This Pokemon movie is expertly animated. Battle scenes look amazing, and even the minor scenes show a lot of talent and realism.
The story is a good summary of some first-season highlights, along with a new arc that is fairly standard for Pokemon. By that, I mean it has a simple message aimed towards children, and it is reasonably interesting despite its simplicity. Some of the finer points may seem glossed over, but that's hard for to say because long-time fans such as myself know a lot of background behind much of the plot.
The weakest aspect of the movie is the characters. The film does a decent job with the three main characters, but the human villain is unrealistically one dimensional, and the mentor figure and Pokemon villain are poorly fleshed out or explained.
The story is a good summary of some first-season highlights, along with a new arc that is fairly standard for Pokemon. By that, I mean it has a simple message aimed towards children, and it is reasonably interesting despite its simplicity. Some of the finer points may seem glossed over, but that's hard for to say because long-time fans such as myself know a lot of background behind much of the plot.
The weakest aspect of the movie is the characters. The film does a decent job with the three main characters, but the human villain is unrealistically one dimensional, and the mentor figure and Pokemon villain are poorly fleshed out or explained.