Is Pokemon The First Movie nostalgic to you?

[Wingstofly]

If it is nostalgic to you then can you tell me a part of the movie you liked?

The part of the movie I liked was when a random trainer at the start came and challenged Ash to a battle.

Also, Ash has been with us for 25 years and his journey has come to an end now, how do you feel about that?

[BlairFujin]

While it is nostalgic, I can't really think about any scene that I particularly like, just those that years later seem really silly 'xD
And... I don't really think anything about ash getting replaced with a new protagonist - that's what's happening, right? 'xD pokemon is something from preschool/early primary school (and now I'm nearly 30) that I left behind for more interesting series
Now that I think about, when it comes to animes from that time, I have more nostalgia for digimon xD

[thecrystalrook]

Sure is, I'm old enough to remember sitting in a movie theater full of other people my age crying their eyes out when ash turned to stone

[darthmongoose]

I went to see if when It was in cinemas. I think I was about thirteen or so, and.. it was okay? I think I was a little too old for it, and mostly just thought it was a bit of a strange, sentimental movie that took itself a little too seriously. I feel like if I'd seen it when I was about eight instead I'd have loved it and been obsessed with it, though!

[igneriss]

For some reason, it's not I really liked Pokemon as a kid (well, I still kinda do), I used to watch the tv series, collect pokemon tazos from chips and sell badly drawn Pokemon sketches to other kids in my elementary school, so the whole franchise is very nostalgic to me, but the movie itself? Not really. I guess I didn't like it enough when I watched it

[Kelheor]

Not really, I only watched it once on the tape I got from someone and I am not sure if I enjoyed it more than daily episodes.
I actually thought Ash stopped being an MC long ago xD I certainly have a lot of nostalgia feels for Pokemon though and hope they would make Pokemon Go a bit more interesting.

[sushy00]

oh yeah it is nostalgic to me. I loved Mewtwo and I was the first in the store that bought the VHS tape. As for a scene I particialarly liked... I am not even sure actually. I really liked that they had a Dragonite flying around. I was disappointed so much attention was directed at Pikachu. I just wanted Mewtwo to be the star lol

[NickRowler]

Sort of. I was a child when Gen 1 was first introduced in the US. I was super into the show. However, I never got to see the film because my mom found Pokemon to being annoying and stupid. She refused to buy Pokemon merch so the games and cards my older brothers had were bought with their own money or were gifts.

The following year, Pokemon hype died down and I lost interest in the franchise. I didn’t actually watched the film until I was an older teen or adult and it was playing on TV.

So I have nostalgia for the gen 1 show but not for the movie.

[GumshoeComix]

yes, I'm actually so sad that it's ending ;;
and since I was a kid at the time of the first movie my favorite scene was when ash got turned to stone and the pokemon brought him back. (the scene all the parents hated yea)
Though honestly as nostalgic as pokemon the first movie is I think the Lucario movie is my favorite

[Samael-il-Ifrit]

hell yea, was the first pokemon movie i saw, the pikachu crying scene still tears me up

[Archetype_Moon]

Yep, that was my first movie theater experience.

[Archetype_Moon]

I also cried when I thought Ash cried, I think my friends made fun of me for it though.

[bronte448]

I freaking love Pokemon. I can really feel Mewtwo's pain through the whole movie. It's hurt, it's confused, it doesn't know who it is... sounds a lot like adolescence except it's way too powerful.

[DarkSena]

Yes, I really love it BUT... I must say that the closest to my heart of Spell of the Unknown... Every single time I watched that one I literally cried. It's almost as bad to me as the ending Pokemon Black/White that was the very first Pokemon game I cried while playing lol

[VibrantFox]

i had the VHS years ago but the scene with team rocket in disguise on the duck boat or when they first entered Mewtwo's cloning lab

definitely cried over ash getting turned to stone and all the Pokemon crying

i also really like when the mail carrier Dragonite shows up or Mew they're so cute

but yeah the mewtwo movie was a childhood favorite and I'd watch the vhs a lot (if anything im impressed the tape never got messed up xD)

[aprilferrero]

Yes. I watched the shit out of that movie. I had it on VHS and I watched it so many times the VHS player decided it was done and ate the tape. I was pretty devastated, but it was probably for the best…

[Jwebtoons]

I watched the movie on TV at my house. Loved every second of it. Mewtwo was a deep character who I felt bad for. The battles had a different feel to what I was used to.

The different pokeballs they used to catch the originals for cloning made me wonder if they would ever invent new ones for capturing pokemon.

Mewtwo and Mew's abilities throughout the film made me think that they had other abilities instead of normal pokemon moves. So they were special. Like mewtwo changing the weather and mind controlling nurse joy or Mew's bubbles.

When Ash turned to stone/died it made me realize how dangerous things could actually get.

Seeing many pokemon throughout the film was cool because I had seen so many throughout the journey and it made you realize how far you've come. Team rocket watching the cloning process on the display screen saying "Who's that pokemon" was a nice reference to the commercial break questions.

Ash trying to fightback against Mewtwo was one of the few times a human tried to seriously fight a pokemon, so it was an interesting rare sight.

Lastly, seeing all of the clones leave and everyone getting amnesia left me with this sense of sadness and hope. I felt bad for the clones, and hated the fact it was almost like it never happened, since no one would know. I thought ash and his friends could help them somehow. I was hopeful for their future and hoped they would meet again when the journey continued.

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