Shees, I was already post-college in 1999. The benefit of being a manchild like Blink-182 then is that I got to experience all these things in my 20's, and I remember vividly how much Pokemon just dominated pop culture. I don't think this story does justice to how big it got, I mean you had people fighting over them (I saw one inside Burger King), you had millions and millions of kids like you (and younger I'm sure) just eating up every bit of this craze.
I would say it was Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, rurouni Kenshin (samurai x) and Gundam Wing which brought Anime to the "mainstream" in the west. To me it feels as if Pokemon normalized having extreme marketing and campaigns focused on kids to earn gigantic amounts of money.
To be fair, the second movie had already been released in Japan, and the third was in development so it was a no brainer that both of them would also get American releases. It was actually quite a safe bet to title it The First Movie, whereas every other cartoon franchise that tries it (or even gets *marketed* as such) fails to deliver, at least theatrically - direct to video is a whole different can of worms 😂
Sadly ALL passes but ALL those moments we lived with Pokémon are always the strenght we demand to face nowadays bitter empty days crying bitter nostalgia tears at least life was good once in our lives! 2023 december
God I remember that movie coming out. Getting Burger King before getting the Pokémon toy or pokeball, getting the Mew card for the movie that didn’t do anything with the card game, seeing Mewtoo and Mew in a movie after watching the show that led up to it for a year after playing red/blue all of late 98/99 right on the cusp of Gold/Silver. Seeing the new Pokémon in the short before the movie like WTF IS THAT the internet rumors were true! The playground myths of Mew in a truck, pikablu wtf was that bird in episode 1 of the anime! Such a wild time to be a kid, its insane it is still around and the biggest IP in media
probably because Nintendo decided that would never be Westernized and shown to an American audience. I think Nintendo Japan probably wanted to sweep it under the rug and pretend it never happened.
Rugrats In Paris felt like a bigger jump in quality from the TV show. That said, Pokemon movie 2 and afterwards have better animation than the first one.
I Was In My First Year Of Middle School (1999-2000) Along With Some Of My Bestest Buddies.
You sir, are legendary. Keep leveling up
I was 4 years old when the series first aired on GMA Network in late 1999.
Shees, I was already post-college in 1999. The benefit of being a manchild like Blink-182 then is that I got to experience all these things in my 20's, and I remember vividly how much Pokemon just dominated pop culture. I don't think this story does justice to how big it got, I mean you had people fighting over them (I saw one inside Burger King), you had millions and millions of kids like you (and younger I'm sure) just eating up every bit of this craze.
Lil Bezos holding pikachu
Oh, 1990s. You were Such an Amazing time...
What a time to be a kid. I remember it fondly
Stay legendary
I love videos about pokemania in 1999. Thank you for sharing.
0:29 look how young he was!!
Whose here after seeing Ash & Pikachu’s last episode?
Happy National Pokemon Day from CNN
I run Northwestern's Pokémon League but didn't get into the franchise until I was almost 14 back in 2016. I wish I had gotten into it earlier.
When you really think about it this anime is what put anime out there altogether
I would say it was Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, rurouni Kenshin (samurai x) and Gundam Wing which brought Anime to the "mainstream" in the west. To me it feels as if Pokemon normalized having extreme marketing and campaigns focused on kids to earn gigantic amounts of money.
I agree. This is what got me and all my millennial friends into anime. I really credit Pokemon for the current anime craze
Bezos. As awkward as ever.
I didn't know Amazon was relevant in the 90s too consider the internet didn't become mainstream in American homes until the mid to late 2000s
Thanks for Sharing This.
I like to see Videos of pokemania.
looks like Red became a financial reporter after becoming the champion
1:55 This was recalled in December of 1999.
Why
@@bellamafiaquackafellarecor7770 Because a child dies, that's why.
Adjust the amount of money Pokemon generated by inflation and we are talking Billions
Quite a flex to title it Pokemon The First Movie... like they just know this moneymaker is going to churn out a dozen sequels
To be fair, the second movie had already been released in Japan, and the third was in development so it was a no brainer that both of them would also get American releases. It was actually quite a safe bet to title it The First Movie, whereas every other cartoon franchise that tries it (or even gets *marketed* as such) fails to deliver, at least theatrically - direct to video is a whole different can of worms 😂
Sadly ALL passes but ALL those moments we lived with Pokémon are always the strenght we demand to face nowadays bitter empty days crying bitter nostalgia tears at least life was good once in our lives! 2023 december
God I remember that movie coming out. Getting Burger King before getting the Pokémon toy or pokeball, getting the Mew card for the movie that didn’t do anything with the card game, seeing Mewtoo and Mew in a movie after watching the show that led up to it for a year after playing red/blue all of late 98/99 right on the cusp of Gold/Silver. Seeing the new Pokémon in the short before the movie like WTF IS THAT the internet rumors were true! The playground myths of Mew in a truck, pikablu wtf was that bird in episode 1 of the anime! Such a wild time to be a kid, its insane it is still around and the biggest IP in media
Beautiful sentiment! Keep leveling up
I’m surprised they didn’t recap the the seizure episode considering this was the same channel that talked about it 2 years before this news report
probably because Nintendo decided that would never be Westernized and shown to an American audience. I think Nintendo Japan probably wanted to sweep it under the rug and pretend it never happened.
@@jackson5116 thankfully that didn’t work out cause everyone still talks about it to this day
The lost episode no one who grew up with Pokémon will ever see the light of day
@@dougxvale it’s much easier to find then you think
Same
0:55 bummer, it didn’t. But still Pokemon The First Movie is the highest grossing anime film in America and was more awesome than The Rugrats Movie.
It did outgross it
Rugrats In Paris felt like a bigger jump in quality from the TV show. That said, Pokemon movie 2 and afterwards have better animation than the first one.
The dub of the movie was so hated back then
@@dwainsimmons3447 I’m wasn’t talking about the dub.
2:04 This is where one of the voice samples in the Beastieball character creation music comes from.
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