my favorite Pokemon movies.

Story: While the story isn't as well told as something like Pokemon Heroes, it's still really well done. Something that really surprised me is that this movie doesn't focus on Ash as much as it focuses on Tory and Deoxys. While Ash is still our main protagonist and ... as such handles the more heroic side of things, the story likes to keep its focus on Tory's and Deoxys' stories, which I find really interesting since they're such a great characters. However, there is one element of the story that I don't quite understand, that being Rayquaza. Granted, I watched the American release of the film, so there's most likely deleted scenes that I'm not taking into account since there's really no reason to unless you're the type of person that researches every last little bit about an anime before actually watching it, which I'm not. My gripe with Rayquaza is that he serves little purpose in the movie. The only part in which he actually affects anything going on is in the beginning. After that, he's just kinda there except for the last 10-20, which I felt the film could do without.

Art: I'll try to make this be the last comparison I make to another Pokemon movie, but, while the art is great, it's not quite up to scale with Pokemon Heroes. Granted, that's most likely just my own tastes in art speaking and not an actual problem with the film. So I'll at least say that the art is really creative, especially when animating thousands of little blocks all at once. There's also the beautiful scenes of inside this Greenhouse that shows off the talent of the artists behind the film.

Sound: This is where I believe Destiny Deoxys shines the brightest. The soundtrack for the film is unbelievably good. Even though it doesn't have any form of remix of the show's theme, there's still a lot of songs that are sure to get stuck in your head. The other little sound clips I also really liked since it made the movie feel more like an alien movie with a lot of the little sounds that Deoxys makes along with several other subtle music tracks.

Character: Besides the usual characters and background characters, most of what's left are Tory, Deoxys, and Rayquaza. Since I already talked about Rayquaza earlier (seriously why did it need to come back after 4 years? Deoxys didn't go back up into the ozone layer, so why is it still threatened?), I'll skip over him. As for Tory, he's actually a pretty cool character. He has a fear of Pokemon, but it's not some irrational fear of these things eating him, I mean most of the time that you see him afraid are around Plusle and Minun and those two wouldn't hurt a fly. His fear is perfectly explained early on and it's pretty reasonable. He's also not too afraid of them to actually help them out as shown several times throughout. So it's not like he's heartless or anything. Then there's Deoxys, who I just love. Most of the movie is spent trying to figure Deoxys out and exactly why it's here. Once it's figured out, Deoxys isn't really seen as a villain anymore. It's more like Pokemon 3 where there is no villain, but just a big misunderstanding, which I actually like more than just throwing in another member from whatever evil organization that the current season focuses on for the fourth time in a row.

Enjoyment: As stated at the beginning, this is one of my favorite Pokemon films, right behind Heroes and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. So of course I really enjoyed it, despite its minor flaws.

Time to take a look at something from the Yugioh franchise. I guess there's no better place to start than with the movie...well OK, the show is a much better place to start, but I haven't finished the show yet. Anyways, on to the review.

Story: The story isn't much more than what you'd expect from your typical episode of the show. There's a duel between two characters and someone possessing something or used to live in the ancient past is somehow involved. It's not terrible, but there is a concept of the story that seems like it would have played a bigger part, but got ... scraped during development. During most of the beginning of the movie after the title sequence, it looks like the movie's going to be about Yugi facing off against a bunch of duelists that believe they can take him down. Then just drops it in order to fully introduce the main antagonist, or at least he tries to be, but I'll get to that a bit more later. As for any final complaints, I could have done without them constantly repeating "It was never to happen and for 5000 years it never did" over and over again at the beginning.

Art: The art for this film is a bit more detailed than the show, but not to any really breath-taking degree. They just used some sharper colors and shades. It's not necessarily bad, I definitely like the art of the show, but I've seen better in other anime movies based off a show.

Sound: The sound is actually pretty good. Before I get more into it, I watch dubs and not subs, so most of what I'm talking about is in the American release of the film. The voice actors do a decent enough job with major props going to Dan Green for the emotion and energy he put into Yami's voice along with Scottie Ray for making Anubis actually sound threatening, until he starts talking about destroying the world with monsters from a children's card game. There's not much you can do about that though, other villains from the show suffer the same issue. The soundtrack is also pretty good with some memorable songs.

Character: This is where I'm a bit mixed on the movie. Yami and Kaiba are great characters and are portrayed well in the movie without loosing what made them who they are from the show. However, everyone else isn't given the same care. Anubis, while sounding threatening, falls under the cliche villain list since all he really wants to do is, what else, take over the world. He also doesn't really do much. Yeah, he shows up at the beginning to place some cards in Pegasus' deck, but then you can pretty much forget that he ever existed until about the last 10-15 minutes of the film. This whole movie could have been about an awesome duel between Kaiba and Yugi/Yami and if you cut out Anubis, that's basically what it is. There's also just some really bad writing going on for Joey and the minor characters that he duels against. Look, Yugioh may be a great series in my eyes, but a Godfather reference isn't going to work here.

Enjoyment: I loved this movie as a child, especially when I saw it in theaters, but now that I'm older, while I still find it more entertaining than other anime films, I'd rather skip over most of the Anubis stuff and get right to the great music and dueling.

Since I couldn't find a dub of this special (if one exists), this is my first look at the sub version. At least it's short for my first one.

Story: Like most Pokemon shorts, it isn't much, which is good. It just shows what Slowking does during the day. For a 3 minute short, that's good enough.

Art: While not as detailed as the movie, it's still pretty good and the sunset scene is beautiful.

Sound: This is the lowest point of the review. For a short, the little kid voices that constantly repeat "Things Slowking likes...*insert whatever Slowking is doing now*" become annoying fast. It would have ... been much better without them and having the only sound being the music, sound effects, and Slowking talking.

Character: The only character here is Slowking, unless you really count the 2 or 3 Pokemon he comes across. He's pretty much just like how he is in the movie. Relaxed and without a care in the world, which is good.

Enjoyment: For as short as it is, it's enjoyable. However, I can do without the constant yelling of what Slowking is doing.

Time to tackle a DBZ movie for a change, since my previous reviews were on Pokemon movies and 1 Pokemon short. As with my other reviews, I'm looking at the English dub and not the sub. However, I did manage to watch the full, uncut version of this film, so there can't possibly be any deleted scenes that would affect this movie's score like there were with previous ones.

Story: Due to this being a sequel to, arguably, one of the best DBZ movies that have been made, the story isn't as detailed as before. There's no backstory to why Broly wants to destroy Earth since ... almost everything about him was explained in the previous film, which I'm fine with. However, what I'm not fine with is characters randomly popping out of nowhere to save the day without much explanation outside of "I was in the neighborhood and figured you'd want help". There's also some incredibly thick plot armor surrounding just about every character since no matter what Broly does to them, the most he does is just knock them out. This series pretty much thrives on characters dying and they've worked around the "Bringing back the dead only works once" rule several times, so it's not like they couldn't have killed at least someone off. There's also the matter of some really childish jokes, mostly piss jokes, that I'd expect from an Adam Sandler movie, not DBZ.

Art: The artwork for this movie is the same as the show, which I find a bit upsetting since most anime movies based off the shows can at least put a bit more detail into the movie than the show can. However, it's not that bothering since the artwork of the show isn't the worst I've ever seen.

Sound: I have a mixed bag with this. On one hand, the soundtrack is amazing, pretty much like most other DBZ movies. There's some amazing songs that get your blood pumping for the fights, which I love. On the other hand, though, some of the voice acting is either terrible, annoying, or both. I've never liked Goten all that much in the show due to how annoying he can be and how terrible his voice sounds. While some would defend him saying that he's just a kid, so of course he's going to whine a lot and just be overall annoying, I'd say look at how Gohan developed. Yeah, he started off annoying as well, but once he got used to being a fighter, he became pretty cool. With Goten, he's already a pretty good fighter, but still annoys the crap out of me. There's also a lot of supporting actors that do a terrible job at voice acting, but at least they only get a few lines.

Character: Like stated above, I don't like Goten. At all. However, the other characters aren't as bad, but most just serve as distractions until the real fight begins between Gohan and Broly. Videl gets knocked out pretty early on which is followed by a lot of piss jokes along with other childish humor from Goten and Trunks.

Enjoyment: I personally find this not only the weakest of the Broly trilogy, but the weakest of all the DBZ movies I've seen. While the action was great, it doesn't really get started until the second half. While that's the same case with the first Broly movie, at least that one had the excuse of building up Broly as a character whereas this one just uses it to fill time until Gohan arrives.

Time to look at one of the many shorts that come before the Pokemon movies.

Story: While it's nothing special, it didn't really have to be. It's a 1-time short that just needed a clear beginning, middle, and end, which it did have. While not very engaging, it accomplished what it needed to do.

Art: Considering this comes right before the 2nd Pokemon movie, I'm glad that they didn't try to put a whole lot of focus on making this one look amazing and instead, just went with an art style that makes a lot of things look like they came out of a children's storybook and ... also the same art style used for the show. This does work and can actually get some amazing shots, especially when they stumble upon the area where various water Pokemon live and when the giant tree is blowing in the wind.

Sound: Most of the sound is just the various Pokemon voices, which is OK. It's not as ear-grating as it could be and actually sounds beautiful at certain points when a lot of them sing together. There's also a few pretty good songs in this short, so that's always a plus.

Character: Most of the short is spent showing how all of the different Pokemon can live and work together, which is great to see since the show doesn't do episodes like this that often and it's a rarity to see Pokemon do more in the movies besides just battle.

Enjoyment: Taking it at what it is, which is a short about as long as an episode from the show, it's pretty entertaining. While not action packed like the movie that follows, it gets your spirits up before you begin to watch the full length feature.