Suppose there were a live action Pokemon TV show...

[FlamingRuby]

..what do you think it would be like?

Now, before you groan and gripe about how awful such a thing would be, let us assume the following:

--Said show is made by a crew that knows what they're doing
--The actors look and sound as close to the original characters as possible
--The Pokemon and attacks would be rendered in CGI (with the exception of Legendaries, most Pokemon would be plushies unless called to battle)

Assuming the above is true, I would see such a show as relatively faithful to the anime, with elements from the games and manga thrown in for good measure, as well as brand new regions and storylines. But there would be a few changes from the anime, the biggest being:

--Misty and Brock reside in Pallet
--Team Rocket is actually a threat (even Jessie, James, and Meowth would do some damage)
--The humans do a bit of fighting too (Live Ash doing karate, anyone?)

 

[~Sirnight~]

That would be cool, but I could only see the Pokemon CGed

 

[FlamingRuby]

That's exactly what I think too...

As for the soundtrack of such a show, would it be classics from the anime, brand new songs, or a little of both?

 

[Wandering Rhythmical Phoenix]

Game music, done by a symphony would be better.
And, The sorta did a Live Action pokemon....
Pokemon On Ice...

 

[[Kingdra]]

I guess they could do it but it would be unrealistic

 

[Spock]

Let's not go there

 

[Airslash]

Since I haven't got any volumes of the manga yet, I always imagine it live action. Its harder to imagine the cuter pokemon live action, however.

 

[Charizard86]

You'd have to think about the fur textures too. We've never seen a highly details realistic Pikachu before. With realistix fur on it's body it might look a lot less 'cute'.

 

[The Organizer]

i would hate it, it would be lame to watch pokemon is DEAD living only in peoples thoughts, IMO the only reason pokemon lives is because of the good games,

 

[Geodude]

Who would be the actors? Steve Martin would make a great Professor Oak.

 

[intergalactic platypus]

I don't think they could ever pull it off. CGI pokemon would look horrible...

 

[T. Alva]

--The humans do a bit of fighting too (Live Ash doing karate, anyone?)

you killed it right there...and it was sounding pretty good.

 

[PDL]

I'd only watch it if the pokemon were muppets

 

[Seija]

Dunno

Luna, etc in Live Action Sailor Moon was part CG, part plushie. That just made it look ghetto. It's either all CG or nothing.

 

[Eileen]

lol. I saw this at BMGf... Here is what I posted.

It would be funny, but it would cost alot of money... and it requires alot of 3D rendering, motion capture, and etc. wow...


=/

 

[zuloon]

The plushie thing is kind of dumb in my opinion, but it could work. Given the choice, though, I'd watch the anime.

 

[Captain Brain]

I think it would be better if they made a Pokemon spin-off series where technology has advanced so much that trainers can travel to where :386-s: lives and train/battle there as well as other places throughout the galaxy.;025;

 

[Jupetta]

It would be awkward and most of the Pokémon would seem unrealistic and strnge even with the most advanced CGI out there.

I'd only watch it if the pokemon were muppets

And make Banette even cuter?
~;354;

 

[SHUCKLE MAN]

This is one that I will have think about for a long time.

 

[Metal Force]

that would be pretty cool, anyway i want to see them in different clothes everyday you know like real life (red this day ..tomorrow blue...the day after it green ..... the day after it back to red <-- something like this)