When Pokemon Became an Actual Anime | Reaction!

[@Scratchet]

Pokemon XY and XYZ were absolutely the best when it came to the pokemon anime. It's still the only pokemon content that gets me hype next to the manga, which can get really dark.

[@andrewfox5663]

I think Sun & Moon deserve some credit, even if I totally agree that the XY era is some of the best. The art style had plenty of charm, and was def overrated by the fandom for not looking like what they’d known before. There are some really sad and emotional moments that are well executed. And, to be totally honest, I really liked how they implemented Guzma, especially now that I’m more familiar with the Impostor Phenomenon that Guzman clearly suffers from.

[@andrewfox5663]

* overhated, not overrated

[@matthewmoss50]

The sinnoh league was pretty hype. Infernape vs electiver was epic

[@huntertezz]

@@andrewfox5663 Sun and Moon is underrated. The artstyle switch is jarring but it was pretty good and also, it is where Ash finally won the league. That Ash vs Kukui fight also great.

[@cbp_trash1064]

XYZ and beyond was when the pokemon anime truly locked in with animation quality and fight choreography

[@Caporal_Croaporal]

Some DP fights had pretty nice sakuga ngl

[@cbp_trash1064]

@ 100% DP was where it started

[@Jcartist_10]

While he doesn’t really realize it, Ash definitely has some feelings for Serena. He was so soft and sweet with her compared to the other Pokegirls. They encouraged each other and their goals and dreams, and she is the first and only Pokegirl that he’s ever asked for her to join him on his journey.

[@ErisGallo]

If you wanna listen to the opening, I believe it’s called “Stand Tall”

[@sumayyahqamar2007]

japanese is different, wayyyyyyy cooler

[@ZenithintheMaking]

​@sumayyahqamar2007FR. The fact that it's simultaneously the Ash-Greninja theme speaks💐👌

[@noobfusion7213]

Im loving all the pokemon content you've been doing recently

[@whatitdodave]

Feels good to get back into it. Copyright has always been a nightmare, reacting to Pokémon stuff, but it seems to be going well now.

[@cherrytonshawty9120]

Pokémon has ALWAYS had mature themes. Gangsters that blatantly murder the Mons, creepy old pervs, Lavender Town as a whole, Mewtwo's origin... The games are twisted. The anime is sometimes, and some of the movies have been especially dark. Like the Lucario movie, and the Zoroark movie. And the manga is probably the darkest of them. It even features zombie Pokémon in the Kanto arc. And the Elite 4 are evil masterminds working with Team Rocket. Some of the gym leaders(Not counting Giovanni himself, obviously) are in kahoots with Team Rocket too. Crazy stuff.

[@OmarTheKaijuRider]

The ability of ash greninja is battle bond basically how it works is, you need to knock out one Pokémon, and then he'll change into that form.

[@OmarTheKaijuRider]

oh thanks @@Lightdragon773

[@MiyokoxEdits]

Honestly, this season made my childhood! Still rewatch it to this day because the entire team of four are my comfort characters! Glad to see that despite a decade later, people are making content on this.

[@jbomber4416]

xy and xyz was the peak of my childhood when it came to pokemon it was insane and ash greninja is the goat of fighting. think naruto if he was a frog pokemon and brought the fighting animations from the naruto series to pokemon. also basically ash greninja is a form they reach when their aura's sync up basically fusing them together spiritually allowing them to do insanely powerful moves and some rly epic scenes where ash and greninja are doing the same movements during a fight. in the games its called battle bond and has only ever been available in the demo for sun and moon on the 3DS after u complete the main part of the demo but us gen 7 fans praying they give us it as greninjas mega evolution in the new legends ZA when it comes out

[@duskyfordays7657]

To think people quit after Sun And Moon came out hurts my soul cause S&M is a very cool region. But apparently people though it was a "Different Ash" or "Reboot"

[@randomguy2530]

No yeah he was completely right on the battles part because due to the animation being less flexible they were able to animate the e battles wayyyyy better than majority of shows

[@Nobody-me2xk]

So we just gonna ignore that clip of ash raising his leg high as hell 😂 20:00

[@FlashStatic]

20 episodes to get from gym 1 to gym 2? Sounds lore accurate to me. Gotta hand it to the anime team for keeping the show as close to the games as possible. (I HATE EARLY GAME X&Y)

[@dragonshiny7321]

If anything, Ash gets to the 2nd gym faster than the players do

[@ani_the_stand_user4234]

I WAS LITERALLY WAITING FOR A REACTION TO THIS VIDEO. AND AS I THOUGHT OF IT YOUR VIDEO POPPED UP.

[@ImprovedCameraman]

2:34 If you wondering that's a actually episode when the pokemon series just started

[@yohohocow1291]

In my opinion the Japanese version of the XYZ theme is 1000% better. Mainly cause it also plays nearly every time ash-greninja shows up.

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

A neat detail in this series is all the trainers looking like/wearing what their primary pokemon would.

[@gadsonirishura4218]

He’s been doing more Pokémon content and I’m not complaining

[@aramisbean2605]

6:06 In terms of anime, I would call it the most anticipated gym battle cuz Ash had challenged him early on in the show when he found out Clemont was the gym leader but personally this wasn’t the best battle but definitely top 3

[@pokeperson1000]

As someone who grew up with the original, I thoroughly enjoyed the Kalos series and it was definitely among my favorites. On a side note, as much as I love the dub soundtrack, nothing trumps the instrumental that plays when Ash Greninja transforms in the Japanese version.

[@America-oil123]

Keep up the great work ❤

[@karbyboi8489]

You gotta watch all of Greninjas fights him and ash go crazy in their fights

[@v_tiredd]

you have got to listen to the XYZ intro song and the Ash Greninja Theme

[@ValianceGames]

Hard recommendation to check out the JP opening to the XYZ anime. A big part of the hype for me was watching the sub with my brother early and Ash-Greninja moments with that opening are also very good Both are good, I just want you to experience both

[@CRescentnoodles7]

he gotta see the japanese opening

[@Sploobicious]

Ash greninja is actually in the games!

[@Ability-San]

Sometimes I’m glad I watched sun and moon first before XY

[@xmant8842]

1:41 yugioh gx started off pretty goofy, but actually gets pretty depressing in seasons 3 and 4

[@tekk.0410]

5ds was so gass🔥🔥🔥

[@GhostKnightEditz]

This might be a hot take but I never got the hype for XYZ tbh, I mean it had the best fight choreography and it felt more like a standard shounen anime but I think it's a bit overhyped, Infernape>>>Greninja in writing imo

[@adventuresofavalon2477]

Both of them are well written for different reasons.

[@champu823]

I was just excited for mega evolution

[@MinMin4theWinWin]

I mean he always had.

[@skylier1221]

Yu-Gi-Oh arc v is good as well but obviously the subbed

[@codygilpin5204]

I always hated that they never aged ash up with the seasons

[@TheEvanbones]

dave if you watch the original yugioh in sub it's way more violent and there are guns in it all the time

[@LVUnown]

React to shelf tour by big juicy

[@DragonGo-j2l]

XY/XYZ was the best series had the best ace best animation best movies side series best Japanese version best everything