Do You Think Pokemon Anime Isn't As Good As It Use To Be?

Do You Think Pokemon Anime Isn't As Good As It Used To Be?

  • Yeah! I Love The Pokemon Anime On TV Today!

    Votes: 14 20.0%

  • No. The Anime Has Just Lost Its Course.

    Votes: 29 41.4%

  • Kinda. Its Not That Good But Not That Bad Either.

    Votes: 27 38.6%
  • Total voters
    70
Beret said:
I'm sick of the D/P bashing. The Kanto seasons weren't really that amazing, people! My favorite region was Johto quickly followed by Sinnoh, so far. Season 1 didn't have contests to fill out the series, so we were swamped in(sometimes unpleasent) fillers. Johto seasons didn't have contests either, but it had enough plot based episodes that they didn't need to fill it out.
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I agreem except about Johto. Sinnoh rules ! It has the best character plots, plus the suspense, that wasn't in the first 9 seasons
 
Aegis said:
I don't care for D/P all that much. Every now and then I'll come across an episode that interests me (mostly concerning Dawn, or a contest), but for the main part I think it's gone a little down hill.

In Kanto and Johto Ash was all immature and head-strong, but in D/P (and AG too) he became this wise-like trainer guy. Meh, it just wasn't the same to me. I liked it better when they got themselves into things by stuff Ash said and all, not by choice. The story lines are also getting a little old, just a little repetitive from the ones before. And my final peeve is the animation. Now, the animation itself is good, but just at certain times Ash seems a little stiff. I know that isn't major, but it does annoy me a little. And then theres the voices, but I try to watch it in SUB's anyway, so I can't hold that against them.

Don't get me wrong, I still really like the anime, I just think it's gone downhill some. :3
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i feel the exact same way. i'll watch when ash is in the pokemon league. my prediction is hes gonna make it to the top 2. heres how i know (not counting the sevii islands):

Kanto: Top 16
Johto: Top 8
Hoenn: Top 4

its just a pattern. when the next region reaches my perdiction is hes gonna win and the show will end and so will the games, toys, etc.
 
AnimeDDR110 said:
i feel the exact same way. i'll watch when ash is in the pokemon league. my prediction is hes gonna make it to the top 2. heres how i know (not counting the sevii islands):

Kanto: Top 16
Johto: Top 8
Hoenn: Top 4

its just a pattern. when the next region reaches my perdiction is hes gonna win and the show will end and so will the games, toys, etc.
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Or they could start the show with the 6th Generation male Protagonist and a new crew of friends! :shocked:

The only thing that isn't as good as it used to be are the voices, but I can move past that. At least we aren't getting those lame "Change Rice Balls into Sandwiches and Dougnuts Routine, Japan is bad for the kids" routine that 4Kids has. I can deal with anything else if PUSA doesn't do that.

I also wonder why people love Johto so much. Misty was basically an empty shell sucked out by the Evil Egg thing with tons of fillers, and all that amounting to Ash taking 8th Place in the Johto League. But I guess most shippers liked it becuase it gave them evidence without disproving it. But that's for another day in another thread.

D/P is a big refresher, and it's just getting started.
 
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a lot of people like johto because many new things happen in that region. pkrs, shinys, ev training, some of the pokemon are just great to use in battle:

Miktank
Blissey
Skarmory
Tyranitar

and many more!

i love the johto region and then game and everyone wants a remake of it.
 
I loved the Johto Games, don't get me wrong, I owned a Pikachu and Pichu Gameboy and Gold like everyone else, but I meant the anime's Johto. That was boring and stale. I never really noticed, but looking back on it now and comparing it to D/P and AG, it was just really bland.
 
ChrisG14 said:
I loved the Johto Games, don't get me wrong, I owned a Pikachu and Pichu Gameboy and Gold like everyone else, but I meant the anime's Johto. That was boring and stale. I never really noticed, but looking back on it now and comparing it to D/P and AG, it was just really bland.
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that was a great anime season(s), it introduced many new things. even though some episodes were boring and slate, it was a great anime and the second best of all pokemon animes. just about all of the spites look like the ones from gold/silver/crystal.
 
I like it a lot now. Some pokemon look cooler than the older ones.

coughsharpedocough

There's like all the unpredictability now... yayz!
 
I think Pokemon now is getting better than the old episodes, for many reasons.

ie. More and better Pokemon and better characters.
 
Too bad the fad died and many people outgrew Pokemon.

Changing characters can make or break a show. I mean, you all forgot about Brock getting replaced? I remember my reaction: lol WUT?

At some day, at some point in time, the show had crossed the line from anime to saturday morning cartoon.
 
jhoto and orange ilands rocked hoen and battel fronteir sucked p.s i cant spell it
 
Ryo said:
When was the anime ever good? >_>
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Yeah, if you were eight and watch the first episode for the first time ever. Pokemon was still in syndication! OMG, I am so old!

I don't see why people still complain about the new voice actors. The old ones weren't so good either, people! Veronica Taylor isn't that good of a voice actor, and trust me, if you watched all of the Pokemon episodes that 4Kids did, you release just how horrible she is at acting as a pre-teen boy.

After watching so many stale episodes of Pokemon, I find D/P to be very entertaining. In fact, after watching not even half of the Johto series, I stopped watching Pokemon all together. The Johto series really, really dull. And don't get me started on Hoenn.
 
Being a long time Pokemon fan and watching it evolve over the years, I have to say it really isn`t as good as it used to be. It`s lost it`s touch. I remember when Pokemon first came out, my friends and I were so hyped up about it and everyone I knew loved it. I even got some of my Pokemon cards stolen from me. I also got ripped off some times trading Pokemon cards. And my friends and I role played Pokemon. Yup. Those were the days.

omg, another thing. I remember crying hysterically when I missed an episode of Pokemon. lol. I really wanted to see a certain episode of Pokemon that showcased Articuno, and I had missed it because I was reading or drawing. I cryed hysterically. lol
 
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Whether the older episodes were better or not is subjective. I myself do enjoy the older episodes more, though, I watched them as they newly aired, so nostalgia kicks in too and "clouds" my opinion. In addition, there was stuff the series did back then that just doesn't happen anymore, eg. the 3-part Sabrina arc... a gym leader being possessed by evil spirits and turning Brock and Misty to dolls? Timeless. Ash having to dress up like a girl to get into a gym? Timeless.

I also liked the old Ash. He was so charmingly noobish, and that was very entertaining. As I understand it, not many fans liked that Ash, because he was a jerk most of the time. (but I thought that too, was entertaining)

Anyways, though I did enjoy the early D/P episodes, I thought a lot of them were a little meh. I was disappointed with the Roark gym battle, too. Roark just came off as plain to me...

but, the newer episodes are pure gold. Gardenia is hilarious, Hunter J is awesome, and Gary's back.
 
fate said:
Whether the older episodes were better or not is subjective. I myself do enjoy the older episodes more, though, I watched them as they newly aired, so nostalgia kicks in too and "clouds" my opinion. In addition, there was stuff the series did back then that just doesn't happen anymore, eg. the 3-part Sabrina arc... a gym leader being possessed by evil spirits and turning Brock and Misty to dolls? Timeless. Ash having to dress up like a girl to get into a gym? Timeless.

I also liked the old Ash. He was so charmingly noobish, and that was very entertaining. As I understand it, not many fans liked that Ash, because he was a jerk most of the time. (but I thought that too, was entertaining)

Anyways, though I did enjoy the early D/P episodes, I thought a lot of them were a little meh. I was disappointed with the Roark gym battle, too. Roark just came off as plain to me...

but, the newer episodes are pure gold. Gardenia is hilarious, Hunter J is awesome, and Gary's back.
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i woud have to agree with fate the older episodes were betar and the newer episodes of D/P are good
 
fate said:
Anyways, though I did enjoy the early D/P episodes, I thought a lot of them were a little meh. I was disappointed with the Roark gym battle, too. Roark just came off as plain to me...
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I know what you mean. That gym battle had it's own w wing on the Fail Boat. I wanted to hit Ash so hard while watching him loss to Roark not once, but TWICE!
 
The first series was so good! The second was to. I think it was better when Misty pulled Brock's ear than when Max was or when Croagunk uses Poison Jab on him. I miss Totodile! They should've kept him instead of Aipom!
 
The battles are alot better, but the side stories are at an all time cheesy.
 
Voices

The actors and actress voices are trying to sound like the others but just horrorable. Thats why I stop watching the show. Plus The anime isn't what ist was before.I miss those good times.Whan Poke'mon had a meaning.Now it was lost in that shallow abyss.
 
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