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Oct 6, 2009 10:46 AM
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For Legendary Pokemon, Raikou sure was trashed a lot around.
Mar 24, 2011 10:04 AM
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It was average. I mean, it was nice to see a hero other than Ash and his merry band, but the special felt only okay. As for Raikou getting trashed, so did Lugia in Pokemon 2000.
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Jul 19, 2011 7:56 AM
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It was.. okay. Pretty average.

I liked this scene:

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Apr 13, 2013 2:43 AM
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Back on my Pokemon Gold, my Fearow could probably take down the Raikou, it ain't that bad :P

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Jun 23, 2013 5:02 PM
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Was a fun little movie. First Pokemon I watched subbed. Love some of the Japanese Pokemon's names.
Aug 30, 2016 4:42 PM
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So repetitive lol.

Junichi was really entertaining though.
May 18, 2019 9:03 AM
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Pretty good special and I liked the characters. The villains are really ruthless this time. Despite being a special, the animation looks like your standard anime episode though.
Aug 20, 2019 3:48 PM
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I loved this one it even has pokegears and love it shows that kenta has a character unlike the loser Ash that keeps getting younger in new sun and moon. what else can you expect from a pokemon anime? 10/10 it's the best.
Apr 22, 2022 12:35 AM
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Eh, pretty average in the end. Would have liked it way more as a kid obviously, I possibly even watched this way back then.... The MC is just Ash in another skin lmao
Jan 10, 2023 1:56 PM

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Was gonna say that Jimmy sounded a lot like Goku and it is Sean voicing him after all ^^

Really mediocre though, just felt like any other regular episode.
Refreshing to see someone else be in the lead other than Ash though.
Oct 15, 2023 12:19 PM

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It always surprised me that the hat-guy and the blue hair girl never appeared in the anime. Makes me wonder what happened to them, especially the hat guy.

I know the mohawk guy was in the original anime and was in the Silver tournament when he battled Ash.

And kind odd that this is called "Pokemon Crystal" with Raikou as the main Pokemon, when in the Game Boy game "Pokemon Crystal" it was Suicune that was the main Pokemon
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Feb 13, 2024 12:16 AM
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It was alright. I expected it to have more to do with the game but it was entirely its own thing. I'm playing Crystal now and am pretty near the end so I waited to watch this but felt disappointed none of the gyms or towns were even in this special. It's just them fighting the two steel types three times while Raikou slams his head against the wall (metaphorically) trying over and over to zap the crystal which doesn't work. One hour 10 minutes, could've been shortened to 40 minutes really.
Sep 26, 2024 10:01 PM
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Thinking back to this, I didn't realize this special was that old. I remember they aired this in the west on cartoon network as "pokemon chronicles" and they passed it off as if it was a new thing back in 2006/2007 or so. They cut up a 1 hour special into 3 episodes.
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