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Pokemon Johto League Champions, Volume 1 Customer Review: This DVD is cheaper, & has 7 episodes instead of the usual 3
BUY THIS!

It includes a Gym Battle, Ash finally catching the bug menace Beedrill, Team Rocket showing their talents for radio shows, how to defeat a Miltank’s Rollout - this is useful as in the game Rollout often takes down all of your Pokemon - and much more!

Buy this with the DVDs Flying Ace and Buggy Boogie for a real Gym Leader battle bonanza!
Customer Review: What is going on?
Ok, I know Pokemon is this big craze, even thought it has calmed down, but what are they doing? I mean, first off, they are jumping the DVD’s around like crazy with their releases, and now, they are making it better! I mean, I never wanted to spend 25 plus odd dollars on one DVD that only had three episodes, but now they are putting 7 on an episode? The orange league season has 12/13 episodes per DVD. Will they be doing this for all the old episodes (going back to #1, putting more then THREE EPSIODES PER DVD!!!…) If anyone knows this respond back…but don’t go out buying the old DVD’s…save yourself some sanity! (But buy these ones of cource, cuz Orange Islands is basically the best season…although they took away my Brock )

Pokemon - Johto League Champions - Crash of The Dairy (Vol. 56) Our heroes have finally reached the next stop on the road to the Johto League Championship! Will Ash win his next Johto League badge? Next stop a Pokemon beauty contest if our Pokemon heroes can retrieve their Pokemon back from Team Rocket! Featuring episodes: A Goldenrod Opportunity, A Dairy Tale Ending, Beauty and the Breeder
Customer Review: Pokemon - Johto League Champions - Crash of The Dairy
This Pokemon VHS is the only Pokemon VHS that is not done Pioneer. This is a very good Pokemon VHS in episodes contents. It is very high voltage VHS though.
Customer Review: Why???
The High Voltage Series continues with this new entry, “Crash of the Dairy”. The three episodes featured are “A Goldenrod Opportunity”, where Ash faces Whitney, the Goldenrod Gym Leader in a tough match, “A Dairy Tale Ending” where after his defeat, Ash challenges Whitney to a rematch, and “Beauty and the Breeder”, with Brock reuniting with Susie, the trainer who gave him Vulpix.
While these are good episodes and all, I have to ask… WHY? These episodes have already been released on DVD (See Road to the Johto League Champion and Journey to the Johto League Champion DVDs) so it just seems like a huge waste to release these three episodes on DVD, when you can get the same on the other two DVDs, plus 11 more.
This is the first Pokemon DVD that is not distributed by Pioneer, so it remains to be seen how the quality will hold up against previous releases.

Pokemon - Johto League Champions - Crash of The Dairy (Vol. 56) Our heroes have finally reached the next stop on the road to the Johto League Championship! Will Ash win his next Johto League badge? Next stop a Pokemon beauty contest if our Pokemon heroes can retrieve their Pokemon back from Team Rocket! Featuring episodes: A Goldenrod Opportunity, A Dairy Tale Ending, Beauty and the Breeder
Customer Review: Pokemon - Johto League Champions - Crash of The Dairy
This Pokemon VHS is the only Pokemon VHS that is not done Pioneer. This is a very good Pokemon VHS in episodes contents. It is very high voltage VHS though.
Customer Review: Why???
The High Voltage Series continues with this new entry, “Crash of the Dairy”. The three episodes featured are “A Goldenrod Opportunity”, where Ash faces Whitney, the Goldenrod Gym Leader in a tough match, “A Dairy Tale Ending” where after his defeat, Ash challenges Whitney to a rematch, and “Beauty and the Breeder”, with Brock reuniting with Susie, the trainer who gave him Vulpix.
While these are good episodes and all, I have to ask… WHY? These episodes have already been released on DVD (See Road to the Johto League Champion and Journey to the Johto League Champion DVDs) so it just seems like a huge waste to release these three episodes on DVD, when you can get the same on the other two DVDs, plus 11 more.
This is the first Pokemon DVD that is not distributed by Pioneer, so it remains to be seen how the quality will hold up against previous releases.

Pokemon - Johto League Champions - Learning to be the Best (Vol. 57) Our heroes continue on their journey to the Johto League Champions. This action-packed title features 3 episodes: The Stolen Stones: Team Rocket manages to catch Pikachu. Will Ash be able to get Pikachu back with the help of Arcanin? Ariados, Amigos: Our heroes join the trainer of Fuschia City to learn the special Pokemon Jujitsu. The Apple Corp: Pikachu joins hands with Pichu to save the day from Team Rocket!
Customer Review: Another three Johto League fillers
I do not own this video but I have seen all the episodes and, to be honest, they’re not that great.

1. We start off with The Stolen Stones which isn’t a bad filler, probably the best on the video. Ash and co. meet up with a brother and sister who run an Archanine delivery service. Team Rocket steal some evolution stones from them and it’s up to Ash and friends to get them back. This one is quite memorable for Team Rocket’s antics. They get quite a bit of screentime.

2. Next up is Ariados Amigos, the worst on the video in my opinion. Our heroes meet up with Aya from Fushia City gym again and she teaches them about Pok mon jujitsu. Yawn.

3. Finally, a cutesy episode - Apple Corp - ends the video. Ash and friends visit an orchard were Pichu are stealing apples. If you are a Pikachu or Pichu fan you will probably enjoy it. I don’t mind it too much.

Overall, not a great offering. I’d wait for a video with more gym episodes. Filler episodes (which these three are) never affect the storyline so you aren’t missing anything at all.

Pokemon - Johto League Champions - Big Air (Vol. 58) Our heroes continue on the road to the Johto League Championship! Features 3 more action packed episodes.
Customer Review: Still got it
Pokemon has still got it. Digimon beware! Pokemon still has the legue.
Customer Review: ENOUGH!
Pokemon’s dead. It’s pathetic. It used to be the height of pop-culture, it was everywhere. Didn’t they get enough money from back then, or do they need to keep milking it from what little people still like it? Keep it in Japan.

Pokemon: Johto League Champions, Vol. 7 - Journey’s End The end of the journey to the Johto League Championship draws near! But that doesn t mane that the journey is over, not by a long shot. The road to becoming a Pokemon Master goes on Features 10 episodes, including! Turning Over a New Bayleef Doin What Comes Natu-rally The Big Balloon Blow-Up The Screen Actor s Guilt Right On, Rhydon! The Kecleon Caper The Joy of Water Pokemon Got Miltank? Fight For the Light! Machoke, Machoke Man!
Customer Review: Cool!!!
If I evened the episodes out right, this DVD should have 11 episodes on it! They are…..

-Turning over a new Bayleef: Ash gets mad at Bayleef, and tells her to go away, so Bayleef runs away. Then Ash misses Bayleef, but Bayleef has found a new trainer. Who will she go with?

-Doin what comes Natu-rally: Ash & co. meet a boy and his Natu who predict the future.

-The Big Balloon Blowup: Ash & co. enter a balloon contest. But when TR comes, it means trouble!

-The screen actors guilt: Ash gets a Smoochum from a movie actor who doesnt think that a Smoochum really fits him.

-Right on, Rhydon: Ash & Co. Meet a girl who is trying to catch a surfing Rhydon so she can drill a tunnel to Olivine City.

-The Kecleon Caper: Ash & Co. see a blimp with 2 sick Kecleon on board. This means brock & Pineco to the rescue!

-The Joy of water Pokemon: The gang meets a Nurse Joy who hates water Pokemon.

-Got Miltank: The gang arrives at a miltank ranch and meet lots of Miltank.

-Fight for the light: Ash arrives at Olivine Gym and finds out that the leader is healing a sick Ampharos.

-Machoke, Machoke Man: Ash arrives at the next gym and fights a fighting Pokemon Leader and his machoke.

Out of all these episodes, Right on, Rhydon and Machoke, Machoke Man are the best ones. Johto League Champions was a good season, but now its time to watch Master Quest!

Pokemon - Johto League Champions - The Moonlight Showdown (Vol. 53) Customer Review: Don’t buy this video - episodes are out of order
Buy Pokemon:Johto League Champions-Vol 2 instead. You get the same episodes plus several more — and they are in order!
Customer Review: It’s POKEMON Igot the tiltle mixed up with pokemon and poke
Espeon is so COOLL! Espeon is known as Blackie in the orginally jappeness. These epiosodes are great! Gary appears agian and Evee became Espeon but will the eloved powers of espeon be enough to stop a british accient guy and his alakazam. ASH tries to battle Gary but refused. Then Brock meets the love of his life a nurse! But the nurse likes gbrock’s golbat not Brock. Team rocket and Brock got trapped in a maze. Supersonic and they got of the maze. Team rocket tries to steal the two Zubat and win untill Zubat accheuzed Golbat mode. It overloded Nures computer. Impreesed by Ash’s bulbasaur and training , a dojo master invites ash to train his grand daughter with a himotop. Hitmonlee and hitmontop battle it out! Tripple kick!BLOCK! AGILITY! HIDDIN POWER< DOUBLETEAM!VINE WHIP! There's so many new moves on this video! ESpeon attacks incude:Agility, hidin power,headbut,radarsense,and tackle.But there's so many bad jokes. but shinloen of the dojo epiosode rocks! He travles from one dojo to another collecting badge thingys. I LOve Taurose, Ash should've caught him thourgh. These are thriller eps.
At least sinse Kids wb is showing eps out of order, let the Tapes be in order. Pokemon lost its popalarity durring the last 3 years.But thanks to Pokemon other anime got a lot more noticible and popular. Did i metion these episodes are cool. Buy these if your are cooooooollllllllllllll! Did i metion that i’m a pokemon freak and all my favite movies are anime!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cards are fun to collect.POKEMON MASTER!

Pokemon - Johto League Champions (Vol. 59) Our heroes continue on the road to the Johto League Championship! Features 3 more action packed episodes Ring Masters It’s Pokemon Sumo! An 80 kilograms minimum rule means Snorlax, but Snorlax doesn’t want to battle. Can Ash motivate him? The Bug Stops Here A Bug Pokemon-catching contest teaches a valuable lesson about putting the welfare of Pokemon above a trainer’s own desire to win. Trouble’s Brewing Master of Pokemon…or Tea-Ceremony? Sakura, a trainer, wants to join the Johto Journey, but needs permission. It all comes down to a “T”!

Pokemon - Johto League Champions - Fire and Ice (Vol. 54) Customer Review: Don’t buy this video
The episodes on this video come from Pokemon:Johto League Champions-Vol 4 and Pokemon:Johto League Champions-Vol 5. If you’re trying to get a complete set (in order), buy volumes 4 and 5 instead.
Customer Review: Two part gym battle and a cold turkey
This is a video from Pioneer’s upcoming “High Voltage Collection” which only highlights certain episodes from the series, instead of following the storyline of the show.
First up is Episode 424 - The Tower Inferno, Ash and company arrive in Ecruteak City to challenge the gym leader, but they stumble across a tower filled with ghosts instead. Next is Episode 425 - From Ghost to Ghost; Ash finally challenges Morty the gym leader, but are Morty’s ghost Pokemon too much for Ash? Finally, in 432 - Freeze Frame, Ash and pals meet up with an old friend in search for the legendary Articuno (which Ash doesn’t seem to remember seeing in Pokemon The Movie 2000)!
The first two episodes are excellent and are actually continuous with each other, unlike the previous installment of the “High Voltage Collection”. But the decision to include “Freeze Frame” is beyond me. Not only is it not a very good or particuarly action packed episode, but it is also the last part of a three episode story arc. Todd just appears out of nowhere and there is little explaination on why they’re tracking Articuno.
The episodes are still virtually the same as they were when shown on Kids WB, including the awkward third commercial break inserted into the show towards the ending. Also, the intro and end credits play at the beginning and end of each episode. Overall, two out of three ain’t bad, but hopefully Pioneer is planning on releasing DVD box season sets of the series, because these “Best Of” series is a real slap in the face to loyal Pokemon fans.
Pros: No intrusive Kids WB! logo… Great episodes. Slipsleeve box, not the childish clamshell the Johto Journeys series had.
Cons: Third commercial break still included, intro and credits tacked onto every episode.

Pokemon - Road to the Johto League Champion Customer Review: Seven More
Seven more episodes round up the latest DVD from the Johto League Champions TV season.

408 - Hassle in the Castle - A sudden thunderstorm sends out heroes into a mysterious castle. But the mystery is history when they find out it’s a health spa, where Pokemon help humans relax! But when Brock, a beautiful nurse and Team Rocket get trapped in the maze beneath the castle, it can only mean trouble!
409 - Two Hits and a Miss - Ash comes across a young girl and her Hitmontop, who hopes to one day become shihan of her grandfather’s dojo. However, her grandfather disappoves of her battling techniques. Can Ash help out?
410 - A Hot Water Battle - While the trainers spend the day at a hot spring, Totodile, Chikorita and Cyndaquil aren’t getting along. But when Team Rocket tries to capture them, they’ll need to forget their differences to escape!
411 - Hook, Line and Stinker - Misty faces off against a nasty water Pokemon trainer in a fishing contest!
412 - Beauty and the Breeder - Brock and Susie are reunited, but it seems like Susie has another man in her life! And does Brock have the courage to give Vulpix back?
413 - A Better Pill To Swallow - A sick Ash meets a medicine man who cures his stomach woes. Old Man Shuckle is his name, and Pokemon medicine is his game! But when Team Rocket steals a special Pokemon attraction potion and drinks it, in a twist similar to “Love Potion #9″, they find Pokemon may be a bit TOO attracted to them!
414 - Power Play! - Team Rocket wreaks havoc on a small town and it’s up to Ash to team up with Gary and is Umbreon to set things right.

Some great episodes here, though you can also get three of these episodes on the High Voltage collection VHS, but you will get a cleaner picture on DVD. “A Better Pill To Swallow” is one of the best episodes of the fourth season, and worth the purchasing price of the DVD.

Pokemon: Path to the Johto League Champion Our heroes continue their journey to the Johto League Championship! Having arrived in Ecruteak City, Ash challenges Ecruteak s Gym Leader. Will Ash be able to determine the best strategy for the battle and win the badge?!Includes 7 episodes: The Apple Corp!, Houndoom s Special Delivery, A Ghost of a Chance, From Ghost to Ghost, Trouble s Brewing, All that Glitters!, and The Light Fantastic
Customer Review: Seven More
Another entry into the Johto League Champions series of DVDs. This one features the following:

422 - The Apple Corps: Ash and company come across a woman trying to deal with a pack of Pichu stealing her apples!

423 - Houndoom’s Special Delivery: Togepi is separated from Misty during a freak Teleport accident, but luckly a passing Houndoom takes care of the young Pokemon.

424 - The Tower Inferno!: Ash finally arrives at Ecrutek City, but finds it’s Gym on fire!

425 - From Ghost to Ghost: Ash battles Morty for his fourth badge, but Morty’s ghost Pokemon are almost unbeatable!

426 - Brewing Up Trouble: The kids attend an ancient tea ceremony, where Brock falls in love with four sisters and Team Rocket attempts to steal an Eevee.

427 - All That Glitters: A gang of Murkrow steals Ash’s badges!

428 - The Light Fantastic: A mysterious light emerges over the desert.

These are some pretty interesting episodes and out of them, only one or two feel like fillers. The Apple Corps is a cute episodes, and Brock falling for four different sisters in the same episode in Brewing Up Trouble is hilarious. The two Gym episodes will more than satistfy hardcore battle fans.

Pokemon - Johto League Champions - The Quest for the Hidden Temple (Vol. 55) Customer Review: WARNING: Episodes are out of order.
The episodes from “Hidden Temple” come from Pokemon:Johto League Champions-Vol 6 and Pokemon:Johto League Champions-Vol 7.

Buy these two volumes instead, and you’ll get much more for your money — More episodes, and they are in order.
Customer Review: Three More…
The third entry in the “High Voltage Collection”, which collects the more action oriented episode of Pokemon onto one VHS. This video contains the three following episodes…

Episode 416 - Wobba-Palooza - Ash and company happen upon a village that are just wild about Wobbuffet, and they are shocked when the villagers welcome Team Rocket with open arms! It turns out Jessie’s Wobbuffet IS good for something! Team Rocket plans to rob the village, but when a gang of Wobbuffet haters comes to wreck the annual Wobba-Palooza, Team Rocket and Ash team up to send them packing!
Episode 423 - Houndoom’s Special Delivery - Cute little Togepi gets separated from Misty and lost in the woods. Luckily, a passing Houndoom finds Togepi and cares for it. Will Misty and Togepi ever see each other again? And will Togepi drive Houndoom crazy?
Episode 439 - Control Freak - Ash and company help an archeologist find a hidden temple, which holds an ancient mask that is said to be able to control Pokemon! But Team Rocket is after the mask as well! What will happen if Team Rocket is able to control all the Pokemon in the world?

“Wobba-Palooza” may just be the best episode on this VHS, simply because of all the wackyness Wobbuffet provides, while “Control Freak” has a good story, though the animation is a bit stiff. “Special Delivery”, though cute, is rather boring.
Pioneer has begun releasing special edition DVDs of the Johto League Champions series, each holding seven episode, so you may want to hold off on this volume since it will eventually be available on DVD. But if you just need a dose of Pokemon action, or if you’re just a Wobbuffet fan, this VHS is great.

Pokemon: Distance to the Johto League Championship Our heroes continue their journey to the Johto League Championship! Ash and his beloved pokemon encounter tough and skillful opponents and brand-new pokemon while they travel to Ecruteak City!Includes: Mountain Time, Wobbu-Palooza!, The Grass Route, Imitation Confrontation, Wings ‘N’ Things, Ariados Amigos, and The Trouble With Snubbull. Contains 7 full episodes
Customer Review: Mrew o-o
I thought this was one of the better DVDs in the series, to be honest! This might be because I like the whole ‘Ash meeting new friends’ formula. Although there weren’t any gym battles on this one, I found the episodes very interesting.

If you like seeing new characters, then this DVD is for you ^.^
Customer Review: Seven More With Ash And Friends
Another entry into the Johto Champions collection comes Johto League Champions: Volume 3. Seven episodes are featured on this disc as follows:
#415 - Mountain Time: After Pikachu is swiped by Team Rocket, Ash teams up with a young mountain ranger in training and his Ledian to save him.
#416 - Wobbu-Palooza!: A peaceful village is having their annual Wobbuffet celebration, but thugs from another town are determined to ruin the event! To everyone’s surprise, even Team Rocket offers to help out!

#417 - Imitation Confrontation: Ash and friends run into Duplica again, who has caught another Ditto, which stays it’s size even when copying a huge Pokemon!
#418 - The Trouble with Snubbull: The kids find Madam Muchmoney searching for her beloved Snubbull, who was last seen chewing on Meowth’s tail.
#419 - Ariados, Amigos: Ash happens upon an ninja training ground, where he find Koga’s sister Aya training with her Ariados.
#420 - Wings ‘N’ Things: A wreckless Yanma is causing trouble for a town
#421 - The Grass Route: Ash enters Bulbasaur into a Grass Pokemon tournament.
Of all these episodes, only Wobbu-Palooza! and Imitation Confrontation stand out; the others are merely filler episodes following the ‘trainer of the day’ formula. Also, since Pioneer is no longer handling the DVD production, the video quality has taken a hit. There is some noticeable grain and it only looks marginally better than VHS. The only improvement over previous volumes of the Johto Champions series is that the menus are easier to navigate. Only hard core Pokemon fans need apply for this volume.