Basing it on Pokémon Red fundamentally restricted its audience share and relevance, and doomed it to be a short, one-off special. Hypothetically, if I could change anything about Origins, what would it be? Thinking of the bigger picture, I would not have made it at all. However, with this challenge the producers did surprisingly well. The story was torn between trying to relay Red's entire journey, and showing a coherent story in each episode. The extremely rushed pace took a toll on the story and character development, as Misty only has a cameo appearance and we never focus on any Pokémon other than Red's Charmander. The narration was enough to make me understand what was going on, but it was obvious that only the older loyal fans were truly welcome. The story of Pokémon Red was clearly too long to fit into four episodes and the vast majority was relegated to montage sequences.
While this worked well in his favour, it was also a disadvantage. Fans of the original games would have gotten their humour in the form of references like the phrase "It's not every effective." My friend and fellow audience member was giddy with the faithfulness to the original story like the game graphics and story events (e.g. However, the cute goofy humour was a trademark of the Pokémon series and I felt some comic relief should have been retained to balance the mood. I enjoyed the new energy and suspense in the battles which were more reminiscent of Digimon or Dragonball Z. This interesting stylistic experiment had mixed results. The tone is more serious with less humour and cuteness, and more intense fights. What else is different? The main trainers Red and Green (analogous to Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak) are much less goofy. Gorgeous crisp colours and details brought the settings and battles to life. The animation was a marked improvement from the washed out show I was used to on standard definition analogue TV. The first episode really goes at length to introduce the setting and characters, even explaining what the titular monsters are. To my delight, Origins was accessible to a newcomer to the Pokémon games like me. Knowing that Origins was based on the game Pokémon Red and had no relation to the main series, how did I fare? THOUGHTS: My experience with the games was limited to half an hour on my friend's copy of Pokémon Yellow (I increased Pikachu by ten levels in that time, to his shock). As a child I followed the anime adventures of Ash Ketchum et al. Firstly I should state my familiarity with the Pokémon franchise.
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