Pokemon: Pikachu Tankentai

Time to look at one of the many shorts that come before the Pokemon movies.

Story: While it's nothing special, it didn't really have to be. It's a 1-time short that just needed a clear beginning, middle, and end, which it did have. While not very engaging, it accomplished what it needed to do.

Art: Considering this comes right before the 2nd Pokemon movie, I'm glad that they didn't try to put a whole lot of focus on making this one look amazing and instead, just went with an art style that makes a lot of things look like they came out of a children's storybook and ... also the same art style used for the show. This does work and can actually get some amazing shots, especially when they stumble upon the area where various water Pokemon live and when the giant tree is blowing in the wind.

Sound: Most of the sound is just the various Pokemon voices, which is OK. It's not as ear-grating as it could be and actually sounds beautiful at certain points when a lot of them sing together. There's also a few pretty good songs in this short, so that's always a plus.

Character: Most of the short is spent showing how all of the different Pokemon can live and work together, which is great to see since the show doesn't do episodes like this that often and it's a rarity to see Pokemon do more in the movies besides just battle.

Enjoyment: Taking it at what it is, which is a short about as long as an episode from the show, it's pretty entertaining. While not action packed like the movie that follows, it gets your spirits up before you begin to watch the full length feature.

This short movie was on the VHS for pokemon 2000 back in the day. a classic pokemon animation, looks just like the old stuff, none of this new BULLSHIT GARBAGE that pokemon does now. very beautifully animated, its basically just 20 minutes of Ken Sugimori aesthetic cute. There really isn't a story, or characters or like anything at all. anyway, good ass movie, 10/10 I like the part where pikachu goes "pikachu!"
Also this review needs more information apparently. what else am i supposed to say. pikachu pikachu. pikapika.

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