Type: TV Series
Genre: Action/adventure
Plot Synopsis: The anime revolves around Ash Ketchum (Jap.: Satoshi), a young boy on a journey to become the greatest Pokémon master ever. His first Pokémon is a Pikachu, a small electric mouse Pokémon. Throughout the seasons, Ash makes many friends, fellow Pokémon trainers: Misty (Kasumi), Brock (Takeshi), May (Haruka), and Dawn (Hikari).
Story: 7/10
The whole Pokémon master thing is pretty cool, but there's not too much of a continuing storyline. It seems to be more like a typical American TV show, where there are mini synopsises throughout the series instead of a long-running plot. Ash becoming a master is sort of a long running plot, but something more detailed would be better.
Characters: 9/10
So diverse! The one thing I don't like is that they gave them all American names. I mean, I realize the anime is somewhat geared towards little kids, and little kids would have a tough time pronouncing names like Takeshi and Satoshi. I always prefer original names, though.
Art/Animation: 10/10
The art is so cute! Well animated (espeically considering the series started in 1998), well drawn, and all around good.
Voice Acting/Music: 5/10
You know, I kind of hate some of the voices in this anime... Ash's voice is nice, so is Misty's. Brock's was cool until around the Diamond/Pearl era when he sounded like he had awkwardly and suddenly gone through puberty. Dawn's just... sucked, and May's sucked too, just not as hard.
The voice I love? Pikachu. They kept his original Japanese voice ^_^ I like some of the music. The only theme song I liked was the very first one (I wanna be the very best, like no one ever waaas... DUN DUN DUN).
Conclusion: 8/10
One of my fave anime! Good for pretty much any age, I know fans from ages 5 to 35. Even my dad kind of likes it xD I've been a fan since around age 5, and still am at thirteen <3
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