Well...the story...one could argue that the anime contains no story whatsoever; just a bunch of episodes which barely connect to one another, if at all. It's not -ALL- bad, but almost every episode seems like a filler until the next gym battle, or until the next Pokemon is caught, or...whatever...the point is that I personally didn't like the episodes which had no effect on future episodes, which were numerous. Also, I hated the Team Rocket story repetition; you know that they're going to be disguised, NOT GET RECOGNIZED EVEN IF THE DISGUISES ARE TERRIBLE, try to catch some Pokemon, and get blasted off. So what's the point in watching? (Also, their annoying rhyming introduction...)
Art: 9/10
The art however is the best thing about Pokemon. It is drawn magnificently and the Pokemon's designs are great. What I can't get past are the completely dumb Pokemon designs (Looking at you Muk).
Sound: 8/10
The sound is quite good, the theme song was probably every person's favorite song when they were young.
Characters: 1/10
Well, besides the fact that there's no character development, the characters are just so annoying and painful to watch...
Enjoyment: 2/10
I won't give this series a flat 1 in this category because the FEW episodes that included gym battles or cup battles were actually not that bad.
Overall: 3/10
The anime is only so popular because of the amazing Pokemon games, which the series never lived up to.
End note: Okay, I know that this is an anime for kids and shouldn't be reviewed like this. But even as a kid, these facts annoyed me and I would watch every episode, eagerly hoping that the next gym battle would take place, and I was left disappointed most of the times. So I just wanted to get this off my chest, and hopefully find someone who agrees with me: The Pokemon anime is over-rated.
