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Can Pokémon: The Origin be appreciated by the ones who are not fans of the Pokémon franchise? YES IT CAN!

It actually could be the perfect start for someone who's not a big fan of the Pokémon Universe. Pokémon has come known for being very childish with cute creatures and not so adult themes. Well, this anime is nothing like this (maybe except about the cute creatures) and it proves that Pokémon is much more than that.

[Story]
The story follows the game pretty close, what is good. Don't like Ash and his stupidity? So you're in the right place. It starts calm as Red and Green going ... on their adventure, but Red ends up having to fight Team Rocket and some powerful wild Pokémon too. Things starts to get very serious, dark and with intense battles and rivalry. Team Rocket here is not like Jessie and James, they're actually bad guys who would do some terrible things to have what they want. And the plot follows Red on his journey until he becomes a legend.

[Art & Animation]
The animation is excellent, mainly if you like very intense fights. The fights here makes you heart go fast and are very well animated. On the other hand, I didn't like the art that much, the charecters seemed a bit ugly to me (with some exceptions).

[Sound & Characters]
The musics are taken from the games, and are very well placed. Also, the cries that the Pokémon make, really sounds like real creatures (they don't speak their names like in the main anime).

In conclusion, you shouldn't listen to those who say this anime has a great score just for other's nostalgia. It is not like that. This anime is great and you could love it even if you don't like Pokémon at all (if you like Battle Shounens, for example, this could be a good choice).

[SPOILER FREE REVIEW]

Lurking on MAL, I found this anime's page. After seeing it's rank score I decided to give it try since it has just a short 20min- episode. "It can't be THAT bad" is what I thought. And I was right! Don't get me wrong, it is bad, but is nothing more than that. It's not the worst thing ever, it's just bad!

The story isn't actually so horrible, but it's kind of cliché. Aliens invaded Earth and they form a special force to defeat them. But hey! This is a short anime! It has less than 20 minutes and with that time, you can't ... do much. On the other hand, they could have worked more on the plot. They tried to make a plot twist in the end that was kinda lame but again, not that bad for a 20 minutes less anime.

The art was okay. Didn't see anything ridiculous with it, but nothing special either. The characters were nothing! They simply seemed like nothing and they made no difference at all. You could put Monkey D. Luffy or Ash Ketchum there as the main character and the result would be the same.

This anime is worth it just for the curiosity. People overreact when this is just bad and nothing more. If you want to say an anime is bad, you should at least watch it first, so you should give it a try. Maybe you'll enjoy it more than most people, like I did. Sometimes I feel like people act as parrots, they just repeat other's words. Watch this with your mind cleared out and without the influence of others.