Especially given the aforementioned nods to the original anime.
Fans of the original will almost certainly see glaring issues with the aesthetic in this one – despite it looking gorgeous and really well presented at times – while newcomers will wonder quite what the relationship between these characters are.
The problem here then comes from the target market for this material. Here, the story throws you straight into the midst of the plot, with Dr Fuji creating the monstrous hybrid Pokemon creature Mewtwo, who reigns terror on the world by hosting his own Pokemon tournament.įrom the gang collecting a mysterious egg and seeing it hatch into Togepi to seeing Charizard’s antics across the seasons as he refused to listen to Ash’s commands, all these moments made narrative sense for a crowd fresh off the anime going into that film. Back in 1998 when the original film dropped, it came off the back of the hugely successful anime, which saw a continuation of Pokemon trainer Ash’s journey across the world to collect Pokemon and become the very best trainer. The story predominantly stays true to the original film, following the same path that one did with a few added bits of dialogue and changed scenes. In doing so, this film acts as a nostalgic reminder of how good and fun the anime film was while accentuating all the plot issues the first had with a lack of charm and emotion to cloud over these problems. What better time then to rehash the original film and give it the Saint Seiya treatment with a new, glossy CGI facade.
There seems to be no end to Pokemon’s grip on the world. Since it stormed the gaming world back in 1996, Pocket Monsters has gone on to become a worldwide phenomenon with numerous games, a popular anime and earning more than $64 billion in merchandising revenue. Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise in the world.
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