Should you be one of those that didn’t really get around to playing or watching Pokemon in their childhood (which somehow seems to be a minority group), this music video isn’t going to have the intended effect on you. After all, it consists mainly of short flashes of various characters from the Pokemon franchise, and you won’t even recognize a lot of those – even more as some of them are characters only from the games, not from the anime adaptations.
The animation is the best part – such quick-paced storyboard requires fluid animation to not look like a flipbook, and this requirement was fully filled. I also like how it has a sort of nostalgia filter that made parts of the video look more old-school, fitting with the theme. The song wasn’t really my cup of tea, I’ve heard better ones by Bump of Chicken.
In terms of story, there is no story – as mentioned previously this is practically a compilation of very short character clips tied together through protagonists of the games. So yeah, if this was your childhood then “Wow 10/10!”, if it wasn’t then not so much.
