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Pokémon Origins (4-part special based on Red/Blue) to be streamed starting Nov. 15
- Thread starter ColtraineGF
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JB2448
Member
I don't think so, considering how all of the actors here seem based out of LA. If I had to take a guess, I'd say it was done by NYAV Post. Once again, that's only a guess, though. It may very well still have been DuArt.
576p, for some strange reason (the feel of high definition).
And yeah, if people are still having trouble getting the official Pokémon web player to work through either Pokemon.com or the official Pokémon TV iOS/Android app, I'll be linking to the originally uploaded files that both players source from of the next three parts directly as they come out. That should ensure that everyone who wants to watch it should have no difficulties in doing so.
Mike Double U
Banned
Anyone have a link to the second episode? The app isn't working for me either.
JB2448
Member
yep, app kept crashing on iPad, but watched it online, so good, would love a series like this
Mike Double U
Banned
Ah, it was late last night I thought it was four consecutive days. My apologies.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
dat Bosch
Dion Blaster
Member
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.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Here's a comparison of Charmander's scream in the English and Japanese versions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFXIvan50w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFXIvan50w
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
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-episodes/pokemon-episodes/#!773767497a694a1e83132efcfa936c00
Does anyone know how JB2448 found the direct url to the mp4 file for the first episode?
http://www.pokemon.com/us/tv-episodes/pokemon-episodes/#!773767497a694a1e83132efcfa936c00
Does anyone know how JB2448 found the direct url to the mp4 file for the first episode?
Dion Blaster
Member
I actually enjoyed reading the japanese version subtitles more tbh. Seemed more intense/funny. Brock sounds like an idiot in the english translation.
JB2448
Member
Sorry about the wait. Unfortunately, the highest quality upload of this episode was 270p, for some reason. In any case, it still beats using the web player, so here it is. Hopefully we'll have better luck with part 3 tomorrow.
Hot Coldman
Banned
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
he watches Pokemon battles in his bedroom all day and has no idea what types are
Thomas_Daly
Banned
I watch pokemon subbed cas the dub is just so bad
Not at all.
Lol probably because we destroyed their bandwidth.Sorry about the wait. Unfortunately, the highest quality upload of this episode was 270p, for some reason. In any case, it still beats using the web player, so here it is. Hopefully we'll have better luck with part 3 tomorrow.
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.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
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.
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.
You can't spare a 20 minute break? Go on treat yourself!
No Banderas? Am dissapoint
.I gotta say I did find it unsettling when I watched it last month.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
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.
luxstellarum
Member
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.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
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.
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.
Oak's voice was changed to Kyle Hebert (Ryu, Miles Edgeworth, Gohan, etc.). A surprising change, but a welcome one regardless.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
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.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
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!"
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Which is weird because the other monster voices are there.
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!
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!
JB2448
Member
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.
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.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
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.
Aaron Strife
Banned
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
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.
It wasn't 2 weeks we just didn't get to ses his journey in scrutinisi g detail like Ash's lol.
Aaron Strife
Banned
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.
ColtraineGF
Member
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.
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.
Benzychenz
Member
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?
JB2448
Member
Streaming that file will definitely work through the Wii U's internet browser, but I don't believe Pokemon.com's web player works. That file's the best quality you can get out of it anyway, so yeah, you can just select that file in the Wii U's internet browser, and it'll work as it should. 270p isn't too bad on the Wii U GamePad.
Grab that file and then grab the 720p version of the Japanese dub. Sync the audio.