the ash's mortality criteria is so real because ash dying and being physically harmed or in dangerous situations was an extremely critical part of my enjoyment of the anime as a kid
The mewtwo from the black and white movies is confirmed to be a different mewtwo from the original movie which is why Ash knew who she was a mewtwo but mewtwo didn't know who Ash was. She was created by team flare that's why she can mega evolve. she also has a special episode that features that eeveelutions trainer from the gen 5 anime
@@shibomi1 I still call it mewthree! But I also call it Newtwo as well. Btw watch Mew and Mewtwo comic dramas, they gave that Mewtwo a ✨ *GLOW UP* ✨, but also a shiny Mewtwo sun, but glow up!
@@Sybry605 No it was team flare because they wear special glasses and they gave mewtwo mega evolution which was not possible for team plasma because there are no mega stones in unova. But team plasma did make the Genesect's however
The reason Hoopa sucked so much is because the executives ruined it. It was supposed to be a comfy movie about Hoopa finding its way in the world and being taught how to fit in by its caretakers, but then some executives came along and they said, "we've got these games called Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire coming out and you can catch all these legendaries in them, so we're going to need you to go ahead and put a Legendary Pokemon kaiju battle in your movie to make kids buy our games." That's why the kaijus just stop the movie dead, they're a plot tumor of the worst kind. The sad part is that the movie they wanted to make would probably have been good, but no, we've got to have money, so we get the worst one instead. Volcanion had so little meddling that it makes me think even the executives realize how badly they destroyed the Hoopa movie with their crap.
Honestly, that explanation summarises a lot of late stage Pokemon: It could have been really good, but it has to be milked for every last cent, regardless of how that impacts the quality. Hopefully ZA is the Volcanion of the games.
13:28 I kinda wished you discussed the plot a tiny bit for this because if a new viewer saw this they probably wouldnt realize that the joke was they are the same movie. Also the fact that Pokemon went kinda hard with the "parralel worlds" theme with Black and White which is why we have two versions of the same movie
I have never seen either of them, and had to rewind, but I immediately thought "What?? Did they make the same movie twice?" Haha I thought the joke was funny and I understood what was happening :)
Hi there o/ Gen 1 Pokefan here that hasn't seen any movies since the ones in part 1 of this series. I DEFINITELY had to double take because I thought he skipped an entire movie, which I thought was the joke ^^; I had no idea there were two versions of the same movie
I have a deep hate for the Hoopa movie NOT just because it's bad, but because I want on a 5 hour road trip and my brother was watching the movie, but for an hour straight he kept rewinding the same 2 minute scene and it was driving me absolutely insane.
Fun fact about The Rise of Darkrai. Lickilicky’s Japanese name is Berobeton. Baron Alberto (or Aruberuto in the Japanese pronunciation) fusing with his Berobeton was purely for the “Baron Berobeton” joke, and I find that funny.
That part in the Volcanian movie where Meowth was translating Magearnas heart while she was tortured, saying she was crying and suffering. Then, after when they used the weapon, Magearnas' heart died, and Meowth started crying cause he couldn't hear her anymore. Dang, Pokemon, why are you doing this to me!😭
I’m actually really happy that victini and reshiram got such a high rating, as that was my favorite movie growing up and it’s still one of my favorites to this day (tied with mystery of mew because I think the tree of beginning is cool and it has Cradily in it) Though I like the victini and zekrom version slightly more because Damien has a Reuniclus in that version and Reuniclus is a peak Pokémon.
Finally, someone else who understands my blinding hatred of Hoopa. You'd think a movie prominently featuring Shiny Mega Rayquaza would be interesting, but it's somehow sleep inducing. Honestly an incredible feat of filmmaking
it's usually the most hated pokemon movie lol which is too bad because it looks stunning with the xy art style and I'm not even a fan of the bw/xy designs
The Darkrai Movie was definitely my main Pokemon movie as a kid. And I vividly remember being so hyped up with the Cartoon Network trailers for Arceus. Still remember coming home that day and waiting. I think the Zoroark Movie was the last Pokemon movie I ever watched. I have no idea whats in store after.
@@samjackson3700 they two different versions of the same movie with the same story but the Legendary pokemon being different and backstory being different after that everything goes exactly the same.
If I remember, the reason why the three legendary dogs show up is because Zoroark is disguising herself as easy of them to hunt down celebi for the villain who somehow accidentally got the power to see the future and craves more of it
9:03 the way i completely nerded out thinking that the Dragon Force could be Zygarde's influence since it radiates across the ground and is green and Zygarde dragon type
Rise of Darkrai and Zoroark Master of illusions are the 2 best ones for me personally, they are arguably with best action, animation and well flashed out characters (Arceus movie was cool as well)
Bro really gave ash almost freezing to death a 5/5 but ash almost getting wiped from existence a 4/5 LMAO. You really wanted to give the Victini movie a 20/20 didnt you
@@komi___ I mean dying from carbon monoxide poisoning doesnt feel like much, doesnt change the fact that your dead lol, so I dont agree with your point
For the former, Ash, at least according to the review, _did_ freeze to death, but got revived momentarily afterwards. While Ash _almost_ got erased from existance in the latter case, but didn't fully (he was still moving and conscious when the un-erasing happened). So the difference between him being dead for any length of time and him _not_ being dead for any length of time is the difference between a 5/5 and a 4/5 on the mortality scale regardless of the scope of the danger.
@@christiancinnabars1402 Nah pretty sure it was never confirmed that he was dead and got revived, might be something he made up but pretty sure it was never confirmed to be like that
I loved the last part when I watched it last week. You’ve got a knack for writing and editing. Not trying to hard to fish for jokes, you just let them come naturally. Good stuff man
"Giratina and the sky warrior" was the only Pokémon movie that aired on TV in my country while I was growing up. I cannot explain the power this movie had over me. I was obsessed! I loved the imagery, the plot, the cute little hedgehog pokemon! I dreamed about being Shaymin and flying around my neighborhood! Nostalgia talking 100% but it's still my favorite pokemon movie!
I genuinly am confused how the Sinnoh movies spaced out the theme songs, cause sinnoh has 4 theme songs/Seasons I think, but the Darkrai Movie has "We will be heroes" as the theme song despite being the first movie, entirely skipping the first theme song, so now I wonder what happened for the next 3 movies and what their songs were. Or maybe the zoroark movie just didn't have a theme song.
I had to look it up to believe that they literally made the same Victini movie twice except they changed who the main dragon was. That's so wild and stupid lmao
you got a different version based on which theater you went to, it was genius in it's marketing but if you watch it on streaming then it's stupid since you are only supposed to watch one version of it..
The Volcanion movie is funny! So much slapstick potential in Ash being dragged around by a giant steampunk monster with the temperament of a grumpy grandpa, and they take full advantage of it!
A lot of people hate on the victini movie but that film installed both my love for macaroons and victini into me that I can't help but love it even if it's mainly nostalgia talking
I dont know who you are. you randomly dropped in my reccomended feed. but the two parts you've made of this three part series have been great. really makes me want to go rewatch some of these movies I havent seen in 10 years or whatnot. (i was shocked at how much I just didnt remember in some of them. haha.) great pacing. great sense of humor. whats not to love? will definitely be here for part 3 whever it drops (if youtube permits it. the algorithm can be wonky and just not show you stuff from your sub feed sometimes...) hope you're having a good day man. you definitely made mine a bit brighter.
I wonder if anyone in the comments mentioned Mewtwo Returns, which is like the sequel to Pokemon the First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, the movie where Mewtwo is hiding out in a crater lake in the Johto region and Giovanni tries to mess with his tropical paradise where he is hanging out with his clone pokemon friends. Anyway, if that wasn't on your list, you should check it out.
The Pokemon Go Sinnoh event earlier this year got me to rewatch “The Rise of Darkrai” it’s possibly my favorite (Gen 4 movies connecting was peak) And Yeah the Baron licking Jessie was WILD Also The Bangles did the ending song Crazy
Great video, but they actually started the process of integrating new Pokémon in Gen 1. Ho-Oh, Togepi and Marill were in the show, Togepi also in the first movie. The second movie featured only Togepi, Lugia and Slowking and was the second Gen 1 movie. The anime was in the orange islands season during the time of release in japan. The new games (Silver and Gold) released 3 month after "Pokémon the Movie 2000", which btw isn't the japanese nor the german name of the movie (I'm german). literal translations: Jp: Pocket Monsters the Movie: The Phantom Pokémon - Lugia's Explosive Birth De: Pokémon: The Power of One (Pokémon: Die Macht des Einzelnen)
The dragon force is from the dragon vein concept in taoism/onmyou/feng shui. So it's very in theme with how the zekrom and reshiram represented the duality in yin and yang. And in taoism and friends there's this concept of everything being composed of 5 elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. And the elements interact with eachother in two? different ways, one being reinforcing and the other being reactive. So probably what happens is that the ancient battle between the two dragons caused probably 2 of the elements in the dragon force to become overactive and break the balance of the five elements flowing through the dragon force so that they flow in the reactive way, causing destruction to the land. and the castle acts sort of like some kind of massive sword shaped acupuncture needle that acupunctures the pressure point of the land to rebalance it or something. Like the basics of fengshui is to get the 5 elements balanced and flowing properly which causes them to reinforce eachother and be like an infinite good vibes generator or whatever.
gotta say, found this and part 1 on a whim and im obsessed. ive not watched a lot of the movies (darkrai/zoroak being the only two ive owned and loved to death) but these videos have made me determined to watch the entire anime and movies with my boyfriend (we had to stop due to my uni work and other shows whoops) im loving this content and will definitely have a dive into your channel. looking forward to part 3 dude!!
I personally disagree with your thoughts on hoopa and the clash of ages; but I completely understand from where you and most people come from. It’s not my favorite by far, but for me it’s kind of just dumb fun.
absolutely obsessed with this series. you have a really engaging way of narrating, the art is so cute and fun, your editing is fantastic, and your jokes are impecable and never go too fast to catch or linger too long. when i saw you only had three videos, i was simultaneously devastated, because i cant spend the next month watching, and delighted, because i can now say ive been here from the beginning. anyways, long story short? im obsessed and cant wait to see what else you decide to do. good luck
I kid you not, I had completely forgotten that Darkrai was in the first movie, despite his name literally being in the title. Guess It's hard not to be overshadowed by the Gods of Time and Space. Also can't tell if Pokémon the Movie: White was a joke or not.
pokemon black and white movies are both with the same story but slight different elements in them, essentially two different versions of the same movie will play based on the theater (in japan don't know about world wide) you went to.
Haven't watched the video yet but I literally watched the other one this morning during breakfast, so cool to see there's a new one for lunch haha. Your voice is very nice to listen to!!
I'm genuinely surprised how many of the movies from this era I'd seen: all the gen 4 and two of the 6 movies. I was NOT watching either of the anime series at the time. They must've aired on tv or something...? In other news, still hotly anticipating/dreading your thoughts on The Power of Us. IMO it is by far the best movie in the series. If not for Pokemon the Origin, it would be the single best piece of animated pokemon content.
Another banger Marker video 👏👏 Hoopa and Keldeo are my two most hated pokemon so thank you for the validation. Also volcanian movie is totally underrated it was SO FREAKING CUTE 🫶
Here I go again, rating the pokemon movies based solely off of the vibes I remember. Now for the era I grew up with: Rise of Darkrai- 11/10- Is it as objectively good as Unown or Mystery of Mew? Nope. Am I gonna give it the same score because of nostalgia. Absolutely! In all seriousness, I think after watching this like two years ago I really came to appreciate the surprising quality these movies hold, especially relative to the anime at the time. The location is beautiful, the soundtrack is godly (the Darkrai theme has me ascend to godhood), the setpieces and scale are otherworldly, the action is epic, the emotion is impeccable. I could write a whole ass essay on why I think this movie is an amazing work of art...I won't but TLDR my favourite of the pokemon movies. And yea 800% of that is nostalgia and bias Giratina and the Sky Warrior -8/10- This featuring my favourite pokemon, Giratina and portraying it as a menace to society, earns it a bonus point. Also the title is awesome. Doesn't possess the same epic scale as the last one but it's rally damn enjoyable. Love how sassy Shaymin is in its base form and that dynamic with Ash, Giratina is awesome and as flat as Zero is, he is a delightfully evil character. Good pacing, good action and surprisingly funny. Love how Team Rocket end up being that guy's right hand man. Yes this is nostalgia again Jewel of Life- 7/10- What if Ash went back in time to meet Yugi Muto to stop god destroying the world. I appreciate how they made this one a trilogy, it does feel a bit off with the way the previous stories tie into this one but it's really cool they bothered at all. The kaiju fights at the beginning are cool but the later ones are relegated to off-screen. Arceus is less of a god and more of an angy space llama. But the twist is fun and the end where god dies and our protagonists get erased from time is really dark. In general I love the dire stakes here. It's fun, if a bit cliche. And I promise this is the last one where nostalgia plays a major role, I'm really attached to this trilogy Master of Illusions- 7/10 - Idk if this is a hot take but I really like a lot of stuff in this movie, as in best of the franchise material. First off, Pokemon Boccer is awesome and I'm upset this is the only place we see it, it looks so damn fun. Second, the villain, I adore him. His concept is so cool, a guy who becomes an unstoppable tycoon through stealing time powers to peer into the future and constantly goes to siphon more like a drug. Love the role his visions play in setting up events in the story and the manner in which he handles Celebi is monstrous. Feels way more horrible than in 4ever, it's great. Finally the relationship between Zoroark and Zorua is really cute and sweet, mumma Z's gotta protect her pups. Outside of that and some fun action and set-pieces with the illusions the rest is pretty okay. But with some tweaking this could be one of the best, defo one of the more looked over movies. Black/White - 10/10 - Speaking of over-looked, I think this one is stupidly underrated. I don't like the BW anime in general and am not the fondest of this generation of movies, so understand when I say this is Spell of the Unown levels of awesome. Like that film it feels like the concept for aa Ghibli film, it's outstanding. What I love most is how it distills BW's themes into something original yet fitting. The legend of the dragons and the princes/heroes, the use of Victini being trapped away, the dragonforce representing nature and harmony and especially the version differences between the movies, which they did not at all have to do but did. Victini's stoy is tragic and I fell so madly in love with the lil' guy. Also Damon is a fantastic protagonist and my hot-take is that he makes a better villain than Ghetsis in gen 5 because he's actually interesting and fits the theme of truth vs ideals far better, but that's just me. All in all, this one i a highly recomended watch for those that haven't Kyurem and the Swords of Justice - 5.5/10 As inoffensive as a pokemon movie can be. There's some decent action and the last fight is awesome but it does feel like this is Keldeo's movie featuring Ash and co, they don't do much that matters too much. And the pacing of this film is a nightmare we move between scenes so very quickly, nothing really has time to breathe and you're not really given time to endear yourself to Keldeo outside of flashbacks. I do like how Kyurem is a ruthless mfer who rolls up and destroys shit because Keldeo didn't surrender, I do like badass legendries tearing up shop. But there isn;t much ti say about this one, it is one of the pokemon movies of all time Genesect and the Legend Awakened - 4/10- I don't remember liking this one but I also generally don't remember it more than the others. I just remember finding it very boring and lacking any defining moments but I think I was on an XY hating phase. Given the review in this video I might want to rewatch it to see if my opinion on it has changed Diance and the Cocoon of Destruction - 6.5/10- A better Kyurem and the Swords of Justice having the same breakneck pace. But the side character designs are so insanely cool and there are nice character interactions, if a bit less memorable. But the highlight for me is Yveltal waking up and basically killing everyone, giant birb shoots giant laser ray is a lot of fun, especially when it took down that weaponised aircraft. And the scene where Diance mega evolves is awesome Hoopa and teh Clash of Ages - 3/10- More like dear Arceus this movie takes ages. The worst pokemon movie for being a slow, boring mess of a film. Okay it's not horrendous but considering how much marketing and hype they put behind this film it's not very good. Hoopa is so annoying repeating the same lines over and over, the characters are hella plain and the kaiju battles are extremely boring with them essentially being a largely drawn out chase sequence where not much happens. Only part I like are the flashbacks, Hoopa's backstory is fun and cool and them being taught to appreciate life is sweet. But to sit through this whole movie for these moments? No thank you. Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel - 7/10 - Just very fun and sweet. I love Volcanion as a character and having him be bound to Ash leads to fun situations, Megearna is adorably sweet and I adore the steampunk aesthetic. Also there's some amazing action, this to Mega Evolution is what Hoopa to legendaries should have been. I do feel there aren't as many stand-out moments that stick out in my mind but it's a pleasant watch.
Hi. Loved the first video but I would add part 2 to the thumbnail and title to differentiate from the first video (just in case ppl think they have already this video)
The cool thing about the movies teasing future Pokemon is that the spin-off games in particular love doing the same thing like Pokemon Ranger and Mystery Dungeon 1 both have gen 4 mons as gen 3 games, either as statues, mentioned in passing or other ways you just get random gen 4 cameos. I still remember getting the Bonsly statue and Lucario statue in Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue team. Red Rescue Team came out a year before Gen 4 btw.
While I watched many of the Classic Era films when I was really young, I don't think they got really good until the Hoenn films. Along with the Sinnoh films, are where I think were the Golden Era of Pokemon films. The animation felt like they had a comparable anime movie quality, the fights were dynamic and a spectacle to watch, the plots weren't afraid to put Ash & the gang in deadly scenarios or even kill them and the movie characters left an impact on me.
Remember people, this is HIS list, anyone can have their opinion about it, dont feel bad if you dont feel the same. That just means you have your own opinion and not a sheep. Even I did not like some of the previous video ratings but I respect it because its his experience. Thanks bro for uploading your review. Keep up the good work sharing your likes❤
I did something similiar back then, I've watched all pokemon movies except everything after M19 (Volcanion movie) and I relate to them getting mind-numbing if you binge watch them back-to-back. They're still pretty good tho. Also, I agree that the theme song from Victini and Zekrom/Reshiram slaps.
Arceus and the Jewel of Life has my favourite opening of the movie. Ash+Dawn vs those kids for the melons with that music playing still gets me hyped. The music was great.
To add to your comment at 6:24 regarding a trend of showing pokemon from the next generation. This is something pokemon has been doing since the first movie. In the first movie there is a battle at the beginning with Ash and a Rydon. At the time Pokemon: The first Movie was released, there was no knowledge or info on Gen 2 yet in North America.
I enjoyed the Hoopa movie myself, though maybe the legendary spam was a little bit over the top. I'm kind of a sucker for the villain-heel-turn kind of story; Hoopa was just a mischievous creature, who didn't really understand the impact it was having on others, or simply not caring, until it was taught the respect for life and other people. Though I can certainly understand how people might instinctually hate Hoopa for simply being annoying lol
21:12 yeah. I can understand that. It used to be one of my favourites when i was younger. But then i rewatched it recently and it really wasnt as good. I still think its fun because well… to roughly quote someone i saw heard recently. ‘I just love it when two big powerful beings are put in a city and battle it out.’ Or something like that. The music was great too.
Zoroark Master of Illusions and the gen 5 anime are the very reason why I am a Pokemon fan today. It also cemented Zorua/Zoruark as my favorite Pokemon of all time. Peak movie.
I was so excited for the hoopa movie as a kid, Target demographic, perfect age range for the concept of bringing back all of these legendary pokémon and making them fight, and even I remember being disappointed at that age, when I didn't really dislike very many movies at all because critical thinking hadn't developed yet. Childhood me knew what was up.
I think it's cool there are two versions of the Victini movie. One where Reshiram is on the protagonists' side, and the other one where they swap Reshiram with Zekrom
Gotta say I really loved the Old Testament vibes of Jewel of Life (Arceus being a mix of a kind and wrathful god being chief among that), thats something you rarely see compared to media with other religious vibes (IE Greek, Egyptian, Bhuddist, Shinto, I could go on).
You know, I never realized how many pokemon movies i watched until i saw your series. I watched every movie except the Zoroark one. Deoxis and Victini movies were my favorites.
My local library also had the manga version of Darkrai! I thought it was cool that in that version, Ash had a bit more of an arc of mistrusting Darkrai at first and then feeling guilty about it later.
Yay!! Please make more of these videos! This was fun, the vibes where great, so was the passing and it’s really nice to watch a RU-vidr who in general is positive or you know baseline chill! Keep it up!
If we had to remake Clash of Ages, I'd like to throw my two cents in: - The intro should make it clear that Hoopa's creations were illusions; Fake legendaries brought about by Hoopa to make the townsfolk believe it was a strong magician and give it more gold for it's greed/pride. - Still have it be sealed away, but this time the whole thing is sealed away and a vampire magician is the one to find it (don't ask why he's a vampire, just roll with it) - Have Ash and the gang encounter a traveling circus (kinda like Wish Maker) but instead have them just be spectators to the Magnificent [insert magician guy's name here] and his spectacular display of power! (make it almost nighttime too bc vamp) - Then have a little monologue for the magician guy backstage to set up how he's always wanted to be the best, but always fell short of 1st and was consistently bronze, vowing to get his gold any way he could - Then Hoopa gets unleashed, havoc ensues, and the crowd runs out of the tent which is now being raised from the ground due to Hoopa's sheer size - Now make it seem like the magician guy is controlling Hoopa, but is really just calling out random bs while Hoopa does its own thing, summoning a bunch of fake legendaries in the process - Have Bonnie lose Dedenne for a bit, having one of the fake legendaries try to crush it, but end up getting jolted by a Thunder Shock or something and writhing in pain immediately - After seeing this, Ash and the gang fight back against the fake legendaries, causing Hoopa to get rallied up and try summoning real legendaries - These real legends then get pissed at Hoopa and retaliate, leading to Hoopa's defeat by being cast into its own portal - The magician guy gets caught and interrogated by the gang, leading to them realizing that Hoopa's unbound power wasn't all it had to offer and that the greed it gained from being forgotten for so long left it with unbound, berserker magic - This leads to the Ash Mortality Score being rewarded when Ash hops inside of Hoopa's portal, going inside of it to talk to Confined Hoopa (the little shit version), have a heart-to-heart, purify Hoopa, wham bam bippity pow! You got an ending! (Yes I thought of all of this while in the shower)
I wish you talked more about how the Reshiram and Zekrom movies were *shot for shot* the same EXACT movie, but with the Pokemon switched. I sat down to watch it over a decade ago thinking that I would get an entirely different experience, but nope.
The two dragons would explain a lot about me, to be honest. I've missed a detail about how Team Rocket sometimes joins in on the fun and basically save the world/the day. Like in 2000, they're incredible all movie long. And in Lucario, they're just part of the team and are the first ones to release their pokemon before dying. I'd personally give extra points if the Team Rocket manage to get into the plot and/or bring out some emotion, they're basically Ash parents.
Man, got hit hard with nostalgia when you were talking about the Sinnoh movies. I loved how those movies had an overarching plot, made it feel like a grand event. I even remember getting to see Arceus and the jewel of life airing live on tv, it was amazing. And yeah, Hoopa and the Clash of Ages had an amazing premise, but very poor execution.
I also had the Rise of Darkrai manga, it was a birthday present from my parents and it wasn’t my first manga. My first was the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventures series. I had these Pokémon manga until a few years ago when I donated them to make room on my bookshelf.
