I did... sort of. Actually, I missed a good dozen during Johto League Champions... but I think I caught them on Youtube a few years back. But to be relevant, I caught most of them during their original run.It seems like just about everyone originally gave up on the show at some point in Johto.
Here's a question:
Did anyone here actually watch all the Johto episodes in their original run? I'm quite curious if anyone made it through all of Johto when it was "brand new" and airing for the first time.
Oh yeah, I remember that. It got to the point where Pokemon was their "big hit" at the time and even went as far as making a contest during the two parter with Kyogre/Groudon (although, let's face it, TG arc was better... even though it was lacking).I remember KidsWB hyped up the Hoenn episodes by airing the first two episodes about 7 months before Johto even ended. KidsWB actually still promoted the hell out of the show even in the Hoenn era, and then came the big switch to Cartoon Network with Battle Frontier and the new PUSA voices.
No kidding. But, I do love it when you can watch the episodes and every now and again it contains some kind of blurp that tells you about what was on at the time. It's a little something I like about the "online" episodes.You have to admit that by not following these eps in their original run, you kind of miss out on everything that was going on in the fandom at the time. Even though anyone can now catch up on these episodes and watch them now, it still won't have the same impact as if you were watching them when they were airing for the first time.
And how did it turn out to be false? While some of the fillers were dull, it was one of the better arcs of the series. Even Team Rocket and Brock got good screentime in Battle Frontier. Ash had his most fully evolved team at the time, (again, until we got into late DP), and if you never watched some of the Frontier Brains/Contests that region, its kinda sad. You don't actually realize how boring the contest rivalries in DP are (excluding Ursula of course) until you go back and watch some of those older contests. Then you'll see why everyone complained.Battle Frontier I skipped altogther and just read the highlights on serebi since it looked interesting at first but turned out to be false.
KidsWB promoted the hell out of it. I remember how they aired Movie 7 on Saturday Mornings too. I believe that was the only movie to actually air on the KidsWB block.Oh yeah, I remember that. It got to the point where Pokemon was their "big hit" at the time and even went as far as making a contest during the two parter with Kyogre/Groudon (although, let's face it, TG arc was better... even though it was lacking).
Well most of JLC was filler. Johto filler at its worse. I think there are only 20 episodes from that season that are actually important, the other batch are all filler.The only reason why I missed out on most of JLC was mainly because I was part of Scouts (the Canadian equivalent to Boy Scouts), and they'd have regular camps every few weekends. Guess when they'd air new Pokemon episodes? Yup...
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Actually my break in Johto might be longer, i just remember watching the league lol and some episode here and there... but yeah i lost interest of the show right there and returned until Hoenn introduced new characters and stuff. Probably the longest, for how many years Johto was going?CyberCubed said:It seems like just about everyone originally gave up on the show at some point in Johto.
And how did it turn out to be false? While some of the fillers were dull, it was one of the better arcs of the series. Even Team Rocket and Brock got good screentime in Battle Frontier. Ash had his most fully evolved team at the time, (again, until we got into late DP), and if you never watched some of the Frontier Brains/Contests that region, its kinda sad. You don't actually realize how boring the contest rivalries in DP are (excluding Ursula of course) until you go back and watch some of those older contests. Then you'll see why everyone complained.
Well I was having a fallout with Pokemon at the time, I was just disappointed that the Battle Frontier wasn't as unique with using special rules or battling a powerful trainers before the brains. I admit I would have loved to see Ash use rental Pokemon to win serious battles. From what I saw the BF were gym leaders using some legendaries. That's why I was disappointed in the BF, but I will spend some time to watch it when I find the time, that's all. It's not like I flat out said the BF was so horrible like you do with Johto. I just choose to see the highlights on how everything turned out. Some of the few battles I actually watched were May's GF vs Drew and Solidad.
I never really did understand why they did away with the special BF rules, but after that initial surprise I didn't care so much. Battle Frontier also brought back lots of Ash's old Pokemon that hadn't been used since Johto.Well I was having a fallout with Pokemon at the time, I was just disappointed that the Battle Frontier wasn't as unique with using special rules or battling a powerful trainers before the brains.
Why would that bother you? Noland used Articuno and Brandon had the 3 Regi's, but you're acting like that was a bad thing.From what I saw the BF were gym leaders using some legendaries. That's why I was disappointed in the BF,
True. I admit I do feel bad for skipping the BF, Because I really do enjoy most of Ash's battles and May's contest. From what I saw from the highlights it was better then other saga's. But Like I said the only one's I have actually saw were May's Grand Festival and some of the Brain battles, Recently I saw the Regis and Anabel, I've been watching out of order. And I don't mind them using Legendaries either, I thought it was about time. Once I get some real time off my jobs I plan on rewatching some old sagas and finishing the BF saga. Truthfully I've just gotten back into Pokemon after a long absence, Kinda embrassing huh?I never really did understand why they did away with the special BF rules, but after that initial surprise I didn't care so much. Battle Frontier also brought back lots of Ash's old Pokemon that hadn't been used since Johto.
Why would that bother you? Noland used Articuno and Brandon had the 3 Regi's, but you're acting like that was a bad thing.
Seeing Ash's Charizard be strong enough to go head to head with an Articuno was not only impressive, but it showed that Charizard's training wasn't for nothing and he was actually growing stronger.
I tried to, but I think on a few occasions, Kids WB would make some unannounced schedule change. There was also a matter of Digimon being on at the same time, but I might've resolved that on some weeks either by watching one of the shows air an encore later that week (did they have encores? Digimon might've), or taping one of them and watching the other on a different TV. Meh, my memory's foggy, but I do remember managing to watch almost all of Jouto's Engish dub as it was airing, with just a few select episodes missing (I think some of the key ones missing were around when the dub title changed from Johto Journeys to Johto League Champions).It seems like just about everyone originally gave up on the show at some point in Johto.
Here's a question:
Did anyone here actually watch all the Johto episodes in their original run? I'm quite curious if anyone made it through all of Johto when it was "brand new" and airing for the first time.
although I did stick out all of Jouto, the ridiculous string of fillers in Johto League Champions was really turning me off (not only that, but I think there was a summer of reruns occuring sometime after Bayleaf's evolution and Kecleon makings its premier). One day, I felt that I didn't check up on Japanese spoilers in a while, but when I finally did, I was kinda looking forward to what lay ahead. They'd finally get to the next Gym... which would actually lead to the Whirl Islands, featuring a Lugia mini-arc. Sometime after that was done, Fushigidane would finally leave, Satoshi would get an egg with a Gomazou, and some other things as the arc finally approached its end (though I don't think I spoiled the league, yet). I was even more excited when I found downloads of the Japanese openings for the first time, including the spoilering Ready, Go! It was pretty awesome, making it seem like Satoshi would get a Yogiras, practically all of his reserve roster being there, etc. Little did I know, at least some of that would be a disappointment. Hell, I'll never forget how when the dub actually did get to Ash getting Phanpy, the episode in question was very crappy (Ash runs around trying to get a Pokemon he just hatched into a ball -_-). Maybe it was the spoilers, but as much as I wanted things of relevance happening through all of Jouto, I then realized that important episodes don't always equate to good episodes (and let this be a lesson to anyone else reading this).I never really did stop watching entirely.
Like most people, I almost originally gave up on the show back at the mid-point of Johto. Both Charizard and Squirtle had left Ash's roster (which at the time, we didn't know if they would come back), the GS ball was dropped with no closure, and all those tedious Johto fillers were coming in at full force.
I decided to stick with Johto in hopes it'd get better, (to be fair, the tail-end of Johto was an improvement), and went from there.
So I can't say I ever did stop watching, and I have actually seen every episode of the show at least once. But Johto was truly the only time where I was *really* tempted to give up for good. I'm glad I stuck with it though.
I did. I enjoyed them, too. The first time I ever heard the theme of Johto Journeys, I became absolutely entwined with the series. I never skipped a weekend episode during Johto. I don't remember the Johto saga being as horrible as everyone here seems to repeatedly accuse it of being. Seems like a lot of exaggeration to me most of the time.It seems like just about everyone originally gave up on the show at some point in Johto.
Here's a question:
Did anyone here actually watch all the Johto episodes in their original run? I'm quite curious if anyone made it through all of Johto when it was "brand new" and airing for the first time.