Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Anime Review
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Retrospective review of the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Anime!
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The fact that they needed to create a person with a team full of legendaries just shows how strong Ash’s team was.
Well, the rest of his pokemon could be magikarp, who knows.
@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd Magikarp, Bidoof, Feebas, Metapod
@@sam_8290 yeah
well he was always going to beat his rival so there wasn't a clear way to make him use unlike with alain and XY's league
@Mister Perfection true but ash didn't bring his strongest team either
The character arc of infernape, ash's humbleness and battle strategy, awesome rival. This is my favourite series so far
the fact they had an episode about Chimchar being surprised being in Ash's crew that he wasnt constantly scolded and abused and actually treated fairly really is incredible
@@jlit5215 I agree with you 3000
XY and Sun and Moon are way better than this crap
@@dhruvanand6695 damn dude, nice opinion. Good job backing it up and stating your reason, really nailed the part where you said some hateful nonsense
@@jlit5215 I'm serious. Yes, DP was fantastic, but as Zac, Polly and Ginger pointed out, this series has some flaws, like filler, character development, etc.
XY completes redesigns the whole structure of Pokemon animation by giving us a fantastic series, which includes character developments, scripted battles, the Kalos League and that amazing animation.
It also gives us some of the best arcs in the anime, period. The Ash-Greninja mastery arc, Kalos League, Team Flare and surprisingly, the Mega Evolution specials.
Then, we speak about Serena, hands down the most beautiful and well written character Pokemon ever gave us. Everything- her personality, character development, Amourshipping... everything was so good. Screw Misty, Serena should be Ash's wife.
Even the battles in Kalos were so fantastic! If people ever remember Gen 6, its is because of the anime, not the games.
Sun and Moon too switches things up, with the most drastic change being the animation change. But Sun and Moon is actually my favourite series so far- it completely shows us the true character of Ash Ketchum- goofy, brave, kind and friendly. It also had some drawbacks, but the good outweighs the bad.
Sun and Moon had some enjoyable filler, with around 99% of the filler being good. Then, it has the character-developing episodes for the Alola gang. It also gave personality to every companion/prominent character. Then, it portrayed life in Alola in such a beautiful way
(that Litten episode was tear jerking...).
Then, it completely showcased the life of people and Pokemon. And Ash's team was so freaking diverse and strong. We've got God Rowlet, doggo Lycanroc, Blast Torracat, cute Poipole, MYTHICAL Melmetal and the insanely OP Pikachu. Even the Alola gang's Pokemon were very well written, even the characters themselves.
And then, oh boy, then are its arcs. And there are NO shortage of them- Litten's arc, Aether Paradise arc, Ultra Guardians arc, the brilliant Necrozma arc, and everybody's favorite arc, the Alola League. The Ash vs Kukui is still the best battle in the anime, form me and other Alola stans.
So, now tell me. What is DP in front of XY and SM?
I remember when DP originally aired, so many fans were outraged that Brock "suddenly" decided to become a Pokemon doctor. Um...what? It's been hinted at forever!
Wait for real?!
@@comics4556 Yep! I distinctly remember multiple people on the forums saying it was a sudden copout. I rolled my eyes at them all.
They probably forgot since there are so many episodes. I feel like you have to be more on the nose whenever you make character shifts over a long span of time.
@@RM-56 even if you don't remember that many specifics, Brock caring for Pokemon and knowing a lot about how to treat them has been a consistent part of his character since his first episodes in kanto. Combine that with the episode right before he made his choice featuring him acting as essentially a doctor and its not hard to see why he might decide to become a doctor even if you don't remember the individual episodes that well.
I FOUND BROCK OPENING HIS EYES THOUGH
It definitely is funny how DP did the double protagonist concept better than Journeys has without the writers even having to declare the series as doing that. It really goes to show just how well written and natural that DP was
Gives me even more confidence when saying that Dawn is my favorite companion.
DP was incredible. Ash and Dawn's growth of a character was awesome and their relationship was just so heartwarming.
Like siblings.
@@tedgruver7618 Nah. The show and their duet theme song and Dawn's theme song state otherwise.
@@marki3367 better than the stupid Amourshipping
@@marki3367 i find it funny how every time a new generation is added the people who write the pokemon anime temporarily ship the new pokegirl with ash until a new generation comes out and they part ways
@@Juanma_Cardona0725nah we all know ash will remain single. Dude can’t take a hint even when thrown straight to his nose
Diamond and Pearl really had that perfect blend of character development, memorable episodes (*including* filler), menacing antagonists, and some of the most technical, amazingly-written battles this whole series has ever seen. It's easily my favorite saga.
Ash/Satoshi won againts a competitive player and lost to a hacker XD.
Amazingly-writen is an overstatement, I can think of mistakes on the top of my head like: Paul's Electovire using Giga impact without having to not move for a bit while Empoleon had to not move for a bit because of Hyperbeam in the same battle.
@@nunuandwillump1107 a few minor mistakes don't ruin something. I quality is a matter of its positives vs it's negatives, you don't only judge quality on the things something does poorly just as you wouldn't judge it based solely on the things it does well.
@@nunuandwillump1107 there is an explanation for it. If the pokemon is strong in anime, then recoil and recharge doesn't matter very much. Empoleon was strong, but electrivire was far much stronger than it. The same thing happened when Blaze Infernape used flare blitz. It just moved from the shock and nothing much happened. The base for this statement is the usage of Z moves in the anime. Kukui told if the pokemon is well trained, they won't get tired up after performing one Z move
One character I truly despise is Pokémon Hunter J. She is overall an evil person with no chance at redemption.
The way ash bought sceptile into the battle against darkrai is sick , that's one of the reasons I like diamond and pearl .
Well, yeah, I loved it very much, but it would have been also cool to bring Bulbasaur. It was such a beast in Indigo and Johto, and even took out two of Brandon's pokemon.
Bought tho xD
Sceptile is to overated but that scene was badass
I think sceptiles really overrated
Infernape vs electevire is the best battle in the anime
I love diamond and pearl the overarching goal and story is just incredible with Brock finding his goal, Dawn reaching hers, and Ash try to be a Pokémon master. I also love that all the Pokémon have an overarching personality and kind of like there own story to tell, and you can't find any of those stuff as good as you can find it in diamond and pearl
Yep. I loved how their pokemon got a nicely amount of development and focus sometimes. Piplup for example, Gliscor and etc
Story is the best
I loved how paul was present every time chimchar evolved and witnessed it getting stronger and stronger
And electivire wasn't bad and all I mean it stopped the referee from declaring infernape as fainted and it encouraged it to get up
@@SkyxTct 😭😭😭😭 makes me wanna binge after the first time i saw DP as a kid.
The DP anime was a major turning point for the anime because it acted as both a beginning and an ending. It was the last series that used the original formula and executed it perfectly. However, it also defined what future series should strive to be by setting the groundwork.
Facts
Explain to me, how was it the last series that used the "original formula"? Did XY not follow the "original formula"? Blatantly copy-pasting what is said in the video doesn't make you cool.
@@percygekkouga2151 I think he means it felt more like continuation to the precious series. Like having flashbacks and bringing old pokemon back etc.
@@percygekkouga2151 x&y introduced mega evolutions. that’s when they stopped using the “original formula”
Very well said
DP was such a great end to the original Pokemon anime era. It was the first time we had a character who was just as important as Ash (Dawn) and Ash really seemed like he’d learnt from all his past experiences. Also the continuity was great, it had so many references to all the previous anime series.
I love dp so much
@@charzinc3492 Dawn was my first big anime crush and I still find her beautiful to this day!!! Mainly I just love her fasion style and sweet but sassy personality and I would wholeheartly love to have her as a friend if she was real!
@@soraandkairi1194 I feel like I would get along with Dawn really well due to her personality. Dawn's character is the main reason why she is my favourite pokegirl
@@charzinc3492 That’s super cool!
I feel the same way as well, and Dawn is my favorite poke girl too😎👍🏻 I like Misty well enough and find May to be cool, but I personally feel like they would be much harder to get along with(especially Misty)! What about you?
@@soraandkairi1194 Ah I miss DP now that we talk about this 🥲. But as for Misty and May and I can’t speak with absolute certainty, aint no way I’m getting along with Misty lol, May a bit better but still not as well as with Dawn imo. So happy that Dawn is a recurring character in JN, just wish i was up to JN 😩. I feel like I need to watch everything to really feel it if you get what Im saying
This was the most diverse series as to character building for a lot of the pokemon
This was a lot of fun! Thanks Zac for making this whole thing a reality!
Also, you find Lyra incredibly annoying? I’m afraid Entity Mays and I have to disagree with you.
@@tedgruver7618 I would also have to disagree. Heavily.
You sound like Missy from Big Mouth.
@@tedgruver7618 OK he probably would but she was really annoying
Yo dude I like you and all but seriously man with all do respect please off of Torterra
As much I love Sun and Moon and XYZ over DP. DP will forever go down in Pokemon for having the greatest character arc of all time with Infernape in the Pokemon anime, the greatest storyline in the Pokemon anime in Ash and Paul, the best companion in Dawn and the greatest battle in the Pokemon anime: Ash vs Paul
I agree with most of this except I prefer Serena over Dawn but yeah
I personally dislike Paul and Lillie’s my favorite pokegirl but Dawns definitely my 2nd favorite
Stop judging pokegirls on their relationship with Ash
@@ardi9661 The Kalos league battles are visually great but battles themselves are just bad if you actually watch what is going on with those as there is so much plot armor it makes thunder armor look legit...
I dunno about Ash vs electivire. I think the 3 way episodes kinda made it hard to keep up. Just do it in 1 episode. Infernape only won cause of blaze
This series has my favourite group of Ash’s Pokémon.
Agreed. This group is my favorite because Infernape’s my all time favorite ash mon, Buizel and Gliscor are two of my favorites and Staraptor and Gible are also great. I even like Torterra despite the anime doing it dirty.
Same, not my top fave but it’s definitely a runner-up
@@Dan-wd1xs Yeah, Ash's team this series was solid overall and extremely memorable, especially Infernape, which was easily the single most important Pokemon that any character owned in that series, and the payoff of seeing it win against Paul in the end and see it live up to the great potential that both trainers tried to bring out was the best moment of this series hands down.
.........On a side note, I feel like the reason why Ash's Torterra was done so dirty was because they attempted to focus on it's speed it lost by evolving rather than leaning into mastering a more defense oriented battle style like it was originally stated would suit it better. I actually go into more detail about this in a response comment elsewhere in this comment section, but to make it brief here: the anime writers give it rock climb after it evolves to make up for the loss in speed it received due to it's greater size and weight, and Ash begins to use that move a lot more afterwards, ultimately derailing the development it should have gotten.
Same
Man pauls torteraa was actually bad ass
the moment when ash and brock also said goodbye that was heartbreaking
And also piplup reaction and dawn embrace afterwards, really cement their journey thus far
You just knew this time it was for real
I think its the best goodbye ive seen in the anime and I've watched every end goodbye there is except advanced.
And I've watched advanced now and its still the best one
I cried at that part
Ash had an amazing connection with all of the Pokemon he caught, and this is the best roaster he had:
- Pikachu
- Infernape
- Torterra
- Staraptor
- Buizel
- Gliscor
- Gible
ALL OF THEM ARE GREAT!
Except torterra sadly
@@Diroxhero emphasis on sadly 😥
@@Diroxhero torterra is strong ash just wasn’t able to properly utilise it which is upsetting
@@Diroxhero torteraa is one of my favourite in sinnoh but ash couldn't handle his torterra which made him look weak. :(
Roster
DP was definitely an improvement over pretty much everything that preceded it. gym battles had more strategy, rivalries were more personal, and contests were more visually spectacular. always felt that contests in advanced were nothing more than talent shows with pokemon moves, but this series turned them into fireworks/light shows
I hope this will be even longer as how amazing DP was.
Me too
The length of the video doesn't determine how good something is. Look at Zac's review videos on Pokemon Journeys.
@@ElectroBlastLuigi I mean I was expecting the video will be even bigger as there is lots of great things to talk about DP afterall it improved many things from past series.
Also Zac only talk about single Episode there in JN reviews while here he and other 2 talking about entire series.
@@ElectroBlastLuigi Those are singular episode reviews, this is reviewing an entire series in a half hour
@@inamdaryasin Understandable how Zac and two other people are discussing a series for this long but then by your logic, the longer the video is in False Swipe Gaming's case, the better the Pokemon is in competitive battling. Urshifu is the best Pokemon if the video talks about it for over 30 minutes even if it's a new Pokemon.
THIS IS THE TRUE DUAL PROTAGONIST SERIES. Goh is clearly shifts the views on him, and Ash almost feels like he's here only for branding. Meanwhile, for almost of all DP's run, both Ash and Dawn were equally important for the story, there development was also equally important: both had a crisis of persona, a redemption, and a payoff. So yeah, DP is doing the stuff JN known for way better, then years earlier
Screw goh. Dawn did the double protagonist thing better
Goh sucks.
Got is stupid
He more like me who catches pokemon just for the dex lol
I wish torterra didn't get shafted and I would have loved if it still kept his personality.
I wish both Ash's and Paul's Torterra didn't get shafted
@@michaelsanders8916 Paul’s Torterra was never shafted. It was a monster lol.
@@DragonForceAnimeReviews Paul didn't use it as much as he should of. I kinda wanted it to join the ranks of Ursaring, Drapion, and Electivire as a mon that beats half of Ash's team on it's own lmao.
And actually won more than it lost. If they let torterra fully evolve they should make it good, not garbage
Honestly there were two reasons it lost so much
1. Torterra could never used one of it's best moves earthquake. I understand the reasons for it but if Torterra could use it would made a HUGE difference in battles like Electivire and Drapion.
2. Torterra was subjected to the laws of anime logic which dictates when a character won or lost a fight
a. Hippowdon: This was a battle with an elite 4, who can only be beaten by the champion or a trainer of equal power.
b. Electivire: It was a battle with the strongest gym leader in Sinnoh, it would look bad if he lost the first battle, plus the writers usually go with Ash being the one at a disadvantage first.
c. Drapion: Paul had to take the lead and Ash made the mistake of using synthesis at the wrong time.
Can’t wait. After this would be BW and that would def be interesting to say the least
So like watching a guy talk about a complete train Wreck??
@@dabuff1319 It's not that big of a train wreck as people make it out it atleats had a bamber villain arc and I want zach to say something good about Unova that has nothing to do with krookedile since that is the only thing he praises about unova
@@dabuff1319 it had some good moments too. But I presume they're going to talk about all the bad *first* then get to the good stuff after for BW.
I can review each BW dub season easily.
S1: Controversial start, but it had it’s moments.
Rival Destinies: Started out horribly, but got better as it went along and the ending was spectacular!
Adventures in Unova and Beyond: Start was bad, Middle was fine, Ending was bad
See? Simple!
@@Dan-wd1xs adventures in unova and beyond was filler central. Erase that entire season from the anime (except the transition to XY) and u remove absolutely nothing. It’s like that time period between christmas and new year’s, you completely lose track of where you even are with the anime in this case
Hunter J was definitely one of the best things about DP. She was a breath of fresh air. It's clear that she had never failed a job until she met Ash and the gang, and she absolutely ruthless to the point that she went out of her way to try and get rid of Ash. On top of that, she went out with a bang (pun intended) in one of the best sequences in the whole anime.
Bounty Hunters are nothing but scum.
@@tedgruver7618 and very few actually have any honor. Boba Fett, Assaj Ventress, and Mando to name a few.
Infernape is my favorite Pokémon Ash has ever had. I went through something really similar to what Infernape went through and I can really relate to it on a personal level as a result
They should bring back ash's infernape and gible in the journey series I really miss them
@@ArunVKc1 yeah i only want to see again gible draco meter lands on piplup
@BHARGAV MEHTA xyz has ended 3 years ago infernape has to return first
@BHARGAV MEHTA by win % Greninja isnt better
@BHARGAV MEHTA by strength and Development is all subjective. The numbers show that infernape has won more battles and is more consistent
I also enjoyed the diamond and pearl movies. How they tied the Darkrai, Giratina and Arceus movies all together. That was really cool how they did that in the diamond and pearl anime era
The holy grail of the Pokemon series. It might of had a few flaws, but the story made it to be the definitive Pokemon anime experience imo. One of the best, if not, the best series.
My Favoeite is XY, followed by SM.
Also Cynthia.
Needs to be on Netflix
Ash : Defeated Darkrai and become only one to do so in whole Sinnoh
Tobias: That still counts as one.
Would have been happier if it was the finals not the semis
@@aakashiyer4885 I think they wanted Ash to first lose at every respectable stage of The League, which is why they made him lose in the finals in Kalos and he finally won in Alola cause he had literally lost at every league stage at that point
@@TheLastGuardian30 When u put it that way
So now what's gonna happen will ash defeat Leon?
@@aakashiyer4885 Now we're in the World Championships. New grounds, new territory. What happens next is entirely unpredictable. If they want Ash's journey to end here, they'll most likely make him win and become World Champion
@@TheLastGuardian30 think that will not happen
İ just hope ash mega evolves his lucario evoves his gible or most of his unova mons or return of other champs such as my boi charizard boi bulbasaur and squirtle sceptile underrated swellow infernape maybe a better torterra gekkouga maybe better noivern luchador boi the most wanted one İNCİNEROAR i want it to battle as incineroar(btw incineroar is not my all time fav its charizard but i want to see incineroar in proper fight)more melmetal the round boi special doggo
The Final Series With Brock!
#BrockXAsh
As a MAJOR character.
@@BisonGaming3334 exactly . I think the only series me didn’t show up in were XY , and at the moment Journeys
@@daltonoakleyjr391 He also only showed up in Black and White as a small cameo.
@@BisonGaming3334 and in sun and moon but that was non-canon
**The 5 HGSS arc in a nutshell**
Lyra: *"Hey Dane, is Ash your boyfriend?"*
Dawn: *"No"*
Lyra: *"Hey Dane, is Ash your boyfriend?"*
Dawn: *"No"*
Lyra: *"Hey Dane, is Ash your boyfriend?"*
Dawn: *"No"*
Lyra: *"Ok bye"*
*And it's over*
You'd think there would be some kind of Johto themed event or Lyra and what's-his-face were part of a study abroad program or something.
Bold of you to assume Lyra was that easily to convince. The girl tried everything to ship Dawn with either Courry or Ash.
I remember that lyra and dawn's scene lmao😂😂
@@angelicaph483 I don't know what is it with Dawn, but almost everyone she knows, like to tease her about something. Ash was not out of the hook either, he liked to tease her about the "no need to worry" line.
@@Ruffgi they were introduced so that brock gets a new pokedex
This is why sceptile is so sick. One of ash's only Pokemon besides Pikachu and a couple other too actually take out a legendary/mythical!
A Darkrai that already battled several of Ash's Pokemon.Sceptile did not defeat Darkrai alone.
@@oreothebunny1622 You need to watch the battle again. Darkrai kept healing itself using Dream Eater, it was pretty much at full health. Sceptile basically beat it at full health.
@@percygekkouga2151 That, and it was pretty badass seeing Sceptile manage to wake up after being put to sleep by dark voids only to then proceed to tear it apart with 2 back-to-back leaf blades and finally defeat the one Pokemon that no other Pokemon was able to take down.
@@percygekkouga2151 finally! someone who is actually paying attention
I think his team in the semifinals are basically mons that have faced legendaries in the past, the only really notable exeption being charzard.
really wish he was here, he'd have turned the 2KO into a 3KO at least.
I think we should title this guy " The god of Pokemon Anime Reviews"
Yes bro
Of course
Hell yeah
The thing I love the most about his reviews is that he's never completely biased on one side and shows the flaws as well
And that's a fact.
DP was my childhood. It started around the time I went to Kindergarten, and I'm in college now. How time flies...
I wish James got his cacnea back 😭. He was so cute, same with dustox.
It may happen in journeys who knows
@@oresti9271 Journeys needs to redeem the few things DP did wrong. Give Torterra a win after evolution. Bring back Cacnea and AMBIPOM, Bring back Tobias so ash can put him in his place, Show dawn(& May for that matter) as a top coordinator, and MAYBE evolve gible
@@Dan-wd1xs I know right also ampibom it's in Vermilion city playing ping pong right and guess who else lives in Vermilion city currently ash so that's a good excuse for dawn to take her monkey back and meet ash
@@oresti9271 Bringing Dawn and Ambipom back? That’s two for the price of one! Make it happen Journeys OR ELSE!!!
@@Dan-wd1xs I’d love a Tobias rematch, but I stand for all XY fans when I say the guy Ash needs to beat in Journeys is Alain.
The diamond and pearl anime was truly something special. Its one of the best pokemon series ever😌👌💖
So true
Kinda a shame that we dont really see Ash use the tactics he developed in DP and Advanced series any more
There is one exception. The spin-dodge was used in the Kalos League finals with Greninja.
@@average3425 really?
Counter shield!!
Arguably one of the best features in dp is paul
Ye lol. Though Most peeps thought he was a jerk. Well he is still a jerk until after the Sinnoh league. But I think people like him cause he’s a jerk
@@YoNo671 I hate him he ruthless and cruel.
I was actually okay with Dawn losing to Zoey in the GF because Zoey was always ahead of her and it basically showed how Zoey would always be ahead of Dawn unlike Ash and Paul’s rivalry where ideals were the main difference instead of experience. Ash losing to a Darkrai and Latios was pretty bad though...
My favorite series! Not only the series but the movies as well, I remember someone saying that Dawn and Brock are amazing characters on their own, but when you pair them with Ash it just gets to another level. I think this series is peak Pokemon until this day.
My boy Torterra, they disrespected him so hard that I couldn't handle it. Give my boy justice that he deserves in the future!!! :(
Yeah. What was the point of letting it fully evolve if they weren't gonna let it win much? It should have gotten a ground type move and decimated volkner's ekectivire and paul's drapion. It should have also won against palmer and i don't care if she is an elite four member, Bertha ahould have been another win for it. If alain could beat malva, ash should have beaten Bertha
Out of all his mons, turtwig is the one that i wish shouldve not evolved
Why they didn't gave it earthquake?
@@steel.9714 or earth power
@@eljordinio7647 at least any offensive ground moves which defeat drapion and electriwire
Dawn's high five was better than serena's goodbye
@@harshitjain7140 I think there is one word called personal opinion. And btw we have same name. Nice
I agree with you 100% Multi Purpose
@박서준 I gotta disagree with you there chief.
I will say that it was way more emotional
Heck yeah, she's better than Serena in any other way. Same goes with May
Also, Dawn's Piplup is solid gold XD.
This review got a big thumbs up for me. DP stan for life!
Now onto Unova... XD
Hahaha
lmao hahhaaha 😂😂👏👏
Man I wish ash meets all of his Pokemon again
I feel like he will meet with some again in journeys later on they already brought back the alolan Pokémon for an episode
People can say that Kalos was Ash's defining moment in his experience, but he had solidified that position for himself during Sinnoh--which in my opinion is the best Pokemon series even despite the match against you know who in the Sinnoh league.
Anyone want to mention how ash brought out heracross a bug fighting type. In preparation of fighting a legendary dark type. Like in reality even with legendaries, the only reason ash got beat was because of gimmicks out of his control
DP had some best moment. The league, Ash team, battles that’s still one of the best.
Best pokemon series in the pokemon history!!!
@BHARGAV MEHTA better than xy in majority's opinion
@BHARGAV MEHTA lol no you must be a little kid who just started to watch pokemon from xy or you must be joking.
The only things where xy is better than dp are battle animation and mega evolution. Other than that dp beats xy in every way.
Dp has the best story, character development, like dawn is way better than serena in every way, brock got the major character development. Paul his best rival present in dp. Other side characters like nando, Joe, j, Kenny also got the characters development. Dp fillers are much more interesting and funnier than xy. Dp has Best champion Cynthia where xy has most hated champion diantha. Best villian team.. In dp ash has 2nd best team of pokemon aside from alola one, and don't tell me xy has best team. Lol greninja and Pikachu carried 90% of xy team. His others pokemon were useless. Also dp has best pokemon league where xy pokemon league was rushed and unfinished. Dp also has 2nd best movies where xy movies specially that hoopa movie are completely trash.
And where da faq you get xy is better than dp can you give me the link? Anyway you must be a kid if you think xy is better than dp in anyway other than battle animation and I can bet you don't even know what is called best story and character development. So it's meaningless to argue with a kid
@BHARGAV MEHTA anyway I'm not saying xy is bad it's obviously 2nd or 3rd best anime series. In anime dp is the best series one one can beat it and in games bw is the best game no other pokemon game can beat it
@BHARGAV MEHTA hey kid aren't you the one who were also arguing with others in different comment section that Serena's goodbye was better than dawn's goodbye. Then everyone destroyed you and you deleted your comments🤣. Your actions are telling you're just a kid. So when are you gonna delete these comments? 🤣
You said bonny and clement are better partner than brock🤦♂️🤦♂️ which is more than enough for me to understand that you're a kid. grow up kid then you'll understand what is a good story. And that is called character development not great development 🤣. And hey you know dp came out at 2006 so if even I grew up watching dp then I'm already more adult and mature than you 10 year old kiddo well to be fair I grew up watching hoenn. And mommy is waiting for ya sleep well kiddo
Before Iron Man and Thanos,
There was Ash and Paul.
Yees
No, more like
Goku and Vegeta
Naruto and Sasuke
I remember DP being great- but not THIS great lol. Really refreshing tbh Thanks Zac!
I honestly believe NO rival will ever top Paul. His character was so well written it's hard to top that.
What about Gladion?
@@davidedalterio4979 he appeard barely out of silvally and lycanroc his other pokemon were not shown as OP
his character was not well developed as gary or paul but it was good
@@laxusstrauss5945 One issue that Gladion had is a similar issue that every other trainer in the Alolan region had. That being that other than Kukui, nobody in the Alolan region has a full team or even half a full team. The only known trainers with 3 or more pokemon are Kiawe with 3 (Turtonator, Charizard, Alolan Marowak), Gladion with 4 (Umbreon, Lycanroc Midnight Form, Silvally, and Zoroark), and Ash with 5 (Pikachu, Rowlet, Lycanroc Dusk Form, Incineroar, and Melmetal). I honestly got kind of excited when I saw Gladions 2nd pokemon in the championship match use a bunch of dark type moves because I knew it was Zoroark. We don't even know if Hau or Guzma had more than 2 because they were never shown. It kind of makes me wonder if Kukui/The Masked Royal would have handicapped himself if Ash hadn't won, seeing as even Ash had to use Naganadel just to be on equal footing with Kukui.
It’s funny how what are usually considered the worst evil teams in the games have the best anime arcs
Ikr? And the best have the worst arcs.
The worst games have the best anime adaptation, and the best games have the worst.
Yeah. Best example is Team flare
@@percygekkouga2151 Except Emerald.... if you cound the Battle Frontier adaptation an adaptation of Emerald (even though is more a FireRed an GreenLeaf adaptations).
MAYBE give or take Sun and Moon being a good game with a good anime season (depending if you prefer the more comedic season or not)
Although is somehow sad and funny how the anime is the only medium in which some of Gen 6 elements (Ash Greninja, Zygarde) get to shine in the respective region they got introduced.
Because of this video I realised that it would've been great to see Dawn go with Ash through the Unova region, just like Brock did in the first 4 seasons.
This is the Best Series yet. Love how Dawn was handled and the relationship between her and Ash. And Paul? What isn't there to say about the guy?
this was the last pokemon anime season i watched, nothing but good memories. i always get teary everytime i remember diamond and pearl because life was so good when it came out and i was so young...good times.
YAYY DP!!
Where unlike before regions ash had a companion equal to him where they worked hard together
Where we had the best Pokémon chimchar who claimed his position and
Where we had one of the best rivals in the Pokémon series..... PAUL!
For me, Paul was definitely Ash's most memorable rival he ever had, which is one of several reasons why he's considered by many to be the best rival. He and Zoey both where extremely memorable, despite having completely opposite relationships with their main rivals: Paul was a jerk who only cared about catching the most powerful Pokemon he can find, and his multiple wins against Ash seem to prove (at least at first) why he's the better trainer between the 2 of them. Zoey, on the other hand, is always friendly nice and encouraging towards not just Dawn, but also Ash as well, going so far as to stick up for him against Paul in one episode, and she ultimately proved that a rival doesn't have to be a jerk to be a good rival to someone else. It's a little disappointing that Dawn never actually beat her in the end, but I was never really made to feel salty about this, and this is for 2 main reasons:
1) She was always shown to be more talented than Dawn, and as a result, was often times the one who was giving advice rather than receiving it, and this was as consistent a trait for her as her overall pleasantness as a character.
2) She was always more of a friend to Dawn than anything else, and she was easily Dawn's biggest cheerleader (aside from Ash, obviously). Because of this I don't think it mattered which one of the two of them won in the end, since it wouldn't affect their relationship much regardless of who ultimately came out on top.
Because of this, while I did like Paul (moreso as a rival to Ash than anything else), I enjoyed Zoey as a character more overall, and find her to be a somewhat underrated rival character, personally.
Before Sun and Moon this was definitely my favorite series for a long time! Really got a lot of nostalgia watching this
DP Anime was the best Imo. Had the best Characters, League, Pokémon development and things of the such. INFERNAPE DEVELOPMENT THOOOO!!!
And then Tobias happened
Are we sure that brock was with Uxie due to their eyes
LUL thats what i was thinking LUL
Thanks for puttin' me to work man! So glad everyone likes what I cooked up for this!!
Yeaah was already waiting for that *filler* moment since its 191 episodes for just one region.
This is how many people get a smile from This video ❤️
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this is inaccurate as it has 20 likes before the start of the actual video.
(this number was from when I posted this comment.)
Nice strategy to farm likes
Good good smile
Me 🤩
Not gonna be that guy who says "LiKe BeGeR
Leagues Ash *SHOULD'VE* won:
Sinnoh
Kalos
League Ash *DID* win:
Alola
Realistically Ash should’ve won since either Hoenn or Sinnoh
But I don’t mind him winning Alola since SM is my favorite season of the series
He shouldve won sinnoh league since hes the only one defeated thw hacker's darkrai
Well I mean........ yeah but ash did defeat a tough trainer kakui and he also used a tape koko
@@extramix5729 theyre still salty since he lost on kalos league
While I kinda agree, I always expected Ash may likely not have won XY, just because the pattern of wins is seemingly slated for a Runner-Up finish after Top 4 in DP - it would've been a twist if he did win that though and much deserved.
I can't wait to see what happens for the BW and XYZ reviews. Also, don't you think that Ash, Dane and Brock all got some great development this time? Huh? What do you mean her name is Dawn?
Diamond and Pearl is definitely the most well written series. This was the point where the writers had perfected their understanding of how to handle Ash and his companions. The Advanced series showed that they'd mastered the Gym and Pokemon League challenges so they had no problems there but they were still finding their feet with Contests. Diamond and Pearl took everything they learned from writing May and enabled them to turn Dawn into arguably the most well developed companion Ash has had.
Combining the lessons the writers learned and applied from previous series with the Ash's iconic rivalry with Paul (a far better rival than Gary ever was) and memorable side characters and villains like Hunter J (whom I wish had returned in the Latios and Latias episode since she's the only villain who had a "final boss" aura without being the leader of an evil team and we never actually received confirmation that she died), and the only real complaint I have is how some of the battles were handled. For example, Brandon's Regirock got all the glory in A Pyramiding Rage with Registeel and Regice being treated as afterthoughts and Regice not even getting Dawn looking it up in the Pokedex. Plus, Paul didn't bring his Torterra, despite it being shown as Turtwig in the flashbacks as well as being the prefect Pokemon to fight the Regirock that Paul remembers pounding his older brother.
I like to believe Hunter J never died and she ditched her crew and flew away on her salamance before the ship felling in the lake and exploding
Same here
@Disorder On the bright side at least all the crew's and J's pokemon didn't die. Safe and sound in their pokeballs.
Dont know how I forgot about J
She really was an exceptionaly dangerous women.
Actually after playing sun and moon and when the anime was about to start I was excited about lusamine considering what she just tried to do to lillie in the game.
I thought she may be developed somewhat like J but who hides her hideous side .......... but sadly that didn't happen yet sun and moon was a good series.
This series was the pinocle of my childhood
i still say dawn was the best pokegirl i loved he so much such an amazing character
Get under the covers, Serena fanboy's are lighting he torches and trying to find you.
@@Ruffgi Bring it on Serena was overrated
dawn was a best pokegirl,
but in case of serena...... i didn't like her for some reason and
i didn't care if someone amourshippers or serena's fan replay me about serena blah blah blah, i just like Dawn as the best
Dawn & Serena were both such wonderful female Pokemon Anime Protagonists even if Dawn was better as a traveling friend, Serena was the better love interest for Ash. Iris was the worst of Ash's female friends & Serena was a breath of fresh air after the Garbodor that was Best Wishes Series. No Need to Worry you can be both an Amourshipper & Dawn Fan!
DP is the best season because we got Brock's Croagunk
The dp series was actually my first and favourite pokemon series
And many of its ideas were great which was not in other series
Example-- Sun and moon focuses on power of z moves but here they shows
1. Best pokemons ( fully evolved)
2. Best abilities ( blaze , static , motordrive)
3. Best moves ( volt tackle , giga impact, flare blitz, brave bird, draco meteor , leaf storm etc)
4. Emotional bonding ( chimchar arc)
5. Combination moves ( too many to name)
And most important
6. Bringing back many old pokemons and showing the work and effort of training in previous seasons in important matches ( sinnoh league semi finals)
I feel like the reason why Ash tortera was treated so badly was that the writers made paul tortera so powerful to the point that it was impossible to make Ash better. Also, am I the only one who wanted Paul's original team to fight Ash team in the league besides does no one remember that Ash turtwig had a rivalry with Paul honchkrow?
You mean his Staraptor?
@@blazingdragonwolf6771 no remember ash turtwig evolve during its fight with honchkrow and it wanted revenge but never got it
@@janithernest3929 yeah ur right. In the lake battle, grotle got the rematch but still lost to hunch crow
well torterra battled 3 times only after evolving from grotle
drapion type desadvantage
hypowdown bertha's ace elite four and did great againt it
as for electivire it was ash's fault if he lead with infernape to smash electivire torterra would have sweep the rest of volkner's team since electivire is the only one with an ice type move
@@janithernest3929 Yeah.... in hindisght they could have swapped some of Paul's Pokémon for some that Ash never defeated (like Torterra). ESPECIALLY AGGRON who was there just to get oneshotted by Infernape.
Myabe have Torterra instead of Aggron? Or Weavile instead of Frosslass? Or maybe Magmortar instead of Ninjask.
Sure some like Gastrodon and maybe Drapion I get them. But others that only debutted for that battle? Not so much.
Memories are made of bliss is the best pokemon episode.Paul is the best rival.Ash has his best team.Brock is the best companion.This series is top 2
Dawn and piplup embrace were so cute, it likes mother calming her child's tantrum
Best series by far. XY and AG are next. Ash was at his peak and his team was so diverse. Paul was the perfect rival and there will never be anyone close to him. The infernape storyline was amazing. Cynthia was sensational along with team galactic and Hunter J. Brock was at his very best. Dawn is a top 3 companion of Ash, along with Serena and May. The continuity was great bringing back his old pokemom along with characters like May and Gary. The series has withstood the test of time and Ash’s battle with Paul is still the best in the anime, more than 10 years later
Sinnoh got dark, and I was astonished when Hunter J died, like...sure we’ve had dead characters before, way back when in Gen 1 when Ash spent a night as a ghost in the Pokémon tower with Ghost Pokemon, or that Gastly at Maiden’s Peak or whatever...but those were temporary things, Ash returned to his body, and the other was just a ghost Pokémon. Someone legit DIED in Pokémon, in a genuinely terrifying way, drowning in a whirlpool and basically confirmed with her visor being swallowed up by the current. By extension we also saw the power of the Lake Guardians, to create a whirlpool in a last ditch effort to protect their homes.
GOOD GOOD SMILE 😭💜💙 Broski just keeps cooking up masterpiece after masterpiece 🔥 This one hit me in the feels. My childhood favourite series 😭 Big shoutout to @ageoftrades @AnimatedGinger and @SilverStorm100 You guys made this one so special. Thank you for this. DP 💙💜
Ayyy Raf my man
I really wish torterra had been given a one on one with Paul's and shown how much it had grown that would have been cool, like student becoming the master
the one that was broadcast in my country was the Japanese version, so it had the awesome Opening and Ending songs.
I'm jealous, I was stuck with the garbage English dub. Actually, I'd say DP was the last series to have a decent English dub.
Nobody ever talks about the fact that’s ash’s Sinnoh team has the exact same balancing problem as his Kalos. He had 3 ground types and 2 flying types
Ikr? Somebody finally said it, lol.
The sinnoh and Kalos team are kind of similar.
Pikachu being pikachu.
Buizel and hawlucha being the ones who love to battle, buizels spinning aqua jet and hawluchas spinning flying press also were similar.
Torterra and noivern were the usless ones XD
Gliscor and Goodra were the ones who started out weak but went through lots of development, at one point even leaving ash.
Infernape and greninja being his ace, having an interesting back story, having a special ability.
Because they don't even consider the Sinnoh team except for Infernape
@@steel.9714 exactly. As much as I love Infernape, its development cost the rest of Ash's team. Torterra and others were terribly shafted.
@@percygekkouga2151 Yeah. The rules of anime costed Torterra's whole popularity and carrier
my most favorite pokemon series and an outstanding review!
Thank you zac and team for such a quality content!
DP was my favorite series just wish we got to see more of monferno
I know right
When you think about it (in reference to what he says at the very end) Unova was the start to the new era. Sinnoh ended the era that the original series’s created
See where you find the Pokemon leaving team rocket a negative point in the show, I think the cacnea goodbye is really powerful emotionally as its more about James realising he's holding cacnea back from being as strong as it could when gardenia is able to point out a new move that James never realised it could use and also as a gym leader she can dedicate more time and care to learning the moves. Also the Jessie dustox goodbye episode in my opinion is BY FAR the best goodbye Pokemon episode regarding a Pokemon leaving the team: it gave Jessie a great backstory showing her tragedy, it's the hardest hitting goodbye for the shock of her breaking the pokeball and it made perfect sense for her to leave dustox for it to have its love because she didn't take the opportunity when she could have left with a guy she loved and she doesn't want that to happen to dustox. Besides my disagreement on these points, I agree with most of your points on the show 🙂👍
I don’t care what anyone says, the Diamond and Pearl anime was the best one. Ash, Brock and Dawn gelled so well together, and from the start, it just felt right. Everyone kept shipping Ash and his female companions like Misty and Serena, but Dawn was very much a friend and for once, very few people actually shipped them together. Ash and Dawn always supporting each other at gym battles and contests. Dawn’s Piplup was probably the best of Pikachu’s best friends. Piplup finds it difficult to get along with other Pokemon at the best of times, and Piplup was angry and upset about Ash and Pikachu leaving Sinnoh, something that never really happened before, or again. As mentioned, Dawn is the only companion to actually trade Pokemon with Ash which could explain their strong friendship. The fact the three also had a personal connection with each of the Lake Trio Psychic Pokemon too, makes them such fitting travelling companions. In this series it wasn’t just Ash and the female companion that had development, but Brock too. He actually seemed to mature even more into a teenager and I think the end of the DP series was a great way to end Brock’s story there. Although, subtle, Ash and Brock parting ways at the end of that series will always go down as the saddest goodbye. I could ramble on all day, but this series really was the best. I’m currently re-watching it and it’s even better than what I remembered it.
Honestly, I like the filler episodes. They’re my favorite episodes of the series. I love just seeing those little “slice of life” episodes where the characters have little adventures. Not every episode needs to be a gym battle or a world-ending threat.
The hate for filler is something I've noticed a lot on here
I’m probably one of the few people that has no problem with filler episodes. My only complaint is that the Team Rocket stuff gets super annoying.
DUDE I totally forgot about the draco meteor running gag! That was the best!
My fav series is Diamond and Pearl and thanks making this video. My fav character is Dawn and I think this video make me more like this series. Yeah all series is not perfect but Diamond and Pearl is the best for me.For me,this anime series has very unique character designs and personality like Dawn that have a greatest tagline of the all that is “No need to worry” or “Daijoubu,daijoubu” in Japanese that very inspiring me every time I have a problem or exam as a example.Good review and make me want to watch it again.
listening to dawn's catchphrase is actually relaxing and fun when your have exam, online presentation, online classes or assignment problems
(just like me XD)
Oh, look at that! A double protagonist who doesn't make Ash look incompetent when the plot demands it and who learns alongside him and actually makes his character grow and learn alongside her instead of becoming magically competent all of a sudden. Where are these guys now, we could really use them.
I remember being like 5 or 6 years old when i saw the first dimond and pearl episode
i since then i am a pokemon fan
really good series in my opinion
I'd love to see distinct reviews of some of those tournament arcs like the Tag Team one, the Wallace Cup, and even the older Whirl Cup.
My number 1 Pokemon Series ever. To me, this was the best of the Pokemon Anime. There was great character development for everyone: Team Rocket, Ash, Dawn, Brock, everyone! Plus the symbolic undertones in Diamond and Pearl too!
There was great development for the Pokemon too, Chimchar's being the main one to stand out. We got see Ash try new things and different strategies (such as taking inspiration from Dawn's Contests to create new moves, as well as trying out a contest). Ash's team was also great as we see many diverse Pokemon that he meets on his travels. It was such a great team, that they had to shove a Darkrai and Latios to boot him from the League.
Can I also say I love Dawn and her character development? She goes from being an overconfident coordinator to quite the powerful trainer by the end. I just love how she got knocked down multiple times, only to Stand Up (those opening songs man!) again and again! Dawn's team is also great! Piplup was such a joy to watch on and off the battlefield and contests. Buneary was such a cutie and her crush on Pikachu was adorable! Mamoswine was stubborn to Dawn's orders, but they eventually worked it out.
Brock my man! Pokemon Doctor and Breeder! And his team was also good, really reflects on Brock himself. Though, Crogunk was just a joy to watch.
The antagonists, ah the antagonists.Team Rocket's development shot through the roof! Like the video stated, we see more of their pasts, some reoccurring characters from their pasts do appear and they actually become good guys. Team Galatic was one of the most threatening teams I've seen in Pokemon cause they were so close to their goal. Pokemon Hunter J, is also a good Pokemon antagonist, especially since it expands the Pokemon world a lot.
Other things that I liked:
Great contests
Great rivals
Great Pokemon
Great story
THERE'S SO MUCH I LOVE ABOUT DIAMOND AND PEARL!
Sorry for the large wall of text.
Your right about that
Finally had time to sit down and watch this video! Paul is my FAVORITE character from the anime. I think the thing that annoyed me most about that storyline is that Ash seemed to be more like the irritating rival character from the game while Paul was the 'main character.' You know the trainer who is battling their way from Gym 1 to the League, but the rival constantly gets in your way to show their strength only to lost to you over and over again? That's Ash HAHAHAHA
I mean we got to see Paul battle in a gym, then against Cynthia AND Brandon along with learning that he has pretty much the same resume as Ash (aside from the Orange League and Battle Frontier). Anyone notice that if you watch Paul vs. Brandon and then the first full battle between Ash and Paul, you'll see that Ash battled like Paul did against Brandon and lost horribly. The thing about Ash that annoyed me was his constant need to "prove Paul wrong." He turned into quite a hypocrite in this series. I think Chim-Charred is one of my FAVORITE episodes of the entire series because Paul rightfully calls out Ash for giving him crap about using the Hearthome Tag Battle Tournament for powering up his Pokemon, but Ash pulled the same stunt at the Wallace Cup. Heck, the episode where Turtwig evolved into Grotle while battling Paul's mafia bird had Paul calling Ash out because his training method of having his Pokemon get attacked by other Pokemon to get stronger IS THE SAME THING THAT HE WAS DOING TO TRAIN HIS POKEMON (mainly Chimchar in the episode right in the middle of the Hearthome Tag Battle Tournament).
It was so annoying that Ash took so long to realize the thing about Paul's strength being that he uses everything he's learned from his previous journeys in the present in order to improve his battling/training strategies. After losing the full battle, it felt like we saw more flashbacks of his Pokemon getting demolished by Paul's team than Team Rocket reciting their motto in Sinnoh. It just didn't look good on his trainer record to be more concerned with PROVING Paul's methods of raising/training Pokemon wrong than IMPROVING his own Pokemon. Yes, their final battle in the Sinnoh League was epic. However, Ash relying on Blaze to win? I understand the concept being showing Paul that the Pokemon he deemed worthless and weak beat him at the league. Though it goes against the episode mentioned earlier (where Grotle evolved) because Ash made it clear that he was NOT going to rely on Blaze to win. I mean he kinda did when Infernape unleased its full power to take down the electric big foot...
Then unlike Ash, Paul is constantly rotating his Pokemon in order to make solid teams for opponents that he has to face at various points of the series. It doesn't seem like he hits the 'reset' button whenever he lands in a new region. Probably explains why he opts for powerful Pokemon from the start. Why spend time catching and training a weak grass type when he has a Torterra? He truly embodies the mindset of a video game player who catches Pokemon that already have great stats, moves, etc.
I could go on and on with my thoughts, but I'll stop here because I want Paul to come back. However, not if they water down the character and make him truly "pathetic." Perhaps he'll be one of the Top 8 trainers that Ash faces before Leon...
I did not read any of that mess
@@theinquisitor3790 yet you felt the need to comment because...
The only thing that seperates Paul from the main game character is that he doesn’t really attack wild pokemon every time. He doesn’t EV train
@@OurKindofEntertainment No
Paul is an asshole
Ash tries to be kind to Paul constantly
Paul was rude and dismissive and downright toxic
So being kind is annoying
What kind of lesson are you teaching
I hope to god you aren’t a parent because your kids would grow up to be in prison
@@OurKindofEntertainment ash constantly tries to be a friend to Paul and be the bigger person
Who thinks infernape is a beast!!
I know
Me
Mr beast 6000, Hahahahahaah.
0:12 huh? That’s 4th series
No kanto and jhoto are considered orginal series
Imagine if they committed to having a solid end to this series. Ash wins his first league conference, using past and current Pokemon, Brock finds his calling, and Dawn wins the Grand Festival. Honestly, it really felt like this was something that would happen. The fact that this was the only time Ash has ever brought back Pokemon he's used before into a league is criminal
Diamond and Pearl was the first series I watched as it aired and probably still my favourite to this day. Before this Pokémon was generally an on-off thing, this series actually made me fall in love with the franchise.
I may have stopped liking the anime, but the Diamond and Pearl saga will always hold a special place in my heart.
I think the ash and dawn friendship and dynamic is what made this series so good
Is XY really not the same formula as Sinnoh and Unova? I watched 50 episodes of it and barely anything happened. I hear the Pokémon League was cool, and apparently there was a cool villain arc, but god, after 50+ episodes of nothing to care about, I just couldn’t do it.
SM on the other hand? The best Pokémon has ever been IMO. Most episodes have some kind of character development, or at least have a touching story. I was almost never bored watching it. So many bangers, culminating in some of the coolest battles and some of the most heart-wrenching scenes. Beautiful
Duuuude i can’t wait for this review! Obviously DP has some cons to it but it still remains as my top 2 regions ash has traveled to! I love everything about it
Remember Pokemon Hunter J, that woman was pure evil. Gotta love Dawn and even Paul tho. Overall, character quality was very high in my personal favorite saga.
Ash having a Lucario in Diamond and Pearl would have ruined Ash and Paul's rivalry alongside Infernape and everything they all had going.
Lol I like how at 5:28 Brock’s Crogunk laughs at Brock when he gets rejected by the girl he was trying to propose to.
Yeah croagunk always desired for that. 😂😂