New Pokemon

Pok mon 3: The Movie [Region 2] The most elaborate of the features to date, Pok mon 3: The Movie, Spell of the Unown introduces new Pok mon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold- and Silver-edition Gameboy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock, and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pok mon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly’s palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her, and grant whatever she wishes–except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash’s mom to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard, and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. (”We figure if we don’t help you, we’re outta showbiz,” Meowth explains.) Molly’s father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly, and the other two-dimensional characters simply don’t fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pok mon 3 look like two movies unsuccessfully spliced together. A short is also included, “Pikachu and Pichu,” in which the popular electric Pok mon wanders through a big city, getting into mischief with the mouselike Pichu brothers. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: The third theatrical film for the Pokemon franchise
This release of the film includes the 20 minute short, “Pikachu and Pichu,” that aired before the beginning of the film when it was screened in theatres; the short is also includes the introduction of the Pichu Brothers. However, you cannot choose to watch the short by itself; you have to select “Play” on the main menu in order to view it.

Pok mon 3: The Movie [Region 2] The most elaborate of the features to date, Pok mon 3: The Movie, Spell of the Unown introduces new Pok mon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold- and Silver-edition Gameboy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock, and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pok mon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly’s palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her, and grant whatever she wishes–except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash’s mom to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard, and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. (”We figure if we don’t help you, we’re outta showbiz,” Meowth explains.) Molly’s father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly, and the other two-dimensional characters simply don’t fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pok mon 3 look like two movies unsuccessfully spliced together. A short is also included, “Pikachu and Pichu,” in which the popular electric Pok mon wanders through a big city, getting into mischief with the mouselike Pichu brothers. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: The third theatrical film for the Pokemon franchise
This release of the film includes the 20 minute short, “Pikachu and Pichu,” that aired before the beginning of the film when it was screened in theatres; the short is also includes the introduction of the Pichu Brothers. However, you cannot choose to watch the short by itself; you have to select “Play” on the main menu in order to view it.

Pok mon 4: The Movie [Region 2] The fourth Pok mon feature follows the pattern set by the previous three–and falls into the same traps. The TV series depicts the modest adventures of Pok mon trainer Ash Ketcham and his friends Brock and Misty as they roam an imaginary world, fighting matches and making friends. The features add elaborate CG effects that don’t mesh with the flat, drawn characters, and over-scaled threats that feel beyond Ash’s abilities to resolve. Forty years ago, Sam, a young trainer, meets the 251st Pok mon Celebi (it looks like Tinkerbell with a goldfish for a head). To escape a mean hunter, Celebi brings Sam to the present day, where they meet Ash & Company. They also meet the evil Iron Mask Marauder who’s supposed to be a member of Team Rocket, but who’s much nastier than the comically inept Jessie, James, and Meowth. The Marauder corrupts Celebi with a “dark ball” and forces it to create a monster out of trees, branches, etc., that is blatantly copied from the Night Walker in Princess Mononoke. Ash and his friends eventually save the day, the Pok mon, and the forest–but it all feels like we’ve been there/done that. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: Pokemon 4ever
This was a great movie for the whole family. We all enjoyed it very much. The kids watch it over and over and still love it. I would definitly recommend to any family who is intrested in Pokemon.
Customer Review: Perhaps the Downfall
This is my official Pokemon movie review part 5 of 10. Pokemon 4ever was not the movie that it’s predecessors had been. While I watched this I was thinking about it being a real long television episode. This is partially biased due to my dislike of cute legendary Pokemon. I think their plots really dwindle. Although Suicune is one of my favorites I think a little more air time with him would have been more exciting. I was thinking delving deeper into a connection between Suicune and Celebi.

Pokemon - Psychic Surprise (Vol. 7) The adventures of Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu veer toward the supernatural in this set of three episodes of the popular Pok mon series. In “The Ghost of Maiden’s Peak,” the perennially lonely Brock–and James of the evil but inept Team Rocket–find themselves smitten with the ghost of a beautiful girl who died 2,000 years ago. Ash learns an important lesson about self-sacrifice and concern for others when he gives up the first Pok mon he raised and trained in “Bye Bye Butterfree.” Despite the best efforts of Team Rocket, Butterfree finds a mate and departs with her for their nesting grounds, giving this story an uncharacteristically downbeat ending. After being lost in the woods for the umpteenth time, our heroes reach Saffron City only to discover it’s a very strange place in “Abra and the Psychic Showdown.” They’re rescued from their initial run-in with Team Rocket by Sabrina, a pretty little girl with mysterious psychic powers. The quartet learns that Sabrina can be an unreliable ally–and an unpredictable opponent. This cliffhanger ends with Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu setting out for nearby Lavender Village to capture a ghost Pok mon to use against Abra, Sabrina’s psychic Pok mon. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: Three Creepy Episodes
The three episodes on this Pokemon tape are as follows:

Pok mon Heroes The fifth Pok mon movie takes Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu to the city of Altomare, a thinly disguised Venice guarded by the shape-shifting Pok mon Latios and Latias. Two new agents of Giovanni’s, Annie and Oakley, are out to capture these rare Pok mon–reducing Team Rocket to the role of spectators. Latios and Latias are linked to an elaborate, computer-generated mechanism that defends the city, controls the tides and brings fossil Pok mon back to life. Ash and Pikachu foil the evil plan with some help from Misty, Brock, and Bianca, a girl who lives in Altomare with her kindly grandfather. The contrived story suggests that as far as features are concerned, the Pok mon franchise has pretty much run dry. (The film earned less than $1 million in its U.S. theatrical release.) Extras include a Camp Pikachu short and a Pok mon Heroes trivia game. (Rated G, all ages: minor cartoon violence) –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: The Pokemon are Back for their Final Theatrical Voyage
This part 6/10. “Pokemon Heroes” really stuck with me after I watched it. It also has a great rewatchable factor. I do think the obvious reference to Annie Oakley was corny though. Who would ever name their daughter Oakley? Latias and Latios are interesting. I like having two main characters with this one. The connection between the two made this a great watch. The likelihood to Venice was great. I loved watching the race through Alto Mare at the beginning. Definitely a good comeback for Pokemon.
Customer Review: Best Pokemon Movie
I’ve seen most of the Pokemon movies with my son, and I definitely think this is the best one by far. It may not be the best movie in the world, but it’s worth watching. All of the other Pokemon movies seem to have the same exact plot, just with different characters thrown in. This movie has a wider range of characters and motives, and is visually quite nice. I could actually relate to the “joyful” scenes in this movie as well.

Pokemon - Thunder Shock (Vol. 5) Pok mon Master-in-training Ash Ketchum experiences further ups and downs, with Misty teasing him and the practical Brock advising him. “Mystery at the Lighthouse” recalls Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Fog Horn.” The single, forlorn specimen of a huge seagoing Pok mon comes to a lonely lighthouse seeking companionship, but the villains of Team Rocket drive off the unique creature before “Pok mon scholar” Bill can study it. Moving on to Vermilion City, Ash wins a Thunder Badge in a match against the local champion, whose no-holds-barred tactics have sent more than a dozen Pok mon to the hospital. Ash and Pikachu prove that speed, agility, and friendship can overcome brute strength. At their evil boss’s bidding, Team Rocket lures a crowd of Trainers onto the St. Anne ocean liner as part of a plot to seize their Pok mon. Ash leads a counterattack that defeats the bad guys, but the episode ends on an unusually ominous note, with Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu trapped in the sinking ship. Even more ominous for parents is Bill’s statement that there may be no limit to the number of Pok mon beyond the known 151. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: Shocking
Before Pokemon Advanced this was my favorite episode. It takes place when Ash and friends (Misty and Brock) finally reach a city. Misty wants to go to a bubblebath and Brock wants to see a navigator. But Ash zips off to the gym! Finally though his friends convivnce him that the pokemon center would be a better place to crash. Pikachu is all healed, eating an apple, seeming fine, but suddenly a pidgey and ratata are rushed into the emergency room. They had been seriously hurt by the gym leader’s amazing pokemon!
Now pikachu is afraid, but they tres out the battle anyway. Ash chooses pikachu to face….raichu?! Afraid, pikachu dashes behind Ash’s leg. But it is forced to battle anyway. Raichu merely absorbs pikachu’s shocks and creams in it two moves-thundershock and thunder punch, then a totally not-needed body slam. Poor pikachu didn’t even need the third attack; it was so hurt.
The only solution was to evolve pikachu into raichu, but the little yellow pokemon refused. It threw down the stone. There went their only hope….or was there another way?
Customer Review: The perfect combination of Funny and cool!
I’ve never seen the movie it’s self,but I saw it on Kids WB once and really liked it! Although Ash lost to Lt. surge at first later he figured out Lt. Surges Raichu never learned the evasive attacks(Agility and Double team)when it was still a Pikachu so Ash’s Pikachu kept Dodging Raichu so Raichu eventually ran out of attacks and Ash’s Pikachu quicky knocked it out!!! One of the funniest things about this episode was Team Rocket was constantly cheering Ash’s Pikachu on because they knew if it could beat it’s evolved form,Raichu it would be worth stealing(not that they ever could steal it)!

Pokemon - Thunder Shock (Vol. 5) Pok mon Master-in-training Ash Ketchum experiences further ups and downs, with Misty teasing him and the practical Brock advising him. “Mystery at the Lighthouse” recalls Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Fog Horn.” The single, forlorn specimen of a huge seagoing Pok mon comes to a lonely lighthouse seeking companionship, but the villains of Team Rocket drive off the unique creature before “Pok mon scholar” Bill can study it. Moving on to Vermilion City, Ash wins a Thunder Badge in a match against the local champion, whose no-holds-barred tactics have sent more than a dozen Pok mon to the hospital. Ash and Pikachu prove that speed, agility, and friendship can overcome brute strength. At their evil boss’s bidding, Team Rocket lures a crowd of Trainers onto the St. Anne ocean liner as part of a plot to seize their Pok mon. Ash leads a counterattack that defeats the bad guys, but the episode ends on an unusually ominous note, with Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu trapped in the sinking ship. Even more ominous for parents is Bill’s statement that there may be no limit to the number of Pok mon beyond the known 151. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: Shocking
Before Pokemon Advanced this was my favorite episode. It takes place when Ash and friends (Misty and Brock) finally reach a city. Misty wants to go to a bubblebath and Brock wants to see a navigator. But Ash zips off to the gym! Finally though his friends convivnce him that the pokemon center would be a better place to crash. Pikachu is all healed, eating an apple, seeming fine, but suddenly a pidgey and ratata are rushed into the emergency room. They had been seriously hurt by the gym leader’s amazing pokemon!
Now pikachu is afraid, but they tres out the battle anyway. Ash chooses pikachu to face….raichu?! Afraid, pikachu dashes behind Ash’s leg. But it is forced to battle anyway. Raichu merely absorbs pikachu’s shocks and creams in it two moves-thundershock and thunder punch, then a totally not-needed body slam. Poor pikachu didn’t even need the third attack; it was so hurt.
The only solution was to evolve pikachu into raichu, but the little yellow pokemon refused. It threw down the stone. There went their only hope….or was there another way?
Customer Review: The perfect combination of Funny and cool!
I’ve never seen the movie it’s self,but I saw it on Kids WB once and really liked it! Although Ash lost to Lt. surge at first later he figured out Lt. Surges Raichu never learned the evasive attacks(Agility and Double team)when it was still a Pikachu so Ash’s Pikachu kept Dodging Raichu so Raichu eventually ran out of attacks and Ash’s Pikachu quicky knocked it out!!! One of the funniest things about this episode was Team Rocket was constantly cheering Ash’s Pikachu on because they knew if it could beat it’s evolved form,Raichu it would be worth stealing(not that they ever could steal it)!

Pok mon 4: The Movie The fourth Pok mon feature follows the pattern set by the previous three–and falls into the same traps. The TV series depicts the modest adventures of Pok mon trainer Ash Ketcham and his friends Brock and Misty as they roam an imaginary world, fighting matches and making friends. The features add elaborate CG effects that don’t mesh with the flat, drawn characters, and over-scaled threats that feel beyond Ash’s abilities to resolve. Forty years ago, Sam, a young trainer, meets the 251st Pok mon Celebi (it looks like Tinkerbell with a goldfish for a head). To escape a mean hunter, Celebi brings Sam to the present day, where they meet Ash & Company. They also meet the evil Iron Mask Marauder who’s supposed to be a member of Team Rocket, but who’s much nastier than the comically inept Jessie, James, and Meowth. The Marauder corrupts Celebi with a “dark ball” and forces it to create a monster out of trees, branches, etc., that is blatantly copied from the Night Walker in Princess Mononoke. Ash and his friends eventually save the day, the Pok mon, and the forest–but it all feels like we’ve been there/done that. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: Pokemon 4ever
This was a great movie for the whole family. We all enjoyed it very much. The kids watch it over and over and still love it. I would definitly recommend to any family who is intrested in Pokemon.
Customer Review: Perhaps the Downfall
This is my official Pokemon movie review part 5 of 10. Pokemon 4ever was not the movie that it’s predecessors had been. While I watched this I was thinking about it being a real long television episode. This is partially biased due to my dislike of cute legendary Pokemon. I think their plots really dwindle. Although Suicune is one of my favorites I think a little more air time with him would have been more exciting. I was thinking delving deeper into a connection between Suicune and Celebi.

Pok mon Heroes The fifth Pok mon movie takes Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu to the city of Altomare, a thinly disguised Venice guarded by the shape-shifting Pok mon Latios and Latias. Two new agents of Giovanni’s, Annie and Oakley, are out to capture these rare Pok mon–reducing Team Rocket to the role of spectators. Latios and Latias are linked to an elaborate, computer-generated mechanism that defends the city, controls the tides and brings fossil Pok mon back to life. Ash and Pikachu foil the evil plan with some help from Misty, Brock, and Bianca, a girl who lives in Altomare with her kindly grandfather. The contrived story suggests that as far as features are concerned, the Pok mon franchise has pretty much run dry. (The film earned less than $1 million in its U.S. theatrical release.) Extras include a Camp Pikachu short and a Pok mon Heroes trivia game. (Rated G, all ages: minor cartoon violence) –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: The Pokemon are Back for their Final Theatrical Voyage
This part 6/10. “Pokemon Heroes” really stuck with me after I watched it. It also has a great rewatchable factor. I do think the obvious reference to Annie Oakley was corny though. Who would ever name their daughter Oakley? Latias and Latios are interesting. I like having two main characters with this one. The connection between the two made this a great watch. The likelihood to Venice was great. I loved watching the race through Alto Mare at the beginning. Definitely a good comeback for Pokemon.
Customer Review: Best Pokemon Movie
I’ve seen most of the Pokemon movies with my son, and I definitely think this is the best one by far. It may not be the best movie in the world, but it’s worth watching. All of the other Pokemon movies seem to have the same exact plot, just with different characters thrown in. This movie has a wider range of characters and motives, and is visually quite nice. I could actually relate to the “joyful” scenes in this movie as well.

Pokemon - The Sisters of Cerulean City (Vol. 3) Ash Ketchum continues to work toward his goal of becoming a champion Pok mon trainer as he challenges a trio of synchronized swimmers in “Cerulean City”; A.J., a stern trainer, in “League”; and the conceited champion of a posh prep school in “Hard Knocks.” Assisted by Misty and his friend Brock, Ash also overcomes the inept villains of Team Rocket and learns lessons about modesty, honesty, and sportsmanship. Although Ash initially feels that A.J. drives his Pok mon too hard in “League,” he discovers how deeply he cares for them when Team Rocket tries to kidnap Sandshrew, his favorite. In “Hard Knocks,” Ash defends a smaller boy from bullying upper classmen, and shows the snobbish students that training Pok mon isn’t an academic exercise, but a way of life based on friendship and mutual affection. Viewers not caught up in the Pok mon craze may find the idea of fighting high-tech duels with these cute little animals incongruous. But millions of kids in America and Japan embraced it, and they’ve given the Pok mon a higher profile than such earlier product-characters as My Little Pony, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and Herself the Elf. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: I don’t like Pokemon as much anymore but…
I used to absoulutely love pokemon when I was eight(no not when it was a fad,I actually hated it then). On my ninth birthday,I had a fun sleepover with my friends and we watched this. It was neat,and the episode the vidio got its name from is my second favorite episode. I recomend this one over JigglyPuff Pop,witch is pretty boring. I wish I still liked pokemon that much…
Customer Review: Still good.
Yep, our “hero” Ash finally reaches Cerulean City, where he’ll fight the local master for his badge. And this time, he’s all alone. Misty left for no reason, and Brock had some “stuff” *cough* to do. Turns out the local master is 3 girls named Rose, Lily and Violet. And another shock. They’re Misty’s sisters. Gary has already been here and won a badge, and the pokemon are all exhausted, so they decided to just give Ash the badge. Misty doesn’t want any of that, though, and challenges Ash herself. After a while, the battle is interrupted by Jessie and James, who have come to steal all the pokemon in the gym. Pikachu stops them by jumping into their soaked machine and shocking it till it explodes. And, since Ash wuld’ve easily won if he had used Pikachu, Misty’s sisters give him the badge. Misty doesn’t really agree, though.
So, following the game, they’re on their way to Bill’s cabin, eh? Or maybe they just go directly to the next town? Nope, the writers didn’t want the show to end taht fast, so we get some feared filler episodes. Don’t worry, this is good filler. Enjoy it while it lasts, cause in a few seasons, you’ll hate filler with a passion. First off, Ash is informed about an unofficial gym nearby, where the savage pokemon master AJ lives. AJ doesn’t want to start his pokemon journey until he’s won 100 matches in a row, and is now up to 98. AJ is also one of the best trainers out there, and his Sandshrew easily defeat all of Ash’s pokemon. Ash is a bad loser, and claims AJ was cheating. And later, he critizeses his training methods. Look, Ash, this guy’s a lot better than you, so just shut up, okay? Jessie and James show up again and try to steal Pikachu, but accidentally steal Sandshrew instead. Sandshrew beat them up, and runs back. So, they go back to get Pikachu. AJ defeat their pokemon without any problem, and get his 100th win. Then he leaves for his journey.
Later, Ash still can’t mind his own business, and critizeses Gizelle, the leader of a student program on Pokemon Tech, a school where you can study pokemon. Pass the exam, and you can enter the pokemon league without badges. And training, obviously, so I doubt you’d get very far. Anyway, Gizelle has a pretty special training system, and to prove her greatness, she challenges Ash. And loses. That makes her realize that her system isn’t really that good, and that the school doesn’t really teach you much useful stuff. J&J show up, and get defeated when the entire school gang up on them, and Ash continues his journey.

So, my opinion, eh? 3 pretty solid episodes. As much as I hate filler, I have to say that these were actually good. I didn’t expect AJ to defeat Ash, but I’m glad he did. He was better, and whatever stupid plot device the riters would’ve come up with, I’m sure I wouldnt’ve liked it. Add in a couple’ve good battles, a gym leader episode, and some good plot, and you got a pretty decent pack. Not worth a 5 star, but still good.

Pok mon 3: The Movie The most elaborate of the features to date, Pok mon 3: The Movie, Spell of the Unown introduces new Pok mon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold- and Silver-edition Gameboy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock, and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pok mon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly’s palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her, and grant whatever she wishes–except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash’s mom to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard, and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. (”We figure if we don’t help you, we’re outta showbiz,” Meowth explains.) Molly’s father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly, and the other two-dimensional characters simply don’t fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pok mon 3 look like two movies unsuccessfully spliced together. A short is also included, “Pikachu and Pichu,” in which the popular electric Pok mon wanders through a big city, getting into mischief with the mouselike Pichu brothers. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: The third theatrical film for the Pokemon franchise
This release of the film includes the 20 minute short, “Pikachu and Pichu,” that aired before the beginning of the film when it was screened in theatres; the short is also includes the introduction of the Pichu Brothers. However, you cannot choose to watch the short by itself; you have to select “Play” on the main menu in order to view it.

Pokemon - The Johto Journeys - A Brand New World (Vol. 39) Taken on its own terms, Pok mon is an agreeable if somewhat cutesy children’s entertainment that emphasizes friendship, perseverance, and good sportsmanship. These new adventures (the third television series) take Ash, Misty, and Brock to the land of Johto, where they encounter new Pok mon and people, including Professor Elm, a former student of Professor Oak. (Professor Elm gives first-time trainers their initial Pok mon in Johto.) In “The Double Trouble Header,” Ash is challenged by Casey, a novice trainer, after he dismisses her favorite baseball team. The comic villains Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and Meowth) trick Casey into demanding a rematch so they can kidnap Pikachu and Chikorita. When Team Rocket’s scheme inevitably backfires, Ash and Casey part as friends. Woodruff the Forest Ranger offers a lesson in ecology in “A Sappy Ending.” Team Rocket has built a robot to collect the sweet tree sap several types of Pok mon live on, upsetting the ecological balance of the local forest. Ash, Misty, and Brock help Woodruff route the villains and acquire a Heracross as a bonus. Suitable for all ages. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: Brock is back and the gang see a new pokemon!
Ash, Misty,and Brock start on the Johto League. In the first episode, the gang helps Officer Jenny get a stolen Totodile back before the trainer comes to pick it up. In the second episode, Ash teaches a baseball-pokemon trainer that being friends with your pokemon isn’t just bossing them around. And in the third episode the Pincher start invading the Hercross forest.
Customer Review: You Got Your Poke, You Got Your Mon
My brother and his friends like this show so badly, they have the pokemon cards, why they even saw the movies, so I give it 5 stars.

Pokemon 4: Movie (Spanish) The fourth Pok mon feature follows the pattern set by the previous three–and falls into the same traps. The TV series depicts the modest adventures of Pok mon trainer Ash Ketcham and his friends Brock and Misty as they roam an imaginary world, fighting matches and making friends. The features add elaborate CG effects that don’t mesh with the flat, drawn characters, and over-scaled threats that feel beyond Ash’s abilities to resolve. Forty years ago, Sam, a young trainer, meets the 251st Pok mon Celebi (it looks like Tinkerbell with a goldfish for a head). To escape a mean hunter, Celebi brings Sam to the present day, where they meet Ash & Company. They also meet the evil Iron Mask Marauder who’s supposed to be a member of Team Rocket, but who’s much nastier than the comically inept Jessie, James, and Meowth. The Marauder corrupts Celebi with a “dark ball” and forces it to create a monster out of trees, branches, etc., that is blatantly copied from the Night Walker in Princess Mononoke. Ash and his friends eventually save the day, the Pok mon, and the forest–but it all feels like we’ve been there/done that. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: Pokemon 4ever
This was a great movie for the whole family. We all enjoyed it very much. The kids watch it over and over and still love it. I would definitly recommend to any family who is intrested in Pokemon.
Customer Review: Perhaps the Downfall
This is my official Pokemon movie review part 5 of 10. Pokemon 4ever was not the movie that it’s predecessors had been. While I watched this I was thinking about it being a real long television episode. This is partially biased due to my dislike of cute legendary Pokemon. I think their plots really dwindle. Although Suicune is one of my favorites I think a little more air time with him would have been more exciting. I was thinking delving deeper into a connection between Suicune and Celebi.

Pokemon - Round One (Vol. 25) As the second TV season approaches it climax, Ash Ketcham has advanced to the Pok mon League Tournament at Indigo Stadium, the Pok mon Trainer’s equivalent of Wimbeldon. Ash has to contend with the overconfidence and occasional thoughtlessness that have dogged him throughout the series. During his first matches, Misty and Brock coach from the sidelines–when Brock isn’t too busy chasing every pretty girl in sight. Professor Oak offers additional advice from Pallet Town and sends Ash the exotic Pok mon he needs. Although the score seesaws back and forth, it’s a forgone conclusion Ash will win each match; a bigger question is whether he can learn to become a gracious winner. Gary, Professor Oak’s arrogant grandson, is defeated early in the Tournament, although a final duel between him and Ash remains inevitable. Team Rocket’s comic villainy produces the usual disastrous results–until Jessie and James discover they’re actually good at selling souvenirs and fast food; Meowth is appalled at the prospect of going straight. Rated suitable for all ages. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: The Pokemon League at last…
After a decent wait, we finally get to see what die-hard Pokemon fans have been waiting to see for quite some time: the actual Pokemon League competition. These episodes vastly outshine the rather mediocre mid-series episodes from the period between the Saffron and Cinnabar gyms, but are also pretty good in their own right–lots of decent Pokemon battling, believable plot (for a change) with a good human story, and several at-least-somewhat-memorable new characters.

Pokemon 3: Advanced - Bite to Remember The most elaborate of the features to date, Pok mon 3: The Movie, Spell of the Unown introduces new Pok mon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold- and Silver-edition Gameboy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock, and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pok mon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly’s palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her, and grant whatever she wishes–except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash’s mom to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard, and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. (”We figure if we don’t help you, we’re outta showbiz,” Meowth explains.) Molly’s father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly, and the other two-dimensional characters simply don’t fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pok mon 3 look like two movies unsuccessfully spliced together. A short is also included, “Pikachu and Pichu,” in which the popular electric Pok mon wanders through a big city, getting into mischief with the mouselike Pichu brothers. –Charles Solomon
Customer Review: The third theatrical film for the Pokemon franchise
This release of the film includes the 20 minute short, “Pikachu and Pichu,” that aired before the beginning of the film when it was screened in theatres; the short is also includes the introduction of the Pichu Brothers. However, you cannot choose to watch the short by itself; you have to select “Play” on the main menu in order to view it.