Tonight a one hour Pokémon anime special airs in Japan and along with it some big news (their words, not ours). This could be related to the anime season covering Sun & Moon and may even reveal insight into the Alola region, but could also relate to the new Generations mini-sodes.
And the reveal is… SUN & MOON ANIME TRAILER!
<3 PJ
I hope we don’t get another repeat of stuff like Pokenchi from early in the Sun/Moon hype days! I feel like we might tho’.
Incidentally, I’m almost getting finished with reviewing Johto on my blog. In fact, keepin with my schedule I should be getting done with Johto right as S/M release!
https://ratethatpokemon.wordpress.com
So something to read pass the time maybeh? Heheh.
I’ve read everything already! 🙂
=D!
What time will it air?
Pokemon anime Sun and Moon trailer after new episode of XYZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y4TVcYOp3c
That looks so good! It really makes me want to get caught up, but I’m still in the Hoenn saga. :/
Does the animation look odd to anyone? It gives me a One Piece-esque vibe.
It also seems a bit out of place that the trial leaders are attending school instead of accepting challengers and Ash is not going to attempt the island challenge.
I wonder if they’re trying to separate the games and the anime.
I really like the animation style. It reminds me of some of the fight episodes in Naruto that were stylistically completely different to the rest.
The style actually looks nicer too, the quirks make it look much more traditional.
what traditional ? it looks like these new cutie animes , they simplified the style to make it easier for them to animate and draw, which is never a good thing
Every season is stylistically different, no matter how slight the difference may be. It’s something new, but it’s far from bad. You can’t compare it to past seasons because then you’re not seeing the very point they’re trying to make of it being new and unique.
the diference here is that XY was an improvment over BW, it wasnt stylised diference just for the sake of change, they improved it, added more details, this time they change the style compeletly and simplified it a lot,I never said it was terrible but it does looks cheap compared to XY
Maybe appearance wise, but you can’t diss the entire show until you’ve seen it played out. Just as with any art form, you can’t just rely on your own opinions, or you won’t see the picture for what it’s worth. You must also consider the artist’s frame of mind and context to fully appreciate it.
I dont need more than these 30 secs to judge the style, its quite obviuse to me, what I cant judge is the animation, but I’m talking now about the style not the animation.
Yeah, cheap with a capital “C”!
Traditional as in not completely done by computers.
well thats not true, the traditional animation you are refering to had pointy edges and more details that this.
and just to let you know many animtors still draw on paper then inked digitally/colored, so it doesnt really matter.
That’s a stylistic choice. This style and animation looks significantly better and more “true” than previous Pokémon anime have, if you disagree then that’s fine.
Spot on!
If by traditional you mean 90s-style.
Maybe there’s a certain training class that the captains must complete before they can accept challengers.
I’ve said that ever since the poster was revealed. My guess, it looks like they dumbed it down to appeal to a younger audience.
It’s certainly appealing to me more so than any other season has. Style =/= quality.
Ok, that’s your personal preference, and I respect it. However, from my perspective, what I notice is Ash’s eyes were big and expressive in X and Y, which made him look older. Now they’re pretty close to vertical dot eyes. Say what you will about XYZ, the animation was pretty dynamic, the action anime in the trailer looks dumbed down a bit. Don’t get me wrong, MAYBE it’ll be good, but those are just my first impressions
Thank you for being respectful about this, but I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one.
Welp, no reason we can’t be cordial. I agree, even if it’s not my taste, I’m glad it appeals you =p
Early One Piece maybe, the art has been much better in recent years.(Image)
Early:
https://bxerblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/estoeslaguerramuajajaja.jpg
Recent:
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/4/4f/Episode_687_Dressrosa_End_Card.png
I dont like the style at all
So if you look at the anime picture from Corocoro, it has Team Rocket with Bewear. I really hope that it’s James’ Bewear and it’ll be like Victreebell and Carnavine and stuff.
Why does Lillie’s hair look like a plastic helmet?
Look, kid…
I wouldn’t mind going to school if kukui was my teacher and the fire guy was there too
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Group projects and détention would be fun ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
You know it!
Wouldn’t mind going if Hala was a teacher and performs physical examinations 😉
You can keep him x)
The animation looks even BETTER than XYZ, how did they pull this off? And omg I’m definitely gonna watch this. I initially had my doubts, but I’m just gonna dive in and see what they have in store for us!
If you’re not being sarcastic YES. It looks so much nicer.
No I’m genuinely serious. The animation looks incredible and so smooth.
I agree!
“The animation looks even BETTER than XYZ” LAMO this is so sad
Lol yeah fuck non-lethal opinions amirite
I agree. They made the character designs to muddy…
Maybe, but the art style is SO horrible!
Same here! I know some people dislike it cuz it’s new, but still, Alola is new and they should switch it up as well! It’s not like it’s going to be as bad as B&W, none of that game’s things will be here, plus the original Team Rocket’s going to be here!
I kinda liked B&W better than this
Gen 5 was worse than the Zika Virus.
Wow, Turtonator is really big! I was not expecting that.
Wow… Gonna need to get used to the new artstyle. Or is this, AU from XY&Z?
Important question: cut or uncut?
wait what?
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And the thing about Ash looking so goofy and such, I think that might just be because of the whole chilled and relaxed vibe Alola has. There was a short battle scene in the trailer and he still looks as competent as ever IMO.
I don’t know if ya’ll have been watching too much American animated shows or not enough anime to criticize the animation. Compare Sun/Moon animation in HD to X/Y and you will see drastic differences. This is quality animation believe it or not. The lighting, the rustle of wind, the explosiveness of the moves, the glistening of the eyes, the color palette, etc… yes it looks different, but in my opinion for the better. Keep in mind everyone said X/Y looked kiddie at first and look what we got…
XYZ looks about 10 times better than XY. Two very different series but set in the same generation and region.
Yes, and I will agree that XYZ looks better than Sun/Moon, but the style is more appealing to me; looks chilled, dreamy, and yet keeps the pop of excitement almost like One Piece, Hero Academia, and etc…
PS: If you look at the Pokemon Generation trailer, during the Legendary Dog scene, you can see they went for a traditional Japanese folklore animation style and hope that’s somehow implemented into Pokemon Sun/Moon
Idk, I doubt it. I’m one of the people who thinks the anime looks more simplistic. But that’s not really indicative of quality, I think the designs are just meant to appeal to a younger demographic. I think people expect the pokemon anime to just continue to be aimed at people that grew up with it when that’s not really the case, they need the young’ins who didn’t grow up with it to start jumping on board now. So I think Generations is more for the older crowd while Pokemon Sun and Moon are more for the kids, sort of like Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go.
Except Generations isn’t a replacement for a full series anime. Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go target the same demographic as far as channel and time of day it’s aired go. AND PLENTY of kids shows have shown its more than possible to touch on dark/serious/mature themes and ideas through the eyes of a young protagonist.
No, it’s not a replacement but it’s definitely more dynamic. Teen Titans originally aimed at kids but when they noticed the demographic actually watching the show was older than they originally intended, they switched it up to aim for older children. When they started Teen Titans Go, the creators have said over and over that the show is for young children rather than the older children that watched the original show. You’re mistaken SomeGuy, I never said that a show designed for children can’t be mature. Just like Teen Titans, MLP was supposed to be aimed at little girls, but the creators were so good at making mature stories that it ended up to appealing to a wider demographic. Yes, a show can be for kids but attract other audiences, however, I’m looking at it from a marketing standpoint. From a marketing standpoint, trying to attract all the demographics is a terrible idea, (because it is very difficult for companies to try to sell merchandise or make commercials intended to attract EVERYBODY, so they always try to avoid it) so tv shows always try to aim at one audience. If they get more along the way, good on them, but what I’m saying is the simplistic art style is clearly just trying to speak to children. As far as older audiences? If they watch, they probably assume that the older fans will already be on board anyway.
Meh. In an era where media is constantly under scrutiny for not being diverse enough or not trying to appeal to enough different demographics, I don’t think I’m in the wrong for asking the main Pokémon series to be for all audiences rather than exclusively for 6 year olds. Pokémon is a massive IP. All audiences are interested. I want to give them my money. But they seem determined to not let me give it to them when it comes to the anime.
don’t speak of that abomination
No XY didnt look kiddie at all, it looked better from the first few images, and we all watch a lot of animes, I work as animator and I know that this style was made to make it easier to animate, in other words they lowered the drawing quality to improve the animation, I just hope the animation good enough to make us stand this style decrease, there are many animes that goes with this style and they all suffer from bad drawings most of the time.
If animation quality goes up then it’s for the best. I hate jumpy animation.
That would be for the CGI. The Kirby anime did the CGI right. A lot of anime have been making their CGI too jumpy! Even the recent Doraemon films.
If working with CGI, why can’t many anime directors learn from the staff that created the Kirby TV series.
People just hate change. This animation style reminds me a lot of Miyazaki’s films, so if it’s anything like that, there will certainly be dark undertones.
I don’t mind the animation I just hope there’s still some adventure. The style looks a lot like the new digimon
Screw digimon. I grew out of that real fast.
why is bewear so damn huge ?
The better to hug you, my dear
Dude how many times do we have to tell you
Bewear
CATEGORY: Strong Arm Pokémon
TYPE: Normal/Fighting
HEIGHT: 6’11”
WEIGHT: 297.6 lbs.
ABILITY: Fluffy/Klutz
The average height of bewear is 6 feet eleven inches which is kissing the 7FT line
bewear is as big as Pangoro, and pangoro wasnt that freaking huge in the anime.
plus I dont know who the heck are you what many times you are talking about ???
Eeeeeeeh. Pangoro was purrtty big.
Welp, if the poster is to be judged, Team Rocket gets a Bewear and a Mimkyu and Ash gets a Rowlet. Despite my reservations for the animation, my predictions/hopes for those pokemon’s trainer placements have been fulfilled. I’m satisfied =P
Oh, they literally meant “School”.
And the trial captains seem to be Students too?
I’d love to see the transitional episodes.
That artstyle…
When he sees his final evo.
(RF)
srsly litten got the best one out of the three, there is nothing on earth worse than popleos final evo, maybe tied with Sawk and thro for being the worst pokemon designs ever made
I love Sawk and Throh….
Poppolio is no way the worst, you’re just being sexist because Poppolio becomes a female.
I love Poppolio’s final evolution it makes so much sense and is so elegant…
To me this is a step down from XYZ, the art style doesn’t appeal to me, but I don’t really watch the anime anyway.
Also Sun and Moon delayed till the 23rd November in South Africa, the same as the EU release date, meaning it isn’t because a few stores in Europe started selling X/Y early, and apparantly isn’t because of PEGI either, in fact, what is South Africas Rating Company?
The animation reminds me of 80’s and 90’s animes and also very much like Digimon the movie.
Loving the new animation style! ?
I love this new art style. A LOT. Freaking gorgeous. I was super impressed by XYZ’s quality, but this is definitely more my aesthetic. Hyped for this. Now if only the anime would stop pandering to children.
Lillie!