Thread: Favourite Series So Far?

What is your favourite series so far?

Mine is DP, because it was the first to give all the characters equal development, and the first to bring in a whole range of rivals, and it also had some really memorable moments (the first 6 on 6 battle between Ash and Paul, Dawn losing the Grand Festival, Ash finally defeating Paul, and more).

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As for my favorite, I pick DP. Ash and Dawn both experienced tremendous character development, Paul pushed Ash to his limits as a rival and had an interesting background of his own, and almost all the battles and contests were entertaining and included some sort of strategy; not to mention nearly all the group's Pokémon were given personality.

The only downfalls of this saga were Brock not receiving enough screen time, some Pokémon outshining others (Infernape and its 4 gym battles in a row...), and a few flaws regarding some of the rivals (Kenny being boring, Nando not showing up enough, Barry not winning enough).

I'd say the original series. Kanto was so strange and unique compared to other seasons. Since it was new and still finding itself, it was really trippy and wacky. I especially love the slapstick. It really sets itself apart from other seasons.

DP, Paul made that probably the best series...he turned pokemon hardcore! Yeah I just said it: Hardcore Pokemon XD

I loved the original series because of the main rivalry between Ash and Gary. However, I chose all of them because I also liked the DP storyline, too.

Im not trying to be predictable but even today it would be original series for me.All three sagas Kanto,OI and Johto have their pros and cons giving lot of funny moments,smart and funny humor with Ash,Misty and Brock playing well as group overcoming their differences feeling like real group of friends with good personalities.From Ash naive and stubborn attitude,Misty temper,sarcasm and smart alec jokes being wrapped up with wise and cool attitude from Brocks character having undrainable source of knowledge and helpful tips.
They felt like family having excellent flamboyant dynamic and interactions between them being fun to see them starting to mature over time opening more themselves to each other strengthening their friendship while providing lot of good comedy.

Anime felt also very creative to me at that time,with writers not following games "close to close" as they do now with gym leaders being depicted in unique light(like famous Sabrina arc,Giovanni or Pryce who has great backstory),more anime exclusive characters and arcs being delivered along getting region which didnt existed anywhere in games like Orange Islands.I also liked TR goofy attitude and more references to Japanese culture being provided.

Ugh, once again Johto is paired in the original series.

Anyway I liked Kanto/Orange a lot, but didn't enjoy a large chunk of Johto. So how can I choose?

Originally Posted by Gliscor'd

Ugh, once again Johto is paired in the original series.

Anyway I liked Kanto/Orange a lot, but didn't enjoy a large chunk of Johto. So how can I choose?

That's because Johoto is part of the original series. I understand that you don't like the saga, but that doesn't change the fact that Johto aired under the title of Pocket Monsters in Japan, just like with the Kanto and Orange Island arc, so it is a part of the original Pocket Monsters series. You can just vote for the original series and state that you preferred Kanto and the Orange Island arcs over most of Johto.

Anyway, I've enjoyed each series, but if I had to chose, I'd go with the DP series. I think that the development and focus on for the main cast was pretty good for the most part. Brock could have received more attention, but I didn't think he faded into the background that much, at least compared to other sagas. While I didn't care for Dawn's personality, her storyline and development were pretty solid writing wise. The battles were great, especially the bulk of Ash's Gym battles and matches with Paul, most of the Pokemon had at least a little bit of time to shine, as well as more unique personalities, and Ash's rivalry with Paul was terrific. There were still problems with some Pokemon taking up a lot of attention, such as Piplup, Pokemon that lost too often, such as Torterra, and I'm still not quite happy with Dawn giving away Ambipom and then getting Togekiss a couple of episodes before the Grand Festival. Even so, I think it had some of the better writing, character and battling wise, which made it more enjoyable to watch and see how the characters and stories were developing each week.

Mine was the OS, I liked when Ash was immature, and didn't have a clue what he was doing, it was rather comical. Also, Misty was there, and I adored Misty, the fiery tomboy sort. And I thought Brock had more of a character back then too, then he did in AG/DP (But more towards DP than anything). Tracey was such a pleasant character too; I'm glad they brought him in for that short-lived amount of time. The interactions were just a lot better, IMO.
Now, Johto, I didn't love, but overall still, the OS was my favourite.

I liked AG best, obviously there were more Pokemon and Hoenn was such a lovely region. With both May and Max brought in it was a pleasant change and Brock got a lot of credit when he rejoined which he hasn't really got anywhere else. They also handled Pokemon distribution a lot better and the introduction of contests and the battle frontier were great.

I'm going to say AG primarily because of the Contests and the Battle Frontier - May and her rivals (especially Harley) were among my favorite characters in the entire series, and the way they interacted was phenomenal. May's character development was handled well too, I think.

I liked everything that DP had to offer: a rival who is Ash's bipolar opposite; an excellent recuring villian like J; Brock's Croagunk; Chimchar's development; training episodes to give more rewarding and credible battle victories; an overall well thought out plot-line of the Team Galactic arc; Jessie becoming a competent cooridinator; recuring gym leaders to flesh them out more; and many suprises that I never thought would happen.

There are a few negatives about the series, such as most of the rival coordinators being a bit lackluster or underdevoloped or Ambipom's release, but the positive points overshadow the negatives.

Of course I love them all, but DP takes the cake.

Originally Posted by Trainer_Gabriel

I liked everything that DP had to offer: a rival who is Ash's bipolar opposite; an excellent recuring villian like J; Brock's Croagunk; Chimchar's development; training episodes to give more rewarding and credible battle victories; an overall well thought out plot-line of the Team Galactic arc; Jessie becoming a competent cooridinator; recuring gym leaders to flesh them out more; and many suprises that I never thought would happen.

There are a few negatives about the series, such as most of the rival coordinators being a bit lackluster or underdevoloped or Ambipom's release, but the positive points overshadow the negatives.

Of course I love them all, but DP takes the cake.

I agree with all this, but DP was dragged down by the most important aspect of all:

- Main character chemistry.

No matter how good some of the episodes are, I can't enjoy them if I don't feel like the main characters are enjoyable together.

I knew something was wrong with the DP trio as it was airing, but I didn't truly realize how bad the character interaction really was until Best Wishes started. I agree BW isn't as good as DP was in terms of writing, but the characters somehow make it more enjoyable.

Parts of me also feel as if Dawn's interaction with every character aside from Ash and maybe Conway was extremely bland and boring. Something was just wrong.

Originally Posted by Likeitornot.

Mine was the OS, I liked when Ash was immature, and didn't have a clue what he was doing, it was rather comical. Also, Misty was there, and I adored Misty, the fiery tomboy sort. And I thought Brock had more of a character back then too, then he did in AG/DP (But more towards DP than anything). Tracey was such a pleasant character too; I'm glad they brought him in for that short-lived amount of time. The interactions were just a lot better, IMO.
Now, Johto, I didn't love, but overall still, the OS was my favourite.

You know i didnt even thought Johto was that bad.Surely some things weren't treated well but that's not to say this saga didn't had its highlights which were very enjoyable to watch..
For start:
-chemistry within main group was still great imo Ash,Misty and Brock working out as group of long time friends starting to mature a bit.Misty humor and sarcasm being mixed with tomboyish attitude being more supportive to her friends,Ash naivete and stubbornness and Brock's wise and sometimes uncontrollable attitude(mostly over girls) complimented each other well.
-battles were vastly improved in this region with gyms and battling on general being put to higher level involving more complex and strategical matches.
-Johto was ground-breaker in introducing arcs in this series like Red Gyarados,Lugia three part,Whirl Cup,Larvitar arc etc
-Misty and Brock obviously didnt received enough focus and development but they actually received more character centric episodes and battling in here
-it may had lot of fillers but several of them were actually enjoyable and very memorable being one of best episodes in history imo(like "For Crying Out Loud","Heartbreak of Brock",#Fortune Hunter","Hocus Pokemon"etc).
-it had excellent league concluding longtime rivalry between Ash and Gary.

Johto along with all its flaws had several great things going for it and it strike to me that if it wasnt for excessive amount of filers this saga would likely be considered one of best regions this show had so far.
Because in reality fillers and drop of GS ball are things about which people mostly complained being fine with everything else.

This thread is not about how good or bad you think Johto is or much potential Johto had, so please get back on topic.