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.