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Post by jacobbellis2004 on Apr 29, 2022 9:26:02 GMT
So, I’ve been binging through the entire anime ever since January and watching every single episode (currently on DP as of me posting this). I do wonder though, have any of you actually seen every single episode?, or have you fully skipped on some of them? I’d be interested to hear your thoughts
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Kanto Elite
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Post by coatatopotato on Apr 29, 2022 12:22:44 GMT
Wow jacobbellis2004 that sounds like a truly monumental undertaking. Back of the envelope says: 20 minutes per episode times 1000 episodes = 20,000 minutes or about a fortnight of continuous watching. 
I wish I had the kind of time to do something like that. Personally, my watching of episodes was spotty, and dependent on how busy I was the week it aired.
I did a little bit of catching up on the stuff people say is important, but not much. I even haven't watched all of the DP episodes. Mostly I don't bother, unless the episode catches my attention, especially with the newer seasons.
That said, I have made the (ill-advised) decision to try and watch all the movies. All I can say so far is that... some of them were good.  |
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Post by auda on May 10, 2022 4:52:40 GMT
I think I mention this in about every post lol. I've kept track, though some might be slightly off...
(Each season watched so far)
Begin 01: 04/03/20 End: 04/16/20
Begin 02: 04/17/20 End: 07/24/20
Begin 03: 07/26/20 End: 08/09/20
Begin 04: 08/10/20 End: 01/23/21
Begin 05: 01/24/21 End: 03/04/21
Begin 06: 03/05/21 End: 03/25/21
Begin 07: 03/26/21 End: 04/30/21
Begin 08: 05/01/21 End: 07/07/21
Begin 09: 07/09/21 End: 10/08/21
Begin 10: 10/11/21 End: ... (Yes, I am still on this)
I've made similar notes, and just notes in general, for movies, manga, side episodes, Pikachu episodes, etc. Trying to watch absolutely everything in the intended order. I have stuff like commercials and old 4Kids bumpers or their between-shows skits. Even some extremely cringe-y (aka the good stuff) promotional video material. I found a Japanese "English learning" dvd which I think had a few new lines around from the original English cast? It had the original Poke Rap but with colors instead of Pokémon... I also have.. 1 episode of Pokémon SMASH and a ton of Pokémon GET TV. What's that? Honestly all I know is that they're variety shows and I don't believe they're subbed so I'll probably only skim through them. They do have bulbapedia entries if you want to check that out. I believe I have every single piece of JP music up to Sun/Moon... Tons of English and other language music. I had no idea there was 3+ different language versions of Misty's Song and only that song (from Pokémon Live), including a French version. That's great, I love that song. She did say she "liked French things" in season 1, I guess.. No JP version though, go figure, though I remember JP fans from way back in the day did know about it and liked it. I have a bunch of fan-made YT vids, most of which I'm 100% sure no longer exist on YT due one reason or another, including some of the original Pearlshipping TV YT before that died. Though, not to get spoiled, I DL'd all of that blindly so I don't even really know what I have. I think I did number them though. I have a lot more stuff, but in a vain attempt to not sound obsessed, lets move on.
The only season I rushed was Season 1. I've seen it enough times and I've just had it with Kanto already. You might notice some seasons took me multiple months to finish. This is due to being busy or being sick, and when I'm extremely busy I put the entire thing on hold rather than doing 1 episode a day or something. If it's long enough, I even go back and re-watch the last 2-5 episodes before moving on. I could easily rush through 10+ episodes per day or whatever, but I really want to take my time with this. Again, the reason I STOPPED watching back then was because I was catching up WAY too quickly. I decided to wait it out a bit to binge through the rest of DP and at least a season of the next one (at the time BW wasn't even a thing). Kinda overshot it by like 10 years... During that time is when I REALLY began collecting as much stuff as possible, hence all the stuff I have.
Anyway, to answer your questions:
1. No, I have not watched every single episode (YET!).
2. No, I have not skipped any episodes. I want to say there's only 2 episodes so far (for me) which are completely unavailable in any form. One being from AG and the other being a Pikachu short. I do remember there's also 2 episodes from BW which are also unavailable. From what I remember hearing, they're supposed to be the first time Ash and the gang meet Team Plasma. After that, I want to say all episodes have been released? I know there was an XY episode that was banned for awhile, but they later aired it. Wish they'd go back and release the others. I know why didn't originally, but still.
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Post by JohtoFesta on May 13, 2022 6:44:45 GMT
Dang, that's dedication. I think it took me ~4 months to get through just AG, back in the day (2014), and I had nothing going on during that period.
I've watched (in this ~order):
-all of AG (March-July 2014)
-the major league arcs of the OS (Indigo, Orange, Silver), plus a few random episodes here and there...like all of Gary's episodes, a few of the gym battles, and all of the episodes where they return to Pallet Town. (April-June 2014)
-a few episodes from Chronicles. (June 2014)
-all of DP (July-September 2014)
-most of BW (stopped about 2/3 into the Decolore Islands arc cuz it was boring me). (September-November 2014)
-most of the major episodes of XY/XYZ (about 3-4 of Ash's gym battles, all of the Serena-focused episodes, the Kalos League, Zygarde arc, side specials...)
-all of SM (June 2019-March 2020)
-all of Journeys (minus like 2 episodes I couldn't get through cuz they were boring me to death)
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Post by auda on Jul 21, 2022 6:30:29 GMT
Kinda weird you have Johto in your name and haven't watched all the episodes! Not counting DP and beyond since I haven't watched them, Johto episodes were by FAR my favorite. Had such a great time watching that the first time 10+ years ago and this time most recently. I still always remember the episode with "Happy Town." That was a good laugh. That name is fantastic, but also the episode is sorta connected to DP as I think it's the one with Jessie's Chansey friend who they later see again in DP. The roughest time I had was definitely AG, especially the last few episodes. I don't really like to rag on stuff, but honestly I feel like even the anime itself tried to rush the ending there.
After DP, and not counting Journeys since it's the one I know the least about, I think the series I'm most looking forward to is Sun and Moon. Not just because Gen 7 is my favorite in the games after 4, but it looks a lot of fun. I haven't seen any moving animation from it, but the little screenshots I've seen of Ash and the others look... very different than what I'm used to, in a fun comedic way.
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Post by JohtoFesta on Jul 24, 2022 6:32:08 GMT
JohtoFestaShipping is the pairing of Lyra & Khoury, who show up in DP.
But I actually do remember watching the episode you mentioned…it was really sweet.
I feel you about AG, haha. Except for me it was the beginning that drug.
My feelings watching SM. It is a lot of fun. I thought they did a good job of juggling such a large cast too. The art style is honestly one of my favorite art styles in the anime - it really fits the feel of the Alola region, imo. It was a breath of fresh air, after the 5 series before it had such repetitive formulas.
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need a break from that. I cannot express how much more I appreciate fan-translations of anything now