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I miss contests, nothing has filled the void.
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Things you miss about the old Pokémon anime (early anime)
- Thread starter Emboar_Rulez
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- 2020 anime ash pokemon anime
RLC
Well-Known Member
this so much! contests were always as entertaining as pokemon battles, it was always a treat to watch an episode revolving around them and was the only non-pokemon battle competition/goal to get me super excited, things like pokemon performances, dragon master, pokemon connssiuer and all of the SM cast goals just didn't do it for me in the same way. Don't get me wrong tho they were arite but idk they just never filled that spot the way contests had
RLC
Well-Known Member
would be a lie to say a thought like this hasn't crossed my mind but imo i think it's different enough to be separated from contests
Emboar_Rulez
Pokémon Master (Kinda)
Poke ringer
Leonhart
Imagineer
PorcelainVulpix said:
The humor is definitely lacking in recent sagas from my perspective. SM tried very hard to make the audience laugh, and maybe a good chunk of the younger viewers did, but I hardly found those episodes funny. I found SM's style of comedy to be too exaggerated and centered around facial gags more than clever writing.
Sonnas
Well-Known Member
Or just slapstick in general.
Are most of SM's episodes just on comedy in general?
Pokegirl Fan~
Liko>>>>>Ash
Probably because the OS-DP felt more like one big series connected to each other while BW onwards feels more alienated and like a different series altogether.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Pretty much the off-the-wall humor during Kanto such as the sliced Magikarp dish.
Now it's just cheap comedy trying to reference other (better) anime just to say, "See? We're relevant!"
Now it's just cheap comedy trying to reference other (better) anime just to say, "See? We're relevant!"
Bortgreen
Captain Pikachu is EPIC
The battle round was the best part imo
Pokegirl Fan~
Liko>>>>>Ash
Also the voting system in showcases is a big difference compared to contests and its terribly flawed compared to having contest judges.
Leonhart
Imagineer
Sonnas said:
I don't know how I'd classify SM's comedy style, but I just found some of the comedy scenes forced and not genuinely funny. I think that I preferred OS's style of comedy writing at the beginning because a lot of the jokes seemed more natural like the various puns that were used back then that made more sense in Japanese than in English.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
It was a representation of how corrupt and biased the system was. No one can succeed when pitted against the Hannah Montana version of Pokemon, who only needs to lift a finger to win.
(Seriously. When her name was announced, everyone BUT the confused main characters stood up. That was not going to end well for Serena.)
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Captain Jigglypuff
*On Vacation. Go Away!*
I sort of miss James cross dressing as part of TRio’s plan to steal Pikachu and other Pokémon. Also any time that TRio wore disguises that were truly brilliant and not obvious such as the school girls giving away free SS Anne tickets or the Egg Merchants during the episode where Togepi hatched. That always gave an element of surprise and showed the viewers why Giovanni never fired them despite all of their failures and large amount of money they used to buy and build huge mechabots on a daily basis.
Leonhart
Imagineer
Captain Jigglypuff said:
Musashi and Kojirou cross-dressing was one of my favorite things about them in OS, and it's a shame that they stopped doing that. I always got a chuckle over the fact that Musashi and Kojirou would usually dress up as the opposite gender and subvert gender roles by doing so. They were ahead of their time.
PorcelainVulpix
currently watching LOK
I think the OS was good with having good locations to base their episodes off of like the town for the ghost of maidens peak, or the blimp in that episode when ash thought he won free tickets and of course TR was good at cross dressing to fit the theme of the location and episode.
Bortgreen
Captain Pikachu is EPIC
Their VAs said they would cross dress again, but nothing yet
PorcelainVulpix
currently watching LOK
I miss the snark in the early dub. Was just trying to rewatch some of the SM dub episodes and it reminded why I prefer the subs.
Leonhart
Imagineer
PorcelainVulpix said:
One thing that I liked about the Kanto series was that it included a lot of interesting locations. It gave us interesting anime-exclusive places like Neon Town from the Purin debut episode, and Gunjou City from the power plant episode. For the most part the Kanto series handled in-game locations well too, with the exception of Sekichiku City, which for some reason wasn't actually seen until AG.