The WILD World of Pokemon Anime Spin-offs 

Thanks so much for watching! Let me know some of your favorite Pokemon anime spin-off moments or episodes!

Origins was a legit miniseries. It should’ve been much longer. If they had spent one episode per gym would’ve been awesome. 10 episodes at least.

I really loved Origins take on the gym leaders honestly. We're shown right away that Brock *can* have a full team of six, but since he knows that Red was a beginning trainer, he used only two. I could be wrong, but I feel like this implies that while Origins followed the games, there were still some elements that trainers could start at whichever gym they had that was closest to home. If a trainer grew up in Fuchsia city, Koga would be their first leader, and would probably use something like a Koffing and Venonat.

Some important context for the Origins anime. When it originally aired Pokemon X and Y hadn't come out yet, but promotional material had already revealed that the Kanto starters would get Mega evolutions. Everybody knew that Red's Charizard would Mega evolve, but expected it to be the Y version, since it was the only one we knew of at the time. So when Red's Charizard Mega evolved to a completely new form, the internet lost its collective mind

There is an aspect of Origins' Blue that is lost in the translation from Japanese. His name in Japan is Green (his color scheme is also green, not blue) and so when Red asks if he's going to pick Bulbasaur because of his name, he says "nah, that's stupid, I pick Squirtle". They try the same thing in the English dub but it doesn't work because he ends up picking his colored pokemon anyways.

Pokemon Generations is probably one of my favorite mini series that they’ve ever done. I remember thinking it was so cool and i loved every little look into the different regions

Origins was 10 years ago... wow I'm getting old. Thanks for the hard work you put into these videos Jordan! 👍

I wish pokemon took it self seriously more often like these spin offs try to do. Origins and many parts of Generations are some of my favorite Pokemon productions ever. This series has incredible potential that I feel barely gets realized.

I'm glad that Pokémon origins is getting brought up again, watching Red struggle against Brock to then capturing Mewtwo at the end is an excellent development, poor ash could only dream of such a feat

The best part about Twilight Wings especially is how much personality each pokemon has, every single one is unique even among similar pokemon. Like Bea's Machop, Machoke, and Machamp, who all have completely different personalities, or Wooloo in general, or Corviknight and its consistently Menacing kindness

I always found these way more interesting than the regular anime with ash, and it saddens me that there is so little when they do them.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="216">3:36</a> Two things I like about this scene: 1. Red's shown to treat this like a game rather than a serious commitment or real-life activity with related dangers attached to it. He doesn't try to catch an opponent's Pokémon out of malice, he does so because he legitimately isn't thinking about the implications of it. Not in a brain-dead stupid kind of way, but in a "never really considered that" kind of way. 2. In the games, when you try to catch another trainer's Pokémon it says the trainer blocked the ball. Not only is that weird (you think a 7 year-old bug catcher has the speed and reaction time to stop you from throwing a ball at his Pokémon?), but it kind of conflicts with the Snag Ball from the Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness games. In Origins, a barrier blocks the ball from working, showing that the Pokémon must be disconnected from its current pokéball to be put inside another one, which makes far more sense.

Yo this is an unexpected surprise. The rundown of ash's journey was so great, but I was interested in seeing more about these spinoffs

The biggest contribution Origins made to the Pokemon canon was Brock's implication that he has different teams for different skill leveled trainers. Also the fact that Giovanni being disappointed Red is struggling with the normal type Snorlax could possibly be in reference of the actual competitive scene in which normal is the strongest type and Snorlax is arguably a top 3 Pokemon.

Regarding Emma/Essentia, yeah. The suit was very much controlling her. In the games, she describes it as taking a nap while in the suit. She eventually gets control of the suit and basically becomes a superhero of sorts.

Even though origins was choppy, it represented the feels of going through the og games pretty well. I LOVED Giovanni as the villain, and they did his character well. How they showed him switching out his gym pokemon for his good ones omg nostalgia!

I still like to think red is ash his dad and is just chilling on that mountain dodging fatherly responsibilities😂

Im not gonna lie, these side anime Pokemon frequently put out frutrate me to no end, because it shows how appealing the idea of a Pokemon series aimed at a slightly older audience than what the normal anime provides can be. The only outlet we have for a longform story like this is the Pokemon manga but that will never be animated and hardly anyone in the fandom knows they exist, and if they do it's because of the Lavender town chapter with the zombie Pokemon.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3220">53:40</a>: “wheres Leon?” Rose: “idk man, the dudes bad with directions, he could be anywhere.”

I would LOVE a proper Looker series, he's a great character and the episode with the orphan girl he took in just shows you what a show about him and those close to him could look like.

The whole Leon and sick kid dynamic felt like a positive twist on the Make-a-Wish Foundation trope

Always love when Pokémon gives us short form series. It would be great if they gave us a full length series, in the vein of origins or any other spin-offs.

Biggest difference between origins and the main anime is red fully evolved all his pokemon. Man that's what made it 100% better

Honestly the diamond/pearl era with the main baddie trying to literally control god was such a good story arc

Generations was such a great mini series, by far the best episodes for me were the second univa story and the final story. The dark stuff surrounding these episodes were something we never seen so vividly in a pokemon series, from the massive amount of death team plasma created with freezing the city to az killing who knows how many pokemon and people with his ultimate weapon. Such dark stuff in pokemon was something new and i really did hope they would do somethign else dark because pokemon has a lot of dark themes in it that would make a great show for a more adult audience.

I’ll never get over that goofy ass animation of the rocket grunts approaching Lance.

Hisuian Snow really shows how much of a menace Hisuian Zoroark is. Being able to scare and alpha garchomp into running away with just your presence is terrifying

Any adaptation of Pokémon with Red in it is good in my book. He's like the Kazuma Kiryu of Pokémon

Sad that the spin offs blow the regular anime away. Always loved these significantly more

DUDE THE POKEMON RESCUE TEAM VIDEOS WERE MY FAVORITE. I WANTED A WHOLE SHOW WITH THEM

I never get tired of this man talking about series of my childhood

I actually really liked the story of Sword and Shield. You go about, learning that this long passed on legend is actually a lie that was being used to cover up the truth about the legendary Pokémon of the Galar region. Even Rose, he's not a bad guy but gets so stressed out about trying to ensure the safety of Galar that he gets paranoid and accidentally causes exactly what he wanted to avoid. I get why people don't like the games but the story is actually pretty good and a nice change from "bad guy wants world domination".

Hisuian Snow is such great mini series. I went to Shiny hunt a Hisuian Zorua just because of it, but I love it's coloration so much that I can't bring myself to evolve it 😅

is it just me or does anyone want more of these spin offs? these are the best!! I know its still pokemon but its just seems less childish than main series haha

This has been a truly amazing episode. Thank you.

The anime version of Pokemon Red/Blue was seriously emotional hitting.

I love how much you've been covering Pokémon bro! Keep it up! One of my favorite channels👊

Alister is a fun character. In the pokemon Gatcha game, he talks about when he was young he died. And it was his ghastly (that would become his ace Gengar) that lead him back from the spirit world. So the little vignette with him helping the friends in hospital, does really track given his history with being sick.

Thank you so much for making this series

OMG THERES MORE POKEMON STUFF!! WHOOOO!! after watching all your 8 episodes on Ash's complete journey, I literally can't believe you're pumping out more pokemon stuff! =D YOU ROCK!

Awesome as always thanks your Pokémon videos helped reignite my passion for the franchise i wish they would dub all of these!

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu. Zdraví Nogy.

Watching this with a hot cup of coffee on Saturday morning the first cold day of the year for me. All is well.

Rewatching these makes me so happy that Pokemon has reached this stage. Each one showcases the heart that was always there but never fully explored.

I certainly wasn't expecting another hour of pokémon, but I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to watch it! Thanks for making all of this for us, Jordan, it's been amazing! Gods, I want to watch pokémon from start to finish, now, but where would I find all of it?

I love this, keep going man.

I think you did such a great job with Ash's journey, and doing this was just totally above and beyond. Origins and Generations were just great fun. I love Ash but getting to see other trainers do their own thing is awesome. I really think that now Ash is done, there will be a huge market for one off short stories in the Poke Verse, similar to what Star Wars tried to do since being purchased by Disney. THAT BEING SAID, let's hope they are able to maintain a higher standard for their universe that Star Wars had over the last few years 😅😅😅

I didnt realize it until lately but you're one of my favorite content creators, spawncast is where i found you

Thanks again Jordan. Loving the Pokemon lore

In the Japanese version of gen 1, Red's rival is Green, and the Japanese version of Origins reflects this by giving him the same name. I don't know if the dub is different due to me having not seen the dub, but I do recall the starter scene involving Oak asking Green if he'll pick Bulbasaur for the same reason Red chose Charmander. Green smugly responds that he's not sappy like that and picks Squirtle so he'll have the advantage

Every time I see you drop a video it actually makes my day.

Suprised you didn't talk about the old Pokemon Chronicles mini series! Maybe someday!

Nothing like a fringe video to make laundry day a little brighter 😍

I appreciate how you added the "who's that pokemon" commercials. Chef's kiss of this editing.

God man, I missed the vids so this is a beautiful bonus

Loving this long form content. I really enjoyed origins. I'm curious about the Hisuian show. Looks really good tbh.

thanks for making this awsome video .

Brother, whata dessert to finish off that whole ass meal of a series you just finished

Wholesome stuff, this all takes me back.

Pokemon origins reignited old nostalgia for me... though my favorite part is the (in)famous squirtle chomp. I get a kick everytime i see that clip. Its flipping hilarious.

I like Team Rocket being seen as an actual threat

Gabby and Ty’s gulpin keychain was nice touch

Thank you Mr fringe. Very pog

Personally I was a huge fan of pokemon chronicles back in the day cause it showed Ethan and Krystal

the x&y mega evolution specials are the best

Ngl never seen this deoxys one, catching pokemon in space would be FIRE

Mega Lizardon X was a surprise in Origins. The moment Fuji-san mentioned "Kalos chihou" I got excited and knew it was a marketing for X and Y which would be released a few days later.

So I think we as the players steal a charmander leon was going to give hop

Really enjoyed Pokémon Origins when it first released. 😇The Dialogue and storytelling is what i think a Pokémon anime should be instead of and all-kid-friendly show like the last seasons.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1435">23:55</a> I love that there is a caterpie on screen for this line

Love these spinoffs

The fight with geodude served as such an effective lesson about type matchups that he withdrew his fire type from the fight against a rock/ground type and sent out an even less effective poison type.

Twilight Wings is still my favorite bit of animated Pokémon media to this day. Shingo Yamashita is one of the best and most creative directors working today, and it’s not hard to see why he’s so sought after with how he handled directing it. It has such incredibly strong cinematography, and he along with the other animators on board put particular care into each character’s movements to really bring them to life. It really set a new bar for shows of this kind.

Video: Who’s that Pokémon? (clearly not Pikachu) Me: IT’S PIKACHU!! Video: iiiiiiit’s Snorlax! Me: GODDAMMIT!!!! *EVERYTIME*

pokemon chronicles>>>> thank you for putting so much time and effort into all your vids

Happy Friday, J Money! Thanks for the weekend pick-me-up.

BRO its kinda dope how bar for bar the beginning of Red and Ashes journey is! Even the stuff with Pidgey and the ratata except Ashs ratata stole his foodies😂

None of us ever forgot the vicious swuitle mauling the Charmander.

Morty and Gengar in crowd was nice touch

The Generations editing was creative and inspriational! Awesome video and great breakdown as always

I loved the Pokemon mini series and spinoffs . Chronicles, origins , evolutions , generations and twilight wings etc but enjoyable

Hey Jordan! What about doing all Power Ranger season complete guide like you did for Pokemon anime? I think it'd be fun

The best part of Origins was the HP bars! It feels a lot more legit when you can see the damage Blastoise and Charizard dealt each other. You can see how close it was! They needed that for the major mainline anime battles eg: *_1. Leon's Chaizard vs Alain's Mega Chaizard X._* *_2. Ash-Greninja vs Sawyer's Mega Sceptile._* *_3. Alain's Mega Chaizard X vs Trevor's Mega Charizard Y...etc._*

I really like the shorts, I wish they would make more of it

I like the post credits scenes 😂

Seems that The Pokemon Company has been making more anime spin-offs as of late and I'm totally down for that!

This is without doubt the best thing that ever came out from Pokemon

This man doesn’t quit 💪💪 I’m still slowly working my way through the 12 HOUR Survival video you made 😂😂

Generations and Origins are both masterpieces I want whole seasons of these

Good Pokemon episode Jordan Fringe.

you did not release another hour long pokemon anime video mannn, hats off to you

MAAAAAANNN that John subplot had me cryin in the club. WTF

Imagine not starting with the Jimmy and Marina from Legend of Thunder! Smh Amazing video tho!

I remember seeing someone point out in the Generations videos that the "video game" lead we see in each episode is the other one that Origins didn't used and by the time we get to Gold/Silver and Red/Blue/Green we are pulling from side stuff or remakes for the leads (also I remember the Internet loosing it at Green being the lead on the Kanto one, since she is a Japanese only character).

Aaah yes the story of Red and Ass hat😂😂

I see all those little doodads and I hear your magic honeyed words, but let me ask you this *"Do you even splash, bro"*

The mystery dungeon anime was so good and fun. got me hyped for the game in a way the main series even couldn't

I just finished the origins anime. Short and sweet. Moving on to Generations

Should start a petition for a looker series

I didn't even know Ash made a cameo in Twilight Wings until you said and showed it at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3335">55:35</a>.