Edward Elric said:
Anywho, to hell what you guys think. Glory Day > Pokémon Count. Count was nothing but a damn rehash of Pokémon Ondo. A bad one. Glory Day's quite possibly the best ending theme to come from AG.
even if it's a bit catchy, I can't say Glory Day was my favorite ending. I'm very used to my anime ending off with a slow, melodramatic tune, and as such, Smile suits me perfectly. Though, I can agree with you on Pokemon Count, I never was too fond of it. Whether Glory Day's my favorite or not, whether I thought we got enough of it at the end of Houen or not, it's nice to see Pokemon Count get replaced, and may its run as ending go down in history as the darkest moment in Advanced Generation (funny how it ends right when Battle Frontier's starting to get decent). Though, it kinda baffles me why they're using an old song with a new animation (I'm aware that Polka o Dolka and Ippai Summer replaced endings for a brief while, but, I don't know, Glory Day seems to have lived its run, just as Smile did. It was the ending when Challenger!! was still the opening for crying out loud, plus, it's not as though Smile returned with its scenes completely revamped). Could it be that they're now running out of ideas for music? They did rehash an old song, afterall (Pokemon Ondo). But wait, that can't be right, because Battle Frontier's a recent song, and it kicks a**.
BTW, no one else mentioned it, but you know how at some point, Glory Day's lyrics changed? Well, it seems as though with this new ending, the lyrics have returned to what they were the first time.
Boy, Battle Frontier for the opening, Glory Day for the ending, hell, just not having Pokemon Count for the ending, and though it's still no Ookido Lecture, the new Pokemon Trivia Quiz, featuring more interesting puzzles and a lyricless version of Maemuki Rocket Dan, seems a lot better than the crap Takeshi used to host. Overall, the content for the intro and outro for these episodes have gotten to be great. If only it were like that when Battle Frontier was starting out and really really sucked, would've made my viewing experience of the episodes much more pleasant.