Pokémon Black and White Anime Review
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@Victor I think so too. Samurott would've been a beast... But alas!
I did love how when Pikachu used Iron Tail during Unova, its tail ACTUALLY looks like it's made of iron.
Well black and white was the start of major CG used in the animation that would carry into xyz to make battles look more dynamic.
But it was rather hit or miss. Sometimes it made big heavy attacks hit with the force of a bullet train. Other times it made the other wise good animation for pokemon standards feel kinda cheap and clunky and unbearably stiff.
And this was series that had the transition out of just using the same 5 frames each time an attack was used.
But I'll admit. As a person who's grown up assuming pokemon would probably never get truly good animation I enjoyed the cool looks the cg gave black and white. It made for excellent still frames that could be a wallpaper or background.
Why didn't we get to see steel wing like that?
Same
Same I hated it when it went back to a white glow thing
@@Sophie-18 at least the glow after that had more of a metallic silver to it
Unfezant was so bad that when ash switched it out for charizard, even professor oak said “That’s a smart choice”.
Did he really say that? *Holding my laugh*
@@alexandrapagan3222 Yeah when Ash says he’s sending over unfezant Professor Oak says, “Good, smart choice”.
He said so beacuse Staraptor and Swellow hade a new friend to race with?
Controversies aside I love how everyone just agrees Unfeazant was trash
Honestly, the problem with Unfezant for me is that she just doesn't stand out at anything. Aside from having the relative lack of personality Ash's birds typically tend to have, anything she does in battle other birds before (and after) do far better. Her final battles being against Roxie and Cameron didn't help her case at all.
Zac: "Let's give all of Ash's Pokemon credit, in order of capture!"
Unfezant: "Hey."
His unova team was definitely his worst.
@@16369 yep 100%
I mean I could see them beating Ash’s Johto team because of variety, good moves, and all of Krookadile.
@@jamalbruna4121 there's Ash's heracross but that's it
Unfezant was garbage, along with boldore and oshawott
Cilan: "I like Trains"
Ash and Iris get ran over by a Train that was passing by.
Why oh why did it take everyone this long to come with that?
You are the exact type of degenerates that this show appeals to.
honestly this is kinda funny-
TBoneTony Cilan must be Sheldon Cooper's favorite Pokemon character because of that
@@PinkGoldAbby cry about it
They should have given Ash a Braviary. That’s a WAY cooler bird than Unphesent.
More like unPEASANT
Braviary should have been the early regional bird instead of unfezant imo
and they shoud have given Ash Fearow over Pigeotto that a stonger Bird than Pigemoron.
The problem is Rufflet/Braviary not living near Nuvema town.
You mean UnPleasent.
"It's always hard when the journey begins" was probably the excuse the writers used the most of the time when making "Black and White"
*Mewtwo episode in journeys would like to know your location*
You could argue that the Earthquake threw a scupper into their plans, but yeah there's really no excuse for how lame Ash was.
@@karisu4598 yea because the whole bw games were the solf reboot. They could make ash 14 like Hilbert, Hilda, nate, and Rosa did in the games.
@@yeetusdefeetus yeah, I felt the black and white effect through that whole Mewtwo episode too. They clearly wanted to focus more on Goh and make him seem like he was just as good as Ash, so they made Ash and Pikachu much weaker than they actually are to try and balance the two. It's not even that Ash sucked, he just wasn't being as strong as we know he could be, because Goh can't look bad am I right? And even through the rest of the episode too, when Goh was using his other Pokémon to get him and Ash around, why couldn't Ash have done that too? What was so difficult about having him pull out Dragonite or Gengar for help through the episode? It's like the writers just don't know how to focus on Goh without making Ash look either incompetent or weaker than he should be.
To me it was what really sold me on it. I was watching this when I was leaving my parents and I was always a real mamma's boy so the idea of living by myself really frightened me.
“One more challenge that comes our way”
It's up to me and you🎶
We know what we gotta do!🎵
Lol
More like "the only challenge that comes our way"😂
@@VenkataB123 ya
@Joseph Martucci before watching Zac's video
I really liked that Bianca wasn’t a very serious rival. It was such a good contrast to alot of the other rivals that Ash had over the years!
The best thing about Best wishes > Donna ni toki ga sugiteitemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Bokura no hoshi wa ano yozora de
Ima mo kagaiteiru
Omou you ni susumenai hibi wo mata kurikaeshite
Koboreochita kuyashisa ga me no mae kumoraseteta
Akogare ga yume ni kawatta shunkan
Bokura wa hoshifuru oka no ue ni tatte
Te wo nobashita ne
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
Shizundeku yuuhi sae kizukazu ni hashirinuketa
Doko ni datte ikeru hazu shinjiteta bokura ga ita
Ano koro no kimochi wasuretakunai yo
Negau dake ja tarinakutemo sou issho ni
Fumidaseru kara
Donna ni tooku hanareteitemo
Taisetsuna mono wa koko ni
Hitori fuan ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tomadoinagara kizutsukinagara
Mada mienai asu wo sagasu
Ippozutsu demo sono kiseki ga
Yume no sono saki he ima mo michibiiteru
Namida kakusenai hibi mo
Hitori ja nai minna ga ita
Onaji kisetsu wo koe bokura wa
Onaji hikari wo mezasu
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
@@saiyaujeff8171 either speak some Actual English and make some sense, or shut up
It was really cool that she was able to get a victory over Trip
She's such a sweetie!
She is super annoying though I'd take Paul over her anyday
Honestly, as somebody who grew up with Black and White's anime it's really nice to see a review that isn't just shitting on it. Also man, Black and White was my childhood and is still my personal favorite anime season even if it isn't the best objectively.
I saw parts of DP & BW when I was younger and last oct- Jan, I finished DP, and from March-June, I finished BW
BW is my top most favourite no mater who says what
@@jakeriese4862 Kokoro no kizuna ga kito dokura o awasete kuretanda Mou korekawa zutto wasurenai deite Sou ashita wa doko ni arun darou? Kurikaesu mainichi o kazoete iru. Kimi ga oshiete kureta ne iki terutte iu koto. Itsu no haka yume o tsukamu tabi to. Kokoro no tobira o akete atarashii kimi ni aeru. Itsu date soko ni aru ai to iu hikari. Kokoro no kizuna ga kito bokura o awasete kuretanda Mou korekawa zutto wasurenai deite Sou ima nara kotae rareru darou Hontou no yasashi sa ga doku ni aru to. Kimi ga momotte kureta ne. Boku tachi no ashita o arasou koto nai sekai ni nare. Kokoro no tabira o akete atashii yume ga mieru. Itsu date shinji teru afure dasu chikara. Kokoro no kizuna ga boku ni nigenai tsuyosa o kuretanda. Dona toki no kito hitoni janaikara. Kokoro no tobira o akete atarashii kimi ni aeru. Itsu date soko ni aru ai to iu hikari. Kokoro no kizuna ga kito dokura o awasete kuretanda Mou korekawa zutto wasurenai deite.
@@roshminath8691 I loved Best wishes , I actually enjoyed Best wishes much more than Diamond and pearl. Diamond and pearl was a little bit too depressing and bored for me. my main complaint with it is that the comedic and the tone can get a bit overboard sometimes to make this show so interesting but it's understandable the characters are just too fun and enjoyable too me such as Ash , Iris , Cilan , Jessie , James , Meowth , Professor Oak , Nurse Joy , Trip , Bianca , Stephan , Georgia , Burgundy , Luke , Chill , Cress.
Mate... it hits different when you watch the badass DP anime then come into BW as a kid.
I did like Cilan's battle strategy with Pansage. He'd usually begin with a Bullet Seed to test the opponent's reflexes, speed and defense before going in close with something like Bite, using Dig for evasion/damage before launching a Solarbeam finisher. Crustle's Shell Smash was like the Kaio-Ken from DBZ to powerup in order to defeat opponents. Stunkfish...eh...the only time I remember any cool strategy was going into Larvesta's Flamethrower to burn away the String Shot it was caught in.
Yeah, it's pretty solid. Hey there, I have a question: Is it possible to bring Zac back to TH-cam so I can talk to him about some ideas that I would like to give him for future videos. I've been trying for days now. Please? I don't want my ideas to go to waste.
@@TevinBlair Um, I don't think I'm the person to talk to about that
@@OurKindofEntertainment Tell me exactly who I should talk to please.
@@TevinBlair beats me I don't know Zac, I just watch his content like everyone else haha
Wasn’t that the same episode that showed Stunfisk flying?
This Region was a Re boot of the original :> *or He just didn’t save his game...*
It was not a reboot but a parodical insult sequel to the original series
Oh god no
Abhinandan Patra yes :V
I go with "He didn't save his game"😂
it isn't a reboot idiot if it was Ash wouldn't have memories from the previous 4 gens
Hot take:
Cilan was a great companion. Y'all are just mean.
I like Cilan. I feel like people just don’t like him because they’re salty that Brock’s gone. People often criticize him for his lack of development but Brock didn’t go through much until DP(and even then it was kind of overshadowed by Ash and Dawn). I still prefer Brock but Cilan was a worthy replacement in my eyes
cilan was amazing he had good character development overtime he gave ash ideas and helped him along the way and he was a good freinds your tripping
Yeah, he is a super underrated companion
Cilan was good, but Iris was just the most annoying character I've ever seen in the anime 😑
yeah Cilan is highly underated in the creation of the shabby and dumb BW series Cilan and Stephan are the 2 chatacters which i really liked a lot
all others even Ash to an extent were totally dumb as Ash was really a dumb in Unova
If y’all actually seen Zac’s tweets you would’ve known that this wasn’t gonna be trash talk. Y’all got JEBAITED CAUSE THIS WAS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Threw a curve ball on em' lol
@@Zactoshi Just to correct you. Ash lost to Trip in their 1st Battle. Pikachu's lost was thanks to Zekrom's shananigans that Pikachu couldn't use Electric Moves at that time. Lastly Trip's Snivy using Leaf Tornado at his First Battle just scream BAD WRITING!
@@alexandrapagan3222, going to need to stop you their, Pikachu didn’t faint, he took the attack, it never stated that Pikachu fainted or lost in the battle, Ash forfeited the match
@@Zactoshi Hello there Zac, my name is Tevin Jordan-Blair and I would like to talk ASAP about some ideas I have that might potentially make great future videos on your TH-cam channel and other Pokemon TH-camrs can help you out as well. I would be happy to talk with you about these ideas because I don't want my comments getting lost in the sea of comments that is the comments section. Please feel free to heart this and talk ASAP. Thank you.
Also. Zac will always have Unfezant as his main enemy.
Zac rewatching BW anime in 2020:
“Hey, that’s pretty good!”
I watch black and white, x and y, and sun and moon this year too
@Doneilo Chambers I really didn’t like Gen 4 so I loved this series.
@Doneilo Chambers not really it wasn’t a great series overall imo but I still enjoyed it.
@Doneilo Chambers it’s a below average to good series for me but it’s definitely has it’s cool and great moments. Just Compared to prior and later seasons it’s not a surprise BW has the some of the weaker seasons. But it will always be special for me bc that’s when I got into pokemon.
@Doneilo Chambers also I’m seeing a lot more love for Gen 5 but I it’s mostly for the games and Sword and Shield were disappointing to some ppl.
I honestly thought this would be you bashing Black and White, but you also talked about the good. Thanks for giving the anime which introduced me to Pokémon a fair review.
It’s my favorite season
Ash had one of the best outfits he's ever had in Unova dont @ me
Evan true. The art style of BW is also amazing 👌
@@migspogi2097 I gotta admit the visuals in black and white were good. Step up from sinnoh a bit. And a perfect leadup visual wise to xy which had some of the best animation
That reminds me, I was kind of hoping BW back then was going to have a second half where Ash's outfit gets updated mid-region to promote BW2 and to show his mindset.
@Felix M. Torbolento ,lll no
@@migspogi2097 agreed. X & Y still looks better (and even Sun & Moon if you ask me) but yeah
Funny, because this series is what inspired me to be a Pokemon fan. Also, can't wait for your review on the XY series, my personal favourite.
I assume because it was your first one. Or first one to commit and watch all the way.
I can see myself enjoying it if I watched Pokemon for the first time. Never seen Ash and his previous accomplishments, and think Ash is a beginner and be fine with his silly mistakes/memory loss.
This was the first series in watched and it was fun to watch everyday before school. I love Gen 5.
Some cons I can think of for xy are the league and the finals, greninja being released and noivern being a loser
@@eljordinio7647 Ash caught noivern when it just hatched.
@@Nobodu being from an egg is no excuse to b weak. Look at riolu for instance and all the wins he got
Finally someone who appreciates ashs oshawatt.
@Doneilo Chambers same, in fact the Oshawott family is my favourite out of all starters
Yep.
I liked oshawott too and even used one in unova myself. Solid starter. By the time I was done he was a fully fledged samurott. If only ash's fully evolved and used razor shell with those awesome seamitars
Oshawott is better than Chespin
@@eljordinio7647 yeah, it can be runned as both physical and special attackers, I wished that ash atleast had a dewott.
Funny how Iris gave Ash crap all the time, but in the next series he was able to help two Dragon Pokémon fully evolve! Heck, one of them hatched from an egg! Take that miss wannabe dragon master!
And then proceeded to find an island full of Dragonite, helped a Dragonair finally fly by electrocuting himself several times even though it was not his problem, and then caught Dragonite- correction, Dragonite asked Ash to catch him and then ACTUALLY OBEYED HIM AFTERWARDS- and now it's one of his strongest Pokémon. The world turns.
She couldn't even evolve her baby axew. Who's the kid now miss dragon loser?
Iris still had better skills compared to the other female companions. She has the ability to find good food in the wild a good battler as seen in some of the mini tournament arcs & even won one of them & the bravery she had was remarkable as well when she saved her Excadrill when it was just a Drilbur from falling off a cliff plus the Gible that she also caught from falling off a cliff tower. She might not have fully evolved mons but her other qualities definitely makes her such a likeable character. Hate her all you want I bet you losers cant even do the things she can. 🖕🏼
Also, majority Iris's Pokemon learned moves on their own without her and they refused to listen to her. Plus, she had a lot of unearned victories. Example: Beartic Vs. Dragonite and many others.
@@migspogi2097 Reminder that the fictional character you're white knighting for told her Excadrill to use Dig on a boat...
I freaking love Cilan. He’s like Brock on tea. His look on everything is ridiculously fancy and I love it!!
He's nothing like brock Cilan is litteraly his own character. People only compared him to brock bc he replaced him. The actual clone is fucking clement. Only difference is his little sister Bonnie tried to get him with any beautiful girl.
I like Brock better but Cilan is also not bad,he met brock at the end of the series and even debuted in the XY series.That’s why I love him
Same !
Cilan is definately the best 💚💚💚💚and my forever favourite
@@pkmnproductions7461 Clemont is very different from Brock in many ways. He's an inventor, Brock's a doctor. He's unconfident, Brock is savvy. Brock is a master of breeding, Clemont a genius with technology, outcompeting high level technicians with massive funding. They are clearly distinct people, and if you can't see that, I don't know what to tell you.
I love how so many people were expecting him to completely hate on the series, they must be pretty shocked right now
I didn't hate black and white myself but I gotta admit I was expecting a rant or something on how bad black and white is
@@eljordinio7647 luckily we didn’t get that
@@TheStephenStephen true, tho black and white did have quite a bit of bad to it. More so then most series
@@eljordinio7647 I personally don’t believe that, personally, the only thing I disliked was how different Ash was compared to diamond and pearl, and that was easy to get over, I personally love everything else about it
I’m glad that Zac showed more knowledge on reviewing this series rather than just using his hate. The fact that the Poketubers who joined him actually likes BW are also a great idea 👌
I think a lot of people forget that BW was in production when the 2011 earthquakes hit Japan. They had to keep producing and releasing this anime after a national tragedy because it already had an international release going. The video mentioned the cut Team Plasma arc, and it really shows in the anime.
The best thing about Best wishes > Donna ni toki ga sugiteitemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Bokura no hoshi wa ano yozora de
Ima mo kagaiteiru
Omou you ni susumenai hibi wo mata kurikaeshite
Koboreochita kuyashisa ga me no mae kumoraseteta
Akogare ga yume ni kawatta shunkan
Bokura wa hoshifuru oka no ue ni tatte
Te wo nobashita ne
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
Shizundeku yuuhi sae kizukazu ni hashirinuketa
Doko ni datte ikeru hazu shinjiteta bokura ga ita
Ano koro no kimochi wasuretakunai yo
Negau dake ja tarinakutemo sou issho ni
Fumidaseru kara
Donna ni tooku hanareteitemo
Taisetsuna mono wa koko ni
Hitori fuan ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tomadoinagara kizutsukinagara
Mada mienai asu wo sagasu
Ippozutsu demo sono kiseki ga
Yume no sono saki he ima mo michibiiteru
Namida kakusenai hibi mo
Hitori ja nai minna ga ita
Onaji kisetsu wo koe bokura wa
Onaji hikari wo mezasu
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
And that ruined things
@@saiyaujeff8171 ur making zero sense
@NixkX I know
@NixkX and u probably never wil
Big missed opportunities are:
-Ash VS Drayden
-Ash VS Marlon (I can never remember him for the life of me)
I can get why they skipped Ash vs Drayden, imagine how much it would’ve hurt Iris’s character if she lost to Drayden just to make Ash win the next episode
@@mikeydowikey4140 Or... it could motivate Iris to train harder and face Drayden again. And, Ash to level up more before the league.
Other big figth, a rematch of Ash vs Giovanni and maybe a Colress vs Ash
@El Pengo Hmm... considering Drayden is also in BW2...
@@Eric-py8yy Yeah. Ash VS Giovanni is one of many rematches on our wishlist.
Iris: ash you're such a little kid!
Ash: watch me in the next region..
also ash : get laid (sorta)
Alain still stomped him bwahaha
Me: Girl, SHUT UP!!!
Also Ash: *Do I look like a mirror to you?*
😅
One thing that I've NEVER understood about this series is why the hell does poor Palpitoad get so much hate?! It was a strong Pokemon with some great moves upon capture; STAB Hydro Pump and Mud Shot before learning Sludge Wave later on! If I were Ash, I would've use it more than that comedic relief otter of his! I'm sure that if it was used in more battles then its win ratio would be higher! That debut fight with Stoutland was great! Heck, maybe it would've evolved as well!
Before people complain about how Ash already had a Water-type in Oshawott or Ground type with Krookodile, remember in the next series that his Kalos team consisted of 3 flying types, 2 dragon types, half the team was weak to electric, 3 were weak to ice...need I go on?
It mainly gets hate because it was hardly ever seen and hasn't gotten a single legit win since Elisa, but at least he got more wins than losses
U forgot his sonnoh team had 3 ground types in it
And all of ash's kalos team except talonflane was weak to fairy
@@eljordinio7647 *Cough cough COUGH* May I bring up Stoutland again?
@@darksonicyt5430 may I also bring up that palpitoad beat it? I don't exactly hate palpitoad, I'm just saying y he gets hate cos of his lack of screentime. At least he was better than boldore who was GARBAGE
This is the first pokémon series I ever watched, and i’d describe it in one sentence: it was good, but full of missed opprtunities. Some things that could have made it better are:
- iris getting the deino and a dratini instead of emolga.
- replacing trip completely with cheren
- making georgia and burgundy appear more have more character development
- ash rotating his pokémon more often and evolving them all at least once
- replacing cameron with hugh
- have team plasma appear earlier, with violent pokémon appearing in season 1
I think iris got a emolga is because since like gen 4 I think, every ash companion has a certain pikachu clone, like dawn with pachrisu or bonnie with dedenne. But this is just what I think why iris got a emolga instead of any dragons, (which is stupid) but at least the pokemon have personality
I don't think Emolga has to leave completely. Just give Iris the Deino from that one episode to raise, a Druddigon because why not, evolve Axew at least once and she's good to go.
That's an interesting setup instead of what we got.
@@sonicfan2403 thanks!
I think the most frustrating thing about this arc is Ash's ability as a trainer. I get that this was one of his worst teams (arguably the worst), but I think it gets overlooked that Ash made a lot of questionable choices/calls as a trainer during this arc. It also feels very inconsistent with the Ash that we ended w/ in Diamond/Pearl.
Hard agree ✔
Agreed. If it wasn't for the stupid soft reboot the BW anime would be better.
Diamond and Pearl sucked in my opinion
all serries have its ups and downs in my opinion.
@@decoral yup agree
This anime has a solid Japanese soundtrack
Just like the games.
That's why I watch subbed. I could deal with the subpar voice acting, but they really butchered the soundtrack after 4 kids left the show.
@ArmanAditya Basu The recent seasons have basically none of the original music. And unlike 4 Kids the music that replace the original soundtrack suck ass. Worse of all, it often doesn't even fit with the scene it's used in. I remember they completely ruined the scene where Litten cry over Stoutland's death by playing music that wasn't even sad.
cant top XYZ tho
@@wintersong2266 Umm. Fucking insensitive and rude much?! The dub after 4kids is good. I will not have disrespect on this!
"ash loses to this idiot who doesn't even bring a full team to the league"
when i was little, i always brought a team of 5 to the league. ouch
To be fair he did almost lose to Roxie in a 6 vs 3 match with his full team
@@revolvingworld2676 thank you for mentioning this. I remember watching the ep and being pissed off at seeing him celebrate. No wonder he got thrashed in a 5 v 6
@@revolvingworld2676 True........but the difference is that one is a gym leader and a very strong one at that, and the other is an idiot who almost forgets everything.
It's Ash' fault because he befriended Cameronpoop and let him join the league.
What's worse is that Cameron LOSES 6-3 (he brought six pokemon after battling ash, it was a watchhog) by Virgil, like what? Ash should've battled him and lost, not that idiot cameron.
I honestly really like black and white because it’s MY generation. My first generation. Also, I do like Iris as well.
Your first generation will always stick with you
My first game generation was 3 but I never really cared much for the advanced anime series...mainly because I just really disliked May, her design and personality were bad and Max just felt tacked on for no reason. Gen 3 games are still my favorite tho and my first pokemon is still my all time favorite(Mudkip line/Swampert).
@Seth Williams yeah my first Pokémon games
Black and white is my favourite too as its the first anime I watched. I usually defend the hate for unova which has grown my bond even more
Same. Snivy is still my favorite Pokémon.
Woo! Whilst not many people like this series, you can’t deny the English opening themes slapped. No 🧢
I loved Rival Destinies theme! We are together now, friends forever now! Whatever comes our way we won't run away! One of my favorites! I loved Adventures in Unova and Beyond season's theme too!
Yep BW was the last series which has amazing English OP while all later series mostly had mediocre OP.
@@inamdaryasin Until the Journeys one I feel. It has pretty good tune according to me...
@@VenkataB123 yeah it was good but when you compare it with like Rival destiny and BW full version it's too far.
@@inamdaryasin Yeah. That's true...
Oh my gosh, Zac underwent character development with his BW opinion!
But jokes aside, in my eyes it's OK. Flawed, but still OK. Plus the updated visuals introduced in this series was really lovely. As were the move animations. I miss BW Iron Tail...
Now onto Kalos. This should be an interesting one to tackle.
BW had the absolut best move animations in my opinion. I am still mad at what happened with stone edge
@@ancientbaltoy8769 that's something I have to give black and white props for. Move animation. Wish steel wing had that hard metalic animation.
@@eljordinio7647 and iron tail.
@@ancientbaltoy8769 The best thing about Best wishes > Donna ni toki ga sugiteitemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Bokura no hoshi wa ano yozora de
Ima mo kagaiteiru
Omou you ni susumenai hibi wo mata kurikaeshite
Koboreochita kuyashisa ga me no mae kumoraseteta
Akogare ga yume ni kawatta shunkan
Bokura wa hoshifuru oka no ue ni tatte
Te wo nobashita ne
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
Shizundeku yuuhi sae kizukazu ni hashirinuketa
Doko ni datte ikeru hazu shinjiteta bokura ga ita
Ano koro no kimochi wasuretakunai yo
Negau dake ja tarinakutemo sou issho ni
Fumidaseru kara
Donna ni tooku hanareteitemo
Taisetsuna mono wa koko ni
Hitori fuan ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tomadoinagara kizutsukinagara
Mada mienai asu wo sagasu
Ippozutsu demo sono kiseki ga
Yume no sono saki he ima mo michibiiteru
Namida kakusenai hibi mo
Hitori ja nai minna ga ita
Onaji kisetsu wo koe bokura wa
Onaji hikari wo mezasu
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
@@saiyaujeff8171 I don't understand a word of that
Cant wait for kalos , the one thats my favorite :)
This is how many people get a smile from This video
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X and Y was a great series!
Same brother
My favorite part about Black & White was for sure the battle tournament arcs. I’ll admit those were really well done.
Ironically the non league tournaments were peak. I just wish ash got to win at least one of them
I started with black and white, and I always look back on it with fond memories. I'm now realizing that for Pokemon noobs, this series is actually a good place to start.
I feel like this Pokémon season is the equivalent of Dragon Ball GT, there were so many missed opportunities
Yeah, that's quite accurate actually
Let's hope the Pokemon anime does not get the equivalent of DB Super in the future
@@zemox2534 I doubt they will start as movie re-teelings and then slightly get better in the later part of a series
Dragon ball GT at least is way better than Black and White
At least GT has consistent characters
Lumiose Trainer Zac:uploads
Me:Grabs snacks and my blanket
Does this series even have any negatives??? Everyday when I wake up and watch Ash vs Elesa I’m reminded of the raw talent possessed by the show’s flawless writers!
Fml you’re so right
Black and white was the best series of all time😅
This sarcasm is way higher than Red's pikachu's level in HGSS.
Omg I thought I was the only one.
I don't see much negatives about this seris its great irus and silent were great everything was great and having dawn and Cynthia come back was just the cherry on top to
Ash's main rival be *_TRIPPIN_* in Black and White.
Basic stuff
Most people hate black and white, but for me it felt like a breath of fresh air. In Diamond and Pearl, jokes like Brock being obsessed with girls, Team Rocket thinking of capturing a Pokémon for Giovanni every single filler episode, and Team Rocket getting blasted off every single filler episode after they fail to capture another person’s Pokémon got so old and so repetitive that it made DP’s filler so painful to sit through.
However, BW finally removed Brock and replaced him with Cilan, finally ending Brock’s run, allowing someone else to get the spotlight. Cilan felt new to me because he was definitely a lot nerdier and geekier than Brock. He had a lot of interests in food, fishing, detective, movies, and even trains. BW had also remove Team Rocket from every single filler episode, and to that I say thank god because in DP it was so repetitive.
BW’s filler instead focused on the characters interacting with each other and their Pokémon, with more unique situations without Team Rocket. Moments like when Ash reunited with Charizard, and when he reminisced his Butterfree. Moments like Iris befriending Pokémon like Deino, Bouffalant, and Druddigen. Moments like Cilan solving cases as a detective and fighting for his Gym and brothers. The tournament arcs that show all the characters interacting with each other. Moments like these were so fun and new, something that the anime had never tried before.
I admit that the series does have its flaws, but it definitely has some good too, and it honestly doesn’t deserve the hate it gets for trying so much new things. It honestly would’ve been praised more if the Earthquake thing never happened too, and we actually get an exciting Team Plasma-Rocket arc. It’s honestly a shame.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
So was the stupid routine of not fully evolving all of ash's Pokemon which thankfully they didn't repeat in xy but had to bring back in Alola. I'm looking at u rowlet 😡👉
Well even dp's filler episode were much more interesting than whole bw anime. And that's a fact
@@Rzxffyt1692 well that’s your opinion but I really enjoyed bw
DP filler better than BW Ha.. ha.. haha..hahahahahahahahahahajahahahaha
Snivy vs Emolga episodes were already better than near 80% of DP.
The only things DP has over BW are the rival (Paul is insuperable), and the league(my god, what a dissaster that was, fuck Cameron)
Agreed, Team Rocket showing up sparingly doing their own thing and being somewhat competent is better than them showing up all the goddamn time to try and Pikachu like always
Agree, i wished they kept them like that
@@ahmeddamdami5569 same
Yeah this is how villains SHOULD b
Yet this was changed for no reason 🤦🏾♂️ team rocket was never funny so seeing them going back to being comedy relief was the worst mistake
@@Phoenix_Blader_93 i think that dumb rocket prize master of journeys was the worst mistake.
I’m legitimately trying to think of good things this anime did and I’m someone who’s first experience watching the Pokémon anime was this part of it. Nostalgia definitely isn’t holding me back.
I can say the tournament arcs were really nice for rivals to get some screentime
The pace the show was going for the main journey was really good and it kinda fit the speed of the gen 5 games
Cilan was a humerously good replacement for Brock
Most of the gym battles were pretty good
I did like a good chunk of the pokemon (ESPECIALLY Krookodile and Oshawott)
Iris was a better Misty. Yeah she was more annoying more often (mainly in the first season) but unlike Misty, she had a goal from the start that was properly developed and allowed her to have plenty of great character moments during the series
Most of the rivals were pretty solid and the gags from some of them were really funny
Ash was a pretty okay character IF you take out all the continuity from the previous series
The series was pretty good at giving a variety of characters episodes focused on them
Team Rocket was handled pretty well actually despite their original plan being changed
N's arc was good
For most negative side to this anime I see there being a positive side as well. An example being TR. Their change was out of nowhere and made no sense and they had very uninteresting Pokemon (seriously, who remembers Amoongus). Plus when they went back to their old selves there wasn't really much to go off of from there. But the plus side is they were an actual *threat.* I was actually exciting to see them because they weren't forced down our throats 24-7.
It is really an anime series which holds us back
@@PokeBlox21 im sorry but from where Misty shat Iris came. Other than that i agree with the rest.
I enjoyed the art direction, not to mention ash switching out a roster of 10 Pokémon was a nice change of pace.
Can’t wait to see nothing but positives here
*insert the ironic meme template*
black and white is good anime it was amazing
"SARCASM"
*Chokes*
Gonna be a real positive and uplifting video
Zach at the end of the video: BW is the best series of all time and I suggest everyone to watch it again and give it 10/10
Alain's Unfezant was actually pretty good. It's just that Ash's wasn't
Sara Williams that's possibly because ashs unfezant was a female
@@charitynoble1 Actually it is because Unfezant was barely used unlike the rest of Ash's Bird Pokemon.
I actually do like the male counterpart and I do agree with that aspect.
Gender does not really matter but I have to agree that ash’s unfezant should have been better
@@charitynoble1 whose flying skills were suppose to be superior than male unfezant, yet Alain's was shown to fly way better
@11:44-@11:53
That was the MASSIVE issue I had with Iris! The fact that she was quick to call out someone else for their mistakes like she was an annoying know-it-all, but she was a lousy trainer in her own right! Kind of like Max from Hoenn, but he didn't even have a single Pokemon or experience; just book knowledge. Iris' you can't tell me nothing attitude was annoying as well.
Ash suggested the most efficient way of training Axew was REAL battle experience instead of having Cilan use moves at 10% of their actual power. That explains why Scraggy (who is younger than Axew) got stronger and it felt more believable when he learned powerful moves (Focus Blast/Hi Jump Kick) unlike Axew who asspulled Outrage and Giga Impact out of nowhere...
Ash had a point. Maybe if iris actually listened to him, she could have a badass haxorus like she's supposed to
@@eljordinio7647 yes! That's one of the biggest things I hated; there wasn't the same give/take or one gives advice and the other one uses it to get stronger like there was between Ash and Dawn. Ash was more like a mentor to May, but Ash and Dawn were kind of on equal footing in regards to using tactics from the other person. Iris was just there nagging the entire time. Her advice was stale, repetitive and condescending rather than being helpful.
@@OurKindofEntertainment only kid in all this was iris since she acted like a bratty insufferable know it all when she wasn't
@@eljordinio7647 yup!
Axew learning outrage and Giga impact are worse tham an asspull. Because she uses both of them only once. Ever.
Acutally there was a special episode when Iris caught Gible! so she has 3 dragon type's
I love Iris so much. However, they really dropped the ball with her personality, team and character development
So what do you like about her?
@@christakanst7014 The best thing about Best wishes > Donna ni toki ga sugiteitemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Bokura no hoshi wa ano yozora de
Ima mo kagaiteiru
Omou you ni susumenai hibi wo mata kurikaeshite
Koboreochita kuyashisa ga me no mae kumoraseteta
Akogare ga yume ni kawatta shunkan
Bokura wa hoshifuru oka no ue ni tatte
Te wo nobashita ne
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
Shizundeku yuuhi sae kizukazu ni hashirinuketa
Doko ni datte ikeru hazu shinjiteta bokura ga ita
Ano koro no kimochi wasuretakunai yo
Negau dake ja tarinakutemo sou issho ni
Fumidaseru kara
Donna ni tooku hanareteitemo
Taisetsuna mono wa koko ni
Hitori fuan ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tomadoinagara kizutsukinagara
Mada mienai asu wo sagasu
Ippozutsu demo sono kiseki ga
Yume no sono saki he ima mo michibiiteru
Namida kakusenai hibi mo
Hitori ja nai minna ga ita
Onaji kisetsu wo koe bokura wa
Onaji hikari wo mezasu
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
She's just an ass for no reason, she's actually a good person in the games
I love the black and white 2 iris than the anine one period
@@user-op6kt8pg9y thankfully journeys fixed her
14:55
In the Wikipedia it's revealed that he accidentally tripped over a purloin and it scratched him real bad, so that's why he was afraid of purloin
I really appreciate that you went into this series with an open mind
I am so happy to see this series get the love and attention it absolutely deserves! This was my introduction into the Pokemon anime, along with XY being my introduction into the Pokemon video games. I have so many good memories of sitting down and watching numerous episodes of this series. And even though I'm a huge fan, even I will admit the Black and White series didn't have the best moments, but every series has it's good and bad moments. When coming into this video I was afraid I would be the only one who liked this anime series and everyone would say I was blinded by nostalgia, but boy was I wrong, and I'm glad I was!
Samee here. I thought i would be the only one who loves this series. Infact its my favourite.
idc what anyone says cilan was the funniest part of that series
Yeah
Yeah, and Jason was great as him. It was nice to see his roles after Sonic and Shadow
Is no one talking about how Pikachu forgot volt tackle and Charizard seismic toss
You are right about that!
At least electro ball didn't cause recoil, but charizard forgetting seismic toss was dumb
@@eljordinio7647 yeah it's charizard most iconic move
Wonder if Charizard still has
*Tackle attack*
charizard's seismic toss was a convenient plot move so I'm fine with it
I think Iris and Cilan are great characters Iris is a free spirit and she is very caring toward wild Pokemon and Cilan is really funny when he does his evaluation time gag plus his experience in Unova can often help a rookie like Ash.
Black and white was the generation I grew up on and to be honest the series really worked on me at least in the aspect of getting me into Pokémon as a whole. As flawed as it is I’ll always remember it fondly
Overall the series is pretty decent imo
Yeah, I think the Pokémon Black and White anime is overhated
@@vaya-dragon1998 I watched it to see if it was really that bad. Although I skipped some episodes ,it was a fun ride.
I watched X&Y and B&W,but I mind either
I'll give it that. Decent, but so many missed potential
What about the art style Black and white did start XYS amazing art style
OMG Zac didn't skipped the bw review 😱okay jokes aside I can't wait to hear the positive stuff about bw because we all know the negative stuffs 😂
You again
One of my favorite things in Best Wishes Is That Team Rocket was almost like a huge threat for a while
Same. If they're gonna be villains they should at least be a threat
@@eljordinio7647 Lol they never where a treat they flee all the time when things got a little bit rough 😂
@@poppie267 learn the difference between fleeing and retreating when they're beaten
@@eljordinio7647 Jessie James and Meowth where only somewhat of a treat when the other grunts helped them on their own they where more weak than ever.
Weird perspective of what make a treat your have.
@@eljordinio7647 You should learn the diference of what make a treat and what does not make a treath. And retreating is just the same as flying 😂God how stupid are you ?
Losing to Tobias really left Ash shook and it took him a while to get back into the right headspace and get his mojo back.
I like that point of view!
Can’t wait to see zac rant for an hour
I got bad news buddy.
@@mangamandrew what is it?
@@phantom4456 he did not rant for an hour. He barely ranted at all 😢
@@mangamandrew *Unfeazent*
20:50 Also Cameron would not even get into the league if it werent for Ash who quite litteraly draged him to the sign up desk in the last minute.
he didnt learn and he dragged alan into kalos league
Mans also thought that the Unova leauge was somehow in johto like
bruh the writers really had to make him beat ash ? lmao
@@waleed81756 technically alain did that on his own.
Iris' Axew was a major reason Axew became my favorite Pokémon. BW was the first series I watched after the original since those were the only two series on Netflix at the time (this was like 7 years ago), and was part of my gateway into Pokémon. I know it's far from perfect, but it holds a special place in my heart
My words exactly.
Shame he never evolved and was pretty annoying at times. Like really. Iris had one job. Raise her partner into a powerful Haxorus. And she FAILED!!
Journeys better fix this
@@eljordinio7647 I personally never found Iris or her Axew annoying, but I am very excited for her to return in Journeys
Axew had that personally of a caring and loving 5 year old
This season is by far my favorite.
Scraggy is one my favorite Pokemon still to this day
This was...surprisingly well balanced and unbiased. Well done! And I think you also summed up my feelings on Iris perfectly too! She had a bad first impression, but she wasn't completely TERRIBLE. I personally think they should've had her catch Pokemon that mirrored her Champion or Gym Leader team in the games, which would've benefitted her Dragon Master arc WAY more. And yes, Cilan is VERY underappreciated, I love him.
in general the series is just too forgettable because of all the bad things... which makes me also forget about the good parts.
Ash’s team still makes me so mad like they couldn’t have made it stronger. Snivy should’ve evolved and also should’ve been the one with the storyline of always getting beat by trip’s serperior. Pignite should’v evolved into emboar and it should’ve been shiny to differentiate from Bianca’s. The rest of the team was fine I just wish they would’ve given him a more powerful team especially after the one he had in diamond and pearl.
I really hate it when people say bad things about Ash’s Pokémon and the series!!! I like all of ash’s Pokémon and I also like all the series. Of course some are better than other, but it doesn’t mean you should say bad things about them.
@@Lonewulf321 The best thing about Best wishes > Donna ni toki ga sugiteitemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Bokura no hoshi wa ano yozora de
Ima mo kagaiteiru
Omou you ni susumenai hibi wo mata kurikaeshite
Koboreochita kuyashisa ga me no mae kumoraseteta
Akogare ga yume ni kawatta shunkan
Bokura wa hoshifuru oka no ue ni tatte
Te wo nobashita ne
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
Shizundeku yuuhi sae kizukazu ni hashirinuketa
Doko ni datte ikeru hazu shinjiteta bokura ga ita
Ano koro no kimochi wasuretakunai yo
Negau dake ja tarinakutemo sou issho ni
Fumidaseru kara
Donna ni tooku hanareteitemo
Taisetsuna mono wa koko ni
Hitori fuan ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tomadoinagara kizutsukinagara
Mada mienai asu wo sagasu
Ippozutsu demo sono kiseki ga
Yume no sono saki he ima mo michibiiteru
Namida kakusenai hibi mo
Hitori ja nai minna ga ita
Onaji kisetsu wo koe bokura wa
Onaji hikari wo mezasu
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
Some of ash's Pokemon deserve the slander they get. Mons like Torterra, Oshawott, Boldore, Noivern, and Torkoal r all pathetic weaklings and Dracovish is a freak of nature that should be exterminated
oh i did like his unova team especialy krookodile.
LOL CYNTHIA TOOK IT EASY ON AXEW....she was gassing Iris up
Axew took a Dragon Rush and then a Draco Meteor and didn't faint. No flipping way in hell Garchomp gave it her A game there! Either that or the anime's being inconsistent with the pokemon's endurance. Wouldn't be the first or last time.
Could have been different if Axew was a haxorus and could fight better. Plus dragon rage only causes 40 damage. Not a great move. I'd have replaced it with dragon pulse cos it's stronger and can actually deal super effective damage
@@eljordinio7647 Bruh even dragon pulse would a bad option, put dragon Claw/outrage their.
@@SpiritedFalcon Dragon claw or outrage could have been scratch's replacement, tho dragon pulse has solid power. Having one special move won't hurt
@@eljordinio7647 it wouldnt hurt but it's still a bad choice if it's on the Axew line. Axew-Haxorus has bad SP attack (30-60) meanwhile it's physical attack is very powerful (87-147). My Haxourus in pokemon replay through of pokemon black could easily sweep after 2 dragon dances.
My moveset was outrage, dragon dance, brick break (ice, normal and dark coverage) and earthquake (cuz of mold breaker and coverage), not that good movesets are required in the anime.
Guess this will be how this review goes:
Welcome to my review of the Black and White Series. We shall cover the good and the bad.
First the good. Now, where should I start from?
Now, the bad. This was bad, that was bad, didn't like this, this was terrible, what the heck were they thinking, this sucks, hated this part, why would they do that, unforgivable, worst move, what were the scriptwriters doing...
If this really happens, I'm gonna be so surprised😂
Edit: Okay, I guess it wasn't all that bad now that I saw the review completely 😂😂
ME TOO
Lmao
Good: you tell me
Bad:artstyle, the league, the rivals, all the other Pokémon, Ash’s incompetence, the conpanions, all the gym battles except arguably brycen were terrible to watch, decalor islands, plasma was worse than galactic and miles behind team flare, juniper wasn’t very involved in the series, a
Awesome review as usual, it's actually really made me interested to jump into my first proper watch of it since I dropped the series 20 episodes in
Get to it Tom 👏🏽
Hi Tom. Did u manage to watch any more?
@Tom's Sauce any updates?
Awesome review. I am glad that BW isn't getting as overhated as it used to. Though it would have been really nice if team rocket vs team plasma aired
One ticked me off about Iris was that Ash told her he's never been to Unova. So when he gets excited about seeing the Pokemon and areas she says such a kid. He's not being a kid Hes being a tourist.
Well some locals find tourists a little annoying, but yeah Iris takes it a bit far cause she would probably be as excited as him if he went to another region.
Team Rocket was actually bad ass in unova
Whereas everywhere else they were just annoying
If by badass you mean bland and devoid of character or charm.
@@JoelBurger at least in black and white they were more villainous like the rest of their organization instead of goofballs who are usually hardly any threat to the point where beating them isn't even considered a win anymore
@@eljordinio7647 Who cares how villainous they are if they suddenly have the personality of a brick wall? That makes for incredibly boring TV. At least when they are ineffectual goofballs they actually have personality and aren't just cardboard cutouts whose sole character trait is "competent at their job".
@@JoelBurger even the serious villains can have personality
You're so correct with your points! This is a great series to start out with, and this was indeed the first series that I watched! From here, I went back to watch Diamond and Pearl, and I'm yet to watch Advanced Generation as well as finish up the original series. Great video man! Keep up the amazing work with your reviews.
X and y better be god tier or I' m throwing hands
I say A tier Ash teams was Dragon and Flying lol also a lot people like it because of Ash’s crush And Greninja when I ask people what they like about it they all say Greninja some Characters lost development And I think it was called Pokémon show casing tell me if I am wrong but it was a copy and We did not have a lot of time to grow on it.
I honestly can't remember anything about this anime, but I really loved watching Cilan and Iris. They were so full of life that they made a very bland anime into an enjoyable show.
Cilan carried the whole show IMO.
@@daphnerogers4277 its Evaluation Time!
It was nice to see what role Jason did after Sonic and Shadow
iris kinda anoyed me sometimes but i dindt hate her unlike other people. im gladly taken her over boring serena anyday.
The decalore islands was a fun little adventure on their way back to kanto
I liked the caterpie episode and the nice wholesome callback
29:22 it felt emotional for me
Me too, it’s actually my favorite goodbye and it made perfect sense and tied it with the original japenese pokemon title for this season : best whishes
It was pretty much filler
I *knew* the cancellation was a joke! Time to witness this series getting torn a new one!
Zac complimented black and white? And I thought the pandemic was unexpected
Not completely he didn't
I wish Tomioka had more of a hand in this series. He was still the head writer here, but he didn't write nearly as much for this as he did for DP and XY. He writes so much good stuff too, the first three episodes of DP, the first two episodes of XY, the Hearthome Tag Battle arc, the Galactic arc, the Wallace Cup arc, most of the Snowbelle arc, Operation Tempest, the final BW episode, and pretty much anything to do with Dawn and Paul.
I liked all of these arcs u mentioned except Wallace Cup; i found that overrated personally and didn't feel impactful for me
Coming to this 3 years later, I've realised Some team plasma defenders might say "They only had one season don't be so harsh". Well team flare had 1 season and they had the best villain arc because half the season wasn't dedicated to a filler island.
Not going to lie I love BW, this is mostly due to nostalgia since it was the first pokemon series I ever watched or played the game. The critiques are definitely valid but I will never hate this anime.
Hey Zac please make a video on Top 10 Theme Songs in Pokemon in both English and Japanese
That's a good suggestion!
I also want that
He should do a dub and japenese version
Both xyz top and second respectively
Japenese first would be xyz
English first would be classic
As someone who enjoyed this anime quite a lot when it was new, I was very worried about this video coming up.
After watching it, I have to say: Thank you so much!
You gave the series its justice by pointing out how Ash got good battles despite the infamous Elesa and league, Iris having awesome development and handled better than Misty, Cilan being a competent and lovable character who was very fresh after 4 generations with Brock, Trip having a good backstory that made him more than Paul 2.0, Burgundy being an amazingly entertaining character despite being an awful rival for Cilan, and more.
I also have the very unpopular opinion of loving the Team Rocket trio being actual villains, and this made me a fan of Team Rocket as a whole. I never hated them as characters before, but they were so predictable by Johto. I get why they changed them again, because the shift was too extreme, but I still wish we had that middle ground of them being threatening and trusted by Giovanni, and being the goofs that they are deep down. Thank goodness that future series kept the trend of not featuring them all the time, though.
Black/White isn't a perfect series, but people focus too much on the bad things. So it's awesome to see fans defending it as being good overall.
It had its moments for sure, tho it still had its glaring flaws.
Could have been better if they didn't reset ash so much and the rocket vs. Plasma arc actually took place
It definitely has flaws, but it's not awful.
The Ash reset was a weird decision, but it was mostly/only prominent at the beginning.
It definitely sucks that Rocket vs. Plasma didn't air, as it wouldn't have caused the entire series to be rewritten, but this isn't the fault of anyone on the production team. It was awful timing between the real life event and the need to include stuff from BW2.
@@vipelir7421 they already did with eastern unova, virbank city and Cynthia coming back. That was enough
And yeah the earthquake was unforseen, but it was still the writers fault for just throwing the plot they originally had in store out the window entirely
I personally liked Best Wishes when it was coming out, but most of what I like is coming from the beginning of the series, the story arc with Landorus, Tornadus and Thundurus and everything after the league the rest of the stuff was from tournaments that weren't the league just because I actually enjoy them.
I have my fair share of annoyances with the Black and White series, but I honestly think the Unova saga is underrated overall.
Fair opinion
Tho advanced is far more underrated
11:31 I would also like to point out Ash gave Misty just as much sass as he got from Misty
IT'S EVALUATION TIME!!
Honestly, the guy who abandoned Pignite when it was a Tepig deserved worse.
He had ZERO redeeming qualities. I’d feed him to Giratina’s Distortion World.
I'd kill him. Umm. Too much?😈😞😅
@@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF
Also, that face… I puke when I see that guy’s face.
Don't forget about how another Pokemon(Meloetta) got added to Ash's harem along with Bayleef and Latias
That's ironic, since Meloetta made a Harem with Oshawott and Piplup.
Thank you so much for giving my favourite Pokémon series justice, I am so thankful and appreciative for giving this wonderful series some love!
The fact is all Ash really needed to do was fully evolve all the members of team Unova and it would have been a great team especially when you consider all the different types of Pokemon Ash captured.
I mean boldore was a problem to fully evolve cos of trading but yeah they all needed to fully evolve
This was the first Pokémon anime that I watched so I love it for nostalgic purposes 😅
The best thing about Best wishes > Donna ni toki ga sugiteitemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Bokura no hoshi wa ano yozora de
Ima mo kagaiteiru
Omou you ni susumenai hibi wo mata kurikaeshite
Koboreochita kuyashisa ga me no mae kumoraseteta
Akogare ga yume ni kawatta shunkan
Bokura wa hoshifuru oka no ue ni tatte
Te wo nobashita ne
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
Shizundeku yuuhi sae kizukazu ni hashirinuketa
Doko ni datte ikeru hazu shinjiteta bokura ga ita
Ano koro no kimochi wasuretakunai yo
Negau dake ja tarinakutemo sou issho ni
Fumidaseru kara
Donna ni tooku hanareteitemo
Taisetsuna mono wa koko ni
Hitori fuan ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tomadoinagara kizutsukinagara
Mada mienai asu wo sagasu
Ippozutsu demo sono kiseki ga
Yume no sono saki he ima mo michibiiteru
Namida kakusenai hibi mo
Hitori ja nai minna ga ita
Onaji kisetsu wo koe bokura wa
Onaji hikari wo mezasu
Donna ni toki ga sugiteittemo
Kawaranai mono wa koko ni
Miushinai sou ni natta toki wa kitto omoidashite
Tsukamenakutemo todokanakutemo
Kinou yori chikazukitai
Hashiritsuzukete kanaeru made
Ano hi no hikari ga ima mo senaka wo osu
I'm surprised Zac actually said this series wasn't as bad as he first thought.
missed opportunity to see snivy’s original trainer.
**inhales** that thing is level 63 at least bur the anime doesn't give a shit about that. Wtf
It's clear that Zac called two B&W fanboys, I don't think the anime is completly worthless, but they gave way too much credit...
Like, who the F compliments Unfeazant and Palpitoad?
I don't. Well, at least not unfezant
Unfeazent nobody loves. Palpitoad I never hated however.
@@darksonicyt5430 I actually love Unfezant, no joke
another point to the whole misty vs iris thing, misty was genuinely entertaining and fun to watch because of how exaggerated it is, but iris was more snarky about it and it just rubbed people the wrong way
Yeah, Misty also felt like she was a bit more senior to Ash, while Iris felt like a junior, yet annoys Ash when she's annoying too - IMO I felt Hapu in SM, someone seemingly wise beyond her age, could've been a great foil for Ash, and could've been what is Iris' personality.
I felt it the opposite way. I never liked how violent and rude Misty was. While with Iris it felt a lot more innocent. Misty legitimately was violent, selfish and had several moments where she really felt like just a really bad person without principles. Iris never had moments like that for me.
One moment like that I really hate is during the gym battle when Pikachu refuses to battle Misty and she is grateful. This was a gym fight so Misty should have principles and encourage Pikachu to fight. That scene really turned me off from Misty as it showed she was really selfish and cared more about her pride than about being a good friend or gym leader.
Iris is better than misty. Facts.
@@pkmnproductions7461 nah
@@MrMarinus18 Okay the violence was obvious exaggeration. The only time i can remember her ever really getting physical was when she flicked Ash in the nose that one time. Misty does have principles and clearly cares about people and Pokemon. As for the Gym battle, im pretty sure the main point of that was that it was a 2v2, and Ash had 2 other. So if Pikachu didn’t want to fight..what’s the difference? Like what’s the problem people just whine that Ash didn’t have the absolute best chances to win. And Pikachu wasn’t gonna get encouraged to fight, he legit clamped onto Ash’s hand like he would fall into a canyon, when have we EVER seen Pikachu do something like that? And okay, I know stuff is subjective, but how the HELL did Iris NEVER give you any feelings like that? Because of how much more *innocent* she seems? Wow people really disrespect children :/
I'll give the series atleast this. Both the dub and sub songs were awesome!
Nostalgic for me!