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Loved the first episode. I don't care for the art style of the trainers, but the Pokémon look fine. Such a shame it's only four episodes long.

anyone know when the OST will released ?
the OST that come with Pokemon XY only have 5 OSTs from this show
there is several OST not available

Anyone have a link to the second episode? The app isn't working for me either.

Originally Posted by Mike Double U

Anyone have a link to the second episode? The app isn't working for me either.

If the app isn't working for you, try watching the first episode using this file.

Once again, the last three parts will be coming out on November 18th, 20th, and 22nd, as outlined here.

Originally Posted by L.O.R.D

anyone know when the OST will released ?
the OST that come with Pokemon XY only have 5 OSTs from this show
there is several OST not available

Sadly, we have no idea if there will be any future releases that contain the rest of the Origins music.

Watched the first episode today.

My goodness, this is so good. The nostalgia I felt while watching was so real. Practically every sentence the characters say comes from the games as well.

It really transported me to my childhood.

Ahh. This is so annoying. App crashes as soon as I open it on my iPhone. Site works pefect on my PC though. Loved the first episode!

Originally Posted by NIGHT-

Ahh. This is so annoying. App crashes as soon as I open it on my iPhone. Site works pefect on my PC though. Loved the first episode!

yep, app kept crashing on iPad, but watched it online, so good, would love a series like this

Originally Posted by gazele

yep, app kept crashing on iPad, but watched it online, so good, would love a series like this

Sucks that it's only a 4 part :(.

Watched the first episode. Good stuff! Really does a great job of teaching the game, right down to String Shot lowering Onix's speed and giving Charmander priority despite the (presumed) level difference.

Originally Posted by JB2448

Once again, the last three parts will be coming out on November 18th, 20th, and 22nd, as outlined here.

Ah, it was late last night I thought it was four consecutive days. My apologies.

I'm not a fan of mixing the games and anime, it just didn't feel right. I do understand what they were going for though.

I guess the only thing that really stood out was Oak's voice, he sounded too normal for my taste.

Originally Posted by Bobshe

I'm not a fan of mixing the games and anime, it just didn't feel right. I do understand what they were going for though.

I guess the only thing that really stood out was Oak's voice, he sounded too normal for my taste.

dat Bosch

Originally Posted by Boss Doggie

*rabble rabble* BW2 did it first and it was hinted in earlier games too *rabble rabble*

Oh nice, I haven't played BW2 yet. What earlier games was it hinted in? I just remember being a kid it always stuck out to me that a gym leader like Brock could suck so much.

Here's a comparison of Charmander's scream in the English and Japanese versions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFXIvan50w

Originally Posted by Dion Blaster

Oh nice, I haven't played BW2 yet. What earlier games was it hinted in? I just remember being a kid it always stuck out to me that a gym leader like Brock could suck so much.

Cheren (your rival in BW) is freshly inaugurated as a gym leader and when you defeat him, he has a short frustration about how he "could've won if he uses his actual team and not the gym regulated team".

The next episode is out
http://www.pokemon.com/us/tv-episode...132efcfa936c00

Does anyone know how JB2448 found the direct url to the mp4 file for the first episode?

Might anyone have the direct url for the 2nd episode's mp4?

I actually enjoyed reading the japanese version subtitles more tbh. Seemed more intense/funny. Brock sounds like an idiot in the english translation.

god damn why is Red such a fucking loser in the first episode, hahaha

he watches Pokemon battles in his bedroom all day and has no idea what types are

I watch pokemon subbed cas the dub is just so bad

Originally Posted by Hot Coldman

god damn why is Red such a fucking loser in the first episode, hahaha

he watches Pokemon battles in his bedroom all day and has no idea what types are

That Ash-level incompetence.

Originally Posted by Wiseblade

That Ash-level incompetence.

When I first watched it last month I hoped this guy would have none of that stupidity. Nonetheless he's still much more competent and a badass, and to be fair his stupidity lasted an episode. Ash's continues to this day.

Just saw the fist episode.
HOLY SHIT the new spanish voice for Oak is Jose Padilla YES! He is an amazing voice actor, I thought they were going to leave the old voices. Red and Blue are petty have pretty good voices too.
And why is Oak's lab a church lol

And Red still being a little ash in incompetence I see hahaha.

Why do awesome things always come out when I have exams.

Originally Posted by RaikuHebi

No Banderas? Am dissapoint ;).

lol
In all seriousness, Bandera's is not a good voice actor. He only knows how to do the shrek cat voice, and every time you put him in something different in animations (or dubbing himself lol) he sounds terrible. He is so bad that when they need to dub an american movie where Bandera's appears they need to use another voice actor to do his voice instead of using him.

Very disappointed in the second episode. They skipped all the great parts to focus on Lavender Town?! Knowing we're already halfway through the series really sucks.

Why is this only 4 eps long? Do a whole series! The nostalgia is strong but it reminds me that I never did beat Red on that mountain.

Originally Posted by RaikuHebi

When I first watched it last month I hoped this guy would have none of that stupidity. Nonetheless he's still much more competent and a badass, and to be fair his stupidity lasted an episode. Ash's continues to this day.

I hate Ash but Red is worse than Ash. The only time Ash sucked was in Kanto and Unova. Ash outside of Unova and Kanto would trash Origins Red.

Originally Posted by Zalman

Very disappointed in the second episode. They skipped all the great parts to focus on Lavender Town?! Knowing we're already halfway through the series really sucks.

And that's why Origins is, after all the nostalgia hype dies down, a pretty mediocre show. First episode is promising, but it's all downhill from then on.

Originally Posted by Boss Doggie

I hate Ash but Red is worse than Ash. The only time Ash sucked was in Kanto and Unova. Ash outside of Unova and Kanto would trash Origins Red.



And that's why Origins is, after all the nostalgia hype dies down, a pretty mediocre show. First episode is promising, but it's all downhill from then on.

Explains why I think that way. I've only watched Kanto, Orange Islands and early Johto.

2nd episode was certainly weak but I suppose they chose it as it was the most "emotional" part of the game. The development of Giovani's character was well done in the short-time they had though.

Ideally I would've preferred the focus to be have been on Misty and Bill. Especially seeing as he had a Charmander it would've made a perfect "emotional" episode against Misty, where he would get advice from Bill. Snorlax would've been cool as well.

I watched all four a while ago. It's a bad series. So much of the story is glossed over, and the stories the episodes do focus on left me scratching my head as to why they were picked. Only episode I actually liked was the one about the haunted tower. Show is a waste.

Originally Posted by kitsuneyo

I watched all four a while ago. It's a bad series. So much of the story is glossed over, and the stories the episodes do focus on left me scratching my head as to why they were picked. Only episode I actually liked was the one about the haunted tower. Show is a waste.

lol we're totally opposite. I hated the tower and preferred the Giovani storyline.

What's not to love about the Pokemon League and chasing Mewtwo!

This is probably crazy talk but I hope this gets popular enough that they consider making a whole series (with Yellow perhaps?) or Johto. Pipe dream for sure.

Originally Posted by RaikuHebi

lol we're totally opposite. I hated the tower and preferred the Giovani storyline.

What's not to love about the Pokemon League and chasing Mewtwo!

This is probably crazy talk but I hope this gets popular enough that they consider making a whole series (with Yellow perhaps?) or Johto. Pipe dream for sure.

There just wasn't enough room to tell a good story. How did a loser like Red become champion? We don't get to know him enough to find out! If it had been a 22-part series, I'm sure it would've been way better! That's why to me it was a wasted opportunity.

Originally Posted by Bobshe

I'm not a fan of mixing the games and anime, it just didn't feel right. I do understand what they were going for though.

I guess the only thing that really stood out was Oak's voice, he sounded too normal for my taste.

Oak's voice was changed to Kyle Hebert (Ryu, Miles Edgeworth, Gohan, etc.). A surprising change, but a welcome one regardless.

Problem with this show is that it's a 4 episode series. There's too little time to do any good story building or give it a decent pace.

I've only seen the Japanese version, and when my coworker told me today that they took out Charmander screaming, I was disappointed. It's meant to be a distressing moment. It's obvious you're supposed to be shouting "CALL HIM BACK RED YOU MORON!"

Which is weird because the other monster voices are there.

Originally Posted by RaikuHebi

Explains why I think that way. I've only watched Kanto, Orange Islands and early Johto.

Yeah Ash was so good in Sinnoh that they have to have a legendary to beat him down... and he still took 2 of them!

Episode 3 was posted, so here's the direct video file. It's 270p again, so "the dream is dead." (They're probably just going to put the entire thing on iTunes at some point, if I had to guess.)

In my opinion, the amount of progress Red makes in such a short period of time in comparison to Ash makes him the better Trainer in my mind, but it's all relative. I do like to think that Origins has more direction than the mainline Pokémon anime will ever have, but that's beside the point, I suppose.

Originally Posted by JB2448

Episode 3 was posted, so here's the direct video file. It's 270p again, so "the dream is dead." (They're probably just going to put the entire thing on iTunes at some point, if I had to guess.)

In my opinion, the amount of progress Red makes in such a short period of time in comparison to Ash makes him the better Trainer in my mind, but it's all relative. I do like to think that Origins has more direction than the mainline Pokémon anime will ever have, but that's beside the point, I suppose.

I'd argue that Red was more about catching than battling. And Origins was simply just "game in anime format" (regardless on how well that is done) whereas the anime is just a commercial.

Originally Posted by Boss Doggie

I'd argue that Red was more about catching than battling. And Origins was simply just "game in anime format" (regardless on how well that is done) whereas the anime is just a commercial.

Yeah I feel like the only Pokemon Red has any attachment to besides Charizard is Jolteon, based on how his roster changes throughout the series, whereas Ash has closer bonds with all of his Pokemon.

It also seems far more realistic (well, for Pokemon anyway) for Ash to stumble through all the regions than for Red to become Pokemon champion in like 2 weeks

Originally Posted by Boss Doggie

I'd argue that Red was more about catching than battling. And Origins was simply just "game in anime format" (regardless on how well that is done) whereas the anime is just a commercial.

The original series was good though. Far less Pokemon of the day crap that ended up becoming routine by Johto (when I stopped watching). But I'll give you that most of the anime's life has been souless.

Originally Posted by Aaron Strife

Yeah I feel like the only Pokemon Red has any attachment to besides Charizard is Jolteon, based on how his roster changes throughout the series, whereas Ash has closer bonds with all of his Pokemon.

It also seems far more realistic (well, for Pokemon anyway) for Ash to stumble through all the regions than for Red to become Pokemon champion in like 2 weeks

It wasn't 2 weeks we just didn't get to ses his journey in scrutinisi g detail like Ash's lol.

Originally Posted by RaikuHebi

It wasn't 2 weeks we just didn't get to ses his journey in scrutinisi g detail like Ash's lol.

That's exaggerated but there's nothing to indicate Red (or any of the other game protagonists) have been on a considerably long journey. It's hard to believe a 10 year old kid can show up at the Elite Four and beat trainers like Lance who have been at it for years.

Red is not an average trainer though - every one of the game protagonists are unique in that they are one of the sole trainers within their region who simultaneously have the drive to catch/see a whole lot of Pokemon, as well as maintain a large team (or maybe train a single Pokemon a whole lot), and are able to overcome almost any trainer, gym leader, E4 member, etc.

Most other people in the game are the type to train a few Pokemon a little, or are the type to fight with their family's Pokemon or something. The most elite trainers that aren't in the E4 have like 2-4 Pokemon, and have been training for years. The game protags are practically prodigies in comparison.

Originally Posted by JB2448

Episode 3 was posted, so here's the direct video file. It's 270p again, so "the dream is dead." (They're probably just going to put the entire thing on iTunes at some point, if I had to guess.)

Ugh 270p?

I wanted to watch it on the big screen with my sister rather than huddle over my laptop.
Will streaming it on the website work through the Wii U browser?

Originally Posted by Benzychenz

Ugh 270p?

I wanted to watch it on the big screen with my sister rather than huddle over my laptop.
Will streaming it on the website work through the Wii U browser?

Grab that file and then grab the 720p version of the Japanese dub. Sync the audio.