Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

lilithen I actually didn't know about origins until I saw it lately, When I watched it, it was amazing. To me, they should have made this a full anime, and stopped the other main series anime (that anime isn't the best, for those of you out there). Anyways, I still believe this anime deserved it's rating. Because its really, really good. For starters, the animation looks gorgeous, and the way they added in the modern use of mega evolution sealed it. It makes this anime great, just how true it is to the original games. Sure, they made obvious changes, but other than that, it stay pretty true. So, to recap, this short anime was great and true to its roots. I give this movie, a 10.10.

xxiaowenxx I've always been a fan of pokemon and I feel this is a good show. There are some strong points but on the other hand, I do feel it misses some points the original series had. I've read some of the other reviews and some say they dislike pokemon saying their names. Honestly, I miss that. I don't know how it was for everyone but I did like pokemon saying their own names. It was what set pokemon apart from the other pocket monsters. I also felt like in a way, it gave the pokemon personally. I watched a bit of pokemon when the main character Dawn and it was fun watching Piplup and his struggles. Here, there is no development of pokemon or the characaters. They just seem to be the typical pokemon formula: having a rival who thinks he's better than you are. Then again, if we come from the perspective of just any person playing the game, it makes sense to have the bland character. And it is better in some aspects: there is no team rocket and meowth. I always hated those parts. Ash was not great in the original series. He is quite annoying, and never seems to learn. Additionally, after the first season, pikachu becomes more and more boring. I didn't keep up with the original series but compared to that, this is pretty awesome.

Ben Scribner I'd like to think of myself as an Animation connoisseur, and this is definitely a work of art. I've loved the game ever since I was a kid, but that being aside the animation in this series is astounding. Let's be honest, the regular Pokémon show is a lot of things, but animation is not a strong point. The characters are static and choppy. And even in the intense scenes they don't quite give you the level of excitement it should deserve. But this show is different. The camera moves with the Pokémon in battle. The Pokémon have weight, they move around believably. They move, bend, stretch, you can see tension in their muscles. I found myself being really drawn in. You just got excited! It made Pokémon so much more real to me, which in any animation is a good thing. Seeing Charizard like that makes me fall in love with Pokémon all over again. Here's a spoiler: look forward to that last scene with Mewtwo. It's AMAZING!I also loved the little changes they made, like giving Pokemon real animal sounding cries instead of just saying their name. The only thing stopping me from putting a 10 on it was story. I loved the story, but it still felt like a regular Pokémon story sometimes. I loved how they kept it with the game though!They gotta make more like this!

Emphinix The very first time I played Pokemon I was about 13 years old and the first game I played was Pokemon Blue, then I played the Special Pikachu Edition which was a tribute to the anime, but had little in common with it. The character of Red is very similar to his gaming counterpart, but he is not as stupid and idiotic as Ash is in the anime. Blue is similar in the games as well, but he doesn't have that jackass personality as Gary Oak in the anime, and has no cheerleaders cheering him on.At first I thought that it was gonna be as boring as the anime. Truth is, the anime WAS boring after Johto Journeys and Ash has barely won any tournaments except for one in the anime. An interesting thing in this mini-series is that the Pokemon don't talk unlike in the anime when Pikachu says "Pika pika".The Team Rocket of this short is faithful to the team in the games and have absolutely nothing to do with the two bumbling morons from the anime. Professor Oak sounds a lot better than in the anime as well. Most battles were awesome especially the one at the end which I will NOT mention. That is for all of you to see, not for me to tell.This is EXACTLY what the anime should have been like, because unlike Ash, Red was more determined and smarter. For old Pokemon fans, this is the BEST thing to see.