Why Pokémon Anime Fans HATE Netflix

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Hard to love Netflix when they canceled sharing password among households. I have HBO, Paramount, Hulu, & Amazon, but no Netflix :/

[@charusharu]

Yeah, that sucked for a lot of people. We have Netflix as a family now but I mostly use it to put on nature documentaries in the background lol

[@Diana45251]

lol

[@ryanscheffer2302]

I got rid of Netflix back in 2021 when the majority of seasons of Power Rangers were removed from Netflix.

[@JustinObi54]

Im sorry, wtf​@@ryanscheffer2302

[@watchforever1724]

@@ryanscheffer2302I see

[@bacd-nn2lg]

Pokemon fans that watches weekly Pokemon Horizons from pirate sites are now wondering, if Dot will get Tinkatink in episode 39. While a normal Pokemon fans that watches only Netflix will probably have to wait until 2025 to see the same episode.

[@kite60311]

Normal?😂

[@CheshireVulpes]

@@kite60311yeah the non weebs

[@makinyoumad9498]

I guess she will catch it

[@AhmedMohammed-pf3jk]

Look I use Pirate sites , But I like japanese and eng sub , and netflix doesn’t got that and only eng dub , Also I watch them in batches so when 3 weeks pass i watch 3 episodes and that

[@MJ-kx5fo]

⁠@@AhmedMohammed-pf3jkwhat’s a good pirate website to watch Pokemon?

[@Angelite1209]

I think they need to catch up and release two episodes a week up until 2 episodes away from the Japanese one. Then it can switch to 1 episode per week.

[@Gorgosauruslibra]

They probaly wouldnt do it and have the entire season to bingde

[@ssectorlap]

@@Gorgosauruslibra I'm just wonder how One Piece Egghead arc would work for premiering on Netflix and how will that strategy to work🤔🤔

[@Gorgosauruslibra]

@@ssectorlap yeah it most likley wouldn't but they used to do it but only for a bit before the company changed

[@ssectorlap]

@@Gorgosauruslibra I just looked at One Piece anime on Netflix and it looks like they’re doing weekly new episodes and it’s just the sub version

[@watchforever1724]

@@ssectorlapfunny enough 8 days apparently one piece egghead is gonna air weekly since last week

[@aquario6944]

I think your assessment and criticisms of netflix, was great and well put together. I hope someone from their company sees this and manages to pull the proper strings for change.💯

[@PokedigiZ]

Ironic how they just announced Pokémon TV will be shut down in March. I'm assuming they have some Netflix or other big company deal.

[@ZukosCharizard]

Just saw this too… they better its so sad

[@ohmaplaymaker]

wait what? 😢

[@PokedigiZ]

@brendanbullock7712 Hoping it'll get replaced. However, I'm more concerned about whether this is a hint that Ash will be permanently replaced or not. I was hoping they would have all of the episodes though. A part from well, banned episodes.

[@madnessarcade7447]

It’s unfortunate

[@PokedigiZ]

@@ohmaplaymaker Yeah...Serebii just posted about it on Twitter about 30 minutes ago now.

[@MizuHime07]

Ive noticed that for some shows, Netflix has released them on a weekly basis. For example "Great British Bake Off" had weekly releases and it wasn't bingeable. My guess for the delay is the recording sessions for the dub, their *shudder* music recordings and other licensing stuff between Netflix and Pokemon Company. The reason I started watching the Japanese Dubs of the show is because I can't stand how they butchered the sound track for the anime..The battle between Cynthia and Iris was so epic in the Japanese dub. When she summoned out her Garchomp the music was Boss battle levels of hype, The dub was terrible and it just deflated any hype for that fight. The theme songs arent as fun an energetic either. Also as much as I would love to watch it in English..some of their choices for redubbing the pokemon [heck even the voices of some characters] just doesn't fit well to me.

[@charusharu]

The soundtrack differences are an excellent reason to watch the Japanese version, that's for sure.

[@shadowwizard2383]

Yeah they have the series I watched on Netflix that released weekly was my happy marriage. I don’t understand why they won’t do that for Pokémon that is the only issue people have with it releasing on Netflix.

[@talenstout8324]

But at least you can understand the dialogue. Also even if the songs arn’t energetic, there wholehearted.

[@MizuHime07]

@@talenstout8324 when I watch the Japanese dub, its with subs so I can still understand whats being said, also im studying Japanese for fun so watching it Raw helps me learn too. Its great that you like the English dub, but its just not for me.

[@shadowwizard2383]

@@talenstout8324 yeah I definitely prefer watching in eng dub but I watch the Japanese with subs because its just that good of a story, HZ is my favorite because they are finally unshackled from the games plot and ash era dumb rules and kiddish jokes/gags and romance that won’t go anywhere. I love how so many of the characters are connected to each other and we will most likely see all of liko family line for 5 generations probably the same with roy and amethio as well.

[@princesspikachu3915]

I hate how long we have to wait for Netflix. It reminds me of the early days when the first season first aired on local stations and already had two movies out before we got the first film. I hate the gap. As much as Disney has fallen from grace in recent years at least with Disney XD there was only a couple of months delay in episodes and the movies were released just a few months after Japanese cinema’s. Also during the Cartoon Network days the Genesect movie was only two months after Japanese theaters and got a DVD release BEFORE Japan. I miss those days and it really does hurt to the point where I have been watching fan subs and winging it with the Japanese episodes.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@Amemji]

Yea I've been surviving of fan subs till I found out Horizons is on IPlayer

[@goudendynamiethd2117]

Cartoon Network was the best

[@watchforever1724]

@@goudendynamiethd2117 that was back then

[@DemanaJaire]

Omg, I remember watching your channel around 5 years ago and I clearly remember your distinct voice back then, but it's changed so much since then! Still such a nice and chill channel to vibe to.

[@LtDarkWing]

I remember rewatching a Pokemon episode in the Eng Dub (localized) and was rather disappointed with the OST change... I understand why it had to be done, but nearly all the cool BGMs that were present in the original were just gone and there was no impactful replacement.

[@spontaneouswizard358]

In all fairness, here in Australia we didn’t get Pokémon ultimate journeys (season 25) and aim to be a Pokémon master didn’t come to Netflix until October or November roughly. That wait was painful.

[@thegoldenfistthree326]

In Australia it’s on 9go first

[@spontaneouswizard358]

@@thegoldenfistthree326 makes sense.

[@dontblink3597]

I wanted to say that you make a really good point in your video. It's crazy to think that the gap between the Japanese release and the US one has grown bigger instead of becoming slightly shorter than in the XY days. I share the opinion that having such a gap takes away the hype off some big events, as I've seen it first hand when Ash become world champion, having my cousin who watches the show in the European Spanish dub as they release on TV and myself who watched it when it was broadcasted in Japan (a gap which is even bigger, as we depend on the English dub first). Something should be done to shorten the time gap, but it's a complicated issue, I guess. I must say, though, that as someone who has studied how the dub process can be (in the eyes of a translator), I wouldn't really recommend a straight-up simuldub. As you mention, the whole situation to bring a product localized takes time, if you take that away, the quality drops considerably, so the product becomes harder to enjoy. Here in Spain, a few years before the streaming platforms' boom, they used to do simuldubs to shows such as The Walking Dead or Arrow in order to follow the trend, but you could easily find some issues in the released products. And even then, the dub episodes never aired at the same time as the original (around 20 hours later, the earliest, or a week or two later, the latest). All of that was regarding English to Spanish dub localizations, which are way more common here, so the workload in a Japanese to English dub (or to any language for that matter) is expected to be bigger, as the language combination is harder. In a product that needs a heavier localization like the Pokémon anime, due to its music changes, the name changes, the voice acting and even some light editing, the simuldub would be a bad option. Or at least it would be if it was done in a short period of time. With all of these, am I saying the the Netflix formula is good? Nope, absolutely not. Like you mentioned, having a bunch of episodes all at once and a big break takes away the hype quite quickly. It can work to some shows, but not to all of them. I do believe that every platform should study their products a bit more in order to know what works better in each case, instead of having the bunch of episodes as their default plan.

[@gioshideout]

I like the idea of having multiple episodes to watch at once, but I honestly feel Pokemon, the anime, is best consumed weekly. And like you said, it makes for better discussion and appreciation of each episode. Great video!

[@bowtiesrcool86]

Yeah, it was annoying that the official twitter channel and from that Google posted about Ash becoming Monarch as well as winning the Alola Leauge the day it happened. Granted, I had already seen it on Serebii, but I had gone looking on Sereibii. The others it just came up as a trending story.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@jodamora7338]

I see & acknowledge the Japanese to English process to release as an ongoing problem that has been happening for years. Also, t.v. is not what it was in past years compared to t.v. currently. Lastly, I am caught up on Pokémon Horizons anime after watching the English subbed version online & I am not effected by the problem since I watch less t.v. than I did when I was younger.

[@gundambassexe31]

Yes the binge watching method is very annoying. Especially when I’ve been watching weekly back in the day on Cartoon Network , kidswb, and later Disney XD channel for sun and moon series , a movie rerun and the list goes on. Binge watching I is usually just forget about the series on Netflix after 3 or 4 episodes cuz I have other shows weekly to watch throughout the week

[@pb99-z3r]

Thanks for making this video because I still hate the fact that the official pokemon twitter account ruined the Ash v/s Leon finale even before the Masters 8 tournament started. There was no more suspense when Cindarace cornered Ash in the finals or when Cynthia went for Dynamax togekiss over mega garchomp. Like seriously, that one tweet ruined the whole experience and not to mention @Pokemon tweeting the same thing again when the English dub was released thus rubbing the salt on the wound. And for what? For following the anime since day 1 before I even started school?

[@ashelygordon669]

Yeah, I saw it too, can’t say of what Netflix is doing “ruins” the Pokemon anime because I still enjoy it to this day and I don’t mind Netflix personally but it really sucks that the waiting gap between Japanese and English in terms of distributing takes whenever the Japanese dubbing is usually weeks or even months ahead, I personally don’t mind the English dubbing but my personal problem is the OST change like other people mentioned in the comments, I wouldn’t mind doing on a weekly basis or having the options to change languages regardless if its streaming or DVDs overall. I don’t hate Netflix but I do question their business decisions at times if that makes sense. 🥲 #pokemon

[@dragonphoenix790]

That might be the reason why i prefer to watch the Japanese dub because they put some great music in the series like Garchomp vs Mega Lucario it really give me a boss fight vibes. Also for the intro, when they made an OP for Pokemon series, they just reduced by 30 seconds for English with the worst choice of music except the first season of Pokemon was actually pretty good with 1 minute intro. Like why would they've done this?

[@RetroNerdyGamer]

30 seconds is for more commercials.

[@TheObsessiveGamer]

While I am all for simul-release, even a soft simul-release would be fine with it coming out a week after the Japanese one. Gives them a week to dub it and shoot it out (of course they'd have to drop the making of new music...which would be preferred)

[@cloverfinderboygamer3573]

Is sad that PokemonTV is shutting down

[@KryZenGraphics]

its the classic tale the best way to fight Piracy, is by making things easy to access the fact the Gen 9 anime in America doesn't even officially come out until AFTER all the DLC for ScVi is insane, with Pokemon day before the release on March 7th, its v likely an entirely different games hype cycle will overshadow the BEGINING of a pokemon generation that's already almost finished

[@watchforever1724]

That’s how I watched most of the anime I watched on sites and Pokémon I can see it on fansub

[@andrewdivino08]

I literally just watch every episode on Facebook watch in English subs at the same time as it airs in Japan, I don’t need to wait longer than that. I got episode 34 on Christmas but I’m still waiting on episode 35, they posted episode 5 in English dub instead

[@IronLOX]

Ep 34 is the latest one here on Netflix 😢

[@andrewdivino08]

@@IronLOX oof I’m on episode 62 now I think

[@IronLOX]

@@andrewdivino08 by watching on Facebook?

[@clauliz5502]

I hope this video helps to make more Pokemon fans aware of this issue.

[@arrogantgodjealous]

I find it ironic that the US side knows that people are watching it in Japanese first, yet still change the soundtrack in the dub for no reason.

[@shadowwizard2383]

He said why they change the music in the video it’s so they don’t have to pay royalties to Japan to use their music.

[@arrogantgodjealous]

@@shadowwizard2383 I know why they do it, doesn't make it a good idea.

[@shadowwizard2383]

@@arrogantgodjealous Doesn’t matter what fans think just like so many fans where very disappointed with ash ending it is what it is

[@natalimoina]

it's better anyways

[@arrogantgodjealous]

@@shadowwizard2383 Well either way they should stop, replacement scores in anime have been frowned upon for over 2 decades now. It's not like they can't afford the rights, they just don't care.

[@cardinal8848]

The fact this dude can make a video about Netflix’s decline of the anime’s localization entertaining and humorous is a testament to his script writing like damn dude you’re killing it

[@Walshy8113]

In Australia we get a whole season of Pokemon on Netflix at the end of each year. We just got the final season with Ash in December so we won't see Horizons most likely until Christmas.

[@michaeltran4275]

Netflix is always a constant cash cow and then the massive army collection of the constant contract breakers, thus concluding: the massive butts of the jokes

[@Timotarius_]

The annoying thing with Netflix is that it DOES release some anime weekly as they air in Japan. They’re just really inconsistent with it and it’s always a flip of the coin it it will be batch release or weekly . This is worse when they have exclusive rights to a anime like jojo cause even japan had to wait for the batches to be on Netflix for it to release on tv there. There was no illegal alternative cause they withheld it from releasing weekly in Japan.

[@ShadowVoltzzz]

I don't understand sometimes why Pokemon episodes aren't just uploaded to Crunchyroll like other anime. I don't know how Pokemon and streaming distributions work with the Japanese version. But it never sat well with me the concept of Pokemon being an anime that's basically drip fed in small chunks for the American version these days. Kind of destroys momentum in my opinion. You get to a part that's all hype and then nothing for almost 5 or 6 months.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@CinderLitten]

What if I told you Pokémon is also sunsetting their international Pokémon TV app (no seriously this is true). Netflix isn’t the only culprit anymore to “ruining” the Pokémon anime.

[@cloverfinderboygamer3573]

I WAS SO MAD THAT I MADE A VIDEO ABOUT IT AND I BEEN USING IT FOR 3 YEARS

[@V.U.4six]

Wdym? I barely touched that, I prefer the original language anyway after all and it’s never an official option for the main series

[@HoennMaster]

I was so excited when anime became more popular on Netflix, especially because I haven't had any cable package in almost 15 years so I thought it would be easier for me to see some of these shows.. I actually thought it was going to help...and well this video explains exactly why I hate it. Plus, we don't know how long the exclusivity is going to be. Multiple Pokémon seasons and movies that were released on Netflix first are now available on physical media. Meanwhile there's been 0 news on Sailor Moon Eternal getting a physical release and it's been a year and a half now and Cosmos is likely to go through the same crap. I prefer to watch in English because sometimes my attention level makes it hard to watch subs, but I'm about to say f*** it and watch Japanese Horizons. Another thing that annoys me is that we know TCPI dubs these fast. They have aired "previews" as soon as two days after the Japanese airing. There is no reason we can't get back to 2-3 month period.

[@watchforever1724]

It’s interesting that the Japanese verison is different than the American verison and I was like surprised thanks to those fansubs hell we’re surprised hearing satoshi than ash

[@ShawnJbarr1988YT]

Netflix should have all of the Pokemon Seasons so when the New Season is getting worked on people can just watch the old seasons that came out before and also this would mean that people could still watch the full 25 seasons with Ash in it. So this would be a win win with the older people and the people that has just gotten into Pokemon anime. I mean this would just be so good because I love the pokemon X&Y anime then when it got removed from Netflix I could not watch it until it was on pokemon tv and that is not on anymore because of the Pokemon Co.

[@watchforever1724]

Actually I managed to watch it on home video

[@Booila]

I never had cable, so I was really happy that Pokemon Journeys came onto Netflix so I didn’t have to find the episodes on sites anymore. I liked the fact that in the old days, episode gaps were 2 to 3 months and Disney XD aired a bunch of new episodes at once on certain days. Because of the internet, I get spoiled months before it comes onto Netflix. I can read subs, but I prefer the dubs because it’s easier for me. I don’t have to worry about reading. I can just enjoy it without the hassle. Netflix should have released them in July instead because we knew at least the first one was dubbed and probably more. It’s a shame that we had to wait 10 whole months after Japan, but I understand that dubbing takes time. But the English dub for the Pokemon Coco movie had a trailer almost a year before it got released onto Netflix.

[@Josh-md1bc]

Crazy. The peak of my Pokémon anime experience was in X and Y- I never considered that I watched it because it was convenient. I remember the days where I had to go out of my way to search for Sun and moon, and just couldn’t take the wait time on the dub. Straight to sub. And with Journeys, I’m ngl, I watched the beginning all in dub- but I skipped maybe 2 seasons worth of episodes and just finished it off in entirely in sub. I was not gonna wait for the dub to drop months later once it was finally starting to turn up the pace. I’ll be honest. I’ve yet to watch horizons. I definitely will give it a shot, but Pokemon NEEDS to go back to the weekly schedule. At most the dub version should be a month after the Japanese- but that’s extremely wishful thinking from my end. They literally have a Pokémon TV app they don’t utilize enough in terms of the new content they drop.

[@animedude8712]

They had a Pokémon tv app.

[@watchforever1724]

@@animedude87129 years later it was announced to shut down

[@dorothycho2467]

My personal complaint with Pokémon and Netflix is that not all the Pokémon movies are there yet. I rely on Audio Description as a blind viewer and there aren't any audio described versions of the older movies like Destiny Deoxys. I want movies like Destiny Deoxys, The Rise of Darkrai and Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction to make it.

[@ohmaplaymaker]

1:53 Probably the worst move they ever did

[@TheMenaceHimself2006]

Wasn't very effective, huh?

[@ohmaplaymaker]

@@TheMenaceHimself2006 Luckily I watche the finale in sub before I got spoiled

[@TheMenaceHimself2006]

@@ohmaplaymaker Uhhh, since Pokemon TV is gonna be taken down, where can I watch all seasons of the Pokemon anime?

[@ohmaplaymaker]

@@TheMenaceHimself2006 Idk!!

[@ryankutchenriter]

Nice video, can you please talk about Aureliashipping

[@mcleod56ify]

It’s Netflix they did the same thing with other anime it’s like they have a personal vendetta against them

[@ZebraLuv]

We also don't like Netflix for their shady business practices, disrespect for viewers, constant scandals, high prices (back in my day Pokemon was free on local TV channels), international mistranslations and even character erasing.

[@espurrito4319]

I was able to keep up with journeys because I found subbed episodes on KZbin the day after they came out and could watch them before they got taken down. I wasn’t able to get to Horizons in time to do this and now I have to wait to watch it

[@watchforever1724]

You can check out horizons online I took 4 months to take a break til we get to 25 episodes in I stopped after episode 25

[@Amemji]

Im basically only able to watch the anime on Netflix and because of Netflix's weird schedule I literally finished Journeys and the homage episodes jus after Christmas but thankfully I have a savour IPlayer. I'm gonna start watching Horizon on Wednesday and I'm so excited

[@talenstout8324]

But Netflix is the fastest way to get Pokémon content, POKEMON tv is to far be behind. Dubs are underrated, they allow you to understand what the characters are saying.

[@Ghostmnm]

Power rangers fans hate Netflix too! Why? Netflix used to have EVERY SINGLE season (every series, don’t ask), now they basically just have the newest, Mighty Morphin’, and the Netflix Original anniversary one. Although this at least applies to fans in the UK, no idea with other places

[@mylesedgington4229]

Yeah, even though it’s not entirely Netflix’s fault. I would rather weekly releases over a few months with breaks that end off in place that makes sense than it’s stupid batch release model. That model killed my hype for Pokémon journeys so much that I never even finished. There was just no point because 6 months prior I knew what had already happened

[@lucygirl1111]

i had that problem about 2 years ago i got finally onto the jojo train and looked forward to the weekly discussions but then netflix happend so i woke up the next morning and saw episode 12 of stone ocean dropped and thought wtf how did i miss the other episodes

[@Rnerdy197]

I honestly don't mind waiting cause I've been out of the loop with pokemon for years didn't know what was going on with it until it blew up on social media that ash became a champion since then I've been more in the loop

[@watchforever1724]

How do you feel 12 days later considering the English dub is coming out this week

[@Lucario1121]

I wonder if it's just a data thing since Pokemon Horizon is played on a weekly basis in the UK but I guess Pokemon data shows that no one likes that method anymore in the USA and just prefer their stuff on a streaming service like A Netflix.

[@Chaddy744]

When i found out that netflix now had Pokemon i decided to just wait a year then pirate the whole series to watch in one go

[@desiweabu1614]

Idk, Pokémon should be more specific and try to match the original version without altering much, just like the other Dubs. But they just have to localize Pokémon so hard that they don't even want the kids to know that Pokémon is a Japanese Anime, not an American Show.

[@watchforever1724]

Which is why I watch it online than streaming honestly surprised this show isn’t on crunchyroll

[@perlagonzalez2734]

I’m guessing that Crunchyroll doesn’t think pokemon as anime, Crunchyroll has adult anime. This is more of kid anime even though adults watch it.

[@animedude8712]

@@perlagonzalez2734 Actually, CR has tones of animes aimed at a young audience. Shows like Digimon, and Precure is on CR. Most likely they can't beat Netflix, or Pokemon has never offered it to them. Pokemon doesn't like showing the Japanese version in the west.

[@shadowwizard2383]

@@perlagonzalez2734 That is totally wrong digimon and yugioh are on crunchyroll and other kid anime.

[@Aimi_Kaneko]

@@perlagonzalez2734 Dude, they have Astro boy

[@mechajay3358]

Netflix's Binge Model is no fit for a anime that runs weekly like Pokemon.

[@snookerdooker471]

I really do agree with this also Pokémon had an app called Pokémon TV where seasons 3-19 were rotated on a monthly basis until that generation’s season were on the app then it would restart the cycle and this means they could’ve released the episodes on this app instead of Netflix and that would be great because we wouldn’t have to wait for Netflix to release they in an unreliable way.

[@s1ko52]

Also ironic how Pokemon TV on the Pokemon site got shut down same day as this video...

[@shadowwizard2383]

That app is shutdown in a bit

[@watchforever1724]

Well the app is shutting down

[@joecrammond6221]

it wouldn't be too bad if the gaps between episodes airing in America weren't that far behind Japan, even the UK where I live is getting them much earlier

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@blackoutamvs6550]

Man the gap between Eng dub and sub of pokemon horizon will get larger than what One piece was with funimation dub 5 years ago

[@Agreel]

8:49 Meanwhile, a 10-year-old self, watching Yu-Gi-Oh! in full german, barely understanding anything from context, just because there were only 48 episodes available in polish.

[@felixthecat5333]

I’m still surprised that by moving pokemon to Netflix, we american viewers still can’t get to watch the anime with Japanese audio, even though most anime on that platform has audio for all of their other anime but pokemon for some reason

[@AerWhoSometimesUploads]

Here in Australia, we literally never got the final season of journeys. No getting to see ash’s battle with Leon.

[@LeighTheSunneGuardian]

Rip.

[@mandyplays219]

Not gonna lie, I wish that Netflix added Japanese dub for the anime. Then they could just add subtitles to it, not having to wait for the English Dub, and imo Japanese sounds way better in Pokemon.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@tails230]

Changing music in the English dub to avoid paying music rights to Japaness Composers? Is that the reason why 4Kids changed music in some of their dubs like Sonic X and Kirby: Right back at ya?

[@evanminton8315]

The way that the dub has been handled is absolutely atrocious. I wouldn’t mind watching a subtitled version of the Pokémon anime if they use the localized names of the Pokémon creatures. But I don’t want to watch the show and take a good five seconds try to remember what the hell a Fushigidane and Iwanko is. To compare, Digimon has just as bad of a dub experience, but the localization name issue is virtually non-existent. Most Digimon names are the same in ENG as they are in JP with some notable exceptions like Tailmon/Gatomon and Omegamon\Omnimon. I generally just watched the subtitled versions of Digimon nowadays because I know that I will have to wait in eternity for the English dub. And I don’t mind that. While dub is my preferred anime watching style, I am quite ok with watching subtitled anime if the dub is not available for whatever reason. But Pokémon is different. What Pokémon needs to start doing is releasing official subtitles on Crunchyroll hours after the Japanese airing. And with the dub, there is no reason why it shouldn’t be but a few months behind. In this day and age, we have the English dub of shows like Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, and Spy X Family being mere weeks after their Japanese release. Not only that, but Pokémon is one of the most successful franchises in the world. It’s not like they don’t have the means to get this done.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@kevinwilson3452]

Whats so fucked about about the Feb release date . Is pokemon itself announced it started dubbing in english in July. Netflixs does on their whole entire platform.

[@V.U.4six]

They have a handful of dubs in other languages but they never have the original Japanese audio! Horizons would have been a great starting point after all these years to have official subs OTL Because it’s a fresh start without Ash and Co

[@Dat_SheepMC]

I hate Netflix because i live in Canada and Pokémon ultimate journeys came out a MONTH AGO ON NETFLIX so I’m gonna have to wait a long time before I can watch the new anime 😕

[@Starr_drip]

I did it

[@petermei6276]

Nice video, charusharu. I'm tired of US Netflix. US Netflix refuse to promote Pokemon on their TV commercials and has to promote American shows like Netflix One Piece. Boycott US Netflix. I want my Pokemon on US cable back. I'm tired of US cable over playing repeat and America shows like SpongeBob SquarePants. It was a sad decade for US Pokemon. Blame US Netflix. I want my Pokemon live TV channel on live TV services like Fubo TV. Im tired of today's America. Today's America really hate Pokemon these days since 2002. Today's America loves repeat like streaming video on demand and celebrities. Even American kids are not intrested in Pokemon these days. Stupid US Netflix and today's America. I really wish Pokemon should stay on US cables like Disney XD. Disney XD did a great job promoting Alola episodes and Kalos reruns. I wish Pokemon should stay airing on Disney XD. I'm sick of repeat like Friends and Beyblade. I want my Pokemon aired on US cable back.

[@lumarc5513]

not only that but in canada whenever the date is announced it comes at least 2 months later

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@minicle426]

I already hated Netflix anyway.

[@MrFritofries]

Tbh this how I found your channel, I wanted to keep up with pokemon journeys but the there was such a gap between the episodes for the Japanese airing I basically stopped watching. Then I saw you reviewing them on KZbin so thays how I just kept up with the series lol

[@maryscudder3324]

Fun fact the creator of of the jouto three legendaries beast create a manga called Pokemon golden boys

[@AZ-697]

I’ve never been a fan of the streaming binge model. Going with Netflix was a huge error.

[@shadowwizard2383]

It’s great for series where a season is only 12-15ep love watching the dragon prince, blood of Zeus, onmyoji, Daniel spellbound etc all in one go instead of waiting a week for it but it should not be used for shows that go beyond the 12-15ep mark. Shows like that should be on Disney plus or something else that will release it weekly.

[@HerrySis48]

As Pokémon fan, I don’t hate Netflix

[@blackoutamvs6550]

I got pissed during journeys when i found out that i couldnt watch Ash become the world champion, thankfully cartoon network came in clutch. Weekly series like pokemon shouldnt be released in batches as more likely than not the 13th episode will not resolve anything at all. They should release it weekly like they are doing with one piece egghead island arc

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@ThopazProductions]

Fun Fact: When I First Started watching journeys on netflix, every episode before ep 13 was gone

[@watchforever1724]

Really I sorta binged the series around February for Pokemon journeys

[@42Caio]

Other anime have simuldubs. Pokémon is just stuck on the past. The whole thing with recording a different soundtrack is an archaic practice that pretty much no other show still does.

[@V.U.4six]

Not to mention THEY STILL don’t do the subbed version officially (for Main series) after all these years Anime is so much bigger and much more mainstream now-majority of platforms literally offer both options and here Pokémon is still refusing to give us official sub with original language New Horizons was a a great opportunity to start anew but they’re still pulling this BS-including stuff like simuldubs and etc like you said

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@natalimoina]

other anime aren't dubbed anywhere near as well

[@blackoutamvs6550]

The generation 11 anime will start airing by the time, horizons english dub ends

[@pichu_isbee7294]

where are some "legal websites" i can watch this series bc i got to the end of the english dub in like a day and i like actually watching the show instead of waiting another like 2 years

[@watchforever1724]

9anime or gogoanime

[@watchforever1724]

Gogonanime

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I love this video and channel Thanks you for your video and channel I love Pokemon All franchise

[@dragonhunter285ify]

Happy late new year my friend hope you and you're wife had a safe and happy one, yes they need to work better and spacing its annoying

[@Michellejosph]

I tend to watch new pokemon seasons once they come to dvd as I buy them as they come out I have not seen a new dubbed pokemon series when it initially came out since x,y,z as I got rid of cable after it ended and switched to streaming so I only saw sun and moon and and the first 2 seasons of journeys on dvd I am now waiting for the final season of journeys to come to dvd I hope aim to be a pokemon master will be part of that dvd season box set but if it is not I hope it is released on dvd the same day or within a week of it

[@lcgl09]

The worst part is that it takes centuries for the Swedish dub to come out xD (yeah I know, devastating)

[@BryanRainey]

And we're getting Pokemon Horizons over a month after we get the final content for Scarlet and Violet with a little over a year before we find out about Generation 10.

[@watchforever1724]

A month it’s finally out

[@kingbladerZed]

Apparently yes, Way worse than what disney has did. Once I work for the pokemon company, I plan to give the Pokemon anime a proper english dub. However, I do have a few conditions, including a major return to TV, including Universal Kids, have the soundtrack stay true to the Japanese OST roots, along with better dubbing. Plus, no more bowdlerizing.

[@kingbladerZed]

I would also consider doing somewhat of a simulcast too. Like what they did with one piece. Plus, it's high time for American dubbing studios to swallow their pride and realize that they need to cooperate with the anime's Japanese owners and make the anime more amazing than ever.

[@watchforever1724]

@@kingbladerZedkidna sad we have no similcast for pokemon

[@mic456789]

Double true, I would choose Crunchyroll to have the series in both Dub & Sub versions, proper subtitles, proper Japanese OST, profanity and zero bowdlerizing. Amen.

[@fluffysharkdatazz9460]

Two companies bad at handling and listening to the consumers of this product are making pirate sites come back like crazy. And now we got palworld too.

[@Notdarkenn]

its 24th of august and i still dont have pokemon horizons

[@coppercoyotegtx7880]

So ... I have to wait for part 3 for 3 months. Well, ok, now I know how long to wait i would like to see how they voice act Sango in English dub for them funny moments i would love close as possible with the Japanese humor. ^~^💕

[@watchforever1724]

It takes around 6 months for the show to sorta catch up

[@yung_ant]

Wait, did we get Pokémon Concierge the same time the Japanese and English dub were released!? If so, Netflix can definitely do this!

[@apoole54]

Thank goodness trainer Zac gives reviews of each episode

[@kingbladerZed]

I agree that Pokemon horizons is also more of a guinea pig that failed in the testing. Especially when it come to the weird Streaming service experiment.

[@watchforever1724]

Sadly

[@kingbladerZed]

@@watchforever1724 I might change that if I work for the pokemon company. Starting with having pokemon anime in universal kids.

[@corrinflakes9659]

It is weird that Concierge was at least simultaneous, but I think the unique medium and story type of that series would have survived a delay better to stand-out. However, it is good that is was simultaneous.

[@taylormansonshadicstorm9008]

To be honest, my biggest problem with how Netflix handles the Pokemon Anime is that they removed Pokemon XY & XYZ from Netflix, along with the Gen 6 Movies. I get that the Gen 6 Pokemon movies aren’t exactly held in high regard (I personally love ‘em, but I know most of the community hates them, especially Clash of Ages), but who in the right mind thought it was a good idea to remove one of the best anime series’s in the franchise?!!!!! Was there some contract that means that they’re not allowed to stream the series? Was it only removed in certain regions of the world? I don’t get it!!!! Because of this, I can’t watch my favourite Pokemon Anime series, since it isn’t on Pokemon TV, and I’m not willing to commit piracy!!!

[@ijhuzkij7254]

Bro yall have this Series in Europe netflix lagges behind like crazy

[@aquilschutte]

I always hated netflix cus all movies and series i watched got taken off netflix

[@madnessarcade7447]

What about the dub eps that air weekly in some parts of the world

[@shadowwizard2383]

What about them they are different companies if you want to watch the UK Pokémon HZ go ahead it’s up to ep 6 I think

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@shadowwizard2383my point was are they just as behind

[@shadowwizard2383]

@@madnessarcade7447 UK has 6 or more ep of HZ in English dub which is normally reversed because normally the US is ahead in getting ep. So we will instantly catch up to them when we get all 15 ep that released at the same time only down sized is they will just keep getting a ep a week why we have to wait for a few months. Which is dumb because Netflix has series that releases ep once a week like my happy marriage.

[@shadowwizard2383]

@@madnessarcade7447 If your asking like how many ep the UK has its 6-10 I think and they are the furthest along outside of Japan where its on ep 35.

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@shadowwizard2383I was asking if it’s affected by the Netflix release model

[@theobjectsticdude5054]

Imagine a better idea: MeTV buys the rights to the dub and they air new episodes every week (oh wait, they are an over the air television network, who cares about that anyway, they will still get it in my opinion)

[@RioIII]

They busted moved the date back to March 7, 2024. So frustrating

[@milesdapro]

tbh i would be fine with the dubbed episodes being a week behind the japenese ones if they went back to a weekly release schedule.

[@watchforever1724]

Sadly I doubt that’s gonna happen with Pokémon

[@Sparkshot99]

I watch Lego ninjago, ( A ENGLISH SHOW) and a 2.5 year old season, Crystalized, just released in the UK a week ago.

[@darkscarflame4822]

You seem to be on point there Charles. I doubt I'd binge watch all your videos if you released a whole lot in one go if they were 30 minutes long as it would become more of a chore than an enjoyment. Great video, great points.

[@charusharu]

Yeah, that would certainly be overload haha. Everything in moderation!

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@MiYuuki.DFP1]

Ya know, the dub could also keep the Japanese music (or at least BG music like they did before up until at least DP maybe BW but I didn’t care too much for that series so idk what they did for that music) that would take away the work of ruining what Japan does so amazingly good with pokémon too, the fact they took away DoriDori is such a crime and i will never forgive them for ruining the hype at Serena’s performances 🥲 they could have done it like Dawn’s theme and just use the instrumental version.. like they could dub the gompy song but not just use the other JP music like in older days? It’s such a joke … Serena’s hair cutting scene is so freaking powerful in Japanese for example, it made me cry, meanwhile the dub : voice actress (in Dutch in my case) does a fantastic job but, because the music is changed to some stupid random music that ruins the mood, the emotions just do not get across like it does in Japanese :/

[@watchforever1724]

I doubt I use it

[@ericsanders9847]

I wish that they would give us the series at a rate where we could keep up at the same pace as Japan

[@darkglass3011]

A lot of anime fans back in the 2000s and 2010s switched to watching the Japanese episodes in English subtitles because: 1. They couldn't wait 2. By the time the dub caught up, they were extremely disappointed because it was inferior to the original Japanese source material. Looks like history is repeating itself for the 2020s.

[@watchforever1724]

Sometimes it’s an exception that the English dub is good

[@Allustar]

I remember when Netflix acquired the rights to air JoJo Part 6. God that sucked. It completely ruined any discussion that part had because batches released so SO far apart!

[@charusharu]

Yes, it sucked so, so much lol