Every Pokémon Season RANKED From Worst to Best.

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Celebrating the Pokémon anime's 27th anniversary, we dive into each season's strengths and weaknesses, including the latest addition, Pokémon Horizons. 🎉 From disappointing arcs to epic battles, which season will come out on top? Tune in to find out where your favorite seasons stand in this ultimate Pokémon ranking! 🌟
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[@donovan802]

XY may be favorite, but Sun and Moon deserves more respect.

[@gadsonirishura4218]

Can’t even blame you cause I feel the same

[@jacobzhang4557]

Damn you got a pin

[@hotwinters2221]

XY is your favorite? how old are you? 8 yrs old?

[@AveAnimates_Stuff]

I originally hated the series mostly because of the animation downgrade and season one being mostly filler but in season two it got good ! probably my 2ed favorite series “!

[@Atomixzgaming]

@@hotwinters2221found the kid who thinks he’s cool

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

You know ash was OP when they had to add a trainer that exclusively used legendaries for him to lose

[@ultimatepikachu3106]

Yea and they ruined all of that when he lost to a guy with 5 Pokemon

[@karthus006]

@@ultimatepikachu3106 I believe Cameron has an infinite luck cheat code going on. Even if the entire universe going against him, he will still prevail as long as he puts his mind into it. Like I imagine his match against Leon will end up with Leon forfeiting due to him having a sudden stomach ache for no reason.

[@user-ni2bo3mu5p]

The worst part of it was they already had a league rival for Ash to lose to, Virgil. Should have had Ash win against Cameron but lose to Virgil. At least Virgil was an experienced (and not stupid) trainer. Heck could have had his eevee evolve into Sylveon to promote Kalos.

[@starvoltnexus3139]

Yup

[@christ5431]

No, just at the time, people were stealing legendary Pokémon, the ones that pissed off GF, so Ash took the fall.

[@jeremiahgreen5632]

Honestly, it's nuts how strong Ash was in Sinnoh. He would've easily won the league if it wasn't for a certain Action Replay Darkrai user.

[@karthus006]

Then in the next league he has to face a GameShark user with infinite luck.

[@The_usual_commenter]

Very true🫵

[@Green.n.Purple]

You don't need Action Replay to get Darkrai or Latios.

[@ashhabimran239]

His sole reason for existing was so Ash wouldn’t win 💀

[@Green.n.Purple]

@@ashhabimran239 Just like everyone else who beat Ash my dude. Y'all just jealous of his fancy pokemon

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

"how long are you gonna keep losing ash" Sun and moon ash: "Nah I'd win"

[@jeremiahgreen5632]

Dude you put 6 comments in under an hour, are you even watching the video ._.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

@@jeremiahgreen5632 pretty simple. I dont have a life. and then watch the video as soon as it gets uploaded at 2X speed. So I can waste my time more prodctively

[@jeremiahgreen5632]

@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd That's a weird but unique hobby

[@aakashgoyal5324]

SM Ash was a beast 🗿 Bro was at his best in SM like no one ever was 🗿

[@doge9693]

Are you the strongest because you're Satoshi Ketchum or are you Satoshi Ketchum because you're the strongest?

[@Creeperdude440]

XY may have had peak animation. But Sun & Moon had peak storytelling and character development.

[@ZenithintheMaking]

S&M had just as much peak animation as XY in my eyes. It's that people like the style more

[@Matt-eh2dy]

The character development and storytelling in XY was also good wdym.

[@knightsgaming5576]

@@Matt-eh2dy it was but as zac mentioned in the video, towards the end it becomes really ash focused and leaves the rest of the gang (except bonnie) kinda with no focus.

[@Max-rz8br]

​@@ZenithintheMaking The animation of S&M worked really well in its own right, but dang it, did I miss those 3D animated battlefields. It was probably still better than XY overalll, though.

[@myleneandaaron6465]

sun and moon was my favourite because of season 21

[@flygon8760]

The first time Zac referred Tracey as his actual than “who?!”

[@PeterplaysRoblox]

Of journeys

[@jediclonekag13]

While "Diamond and Pearl" and "XY and XYZ" will always be my favorite Pokemon anime series, I cannot deny that the "Sun & Moon" series gave us peak storytelling and character development despite the change in animation.

[@aswanthaneesh1460]

Completely agreed 👍

[@eljordinio7647]

Absolutely

[@nicolasvaras8964]

The animation in Sun And Moon is just as good as in XY, what changes is the drawing style, that does become something strange.

[@Palpmiono5463-oe8ok]

@eljordinio7647 is a dork. not abosuelty.

[@Ben-td3wi]

As much as I love XYZ, I can understand it not getting #1 since the first half of the season has a lot of some of the series' worst fillers. Thankfully, the second half is arguably the best stretch of arcs in the whole Pokemon anime. Going from the Ash Greninja arc to the Kalos League to the Team Flare arc weekly was such an amazing experience.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Ehh the fillers are debatable but everything else minus the Ash focus i can agree with.

[@user-nh4hn5ip5f]

The team flare arc isn't that interesting outside of superficial lyson as an antagonist he isn't much better than in the games and I prefer antagonist feels less superficial like guzma

[@Powerhouse08]

Sun and Moon: Ultra Legends and Sinnoh League Victors were peak Pokémon. They didn't just have great battles, but also the best story arcs as well.

[@crimsoneternalflower6880]

The Sinnoh League yes. But Sun and Moon Ultra Legends? I heavily disagree

[@eljordinio7647]

@@crimsoneternalflower6880 it's when important episodes actually started to pile up with hardly any filler

[@bader623]

FAX

[@patonosequecosa]

Sinnoh league is good when you ignore Tobias

[@Powerhouse08]

@@patonosequecosa I never really had any problem with Tobias. I was already expecting Ash to not win anyway (like every time). The only times I expected Ash to win the whole thing was in Kalos, Alola and in Journeys. I always keep my expectations low and it usually works like a charm.

[@Isleptwithjesus]

3 seasons of Sinnoh made it into top 10? Thats why its my favorite Gen

[@aswanthaneesh1460]

❤❤❤

[@WorldsDestroyer27]

Sinnoh is a perfect region

[@abraham__810]

Sinnoh was the best series imo

[@hadinmirza1750]

Exactly bro Sinnoh region is peak Pokémon anime

[@anixav22]

Diamond & pearl season is the best !! ❤️‍🔥

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Ash not catching latias really made me gasp outloud. That was so STUPID!!!

[@eljordinio7647]

So stupid that it's just insulting

[@dethtroy2185]

the only good things about that 11 episode arc was getting to see Cilan on screen one last time since he was the only important character who didn't cameo in JN's and Ash getting Pidgeot back. Other than that it was just a waste of time, with some pretty stupid decisions made throughout.

[@OMZEEEEEE]

​@@eljordinio7647even after all these years I still see you commenting on these videos

[@Clovers-Intuitive-Productions]

I’m glad he got eventually got a Melmetal though.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@OMZEEEEEE so?

[@castform7]

Gotta say, *very* bold move putting anything BW related over XY. Gotta say, you make some pretty alright points. For what it was trying to do, BW had a pretty good start.

[@eljordinio7647]

I'll give it that

[@TokusatsuSpider2099]

What's sad is that Pokemon Black and White: Rival Destinies was the first show I've watched in life and I could have watched it in order from order

[@ianmurphy3840]

Same, that was my first introduction to the Pokemon Anime a side of the Indigo Leauge on Netflix. I love the gym battles and those tournament arcs.

[@Raph___A]

9:29 "The pacing of this season was phenomenal" *War flashbacks to when it was airing* The horror... THE HORROR...

[@Zactoshi]

Pre-Masters Eight was heat though 🥲

[@The_usual_commenter]

I agree

[@goroadachi9489]

Honestly I feel that Horizons has the potential to be the best of them all. It’s off to a good start.

[@ashhabimran239]

Ngl, at first I was worried for Horizons. Not because I thought the series would be bad, but because I knew there would be people who would hate it no matter what just because it's not Ash, but it's great to hear it doing well Though that still doesn't seem to stop some childish Ash stans

[@maldivesthegamer9774]

@@ashhabimran239Tbh I don’t really understand why people want ash returns so much for me he kinda mid protagonist and after so long he just straight up boring to me like can’t they just use game protagonist . I kinda hope they make every generation have their own protagonist and new story, conflict and goal to fresh thing out a bit

[@couldnotic]

@@maldivesthegamer9774 Honestly I still want the Pokemon anime to make like a refresh in like the style form of Origins or Pokemon Generations web series. Like i want that to be in that style with the protagonist from the actual games. Like we had that with Origins with Red, but we still never got like a better representation of others like Ethan (Gold&Silver), Branden (Ruby&Sapphire), and the other male protagonist from the games. Also Pokemon Black and White anime never gave us any of the 2 Female Protagonist from either of the 2 Black and White games either, which is kind of a let down, like they could've easily went with Rosa or Hilda but instead we go Iris. Black and White was like the only anime series that broke that trend on giving a counterpart female protagonist from games cause it started with May and Dawn, XY&Z anime brought that trend back with Serena. Pokemon Horizons is just such a breath of fresh air, that I'm not complaining anything about it. But it still great to have Charizard and Pikachu still being there, its kind of keeping that familiarity with just having those 2 in Horizons.

[@user-bq2wr5yf7j]

Horizon can be better than g5, g8, g2 and g3. But It ain't gonna even scratch the remaining ones

[@eljordinio7647]

It's had a better start than even XY and that's saying something

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

It's still crazy to me they they had us wait for entire year for ash's battle with volkner

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

Yeah. And they thought it would be a BRILLIANT idea to have the TRio interrupt the battle and have us wait another 10+ episodes… when the gap between Candice and the first Volkner battle was already the longest gap between two gym battles.

[@eljordinio7647]

That was dumb tbh After the Lake Acuity arc we should have found out about the last gym location so Ash could start going there

[@armedweiss5531]

To be fair, they managed to cram in a LOT of plot important episodes in that year gap. Paul vs Brandon, the Lake Aquity Battle, multiple pokemon captures, multiple new moves learned, multiple evolutions, the Twinleaf Town arc, the HGSS arc, multiple contests, multiple episodes dedicated to training, team Galactic's finale, and even the Grand Festival, there's a lot happening here. By my count only about 10 episodes in that year gap can be considered fillers that don't contribute to the story in any way, it's a far cry from Johto filler hell. But yeah, Ash vs Volkner should have happened BEFORE the grand festival, it's a very strange decision to have the conclusion to Dawn's journey happen before Ash gets his last badge.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@armedweiss5531 yeah but even so, they could have dropped the last gym location after ash and Paul's battle, and made that their next destination after Dawn's next contest

[@Palpmiono5463-oe8ok]

@@eljordinio7647 rude. hopeless case.

[@Matt-eh2dy]

XYZ is number 1 for me honestly.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

XYZ or Sinnoh league Victory

[@ucheajulu1276]

As good as XY was with Ash becoming a Shonen MC the vibes I got from Sun and Moon beginning middle to end were unrivalled

[@adventuresofavalon2477]

for me, Johto is the worst. I really hated when Team Rocket did the same thing over and over again. XY is the best because all the characters were pretty good. I liked Serena because she was the first Pokegirl not to quarrel with Ash a lot.

[@321_au]

Speaking of Serena, the whole of the Kalos series can be treated as a reunion between Ash and Serena, given that they met years before.

[@sonbaba8726]

My favorite is xyz serena doing great in the final I love how she didn’t give up even after getting hurt animation battles team flare Bonnie and squishy I didn’t got hyped for any other season other than xyz but ash should have win the league

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

“They say if two people fight a lot, they really care for one another.” -Vermillion Nurse Joy, IL14, Electric Shock Showdown.

[@sonbaba8726]

@@northstarpokeshipper2148 I say if two people really care for each other they respect other ones opinion

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

@@sonbaba8726 And i do.

[@jennisgurung2760]

You should definitely rank the openings and theme songs for the Pokémon anime from worst to best (English and Japanese)

[@AbhinavSrinivasan]

Yeah

[@Zactoshi]

Copyright 🥲

[@cack_dack7922]

Not playing the sound but that would be lame

[@321_au]

@@Zactoshi Ask me about it, my favourite English intro song is the one for the Galactic Battles season (especially because of the movie happening within that season), whereas my favourite Japanese intro song is the one for the XYZ season.

[@bigguy952]

@@Zactoshiit’s true, I had even had to donate to make him to do a little cover of Two Perfect Girls but with Cynthia and Sonia, but it was so small to avoid copyright

[@Cosmicrealityreads]

Sun and Moon really is the best series overall and for me it’s not even a competition

[@Kayabyss764]

Nice

[@quocbaohoanghuu7116]

One thing... the drawings

[@thepandasamurai228]

Not sure I agree DP, Kalos, and Journeys were better imo

[@quocbaohoanghuu7116]

@@thepandasamurai228 well, i suppose sun and moon was pretty much likwd due to our boy finally winning after so long

[@thatman666]

Mostly Slice of Life, but yeah.

[@kevinyero7232]

I am glad people are giving XY and XYZ the respect that it deserves, but also still consider SM what it is, a great series.

[@sceptile2794]

It took half the video to get to the 1st XY season. That just shows how amazing it was

[@marcushernandez7924]

8:14 alright, let me cook 💀

[@user-bx6vi3sj3c]

If I had to rank the generations, it would be... 8. JN (The generation where I finally get into Pokémon and it made me actively angry) 7. BW (The characters, minus Ash, and tournaments, minus the league, save it) 6. AG (Huge step up, but I'm not really wowed by it) 5. OS (The filler is forgivable and actually pretty fun. It made the show absolutely bonkers, and I loved it) 4. DP (I haven't seen it all yet, but it has my favorite version of Ash and some pretty good development for characters) 3. XY (A little too serious for my tastes, but there's a reason why people love it) 2. HZ (I know, I watch the English dub so my opinion is invalid, but I love the new characters and its gonna have an Academy Arc, they're treating the Gen 9 anime like a Gen 9 anime, you guys, oh my g-) 1. SM (Maybe it's an acquired taste, but I love the characters, the setting, the Pokémon, the league, plus this series had Acerola, so unfair advantage)

[@nicolasvaras8964]

Interesting, at lease someone when Sun and Moon is their favorite series does not hate XY/XYZ

[@rolo9115]

nah journeys is way too low

[@itsurboiaero]

AG is extremely underrated 😢

[@ashhabimran239]

Pokemon is an anime where the dub's generally more iconic and recognised, so I don't get what that means

[@joseespana2585]

Personally, I think your fan made sword and shield anime is number one it's always so entertaining to watch

[@Zactoshi]

💙

[@joseespana2585]

I can't wait till you start with your scarlet and violet anime. You're the GOAT

[@eljordinio7647]

It's the Galar anime we deserved

[@abraham__810]

Honestly it was so good

[@dedude1469]

Sun and Moon finally getting some love

[@blackoutamvs6550]

Zac: So are you the best season of the pokemon anime? Ultra legends: Well, with Sinnoh league victors and XY&Z, It will be draining Zac: Would you lose? Ultra legends: Nah, I'd win

[@pepito2847]

The Hoenn league is honestly one of my personal favorite leagues in the series The battles were fun, Ash’s Hoenn pokemon got real time to shine with ash choosing to use his region Pokémon exclusively and the battle ash lost to Tyson wasn’t anywhere near as infuriating as his other league losses I’d say it’s tied with Harrison for Ash’s least infuriating league loss

[@itsurboiaero]

I wish they let Pikachu lose to his Metagross or something. Losing to a Meowth (ik that Meowth was OP) was kind of weird lol, idk how to explain that 😂

[@oliverorchard6774]

I personally would've put XYZ number 1. While it did have its problematic ending, it's plot, battles, character development and pacing were honestly pokemon at its peak. I also feel like having Ash be the main focus makes sense given he acted as the inspiration to the many people around him, so seeing his struggles of connecting to Greninja and realising he's not alone were great character moments of his. I also feel like in the whole scheme of things as well, the filler is pretty forgettable in the season given how fantastic everything else is. I also would've put Master Quest and Rival Destinies higher than they were, but I overall agree with the rankings of all the other seasons.

[@MelonTartVA]

I consider XY-XYZ is the best with horizons right behind it

[@cofagrigusfan24]

also fitting since the 2nd season of Horizons just finished in Japan

[@Zactoshi]

This was perfectly timed 🙌🏽

[@cofagrigusfan24]

@@Zactoshi btw I count the season by the different intros and outros so Horizons season 1 would be the Pendant story and Horizons season 2 would be the Terapagos story with season 3 being the Naranja Academy story

[@eljordinio7647]

Idk if the arcs are this series' seasons or not tbh They kinda seem like they are

[@eljordinio7647]

If the arcs are the seasons then Horizons is gonna have a lot of fairly short seasons The first season of most series usually ends in the 40s zone

[@Starberry7]

​@@eljordinio7647the arcs aren't the seasons. Season 2 of Horizons has just recently started airing. I think last week?

[@MoonlightXYZ]

RIP Pokemon TV app :(

[@Zactoshi]

🥺

[@charizardoreo]

🏴‍☠️

[@MoonlightXYZ]

@@charizardoreo Piracy has prevailed

[@bodhopgod7120]

it should be closed down by now but it's still up for me for some reason. I was lucky enough to have the app installed anyway before it shut down

[@MoonlightXYZ]

@@bodhopgod7120 it's now telling me it's not in my region.

[@nicolasvaras8964]

Another fantastic video, ranking the seasons, I don't remember someone ranking this type of season until you decided to do it like that and I was surprised. Now I'm hyped for your next analysis of the last 5 episodes of Pokémon Horizons.

[@Zactoshi]

NEXT WEEK!

[@joopvanhedel1372]

I'm glad horizons is so high. Although it is not the best season, it is the perfect start to a new era for Pokemon anime. The problem with the later season of the Ash era was that Ash after Gen 4 ash had all the character development a character could have. That's why the anime team had so little creative freedom. Because we have a completely New Cast of Characters, the future for the Pokemon anime is going to be amazing

[@ashhabimran239]

"just don't watch the English dub". I dunno, Pokemon is one of those anime that most people just watch in dub because everyone grew up with it that way

[@nicolasvaras8964]

It's true, but the main problem is the exaggerated censorship, well, what did we expect from 4kids?

[@mr.penguindrewmateo8146]

Coming from someone who binged watch Sun and Moon dubbed I can say it didn’t affect my enjoyment for the seasons

[@AmanPrakash-sp5cs]

Is it that bad ?

[@itsurboiaero]

@@AmanPrakash-sp5csit isn’t bad. Only thing better in sub is better background music. I personally like to focus on the action rather than focusing on the subtitles but that’s just me cuz I’m not used to subtitles.

[@ResurgentRaven]

Did this ranking on another video. Haven't watched a series start to finish since my main focus was on the battles. 10. Original Series 9. Black & White 8. Horizons (still haven't seen much of the series yet so maybe when I've actually gotten through a few more episodes I'll have a different opinion). 7. Journeys 6. Advanced Series (not including Battle Frontier) 5. XYZ 4. Johto 3. Battle Frontier 2. Sun & Moon 1. Diamond & Pearl

[@WorldsDestroyer27]

Yeah DP is a perfect region

[@vanshmaheshwari4361]

Sun moon best

[@itsurboiaero]

Johto over XYZ? Bruh seriously? I agree with the others tho.

[@poliswhirld]

Refreshing to see SM on top! I would have put Battle Dimension before the first DP season on my personal list but knowing you, this was pretty solid! Great job 💙👏🏼

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

I am currently doing a watch through of the anime, and currently finished the first 10 seasons. Here is how I rank them: 10. Advanced Challenge. This season had a ton, and I mean a ton, of bad episodes. The underwhelming rematch with Wattson which is somehow worse than Pikachu giving him the broom. Veronica Taylor arguing with herself for 22 minutes. A worse version of the episode where Ash captured Snorlax. A love story somehow worse than Twilight. The return of formerly one-offs nobody asked for. And of course, my most despised episode of the entire series (up to this point) Misty. Releasing. TOGETIC! 9. Johto League Champions. Like you said, this episode had a ton, and I mean a TON of filler. Sure, there was some good progress and some of the fillers were okay (for me, the Togepi and Houndoom one, the Grass tournament, and the episode where Misty “You and I will be married someday too” come to mind for me.) But most of the fillers are trash. Not helped that Misty gets the least amount of development here out of the 5 seasons she was by Ash’s side. 8. Advanced. It was kind of nice seeing Ash starting over again, and it also has May’s journey get a good start with an amazing intro to contests. But this season is kinda forgettable if you ask me, and kind of a slog to get through, especially with the Dewford Island arc. And that is from the saga with the best pacing in any Pokemon anime. 7. The Johto Journeys. It was fresh to see so many new Pokemon here, and it had some amazing episodes both filler (Ash vs Shingo, the Cyndaquil training episode, James the flaming Moltres) and important (Ash’s battle with Falkner, Charizard and Squirtle’s goodbyes, Wobbuffet’s debut). But it also has some bad fillers that set a bad precedent for the rest of the Johto saga. 6. Indigo League. It’s the one that started it all. It set up so much for how a Pokemon series should go. It had so many memorable episodes and some of the best fillers in the anime. However, it took a massive hit in the pacing department, especially around the time the Porygon episode aired. But hey, it is their first time doing a show, so no hard feelings. 5. Advanced Battle. It might have an awful start with a discount store Whirl Islands arc and the Thunder Armor episode. But after that, it really picks up. Ash and May making pushes for their goals. The introduction of one of the best rivals in Harley, and the Battle Frontier start. Sure, the league and grand festival’s endings were not satisfying, and Misty was practically assasinated in her final episode before the voice actor switch. But it was definitely okay. 4. Orange Islands. The Orange Islands isn’t as bad as some people say it is IMO. It doesn’t have as much fillers as people think it does, and some of the fillers that it does have are actually fun (the Nidoran love story comes to mind). Brock’s non union Mexican equivalent might be boring compared to the OG, but you don’t have to deal with him for long as the season is the 2nd shortest. And the regular episodes are amazing as well, like Charizard Listening, Ash’s 3rd gym battle, and Ash vs. Drake. But the reason it gets so high is the Pokeshipping in the season. Honorable Mention: Chronicles. Few people know this season exists, let alone watched it. But it has some amazing episodes and profes that Ash doesn’t need to be here for the series to be good. 3. Master Quest. The peak of the original series. Whirl Islands. Amazing gym battles. Fantastic fillers. The Johto League. Ash and Misty’s goodbye. It’s all here! Misty gets a ton of development in this season, especially early on, and I love it. Easily the best of the 4Kids era too. 2. Battle Frontier. Sure, the new voice cast takes a while to get used to. But its all worth it with the fastest paced series in the show. Very few bad episodes, and better battles and contests for Ash and May than in Hoenn. And of course, it builds up to my favorite season. (So far) 1. Diamond and Pearl. It has an amazing start with Dawn’s first episode and the start of Ash and Paul’s rivalry, and it doesn’t let go with amazing characters and great development. It goes all the way to the Hearthome Tag Tournament. Easily the best season.

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Finally, respect for BW’s first season ❤️

[@eljordinio7647]

Least it and season 15 are actually worth watching The last season belongs in the trash 🗑️

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

This really feels Like a love letter for those of us that have stayed with the anime. Thank you zac

[@skeetermania3202]

3:35 I’m assuming you’re talking about dub season order. If that’s the case, those two episodes are actually part of Season 1.

[@meeralakshmanan7190]

I'm still working through my own anime rewatch and I can't wait to come up with my own ranking of these seasons 😁!! Love watching these kinds of videos from you ❤!!

[@erikperez8842]

The Advance Battle theme will forever be goated

[@justjoannak]

Agreed

[@bacd-nn2lg]

Entire Pokemon Sun Moon anime is the best season for Ash as protagonist. However Pokemon Horizons is my second favorite Pokemon anime up to date right now.

[@SMM5]

I love how Sun and Moon was an anime that literally got better with each season, such an amazing show

[@ChampionBlaze]

Gotta say that the first half of this list really shocked me lol. but i can see why they were ranked that way. this is such a solid list and such a great look back at all the seasons of pokemon! what a great way to celebrate 27 years of pokemon anime!! and the top 10 is beyond solid!! and that top 5 is mint!

[@zamu2]

You know Sun and Moon are a good Pokemon season when I can easily sit and watch it multiple times

[@michaelolympus5994]

I WANNA WATCH IT AGAIN

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Each Pokémon series has some good moment and even better than the other. Long live Pokémon anime.

[@horseeater3466]

Mostly agree. I'd say master quest should be a lot higher, it saves johto from being boring and was a proper conclusion to the prior seasons with Ash and Gary being a dope battle with major buildup + a lot character development for the og trio with it being their last season as a travelling group. It's not as good as the Diamond and Pearl seasons for sure and Paul outshines gary as a rival but Master Quest is definitely one of the highlights from early pokemon and it was my gateway to the franchise. I'd also say even though BNW is overhated , S1 is nowhere near as good as XY S1 or the Indigo League those two shows are genuinely fun to go back to and watch episodes from. BNW has little rewatchability and has little relevance to the franchise. Meanwhile those 2 series have so many good eps and they laid the foundations for subsequent arcs + developments not to mention Indigo League is genuinely hilarious (IE misty waving a cross at a ghastly). There's not many people who've genuinely seen every single pokemon season let alone episode so mad respect for making this video.

[@RealBeastBoy007]

While i do agree with most of this list, imo top 3 should be: 1. Xyz 2. Ultra Legends 3. Ultra Adventures

[@DragonNinja20]

My ranking of the Pokémon anime series: 1. XY & XYZ 2. Diamond & Pearl 3. Horizons (ongoing) 4. Advanced Generation 5. Original Series (Kanto) 6. Journeys 7. Adventures in the Orange Islands 8. Sun & Moon 9. Original Series (Johto) 10. Black & White 11. Aim to be a Pokémon Master

[@KalosQueenSERENA]

Lol Aim to be Pokemon master at the end. It left us all hanging at the end

[@oliverorchard6774]

Sun and Moon and Number 8 is shocking and incorrect. That series should always be within the top 3 of someone's list.

[@doge9693]

How tf is Advance Generation and Orange Islands better than SUN AND MOON

[@DragonNinja20]

​​@@oliverorchard6774 I wouldn't put Sun & Moon high on my list because it may not be bad, but it's not good either. It's not incorrect to put Sun & Moon at number 8 because I have my own reasons on why the Sun & Moon anime is bad despite that it had some good moments. Well, it's not so bad, but it's not so good either. If you don't like my list, then don't comment and make your own list instead.

[@DragonNinja20]

​​@@doge9693 I have my reasons why the Sun & Moon anime is bad despite that it had some good moments. If you don't like my list, then don't reply and make your own list instead.

[@lizebotha8783]

For me the XY series is the best, my worst is season 9 with the voice changes

[@justjoannak]

I agree regarding S9. I need to rewatch it subbed bc I've only watched the dub once in full

[@nicolasvaras8964]

Do you tried to watch in Japanese the Battle Frontier Season?

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

It's still insane to me how much Sun and Moon was hated upon release. The series trully was the breath of fresh air the franchise needed at the time and then the League straight up clowned on all the people that were still hating.

[@eljordinio7647]

That's what happens when U have a jarring art style that turns a lot of people off. I didn't care that much about the art style tbh but I did notice it was drastically different from XY Thankfully the plot in season 2 onwards and the cool action in season 1 helped redeem it

[@pokebattles9781]

To be fair the art style change was 95% of the problem. I also didn’t like Ash his new design at all. And most of the people of course didn’t watch it then especially coming from XY. Also the funny faces were a bit overexaggerated in the beginning. However from season 2 and onwards it really was good

[@eljordinio7647]

@@pokebattles9781 pretty much bang on here

[@GamingFanactic911]

As someone who has watched the anime since the beginning, It's crazy to see how much has happened over all these years. Sinnoh, for me, is still my favorite arc despite some bad episodes at times. Seeing Hunter J get the karma she deserved was so satisfying. 🙌🙌😁

[@Pricey18]

Galactic Battles is one of my faves for one reason: Battle Cry (it’s my fav opening OAT)

[@VLE_16]

soon this guy will become bondphenomenon with the amount of SATOSHI GEKKOUGA said in his videos

[@Zactoshi]

Trying to achieve my final form!

[@bigguy952]

You just really love that “Satoshi Gekkouga” voice, you had to use it twice. That should be place in a voice button and given to you as a gift so that whenever you press it, you’ll get that voice. And we’ll probably need one for Sonia as well lol I also agree with the filler problem in some of the series. As for the first black and white season, the placing was a bit higher than expected (was that a bit of pity, when they went down a slump due to IRL circumstances that ravaged Japan at the time?)

[@alexsvideogamesandlongplays]

Indigo League, Orange Islands, and The Johto Seasons May Be My Favorite, But Sun and Moon Deserve More Respect!

[@flankkeditz_04]

Finally someone isn't sleeping on Sun and moon

[@rahimg6842]

I find SM too childish.

[@flankkeditz_04]

@@rahimg6842 oh, I'm sorry but last time I checked Pokemon anime is made for Children and Teens. if u r around 16 or higher that's a different case. As for me it's kinda personal coz it reminds me of my school days or u could say nostalgic anything works

[@rahimg6842]

@@flankkeditz_04 Yeah I know it's for children and I am around 25 but previous seasons like Diamond and pearl or xy were more serious. Also Satoshi became a running gag like seriously??

[@joeshmoe9204]

I will say Adventures in Unova and Beyond had really hype introductions of the new Kalos Pokémon at the time which made it worth watching. Not something that can be appreciated retrospectively.

[@joshfereday3093]

This is a Ranking I Like Where Horizons Stands and Diamond Pearl and i really like that Sun and Moon gets Some Respect and good rankings at 13, 8 and 1 great video 👍

[@HerwakNic]

I completely agree with this ranking. Good job Zac!

[@naitsabes6222]

4:08 the max slander from Zac will never end 🤣

[@averymerrick]

Can’t blame him.

[@eljordinio7647]

Why should it? Max is scum so he deserves it

[@eljordinio7647]

Max deserves it

[@altair3090]

Sun and moon is underrated but XYZ for me takes the cake

[@AbdulMannan-jx1yc]

Sinnoh league victors was probably my most fav. Tobias aside, everything was just perfect.

[@fmd313gamingreview7]

Great video. By the way when is scaret and violet coming out.

[@user-fd7fi4vj8p]

As someone, who has DP as favorite series and really likes HZ, XY and SM had probably the most consistent run out of all series where I'm never got tired from fillers. HZ got a step back in second arc with some fillers (still solid episodes) between Galar Castle, Lapras and climax. AG got carried hard by Battle Frontier, and BW got way worse with season 3.

[@ashelygordon669]

I do really love Horizons to be honest, while I wholeheartedly agree that some of the fillers from the second arc does hold it back because the lack of plot at the time but apart from that, I found it decently enjoyable (Second arc), fingers crossed that the upcoming third arc will do a better job because it’s very promising so far.

[@ianmurphy3840]

I agree, the second half of Horizons did slow down the story after first arc. Overall the fillers were not terrible. I feel the fillers were pretty solid and they somewhat contain character development for the cast such as Fuecoco learning a new move, Dot asking for Liko and Roy's help in that pig episode, and Ludlow becomes a Super Hero.

[@Proxpleb]

tbh I'd think the people who often dismiss sun and moon or horizons are often the people who think the pokemon world is just gyms and battles, nothing more. They literally show the characters more as people who go through real problems and troubles in their life like any real person and in sun and moon's case, family in particular

[@eljordinio7647]

So? Battles and plot are what deliver hype and get people interested, not comedy or filler

[@Proxpleb]

@@eljordinio7647 I did not say that comedy and or filler is what delivers hype. I do agree that plot and battles are crucial as well. I am only saying this as I have seen a lot of people just dismissing sun and moon and horizons because of varying reasons like lesser battles that the typical series which I although I do like battles, I don't think it is always needed just to make a series good. Yes battles are needed in it like any series but there are also other factors too

[@eljordinio7647]

@@Proxpleb I'd hardly say sun and moon and horizons were that short on battles Sure they weren't as much as past series but a lot of the ones they did get were still pretty good. And now Liko and Roy have a drive to get stronger so we should also be seeing more battles from them, which is a good thing, I don't wanna see some weakling protagonists leading the new generation

[@Proxpleb]

@@eljordinio7647 yea I definitely agree on that. Liko and Roy so far aren't getitng a ton of battling experience but I do hope they do improve with their battling which I'm sure they would

[@eljordinio7647]

@@Proxpleb if they want to find the remaining heroes, unlock lakua and achieve their goals, they don't have a choice You do not achieve much of anything if you're not strong

[@samxrth7i]

Great video Zac pal

[@dontyoudare69]

"alright I'll just watch until all sun and moon stuff happens" me at the end: "WHAT YOOOOOOOO"

[@patrickkh1245]

Pokemon horizons season 1 too?😊

[@user-lu5zy2ik2z]

At least it beats Journeys in this video.

[@hifive789]

15:44 Right, watch the German dub version.

[@starvoltnexus3139]

2:00 I remember that episode I was actually invested in the radio show damn you Jesse

[@Zlash_editz]

where do you watch all Pokemon seasons

[@farisraza8805]

DP is the goat series

[@sukruthsgamingworld7641]

Its definitely Kalos dude its so good

[@christopheredwards788]

Great video Zac 👍🏿

[@kathkali3179]

Will you still make the block review video for episode 41 to 45 for Horizons?

[@Delphox2022]

Ashs lycanroc is main ace of alola and shows he is more capable and more collective. Man i love ashs lycanroc i really want to see him again hopefully in horizons if Liko arrives at alola.

[@AB_20J]

Ash Pikachu I think was main Ace at the Ending

[@eljordinio7647]

​@@AB_20Jcalling him an ace is unfair when u consider all his previous teams he was on where there was always that one Pokemon who deserved the ace position way more

[@AB_20J]

@@eljordinio7647 Yes If we Consider team Wise No Pikachu Then LaycanRoc Was Ash Ace But May be he is Power is equal to Sceptile

[@Delphox2022]

​@@AB_20J pickachu is main ace. I know that that's not what I'm saying.

[@Delphox2022]

​@@eljordinio7647 thank you.

[@jadenfiregaming]

Let’s not forget that we had one of the best evolutions in the anime within sun and moon, with Ash’s torracat evolving into Incineroar in the most climatic way!

[@eljordinio7647]

It's Torracat, and all that hype is gone when u realise he practically did nothing after that

[@jadenfiregaming]

@@eljordinio7647 that’s because the developers made him too op to make Ash use him a whole lot

[@eljordinio7647]

@@jadenfiregaming that's zero excuse

[@jadenfiregaming]

@@eljordinio7647 Kinda is. Why do you think Ash released greninja in the end of XY? It's because it would carry his alola team as Ash-greninja is too OP. Same story with Incineroar in Aim to be a pokemon master.

[@Ryanwizardstaff]

Personal fav for me has got to be Battle Dimension. So many good moments.

[@sandracervantes8191]

Diamond and pearl, battle dimension, galactic battles and sinnoh league victors are the best by far for me ❤ Xy xyz are good seasons, too, but not the best

[@AB_20J]

Pokemon Sun and Moon is the Series that Deliver but no body Watch Even No Body Adds LaycanRoc And Incerior in List of Charizard , Greninja, Infernape Etc

[@Delphox2022]

Yeah ashs lycanroc is the real deal.

[@Mikaj4]

aint no way horizons is top 10 ah hell no

[@michaelolympus5994]

Because it's honestly very good

[@stampoulisrafael5262]

Oh no horizons the series that has an actual story and No repetetive bs like team Rocket is this high who would have thought

[@popsickle_]

It's a really good series I suggest watching it if you haven't, a lot of people don't watch it because ash isn't the protagonist. But it's very well made, from the animation, the story, art style, and characters

[@popsickle_]

​​@@stampoulisrafael5262I think team rocket was a really good part of Pokemon for the first few seasons but they became more of a nuisance to the plot or just the episodes themselves because of how useless they were for the most part, I enjoyed them a lot more in sun and moon though

[@TheGamerninja15]

I love this celebration of the anime's 27th anniversary!

[@boss_dan]

Zac you cooked SO HARD with this list, can't find other tubers that sum up aniPoke like you do! Pokemon fans accepting change and something they're not used to is hard, I get it, but S&M was just so refreshing and just so fun to watch all the way through.

[@bikrambhowal1408]

1.Sinnoh League victors.. 2.Xy&Z 3.Sun&Moon ultra legends 4Galagtic Battle 5.Jotto League champion❤ My top5

[@leoearlspilner6569]

Sun and Moon are better than OG, X and Y, and Diamond and Pearl? Your list is garbage, bro! UNSUBSCRIBED

[@asdfg3046]

KZbinr puts his opinion on the internet(big mistake)

[@leoearlspilner6569]

@@asdfg3046 And this is my opinion.

[@nicolasvaras8964]

Said one of the triggered and salty XYZ stan.

[@Zactoshi]

Bye 👋🏽

[@archer_tpa]

14:51 HELL NO😐

[@SpongeBobSickpants-pg7ip]

XY fan spotted

[@mcmike89]

IMO, I would say Pokemon Indigo League as the first season that started all things Pokemon is the best season because it gave us an introduction to the wonderful world of Pokemon and what makes them great characters for future generations to experience a great franchise.

[@alonzohiggins9538]

Happy 27th Birthday Pokemon Anime!!!

[@scarletmoon9256]

Sinnoh and Alola were my favorite regions. I almost didn't watch sun and moon because of the way they animated ash, but once I powered through the first few episodes and got used to the animation, the story was easily my favorite.

[@calebglasscock7392]

Pokémon Horizons have brought back Gym Battles during the new Paldea Arc now we get to finally see how great Liko Roy and Dot really are as the new protagonists, and how they measure up against our old friend Ash Ketchum.

[@harveygladwin9959]

The 3 best bet imo out of the different regions/overall seasons is XYZ, DP and sun and moon. They just hit so hard 🔥

[@joedoherty5018]

Seeing Zak's Number 1 pick: Bliss

[@SkarCA]

DP was my intro to the franchise so seeing most of the seasons in top 10 made me happy😊

[@Zactoshi]

Had to respect the goat 🙏🏽🔥

[@rishitsethi5059]

Orange islands is so underrated I get it’s all fillers and stuff but it’s great fillers and Tracy was one of my favorite side characters and I loved Lapras and ash’s journeys

[@michaelolympus5994]

The Sun and Moon ending made me cry like a kid

[@asdfg3046]

I’d love a ranking of every single episode. Like you already rated them from 1-10 but it would be glorious to see every episode ranked like this along with the 11037 filler episodes