starryskies
gay
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- Aug 3, 2012
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Having watched Pokemon since the original series, I have to say--from first to fourth, those generations contained actual depth. There were emotions and heartfelt battles and times that you laughed along with the characters of the show, even at their lame jokes. You really got to know the characters and their personalities: you almost knew them like the back of your hand. They were great, funny, strong--some of them I even consider role models, and I admit to fangirling over all of the gen 1-4 girls more than once. They were awesome, and had actual depth. There was an actual emotional storyline back then, as far as I can tell. When comparing all this to generation five, it seems lacking of the emotion and depth that the previous generations contained. It just feels...empty. It's like they're too happy sometimes, for no reason. It's just a show for little kids, now--they don't really expect you to be too much into it, or know anything from previous generations. It's like Generation V--No Brain Required.
I honestly feel that, if kids watch this and don't bother to watch the previous generations, and just dismiss them as old and pathetic, we'd have a group of pokemon fans who aren't really pokemon fans. No one would really be interested enough to keep into it as they get older--it's just a children's show, now. And I know that's what it's supposed to be, but...there's no depth. You used to really know the characters personally, through the TV screen--how Misty loved water pokemon and wanted to become the best water trainer in the world, how May was so unsure of herself at first and got better with Ash's training, and how Dawn learned to coordinate. It felt really personal, even though it's just a TV show, and it helped shape peoples' childhood.
I honestly think that this--the fifth generation and so on, at least as far as I've seen--won't do that. It won't have as many true pokemon fans, or people who really love pokemon for what it is. A lot of people don't really care about the anime, but for me it brought me into pokemon--it was so much cooler and life-like in the shows. It made me play the games and read the manga. It was awesome. But, in my opinion, the current anime just isn't awesome. It lacks that depth and quality that all the other series have. I kind of lost hope for the future generation of pokemon fans, at least by anime.
I honestly feel that, if kids watch this and don't bother to watch the previous generations, and just dismiss them as old and pathetic, we'd have a group of pokemon fans who aren't really pokemon fans. No one would really be interested enough to keep into it as they get older--it's just a children's show, now. And I know that's what it's supposed to be, but...there's no depth. You used to really know the characters personally, through the TV screen--how Misty loved water pokemon and wanted to become the best water trainer in the world, how May was so unsure of herself at first and got better with Ash's training, and how Dawn learned to coordinate. It felt really personal, even though it's just a TV show, and it helped shape peoples' childhood.
I honestly think that this--the fifth generation and so on, at least as far as I've seen--won't do that. It won't have as many true pokemon fans, or people who really love pokemon for what it is. A lot of people don't really care about the anime, but for me it brought me into pokemon--it was so much cooler and life-like in the shows. It made me play the games and read the manga. It was awesome. But, in my opinion, the current anime just isn't awesome. It lacks that depth and quality that all the other series have. I kind of lost hope for the future generation of pokemon fans, at least by anime.