Pokemon Side Stories

Pokemon is more or less the same with Ash doing the same thing over and over again, getting 8 gym badges and losing the pokemon league just to do the same thing in every new region. I can't complain too much because really Pokemon is just to show what your favorite pokemon does in the wild. But this show is something I really like, it shows what the more memorable characters like Misty who left after Johto, Richie and a few new faces. I guess maybe it was that it was the same Pokemon formula just in a different setting and maybe if was just ... that fact that it was what the pokemon anime could have been for that stuck with me but I really do recommend this to any fan of the pokemon anime.

Ok the enjoyment score is high, I'm a pokemon nut and I'm not ashamed. If you're reading a review for chronicles then you probably know what pokemon is and have a good idea about whether or not you'll like it. But here's the clincher; an entire series of pokemon with no ash/satoshi whatsoever! I know, great right? anyway that's why this series earns a respectable seven.

If you like Pokemon, you’re bound to like this on some level. The episodes focus on either Pokemon (like the Pichu brothers and their friends in the Big City), or Misty, Brock, Tracey, Ritchie, Cassidy & Butch, to name a few.

As in the original series, there are stronger and weaker episodes. Especially the “Legend of Thunder” trilogy was a strong start.

The art was pretty good, the sounds and stories the usual Pokemon-style and quality you might expect. It was a nice, refreshing change to turn the focus onto other trainers for a bit (plus they had some important tie-in stories there as well, linking back ... to the events in the original series).