The current popular title for the film is Pokemon, but my generation of post-80s still refers to it as Pokemon or Pokemon.
When I was a student, I was obsessed with this work. Every day after school, I would open the “elevator” to catch up with an episode. Actually, I wasn’t always a fan of this movie, because I don’t like to follow the crowd. I tend not to watch movies that are too popular (or not immediately, until after the craze has passed), but one night I was suddenly attracted by the picture on the TV, and it has been going on ever since.
This film began broadcasting in 1997 and was introduced to China in 1998, and arranged to broadcast in prime time. This kind of high standard treatment for animation really makes people unimaginable now.
Then it stopped showing on TV, and I went to high school and college, and over time, I moved on, and for the next few years, I only watched live-action movies and refused to watch “childish cartoons.” It was not until the last two years that I suffered from nostalgia again.
Pokemon anime and Pokemon games were so popular at the time that I can’t remember if I played the game first or saw the animation first. Memory can be a trick sometimes…
Probably because of the length of the series and the split into several films, the fan base is clearly divided, with different age groups supporting different productions.
More people now watch AG 2 and DP 3. After all, they are not as visually gorgeous as the original OP (also called EP), and I am one of those older folks who will probably miss OP more.
Perhaps the next generation of fans will be obsessed with the latest BW and forget AG and DP.
Xiaozhi is a relatively typed protagonist, although he is popular NO1, but I personally only stay on the level of he is OK, not particularly like (of course, will not hate), most of my remaining good feelings for him or Cu Lin’s dubbing factor, the Japanese version of Matsumoto Rika’s voice I do not love, let alone say more about the Taiwan version, CCTV version is just passable. (The next book I want to “brush up on” is another of Ms. U’s best works: “Arrest Warrant.”)
Unlike the male lead, who is always fixed as Xiaozhi, people born in the 1980s like Xiaoxia more every time the female lead is changed, while the new generation of fans born in the 1990s prefers Xiaoxia on the whole? Because the new fans are keen on AG and DP, many people are strange to Xiaoxia, just as I did not know the existence of Xiaobao, Xiaoguang and Xiaolan for a long time. Probably because of preconceived reasons, I still like the original generation of Xiaoxia, after a few new heroines are not feeling.
Although it was Xiao Zha who sang the big play, and although he was touched by Butterfly and Miao WA seeds, these things faded out of my memory. Until I watched the film again, the only thing that impressed me deeply was the 47th episode in which Xiao Jiri was forced to get married, and even made fun of Dragon and Loyal Dog… (” koi and loyal dog “theatrical version is released in 1997, the super tear to play how to promote the development of tissue is needless to say, not long after was the Pokémon to spoof, the cast is unscrupulous enough…)
There is also no need to say more lines, the whole film can let me remember the most, in addition to “Pica”, is “in order to prevent the destruction of the world, in order to maintain world peace, adhere to love and real crime, the most charming villain……” There you go.
Now, the Rocket Corps impressed me far more than the main characters. Although it is the villain, but do bad things also have a reason, many times the rocket is bad for no reason, as if it is specifically for the achievement of small wisdom pet upgrade or touching scenes and deliberately exist, the result of a long time, small wisdom is often stuck by some problems cannot promote the plot, but the unlucky rocket always ran out at the critical moment to solve the problem for small wisdom, He’s the most powerful character in the history of the show! Sweat ~~~
In fact, the Rocket team is also very lovely, not doing a few bad things, but doing a lot of good things. And in many cases, the “bad things” of the Rocket team are just pranks or greedy. For example, when helping Plays evolve into a mushroom in episode 43, the Rocket team makes a good calculation, hoping that Plays’ master can repay their kindness and then give those benefits. Results people did not promise, so the rockets were disappointed to leave, in addition to nothing, it can be seen that the three nature is not bad, if they really big rape big evil words will do too much.
Of the three, Meow is perhaps the saddest, giving the most, but letting Big Cat take his place (Meow has a similar experience later in the Battle for the Naughty Egg in episode 49). Meow couldn’t become an ordinary lucky cat and live a plain happy life. It had to continue its funny villain career, so it had to let its tears squirt out like a hose. Then the narrator at the end of the episode also said warmly:
“Don’t cry meow, today’s tears are tomorrow’s hope. The journey of Xiaozhi and the Rockets continues, continues…”
Small wisdom let people have a dream of childhood, but the rocket let people grow up to resonate.
Mustache’s family is poor, repeatedly failed to find a job, and has a lovelorn record. Xiao Chiron has no freedom at home, is repeatedly played by profiteers, and has several sad memories in his childhood. Meow lives in the street, studies people’s language, and also has a lovelorn record…
Do these misfortunes remind you of anything?
Have you ever been like Mustache, so frustrated with yourself that you almost wasted your precious youth?
Have you ever been like Koror, unable to adopt a beloved pet or buy a favorite toy because of external pressure?
Have you ever been like meow, put all the enthusiasm to do a thing, only to be replaced by others?
If you share their misfortune, do you also share their happiness?
Have you ever had an innocent dream of stardom, like Mustache?
Have you ever been like a small jar, when an unruly teenager?
Have you ever wanted to protect the happiness of others like meow?
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Before watching this film, only feel rockets very funny very funny, now in the funny, but also mixed with a little touched, a little sour, a little helpless, a little optimist, and a little naive ridiculous obsession. And the Papa snake and the gas bomb, despite their ugly appearance, have a kind heart.
Take away the fact that the Rockets are self-indulges in bad ideas and their story is the “best” example of a failed blue-collar worker whose fate is sometimes decided not by “world peace” and “love and true sin” but by a piece of bread and a useless thing bought with debt…
These three members are more misguided lambs than villains.
Rockets like Kong Fiji, let me laugh in the past tears, let now I laugh with tears. My dreams are fading away, and reality is closing in.
Although I have a nostalgic heart, but not a childlike innocence，Wei can to the top of the table of small wisdom has no longer for me to yearn for, the story of the supporting actors but deeply into my heart, in addition to the rocket, whether you also —
Like Xiao gang, living every day, but people don’t care?
Like Xiaoxia, under the surface of indifference, but eager to be cared for by others?
