Pokemon Commentary

[Animedude5555]

Ok I was just looking at Toys R Us's Pokemon merchendise. I found this.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13075649&cp=3426458&parentPage=family

Pokemon Conquest. I mean REALLY?! It's supposed to be a cutesy franchise for kids, but that boxart makes it look not much different from "T for Teen" rated games. Like just WOW!

http://i.imgur.com/LuKEJYW.jpg



And of course there's The Rise of Darkrai movie. But then you notice it says Pokemon Movie 10: The Rise of Darkrai. And here I am thinking, You gotta be kidding me! 10 Pokemon movies?! And that's on top of like hundreds of TV episodes and dozens of games. Is this like an eternally lasting franchise or something? Even Star Wars doesn't have 10 movies!

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3145947&cp=3426458&parentPage=family

[GameGeeks]

Yeah, not unusual for kids movies. Land Before Time has thirteen movies.

[Ranshiin]

You mad, bro?

[DeathBlade/13.666]

http://fox.mmgn.com/Lib/Images/Articles/normal/when-is-a-game-franchise-39-milked-39-out-1100518.jpg

[GameGeeks]

http://fox.mmgn.com/Lib/Images/Articles/normal/when-is-a-game-franchise-39-milked-39-out-1100518.jpg
That'd look great on a plate.

[International 4-8818]

http://i.minus.com/ik7cwrncaJxiG.gif

[Sympathy]

the pokemon franchise is successful? who knew.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

What happened to Pokemon? It got so . . . so . . . what's the word?

[wolfgirl90]

Pokemon Conquest. I mean REALLY?! It's supposed to be a cutesy franchise for kids, but that boxart makes it look not much different from "T for Teen" rated games. Like just WOW!

Pokemon is a kid series, that much is true. However, have you ever read the manga? Things get exceptionally brutal. Pokemon get injured. Pokemon get murdered. Pokemon die. You are just looking at box art and making stupid assumptions based on nothing. But the manga is why more brutal than any video game. Trust me. It is a kid's series, but often far from cute.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh90/Death--do--us--Apart/PA2_Chapter_2313.jpg

http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s339/okroginator/Pokemon/recap27.jpg


And of course there's The Rise of Darkrai movie. But then you notice it says Pokemon Movie 10: The Rise of Darkrai. And here I am thinking, You gotta be kidding me! 10 Pokemon movies?! And that's on top of like hundreds of TV episodes and dozens of games. Is this like an eternally lasting franchise or something? Even Star Wars doesn't have 10 movies!

Your point being...what exactly? Let's do some math, shall we?

The Pokemon anime has been going on for 17 years (since 1997). There has been a Pokemon movie released every year since it premiered. So....

17 years X 1 movie/year = 17 feature films (including the one coming out this year). Honestly, this should come as no surprise to you or to anyone. So again, your point is what?

Hell, James Bond has 23 movies, The Land Before Time has 13 movies (and a crap TV show), and the freaking "Air Buddies" (which shouldn't exist per movie canon), have 8 movies.


What happened to Pokemon? It got so . . . so . . . what's the word?

http://www.freewebs.com/dpcgallery/photos/Little-Mermaid-Movie-Pictures/arielburn[1].jpg

BUUUUURRRRN!!!

I'm sorry. I HAD to do it. I absolutely HAD to do it!:laugh:

[Anime Forum]

What happened to Digimon? It got so . . . so . . . what's the word?

Bad? Agreed.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Bad? Agreed.

I did NOT say Digimon. I said the other 'mon' lol

[Animedude5555]

Manga version was more violent than TV anime? Wow. I bet the Manga isn't considered to be for kids, at least not in the US it isn't (Japan maybe)

[дух]

82059

[Jmaster49]

Nope.

[wolfgirl90]

Manga version was more violent than TV anime? Wow. I bet the Manga isn't considered to be for kids, at least not in the US it isn't (Japan maybe)

It was released for children's markets in both countries actually. To this day, the Pokemon manga is usually only found in the children's sections of bookstores, with most of the violence kept in.

Ironically, when Viz re-released the Pokemon Adventures manga, they kept all of the serious violence (Raticate death, Arbok sliced, Magmar murdered), but took out some smaller forms of violence (along with some clothing and a few boob edits). For example, Arbok was still sliced in half, but Viz edited a scene where Chys (aka Crystal) is slapped by her mother.

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5b/PS133_edit.png

Apparently, animal death is fine; child abuse is not.

[Animedude5555]

It was released for children's markets in both countries actually. To this day, the Pokemon manga is usually only found in the children's sections of bookstores, with most of the violence kept in.

Ironically, when Viz re-released the Pokemon Adventures manga, they kept all of the serious violence (Raticate death, Arbok sliced, Magmar murdered), but took out some smaller forms of violence (along with some clothing and a few boob edits). For example, Arbok was still sliced in half, but Viz edited a scene where Chys (aka Crystal) is slapped by her mother.

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5b/PS133_edit.png

Apparently, animal death is fine; child abuse is not.


Maybe because it's worse to show humans getting hurt than fictional creatures that don't even exist in real life getting hurt?
Also you say Vis rereleased it? Was there another English version before Vis's version?