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64. Pokemon (season 1) - Anagram
https://youtu.be/6xKWiCMKKJg

Unique: 1.25
Story: 2.25
Music: 6.5
Animation: 5
Personal: 5
Average: 4

I think this is one of those intros where how much you like it depends in large part on whether you grew up watching the show. As someone with no nostalgic attachment to it, I think its a fine intro, but nothing special.

My biggest gripe with this intro is how similar it is in style to so many other cartoon intros. In fact, if you didnt know when it was released, it could easily be confused for an 80s cartoon. Theres some minimal novelty to the intro thanks to the premise of the show, as you dont typically see so many non-human characters displayed during an intro that arent evil monsters. But mostly this is just a series of clips, and as a result, theres not much in the way of story either. Theres a boy who wants to be the very best and who lives for collecting Pokmon. The reason the Story score isnt even lower is the clear displays of affection Ash has for his Pokemon, which reveal something meaningful about his character. But aside from that, theres not much personality to any of the Pokemon or characters in this sequence.

The theme song is the best aspect of this intro. Its not just iconic because of the popularity of this franchise. Its also a ridiculously catchy song with a great melody, as if someone put all the best 80s cartoon theme songs in a blender and mixed them together to make this. And its a nice touch the way the beat sometimes goes with the appearance of Pokemon on screen.

The animation is average overall. At times it looks really nice like the outer space segment near the start. But most often, its a generic anime style without much in the way of detail.

All in all, its a decent sequence, but I doubt it would be so loved if not for being the intro to this particular show.

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