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The manga vs anime storyline

_cynthia_

the thirsty devil
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    Don't ash pity the pokemon he ditched?!?
    I mean, they're (most of them) all stuck in a pokeball in professer oak's lab or something...
    i know oak lets them out sometimes, but...

    and Pikachu, Gliscor, Charizard, Sceptile, Pidgeot, Heracross, Buizel, Blaziken, Venasaur, Beautifly, Glaceon, Steelix, Gyardos, Swellow, Lapras, Grotle, Donphan, Snorlax, Kingler, Tauros, Croagunk, Crobat, Ambipom, Mamoswine, Starmie, Corsola are still weak if they don't receive enough training...
     
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    Vernikova

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    _cynthia_ said:
    Don't ash pity the pokemon he ditched?!?
    I mean, they're (most of them) all stuck in a pokeball in professer oak's lab or something...
    i know oak lets them out sometimes, but...
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    They're out of their pokéballs. They are let out into his backyard.

    and Pikachu, Gliscor, Charizard, Sceptile, Pidgeot, Heracross, Buizel, Blaziken, Venasaur, Beautifly, Glaceon, Steelix, Gyardos, Swellow, Lapras, Grotle, Donphan, Snorlax, Kingler, Tauros, Croagunk, Crobat, Ambipom, Mamoswine, Starmie, Corsola are still weak if they don't receive enough training...
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    How do they evolve if they don't recieve enough training then? I forgot Muk it seems.
     
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    Wallace Berlitz

    I'm back for lucks and givin'
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    I actually dislike anime. Because anime dont have continue story. Manga has continue story in every seasons and series. Anime has each different story in every episodes. And people say Pokemon is childish because of Ash like "PIKACHU! ~Blah blah blah~". And Ash is too action. I hate the anime company make Ash appear in every series and region. Can't they use another character? Well I still think anime is for kids. Why? Because it is like cartoon. And almost the same.

    Travel... Meet a new guy or Pokemon... Team Rocket has a bad idea... Then battle with Team Rocket... Team Rocket's machine steals whatever Pokemon... Ash or his friends defeat them.

    This kind of story always repeat and repeat. If they continue stories in every episodes, it will be nice. So that's the reason I dislike anime...

    Anyway, it is just personal opinion.
     

    joehat

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    The anime basically revovles around Ash collecting Gym badges, stopping Team Rocket from stealing Pikachu, and taking down whatever evil organization pops up in the new region. There is no character development or plot besides the three things I just said. Just an episode or two for each Gym battle with tons of filler between (mind you, I'm still on the Johto arc). Maybe if the filler focused more on the characters, and not the character of the day, we could get somewhere. A good filler shows background on your protagonists and antagonists, and this is where the anime = FAIL.
     

    Vernikova

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    joehat said:
    The anime basically revovles around Ash collecting Gym badges, stopping Team Rocket from stealing Pikachu, and taking down whatever evil organization pops up in the new region. There is no character development or plot besides the three things I just said.
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    You forgot contests. How is there no character development? It happens throughout the 3-4 years that the region takes place so you can't expect character development every 10 episodes can you?

    Just an episode or two for each Gym battle with tons of filler between (mind you, I'm still on the Johto arc). Maybe if the filler focused more on the characters, and not the character of the day, we could get somewhere. A good filler shows background on your protagonists and antagonists, and this is where the anime = FAIL.
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    Your on Johto? I pray for you then because that is nothing but filler in the later parts and some ealier on. Advanced Generation and Diamond and Peral are much better IMO.

    Anyway, if the fillers contain character devleopment, they aren't really fillers because something imporatant happens in the episode.

    I mean, I know that you guys can the animé because you want to but can you at least do it for good reasons like Wallace Berlitz?

    Wallace Berlitz said:
    Well I still think anime is for kids. Why? Because it is like cartoon. And almost the same.
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    I don't understand what you're saying here.
     
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    Wallace Berlitz

    I'm back for lucks and givin'
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    well I'm sorry. Let me go more specific.

    Well I still think anime is for kids. Why? Because it is like cartoon. And almost the same.

    Well usually, a cartoon has different story in each Episode or just a event that is not very special. Even I like manga more, but I still watch anime. But I didn't watch the whole series. I just watch the interesting episode like Misty or May returns or Battle Frontier episodes.

    Anyway, nice signature. Nice reunion~!
     

    joehat

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    Haha you're right. I was a bit hasty with my post. I can't really judge on character development anyway, being as I'm only on Johto. And I wouldn't can the anime, I really like it. Also, I love how years pass in each region but no one ever seems to age. That kinda gets to me. Does this happen in the manga? I haven't read very far into it.

    I also agree with Wallace, you've a nice signature S. Magumarashi!
     

    Vernikova

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    IIRC, the characters age in the manga. But I haven't been keeping up with it because of other things so I don't remember. But I'm almost certain that they do.
     

    Mileyangel

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    Wallace Berlitz said:
    I actually dislike anime. Because anime dont have continue story. Manga has continue story in every seasons and series. Anime has each different story in every episodes. And people say Pokemon is childish because of Ash like "PIKACHU! ~Blah blah blah~". And Ash is too action. I hate the anime company make Ash appear in every series and region. Can't they use another character? Well I still think anime is for kids. Why? Because it is like cartoon. And almost the same.

    Travel... Meet a new guy or Pokemon... Team Rocket has a bad idea... Then battle with Team Rocket... Team Rocket's machine steals whatever Pokemon... Ash or his friends defeat them.

    This kind of story always repeat and repeat. If they continue stories in every episodes, it will be nice. So that's the reason I dislike anime...

    Anyway, it is just personal opinion.
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    Ugh, and they discard the female characters like they're handbags.

    And S. Magumarashi, you're right about being more specific. I hate it when people can't back up their reasons with a legitimate reason. I used to love the anime when I was younger, but I noticed how it peeved me how people automatically assumed that since I liked Pokemon, I watched the anime. After I started reading Pokespecial and watching more advanced anime(Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist, etc.), I started to like the anime less and less. I still watch it sometimes for old time's sake, but I don't really approve of some of the new episodes. My fondest memories lie in the classics.

    Also, Team Rocket gets very stale after a while. The manga Team Rocket is ruthless and efficient, and takes a lot more than one Pikachu to blast them off.
     
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    Thundєr

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    Episode after episode we see the team rocket being defeated by Ash, later winning badges, and entering in the respective pokemon league of the region, and losing in the same one.
    But well, that's a part of the franchise, the kids love it, and the cycle it's renewed with each new generation of children.
    This formula has worked for them until now, have made a lot of money with it. And I doubt they leave the scheme, until the day that stops from producing money.
     

    invisible-chan

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    _cynthia_ said:
    Heracross, Lapras, Tauros, Corsola are still weak if they don't receive enough training...
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    S. Magumarashi said:
    How do they evolve if they don't recieve enough training then? I forgot Muk it seems.
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    First of all, not to be a smart... y pants.... (I'm not sure what my cursing extent is aloud here), but those Pokemon I left don't/weren't evolve(d). Also, it seems we are are getting off topic. This doesn't seem to answer Hejlug's questions anymore.
     

    Sea Guardian

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    Mileyangel said:
    Ugh, and they discard the female characters like they're handbags.
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    I know whats with that?
    Mileyangel said:
    I used to love the anime when I was younger, but I noticed how it peeved me how people automatically assumed that since I liked Pokemon, I watched the anime. After I started reading Pokespecial and watching more advanced anime(Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist, etc.), I started to like the anime less and less.
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    The same thing happened to me. Yay for Anime!
    Mileyangel said:
    I still watch it sometimes for old time's sake, but I don't really approve of some of the new episodes. My fondest memories lie in the classics.
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    The first season was the best. I only watch the movies when they come out now. The thing that really bugs me is that in the anime the only pokemon that die(as far as I know) are Latios and Lucario, those are two of my favorites. It's like the people who make the anime hate me
     

    GFA

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    They don't treat chick like handbags in the manga, look at Agatha, Blue, Crystal, Erika, Lorelei, & Sabrina. Also at leat the anime isn't like the Barby: "I'm going to grow up, be a *****, have the worlds biggest breasts, and clean the house!" *Unless you look at Haruka...*

    & Yes the manga characters actually age the orginal 3 are *gasp!* 16, and the youngest people have always been 11, never 10. *I refuse to count Yellow when she met Red*
     
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    Vernikova

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    [SqS]Squirtle said:
    A bit off topic but does anyone know where I can buy or read the Manga?
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    What is "The manga"? VIZ is going to start selling it again next year but there's a thread with scanslations here or you can PM someone to send it to you or go onto a website that I forgot the name of *or* you can import it.
     

    Mileyangel

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    Sea Guardian said:
    I know whats with that?

    The same thing happened to me. Yay for Anime!

    The first season was the best. I only watch the movies when they come out now. The thing that really bugs me is that in the anime the only pokemon that die(as far as I know) are Latios and Lucario, those are two of my favorites. It's like the people who make the anime hate me
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    Oh, my God, soul sister!
     

    LeSmexyMongoose

    PeT MeH oR Die!! >;D
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    Hejlug said:
    Playing the games from red/blue to ruby/sapphire and watching the anime,i never thought of reading the mangas.
    The storyline in the anime always looked average to me.Now i finally decided to read the mangas,but the thing is i want to know:how many types are there?Do they share the same universe?
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    I used to be obsessed!!!! (Still am)
    I remember getting a pack of comics of the "Pikachu strikes back" series or something like that >.>

    Pokemon is very dangerous and addicting! Dx
     

    Shiva

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    The stuff in the manga actually make sense. In the anime and the games, you can only carry 6 pokemon with you, but in the manga you can carry as much as you wanted! I remember a part in a manga where Lt. Surge gets beat up by some masked dude, and uses his 129391238192398131 electrodes to self destruct and escape. Now, wouldn't carrying thirty thousand pokemon in real life be helpful in a dangerous situation?
     
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