Is this season as good as the first few?

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Pokémon General → Is this season as good as the first few?

Poll: Do you prever the old Anime or the new ones?

Old Animé (seasons 1-5)(Kanto + Orange Islands + Johto)	3	42.86%
New Animé (Seasons 6 -Now)(Hoenn + Sinnoh)	1	14.29%
I like 'em both!	3	42.86%

Voters: 7

1. Ningamer said on November 6, 2009, 03:02:29 PM (-08:00)

Giratina
3,415 posts

Title.

I prefer the old animé, Kanto, Johto and the Orange Islands were my favourite (Johto's my favourite region)
I think the new series go off-track too much (OMG HONEY! or TEH MOO-MOO MILK NOOO!), whereas the earlier series focused more on the Pokemon Gyms/League story.
I'm not saying the newer animé is bad, I'm just saying I prefer the older animé.

No saying that a certain season was 'The Best'. That's against the rules. Just state your opinion and why. There are NO right or wrong answers.

2. RageOfInnocence said on November 6, 2009, 03:50:08 PM (-08:00)

Charizard
119 posts

should've done the poll by regions...in that case, Sinnoh is the best in my opinion overall (and I've been watching since Kanto), but there were great episodes in all the various series, so it's hard to say which is the best individually (like season 5 Master Quest was the best of the three Johto seasons, but that doesn't make Johto the best region, every one has its good and not-so-good episodes)...

3. Cat333Pokémon said on November 6, 2009, 06:01:56 PM (-08:00)

Administrator
10,307 posts

I like the newer episodes for different reasons than I like the older ones. The newer ones have far better translations, while the older ones have nostalgic value.

But every season has filler episodes and I hate those. They are a waste of disk space, a waste of continuity, and a waste of money when bought in box sets along with good episodes.

4. RageOfInnocence said on November 8, 2009, 12:37:43 PM (-08:00)

Charizard
119 posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

I like the newer episodes for different reasons than I like the older ones. The newer ones have far better translations, while the older ones have nostalgic value.

But every season has filler episodes and I hate those. They are a waste of disk space, a waste of continuity, and a waste of money when bought in box sets along with good episodes.

I can certainly agree about the more accurate translations these days, but unfortunately, having read about everything that was cut from the old episodes, it's hard to feel nostalgic - it usally just makes me mad. about the box sets, yet, that's the reason I haven;t bought the Battle Dimensions Vol. 1 (I can bring myself to pay for the Spiritomb and Hippowdon episodes despite the other good ones!) ... yesterday, I happened to notice Star Trek (original series) DVD, invidiually sold with only two episodes each (and looked like new releases), which didn't seem to make much sense in the age of the box set...well, this is probably why....

5. Cat333Pokémon said on November 8, 2009, 05:41:15 PM (-08:00)

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10,307 posts

The Start Trek discs aren't as bad as other certain anime I won't mention that I've seen insane overseas prices for. Who would pay four thousand yen (about $37 US) for a two-episode DVD?!

6. Magmaster12 said on November 8, 2009, 06:17:32 PM (-08:00)

Rayquaza
4,872 posts

Well the original series seemed to aim for an entirely different audience.