Pokemon. Everyones grown up on it it made lots of money and has been many peoples childhoods theres even a long running anime about it but thats not im gonna review. Pokemon Generations is ambitious short and entertaining. As a fan of the games the show is basically fanservice its a nostalgia blast. Art: 8/10 The art is great that is to be expected being animated by 5 different studios its definitely improved from the anime Which is sometimes lackluster the artstyle isnt brand new but is wonderful nonetheless seeing all of my favorite scenes from the games animated as well as the fight sequences being as fluid and fast as it can be examples being the Kyogre and Groudon scenes Deoxys vs Rayquaza and the twoi Dragons of Unova even if some frames look awkward af but overall great in general. Story: 8/10 The story of Pokemon is vast and wide in the games this ONA basically adapts a short portion of each generations story in 3 different episodes that do not connect to each other at all the pacing might be awkward. Episode 4 im looking at you The pacing does improve especially with Gen 5s episodes which is the best part of this series besides the last episode which is beautiful. Though the story buckles under its own screentime which is 4 minutes long each nonetheless it still manages to delivers its story albeit sometimes abruptly. OST: 8/10 The ost comprises of the soundtracks from the games which is understandable but it does have a few original tunes at least it doesnt reuse the same explosions effects which is a blessing.. Its definitely great and memorable personally it really did incur a bit of nostalgia in me which is probably the reason i enjoyed this ONA so much. Characters: 9/10 There is no specific protagonist in this show Looker is probably the protagonist...probably. but the characters are definitely adapted beautifully N Looker and even Ghetsis. The characters are probably the best part of this series for me seeing them all talk instead of just reading them from a text box Patrick Seitz one of the best Dub VAs in my opinion did a amazing job as Ghetsis in this short anime and of course in whats probably the thing that propelled my rating from a 75 to 85 is AZ. The endgame of Pokemon X and Y had a character named AZ and the anime adapted him wonderfully from the backstory and to the reunion the whole character is just chefs kiss as well as Silver especially Silver in how they made him a complex character the characters are definitely the highlight of the show. I dont know what else to say but overall this show is a short entertaining that was clearly made for the fans.
85 /100
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