Pocket Monsters: The Origin
 

I haven't been this excited for anything Pokémon related in a long time! :D

It's set to premiere on October 2, 2013 in Japan on TVTokyo. So far there's been no word yet on an English release date.

Wow! Pretty cool. Hopefully it gets a US release.

I'm hoping this does well enough that they either make a new series, or else keep making these one-off specials every so often. I'd absolutely love to get some Pokemon animation that falls more in line with the manga.

Honestly, after watch the first two seasons of the OG show with my nephew in the last few months, I think I'm just bitter about how toned down the new episodes are and how horrific the new voice acting is for the current anime. Probably late to the party with those particular complaints, but I haven't watched the show since the original run.

Thinking back to the original Pokemon game makes me feel really old. For whatever reason, Ninja Turtles nostalgia doesn't. Then I think back to how long it's been since the first Pokemon game and I realize how much time has passed since it came out.

An episode of the anime that DOESN'T (seem to) SUCK?

I'm in, it looks really cool! Kinda wish they'd just reboot the anime but I know they probably wouldn't...

Its a one-off special according to Serebii.net.

The main anime series has the XY anime announced with Ash coming back as the lead let again. I find it amusing all the Misty/Brock fans are pissing themselves over this special, even though the game/manga versions of them aren't the same as the anime versions.

I've been dying to see what Pokemon would look like if it were handled with a bit more tact and maturity, as well as seeing classic Red/Blue/Green era characters come to life. I like the look of Brock in this, he looks more natural.

I'm looking forward to this, big fan of pretty much anything Pokemon that isn't the anime (though I do tend to enjoy the movies)

*Still waiting for someone to finish translating Pokemon ReBURST


Though as much as I love red, Hareta still holds a place in my heart as best Pokemon protagonist



Which manga you guys talking about? there are alot of them out

Not really. There's pretty much a single manga based on the games in NA.

There are three mangas based on the games in the US

Genji's Rescue Team (though technically this is based on a spin-off game)
Pokemon Adventure /Special
Pokemon Diamon and Pearl Adventures (not to be confused with the above)


Just remember, Pokemon Adventure/Special is not "THE" manga

I'm looking forward to this. It seems cool that we are getting a more Game accurate Pokemon anime, with the awesome Red.

I've noticed that Red is the only trainer that Nintendo cares about.

He was in Pokemon:
Red, blue and yellow
Gold, silver and platinum
Heart Gold and soul silver
Black 2 and White 2.

wow looks pretty badass look forward to seeing this, I pray that they make an awesome english version.

The dubbed version will be available online on Nintendo's Pokemon TV streaming thing starting Nov 15th.

Incidentally it's now a mini-series as there are now FOUR episodes.

http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-ne...ce-2013-09-25/

Awesome!:D

I really hope that if this is successful, they'll make a new anime based on it.

They won't. At most you can expect another movie to follow the Johto protagonists and then the Hoenn ones after that.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. This special doesn't seem to go much further beyond Brock's gym, so if there are other specials, I'd prefer them to be a continuation of this one.

You're basing that on what? The fact that it only shows Brock in the trailer? Unless Red's Charmander evolves into a Charizard before or during the first gym battle, I would think your assumption is entirely wrong.

With four episodes I know it'll cover more then Brocks gym.

Yeah the trailer shows Giovanni, Lance and Mewtwo so its most likely covering the entire Kanto story.

All the other Gym leaders will probably be glossed over in a quick montage since there's no time to cover them all. I'm just glad because it means Misty won't get much screentime compared to Brock.

Will this be available on Nintendo video? I want to watch it on my 3DS

Just saw this last night. Its like Pok'emon's Ultimate Universe. More accurate to the games,huh? Definitely interesting. Gary chose Squirtle i this version as well. That is one I would have chosen. Anyway, we see Brock,Lance, and Giovanni along with Gary/Blue and Oak. Definitely worth a watch. Wonder what brought on this mini-series? It will be interesting to see a miniseries go through the original games.

I think a mini series based on ruby and sapphire would be epic.

6 New Commercials For Pokémon: The Origin
 

For the last time this is a movie, only the dub is splitting it into 4 episodes.

This is not a series. If we get another movie it will probably cover the Gold/Silver games, and maybe a Hoenn one after that. But for right now this movie is all there is.

For a guy who's wrong all the time you sure do get annoyed by people being mistaken about something.

Because people need to stop acting like the regular anime with Ash is getting replaced by this new one, it's not. They already revealed the XY anime with Ash, Team Rocket, and 3 new travel companions.

This is a standalone movie. If they make another one it'll probably cover the other generations and those new protagonists.

The regular anime has just reached its 800th episode. It's hard to believe the Pokemon anime has gone on 800 episodes with Ash as the main character with the same setup from the start.

Maybe, but there is something classic about Kanto. I would not mind Hoenn games adapted either. Would not care beyond that though. I am curious if Red will beat the Elite Four or how it will be resolved. Its cool they are making a sort of thank you to us adults who were ther at the beginning.

This is clearly not going to replace the anime which is fine by me, but I do hope it's successful and we get one on other gens. I do think it's probably four OVA'sj sewed together as a movie from the way that Pokemon TV is splitting it up while the story obviously continues it has a somewhat of a conclusion in each part. I'm guessing Part 1 will cover the beginning and exploring the world and go all the way up to defeating Brock after that the next two episodes will deal with getting the rest of the world/gym badges/team Rocket and see Ash's team grow and the last episode will be Elite 4/Mewtwo. It probably won't cover the Sevii islands but not that important. I think four episodes for the original game is probably good but they might be rushing a lot if they try to do the other games that actually have a beefier story.

One for each gen would definitely be awesome. The animated trailer for BW2 was stellar.

True, but I wonder if they'll do it. Kanto/Gen 1 gets the special treatment because it was the start of the franchise. The other gens will never have that level of importance.

Also I'm sure this movie costs a lot to make, so I'm not sure if they'll just randomly cover the other gens.

Just watched it, pretty good

it is what you expect it to be, highlight major parts of the game and gives you a summary of the other parts/filler

what it does hit is

So they just had to stick an XY advertisement in this instead of keeping it a strictly Gen 1 special? Why am I not surprised?

Where/When did you see it?

You expected anything different?

not like it took anything away from it

thing is post game of Red and Blue is so blank, you could of done anything with it...could of had him finding a Chikorita and it would of made just as much sense

hell, I'm just glad Red didn't throw a Master Ball at Mewtwo and be done with it


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No, I'm basing my assumption on that it's only an hour and 49 minutes, last I heard.

I am aware of the inclusion of Charizard, as well as the appearances of Lance and Giovanni (how they're implemented, exactly, I'm not sure). But there's no way they could cram more than one gym battle unless they gloss over all the stuff that comes before Brock's gym (and stuff that happens in-between gym battles).

My main point is that this can't contain the entire story of Red's journey unless it's incredibly abridged to the point of synopsis (and if you didn't understand that that was my point, then you've completely misinterpreted my post). You can go ahead and believe it'll have all 8 gym battles, taking down Team Rocket, the Elite Four battles, the final battle with Green, and everything that comes in-between the battles if you want... but I think it's pretty ludicrous to expect that to happen in an hour and 49 minutes and still be coherent.

Well, that's definitely going to be edited. It also makes me feel bad about battling Pokémon... =;^;=

The special actually wasn't as enjoyable as I thought it would be. It was obviously very rushed trying to cram the whole Kanto game into a 2 hour thing, but even still.

You act as though you have seen it. Has it even been released in Japan yet?It will not air dubbed until November 15th.

What is up with Squirtle kissing Charmander's cheek to beat him in battle?:ohwell: