【Official】Pokémon Special Music Video 「GOTCHA！」 | BUMP OF CHICKEN – Acacia

For those who think BUMP OF CHICKEN is a very weird name…

They were just ordinary junior high school kids when they initiated this music band, so what do you expect for innocent teenagers ? You can’t help it.
But the name of the band aside, their music is freaking great so I recommend all of you guys listen to their songs such as Tentaikansoku and Zero.

1:12 Hoenn Victory Road final Battle

Imagine if those 2 turn out to be the protagonist in the next new pokemon game

THIS is how you do nostalgia. Not just constantly bringing back Kanto with Red and Blue, but by giving attention to ALL the regions.

If I understood the “main” part right, Trainer M and Trainer F lost their starters, met the other’s, and went some of their journey with them, before finding each other again.

Yes, I did also notice a solid 30% of all main characters ever appearing.

“It’s enough to make a grown man cry, and that’s okay”

This is an amazing song! Thank you for making all of our memories look so beautiful!

2:14 I’ve heard someone mention the Subway Bosses, but no one seems to have mentioned the Battle Chatelaines yet, though it goes to show how much effort was put into this even having lesser known characters as them

LET ME SEE THE LIKES I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS WAS A MASTERPIECE

1:00 that transition of Cheren and Bianca growing up hit my childhood really hard, gen 5 is sooooooo good

I really love that sequence at 0:47 where silhouettes of every Game Protagonists you played as run-pass through the building in the background.

One word: Perfection

This animation is absolutely outstanding and the music is really really good!

Me: *sees this*
Also me: “Where tf did I put my Pokémon games?”

This is the closest you’ll get to a Pokemon Adventures anime and it hurts me.

Girl: Chilling with Pikachu

Guy: *_S h a n k s_** Eevee*

“We made a music video”
Me thinking: its probs a cute song n stuff
“Bump of the chicken”
Me who played tales of the abyss and watches BBB: WHAT!!? NO WAY OMG!!! POGGERS!!!
Besides that, the animation did a number on my nostalgic memories, Heck I might as well fainted after watching this amazing vid.

Seeing all the protagonists I’ve played as, the rivals I’ve fought, the Pokemon I’ve raised, and everything else….man that hit me.

I’m a grown man, but I’ll admit, I’ve been letting some happy tears out.

Thanks for everything and more, Pokemon. And thanks Bump of Chicken; that was beautiful!

Man the shot of the Sun/Moon crew happy and doing Z moves followed up by the iconic stare down between N and Hilbert is just perfect

I want another series like origins but just have a protagonist that is not ash and with this banger as the opening.

Dude this hit me WAY harder than it should, i still remember when i first play pokemon yellow and I’ve been playing every single game since then and i will do it till my life allows it

Y’all childhood ever flash by your eyes in 3 minutes and 14 seconds?

Imagine this being a trailer for the 9th generation, I’d cry even more.

I’m just glad N got his little moment.
He is the absolute best character in the history of the games, but I feel he somehow gets forgotten and overlooked.

Best moments:
0:50 Champions transition
0:59 Black and White friends growing up (Signifies the second game)
1:02 Greninja blocking Mewtoo’s attack.
1:08 That smooth Hilda-N-Hilbert transition (Also shows how serious those games were).
1:11 Wally challenges you one final time before the elite four.
1:13 The original *Green* team, completed with the smug look. Also right after this you can see Red fighting with Blastoise, which continues the theme that Green chose the type advantage Pokemon.
1:39 Team Yell is surrounding Marnie.
1:41 That brothers transition OH MAH GAWD

This was a masterpiece.

I feel like its only right to have the two “main characters” of this video be the main characters for the next games…

“That’s how this all began” 😌
^ Thanks to Pokémon I started gaining interest in Japan. Since I was 12years old it was my dream to visit Japan someday, and now I am working in Japan and living my dream ❤️

This song is so beautiful 💕

I love the little details like Hop doing his signature warm up thing where he claps his face

1:15 , That Gold vs Red fight brought back so many memories. When I was five I used stay up all night to grind and mix and match Pokemon, so that I would have the perfect team to battle Red. That scene specifically shows how I felt the battle was going inside my head. I hope we get a remake, I want my five year old self to rise to the surface once again.

Can we just stop and appreciate Rie Matsumoto
for being an absolute QUEEN when it comes to Directing and Storyboarding because this entire vid is amazing and hits me right in the kokoro 🥺💕💕💕

i hate when ppl are like “omg im crying” in comments but this genuinely made my eyes water

Love every second of this MV, this bring out the inner child in me. In recent years, I’ve found Pokémon to be less appealing to me due to life circumstances. But this video, this is absolutely amazing, that nostalgic feeling that this video give is powerful.

I hope that the next main title will stared this two ‘Main Characters’.

I apologize, for my terrible english.
Also, I need that quirky Eevee in my life.(*^ω^*)

Therapist:Pokemon masters anime opening doesn’t exist it can’t save you

Pokemon Masters anime:

Can’t even express how absolutely stunningly insane this animation is

This entire song, as me and a friend of mine has came to understand with this song, is a love letter to Pokemon. Not just the series, but to the fans. Seeing as it’s almost the 25th anniversary of Pokemon, this came at a perfect time.

2:05 dkw, but that professor oak’s facial expression make me tear up little bit :’)

Imagine those two kids we see through out the video are going to be the character spites for gen 9

The nostalgia hit harder than I thought. I feel like gonna cry right now.

Pokemon… you can do things extremely well when you want to… You’ve reminded me why 19 years after the first time I played one of your games, i still love the saga like that first time.

I cried whenever I saw bump of chicken created a song for Pokémon. I’m so happy!!!

1:43 can’t help but picture myself in that scene

1:08 the memories are flashing back! This was absolutely stunning!

1:03 serena and greninja! That’s kinda strange and random but I love it

Make POKEMON ADVENTURES CANON

This is the first time full protagonists are animated

The transition from the black and white female protagonist, to N and Reshiram, and then the male protagonist and Zekrom…..that hit some emotional feels

“Do you think we can put the entire franchise of Pokémon in under three minutes!?”
Me: No
“Would you like to!?”

Me: I want this anime!

Whole people on earth : ME T00!!!!!

I can’t remember how many times I’ve rewatched this now.

It really was nice seeing all these timeless characters portrayed officially again after growing up with them many years ago.

This video Literally cured everything. It encapsulated every reason why I fell in love with pokemon in the first place and this is just an amazing way to wrap it up and show who far we’ve come.

The way the gym leaders are ordered are based on type advantages

This literally could be about a different game series and it still wont be the as good

Still waiting for the Adventures anime adaptation, but this…. This can tide me over for the time being.

I can’t begin to explain how much I cried watching this. Ive rewatched this too many times to count. Everything’s all beautiful and nostalgic, its so amazing. Takes me back to when I first got Pokemon Black seeing all the Unova characters.

Only the Evil Teams can deslike this.. c’mon, this is gorgeous

Pokemon ×BUMP OF CHICKEN＝∞

To someone who has been playing all of these games for literally their whole life… this video is everything.

THE 4 KIDS WALKING ON A RAILROAD IS A REFERENCE TO THE SHOW THE PROTAGONISTS MOM WAS WATCHINGG ON THE TV….THIS IS TRULY A MASTERPIECE

this video is a love letter for everyone that grew up playing pokemon, so many references…

My heart hurts holy shit

They paid homage to Red vs Gold.

THERE ARE NO WORDS IN GOD’S GREEN EARTH TO DESCRIBE HOW SPECTACULARLY ERECT I AM

This is what Pokémon always made me feel yet something that The Pokémon company always failed to deliver, :<

I have a question: where are the Frontier Brains?

1:15 – 1:20 Red vs Gold on Mt. Silver! I’m crying!!!!

This… IS THE BEST SONG IF EVER SAW IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

THis thing made me nostalgic entirely. I’ve seen every generations of Pokémon, I played every generations and I sure caught them all everytime. Seeing trainers like N and Red roaming here and there, Lillie having fun while not struggling with Nebby, Blue looking almighty or even Cynthia badass as usual. Mewtwo’s introductory in this vid is by far one of the most well animated sequence of it appearing imo in all its franchise history nearly.

This also feels emotional, as an avid anime fan, seeing Bump of Chicken, one of my favorite japanese bands (Kekkai Sensen/ Blood Bloackade Battlefront anime fan here as well) make this song, puts down the core value they put in each of their songs. This collab is just too good to be true.

We walk along the path to our future, a bright one. We defeated every obstacles along the way, however long it takes to go past them, we succeeded into overcoming them. Along our journey, we met friends that came and went that same path. Some branched off of us, some sticked to us, some remained memories of the past, but also shaped our future.

I’m crying, this video’s too much for me to handle.

Why am I, a grown ass man crying at this?

Pokemon out here making the best opening for an anime that doesn’t exist

Lyrics (Romaji):

toumei yori mo kirei na ano kagayaki wo tashikame ni ikou

sou yatte hajimattan da yo tama ni wasureru hodo tsuyoi riyuu

tsumetai ame ni nureru toki wa ashioto kurabe sawagi nagara ikou

taiyou no kawari ni uta wo kimi to boku to sekai no koe de

itsuka kimi wo mitsuketa toki ni kimi ni boku mo mitsukete morattan da na

ima me ga aeba warau dake sa kotoba no sotogawa de

gooru wa kitto mada dakedo mou shinu made itai basho ni iru

tonari de (tonari de) kimi no soba de tamashii ga koko da yo tte sakebu

naitari warattari suru toki kimi no inochi ga yureru toki

dare yori (chikaku de) tokutouseki de boku mo onaji you ni iki wo shiteitai

Oh Yeah! Yeah! Woah…

donna saigo ga matteiyou to mou hanasenai te wo tsunaida yo

tonari de (tonari de) kimi no soba de tamashii ga koko ga ii to sakebu

soshite riyuu ga hikaru toki bokura wo riyuu ga dakishimeru toki

dare yori (chikaku de) tokutouseki de boku no mita kimi wo kimi ni tsutaetai

kimi ga iru koto wo kimi ni tsutaetai

sou yatte hajimattan da yo

sou yatte hajimattan da yo

Ik that the four boys in the beginning are a reference to the gen 1 game, but is it also from Stand By Me?

I like how professor oak is looking at them all like “yeah, I ship this”

Wow, loved it!!

My eyes:I’m tired
My brain:We need a rest
My finger:PLS STOOPP!!
My heart:STOP BEATING SOO FASTT!!!
Me:Lets replay it again for a 275 times.

i’m not crying you are,, in all honesty this somehow made me feel a huge burst of nostalgia and it made me get in my feels not gonna lie I kinda got emotional this is so beautiful i’ve grown up with Pokémon even if it’s just a game anime and cards it always had a special place in my heart ive has every game and beat every game I honestly have a huge attachment with Pokémon it is and always will be one of my favorite franchises and will always be in my heart 😢

i’ve listened to this 10 time’s 😣

I was trying to remember why it started with an animated version of stand by me and then I remembered from the very first moments of the very first game: there is a movie playing on the tv. 4 boys are walking down the railroad tracks.

This movie gives me a lot of energy!!!!!!

In case you missed it, there’s so many little easter eggs that I’ll list some here. Feel free to add more!
0:27 – every frame has all the gym leaders/elite four/trial captains of each type from every region
0:37 – a bit hard to see, but I think each shadow is a legendary from all the past regions
0:44 – all the evil team’s leaders
0:47 – all the main characters from the main series
0:51 – all the champions and their signature pokemon ofc, including alder hi-5ing iris because he passed the torch
0:58 – all your peers/rivals
1:15 – the red vs gold battle on mt. silver
2:04 – all the professors (lmao elm)
2:07 – all the adorable starters
2:15 – even the subway captains from unova, and images of the expansion pass areas (tower of darkness, dojo, etc)
2:36 – credits show the other side of the projector/couch that we saw at 0:24
this hits so hard as someone who’s been playing since the beginning. absolutely nostalgic

We didn’t get gen 4 remake announcement, but atleast we got this masterpiece

Bump of chicken is perfect　
oh yeah ah

1:09 I realized this about the games. I’m so hyped tho

I love how Pikachu and Eevee have the same faces throughout the whole entire music video

This song really feels like the crinkles in the corners of one’s eyes when they’re looking fondly at someone they really love 🥺😭💗

this has me in tears. It’s not sad, but the level of animation and nostalgia, it’s enough to make a grown man cry, and that’s ok.

I swear im gonna cry-
Also i cant stop rewatching this video. Especially where all the players show up and the champions(my fav is Serena battling Mewtwo with Greninja) bwt love the video!!

This video really makes me want to tear up from all the nostalgia. Admittedly, I have been falling out the pokemon franchise a bit.. but this video made me remember why I loved it so much in the first place. Memorable and inspirational characters, adorable pokemon, waiting excitedly for the release of a new game, talking to friends about it at school–they’re all things that Pokemon made possible. Pokemon brought joy into my life when I was feeling the most down and helped me meet people that I would not have been able to meet any other way. I’m so so grateful to have grown up with this franchise, I really don’t know what my life would look like without it.

Much like Zelda before it, Pokemon has built an expansive world that only lacks depth and development. Please make the world of Pokemon feel as rich and lived in as BotW has made Zelda!

0:12 This road looks like a good place to hatch eggs.

If it was an anime who’s gonna coming soon, i can’t imagine how that will be so hyped because this video make me happy.😊

I needed this in 2020, I think I have emotions again.

Man, the visual👀, the song🎶, the energy💥, the nostalgia🧠, everything is perfection 10/10 💯👍👍👍💥🤯🔥❤️⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

We need an anime with those two as protagonists ASAP

Pokemon Generation, Twilight Wings and now this …
No doubt, Pokemon Spin-offs / OAVs are better than the official series.

I’m obsessed. This song is my favourite. It makes me so happy.

They came up with the band’s name in middle school.
At that time they thought “BUMP means counterattack and CHICKEN means the weak.”

The first song they played was “Stand By Me” at the school festival.

The band was formed on February 11, 1996, just two weeks before the release of the first Pokémon.

It’s fate that this music video was made!

Man I’m almost crying for nostalgia, the scenes with the coaches and the parts with unova omg that is beautiful

There’s something about this video that I just can’t explain: whether you’re a pokemon fan who’s played every single Nintendo game, a fan who only really follows the anime/manga, a card or pokemon toy collector… Whether you’ve been a fan since gen 1 or gen 6, are 25 and still following the fandom or fell of a few years ago… this video pays tribute to all the generations and our favourite characters. And MY GOODNESS the MUSIC 😍😭 I got a blast of nostalgia, happiness, excitement and depression all at once😂 So much has changed in pokemon but it’s core magic of bringing ppl together and imparting joy into our lives, has stayed the same♥️

LYRICS

Toumei yori mo kirei na
Ano kagayaki wo tashikame ni ikou
Sou yatte hajimattan da yo
Tama ni wasureru hodo tsuyoi riyuu

Tsumetai ame ni nureru toki wa
Ashioto kurabe sawagi nagara ikou
Taiyou no kawari ni uta wo
Kimi to boku to sekai no koe de

Itsuka kimi wo mitsuketa toki ni
Kimi ni boku mo mitsukete morattan da na
Ima me ga aeba warau dake sa
Kotoba no sotogawa de

Gooru wa kitto mada dakedo mou shinu made itai basho ni iru
Tonari de (Tonari de) kimi no soba de
Tamashii ga koko da yo tte sakebu
Naitari warattari suru toki kimi no inochi ga yureru toki
Dare yori (Chikaku de) tokutouseki de
Boku mo onaji you ni iki wo shiteitai
Oh yeah, yeah, woah

Donna saigo ga matteiyou to mou hanasenai te wo tsunaida yo
Tonari de (Tonari de) kimi no soba de
Tamashii ga koko ga ii to sakebu
Soshite riyuu ga hikaru toki
Bokura wo riyuu ga dakishimeru toki
Dare yori (Chikaku de) tokutouseki de
Boku no mita kimi wo kimi ni tsutaetai
Kimi ga iru koto wo kimi ni tsutaetai

Sou yatte hajimattan da yo
Sou yatte hajimattan da yo
Oh yeah, yeah, woah

Imagine an entire Pokémon battle animated by Bones.

This piece of art is surely the best thing the pokemon license had ever created.

1:04 I believe that’s ASH greninja against mewtwo

the animation is so amazing I’m in tears

the part where Moon and Lillie do the z-move pose and Morpeko putting its paws on Marnie so she smiles is so cute

You’re watching this again? Seriously??

Well…

I can’t blame ya, welcome back

I am still pretty new to pokemon series, and I don’t have as many memories with it as you guys (I am following this series since sun and moon) but I hope that I will make a ton of good memories in the next years with coming generations

An anime were the two protags at the start go through all gens, they leave home at 10 but they start on oppisite sides of the world till they eventually meet in galar at age 18 and win the league and become the first and youngest pokemon masters to beat all generations

*This is why Japanese people live a long life.*

How many times do I have to repeat this song? I been listening since the release.

When I saw Black and White.
That’s when I couldn’t hold back my tears…

My boss just asked if i was ok, that i sounded tired.

I told him, “I’m fine i was just crying over the Pokemon music video.”

Needless to say he was very confused.

Bump of chicken always give the nostalgic feeling, this anime style suits well, watching this music video made me feel childhood adventure back in the days when first generation pokemon come out on tv i’m gonna cry 🙁

“The day i found you, you found me too”
Damn this line hits me hard. It make me remember my 1st encounter with my shiny zubat (now crobat) in fire red. She is my 1st shiny i ever encounter and i remember how im VERY happy that i found in the next gen she can evolve. And ever since i always transfer her to newest pokemon game whenever i can aford to buy and always use her on my champion team, now she is stuck in my 3ds and i dont even know if i can transfer her to any switch pokemon game.

Am I the only ones who’s heart hurt when they say how dead N’s eyes look at 1:09? I felt so bad

Pokemon’s like that friend you were really close to when you were young, but you, unfortunately, drift apart as you both grow up. But you hope one day you can both be on the same page again.

1:12 When Brendan defeated Wally near Victory Road exit :’)

better animation than sun and moon, he looks like son of ash

This song tells me this:
No matter how much the games droo in quality, it’s stuff like this that will fuel my love for Pokemon for years to come.
Thank you, Bumb of Chicken.

This reaffirms my faith that Pokemon still has the potential to be amazing.

congratulations for trending

“4 boys walking in the railroad tracks..”
Time to get going!
damn nostalgia…

Who else loved it when all the professors and starters appeared together?
I really hope that future pokemon games will be as good as this video

“There’s a movie on TV. Four boys are walking on railroad tracks. …I’d better go, too”

25 years of being a pokemon fan, this was one of the first dialogues of the franchise, so happy they mentioned it.

When Hop slapped his cheeks and turned into Leon. Dont know why but that was like my fav part, either that or Hilbert and N with reshiram and Zekrom lookin all serious.

Okay, so it’s been 4 days and I’m still crying T-T

After thinking about it more, I think my favorite part of this is the Professors.
Professor Oak’s expression as he watches the Avatars (effectively meant to represent _us)_ can best be described as “You kids have come a long way. I’m so proud of you.”

The animation in this video is insane! Seeing all the trainers and Pokemon from all the Pokemon Gens gives me so much nostalgia and shows how far we’ve come as Pokemon trainers! 😌

This took me back to when I was a kid choosing a random Aron I found in a pokespot over my starting Eevee in Gale of Darkness. God I am so grateful for pokemon being there when I was younger. I really needed it to take my mind off of rough times then, and even now. I legit hope I get to contribute to working on anything pokemon one day <3

個人的に1:03からのサンムーンの明るくてポップな感じから、ブラックホワイトの暗くてクールな感じに切り替わるの好きすぎる。
完全にそこら辺ド世代だから、ストーリーの真逆さは身に染みて感じるし、他のどの部分を切り取っても制作陣の方々の愛が伝わってくる。
歌詞とも相まって泣けてくるし、BUMPさんの暖かくて優しい歌声と音楽に包み込まれるような感じがほんともう…。

またポケモンやろう。

Oh gods Nostalgia just punched me in the face with the force of 24 years.

ここ数年のポケモンはプレイしてしませんでしたが、コロナ自粛中にクリアしていなかったブラック2を再開。まんまとハマってしまった大人です。話題になっていたのでこの動画を観にきて、子供時代にプレイしていたことを一気に思い出しました。放課後、ポケモンしたさに宿題を片付けました。友達と家に集まってポケモンバトルをしたり、好きな子とポケモン交換をして仲良くなれました。父親に頼んで初めて行ったイベントがポケモンドームでした。ポケモンと共に成長してきたなあと実感しました。人生はまだまだ冒険だなと気づかせてくれました。動画に登場する沢山のポケモンと登場人物。世界はまだまだ広がっていくのだと嬉しく思います。たくさん愛に溢れた動画をありがとうございました。

ちょうど受験の不安で余裕なくなって目先のことしか考えられなくなってたから、あぁ、そういえば幼稚園の頃からポケモン好きだったなって、ただそれだけで無意識に涙が出ていました。
何回聞いたか分からない、この時間を勉強に充てろと言われたらその通りだけど、決して無駄ではないかけがえのない時間だということは間違いないです。あーまた泣きそう

“And that’s… how this all began”

*sobbing uncontrollably*

The memories are leaking out… I can’t help but tear up when I saw all the professors in one place.

Damn those Greninjas cutting onions in the background.

This animation isn’t just a Kanto nostalgia trip for Gen 1 fans— it’s an entire JOURNEY through OVER TWO DECADES OF GAMES.

It’s both a thank you to all Pokemon fans, no matter when you got into the series, and a love letter to the developers.

Seriously, the developers at Game Freak have spent so much of their lives pouring their energy and love into this series, crafting these characters and designing these video games that we the players have put so many hours into, leveling our party, beating gym leaders, and completing the Pokedex, meeting so many new people and friends in real life along the way. To anyone who works and has ever worked on Pokemon, this video is for you.

Everyone who watches this will resonate with it in some way. We all have a memories of these games.
Trading with your friends over the Link Cable on the playground.
Spending long nights in your room leveling up on Golbat on Victory Road.
Climbing Mt Silver and seeing Red for the first time.
Using 500 repels in the ocean routes to avoid Tentacool.
Stealing your friend’s flags in the Sinnoh Underground.
Standing on Driftveil Bridge just to listen to the music.
Beating Diantha easily with your Mega Evolved Pokemon lol

I guarantee that everyone of us has met a friend through playing these games, and no matter how many years pass and even if you drift apart, you will still share that bond through these games.

Whether you’ve been playing every single game since the Gameboy in the 90s, or you picked up Ruby and Sapphire on your GBA or Diamond and Pearl on your DS back in grade school, or got back into the series when XY came out on the 3DS or when Sword and Shield came out on the Switch, or even just downloaded and played an emulator of Firered and Leafgreen back in school— this video is for you.

Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar: These regions aren’t just areas in a series about capturing and battling and trading little creatures— these are real places in our memory, where we all spent a part of our lives as kids in some way or another. In a way, these places are part of us…

Our childhood.

ALSO THEY REMEMBERED EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO

THE FOUR BOYS ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS FROM THE BEGINNING OF RED AND BLUE

MARLON CRASHER WAKE CLEMENT WATTSON LT SURGE BERTHA WULFRIC CANNDICE BRYSON MALVA CHILI THE ROCK TYPES ROXIE JANINE EVERY SINGLE GYM LEADER AND ELITE FOUR CHARACTER FROM RED AND BLUE TO SUN AND MOON

EVERY TRAINER CHARACTER FROM EACH GAME

I love that every single generation gets attention!

LANCE STEVEN WALLACE CYNTHIA IRIS ALDER DIANTHA

THE RIVALS ROSA AND HUGH LUCAS AND BARRY THE XY FRIENDS CHEREN HILDA AND BIANCA FADING INTO CHEREN NATE AND BIANCA AAAAAAAAA

MEWTWO VS SERENA AND GRENINJA FROM XANDY

THE SUN AND MOON CHARACTERS
N!
SILVER!!
WALLY!!!
BLUE!!!!
RED!!!!!

EVERY SINGLE SWORD AND SHIELD TRAINER
THE PROFESSORS (KUKUI AND ELM IN THE BACK LMAOO) AND EVERY STARTER POKEMON

BILLBOARDS OF THE BATTLE SUBWAY BROS AND THE BATTLE MAISON SISTERS
THE BATTLE TOWER THE BATTLE TREE THE BATTLE FRONTIER YEAH BABY 100 WIN STREAK LETS GOOOO

ポケモンと出会ったのは20年前、僕の日本へ留学する原動力でもある。
そして、言語学校に在学する期間、BOCを知り、彼らにハマった。
このコラボを見ると、ほんまに泣いてしまった。
自分が辿り着いた人生を振り返るとも不思議って感じがする。
今もポケモンに関する研究をやっているって。(笑)

Did they just reveal the next Pokémon Professor’s name?

The part where Lillie and Moon did the Normalium Z just hit me so hard in the heart. Moon was my first game and I remember when I would just randomly do the Z poses in my room thinking I was actually doing them.

This two and a half minutes videoclip takes you on a whole journey.

Pokemon Co.: “Wish our animes were more like Digimon”

Also, Let’s Go to Johto confirmed?

Even if your a veteran that doesn’t like newer games. The Pokémon franchise is great for children and creating awesome memories!

I’ve never put together that the Red and Blue version were referencing “Stand By Me” as the movie on the television. Absolutely fitting <3

everyone wants a pokemon anime with a new older cast, not ash getting younger.

The biggest pokemon battle of all time between GOLD and RED at 1:15

Wait a second, bump of chicken is the band that did the opening and ending songs for “blood blockade battlefront”. I loved those songs’ and now I can add this to the list of songs that these guys have written that I like. This song makes me feel so nostalgic, and makes me want to replay my favorite games from the series.

ok but the “gotcha” is onscreen at 2:31, which is exactly 151 seconds into the video to represent the original 151 pokemon, either that or a really cool coincidence

It makes me happy that this includes people like me who haven’t been here since day 1, and tells me that no matter when you started, everyone is included.

This might be the closest we ever get to seeing Red vs Gold animated.

This video made me realize that, your never too old for Pokémon.

I love the designs and attitudes of those two new characters that were shown, and I’d love to see them in a Pokemon game, maybe one where the protagonist is more adolescent/teenage than child (as highly unlikely as that is). I think it could make for an interesting premise and/or a fun shake to the usual formula. Also that animation was just gorgeous, and I loved every bit of it.

First time, I dont know this song for pokemon. Just randomly hear in spotify and i like it so much 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

there are no words that could possibly let me express how stunning this entire mv is

They would make a teen manga with the characters.

That scene near the end with Professor Oak got me..

I think that part at the end where the two are walking together after being reunited with the their Pokémon has a lot of symbolism, particularly with the hats. They’re both symbolic of champions, one being Red’s hat from gen 1 and the other being Leon’s hat from gen 8. I think it’s meant to show that this video is an homage not only to all of Pokémon, but also to all Pokémon fans, whether you’re just joining in or have been around since the beginning.

This hits particularly hard with me since, in a way, I’m a bit of both. I was born in 2001, so I couldn’t see it’s birth, but Pokémon has basically always been a part of my life. However, I really fell out of Pokémon around the middle of gen 5. From that point it was always kind of on my radar, but I never paid too much attention. But, in February of 2019, the Pokémon Direct that announced gen 8 changed all of that. I saw a glimpse of a new world to fall into with new people and new Pokémon. I had never touched the games, even as a kid, but I knew instantly that I was buying it. While I ultimately wasn’t blown away by what Sword had to offer, it did help me to fall in love with Pokémon all over again, and that’s an experience I wouldn’t trade for the world.

BUMP OF CHICKEN talked about “GOTCHA” on the radio yesterday.They said when they saw this MV they were so moved that they cried.

One of them, Hideo, somehow chose Grookey in Shield. As he evolved,he started playing the drums. Actually, Hideo is also a drummer.🤣🤣 Hideo was surprised ,but He was very affectionate with Rillaboom.

Let’s get this to 10 million views

When cheren and bianca grew up, i felt it

I like how they clearly gave that Eevee a jolly nature and the Pikachu – well, I think – a sassy nature.There’s so much little detail in this video, everytime I watch it I discover more from every generation. I’m so grateful that I was born being able to play all the Pokemon generations starting with Blue & Red when I was in Elementary school. Man what a journey it was so far and hopefully there will be much more for all of us to explore in the future. Thank you Nintendo for making us live this Pokemon adventure <3

“Acacia”, the name of a type of tree. *WANTS TO SEE THE PROFESSOR NAMED ACACIA*

Legit only criticism I can fathom of this is that they use zooming into character’s eyes too often, but that’s just nitpicking. Legitimately amazing video, and the artist knew how to make specific moments of it pop out so even an untrained eye would pay attention to certain details

This reminds me why I still love Pokémon.

Sign your petition here:
“To make a Pokemon Shonen Anime”😊

watching this now, as a kid who only started showing an interest into pokémon a little over a year ago, makes me wish i grew up with pokémon starting on the game boy

No one:when you’re happily listening to this and N’ looks at you with eyes
and you remember his back story and sad background music
😭😭😭😭😭but its still perfect❤️❤️❤️

Me first time listening to this: definitely not jamming this
Me after listing for the 10th time: 😭😭beautiful😭😭

This song represents the phrase “It isn’t about the adventure, it’s about the friends you made on the way.”

I love this. Never in my life have I cried while on YouTube.

I wonder if the trainers with Pikachu and Eevee are the protagonists from Let’s Go.

Someone make a petition for for this time become a manga/anime

There’s a movie on TV. Four boys are walking on railroad tracks. …I’d better go, too.

I don’t know why they disabled the liked and disliked, I would’ve liked this video multiple times.

They need to make this an anime , especially after the overwhelming positive support on this. I think it’d be a great idea.

Also, just realized:

1:44
Sw/Sh’s trainer number is 227.
Pokémon Red and Green (the original Japanese releases) were released February 27th, 1996

The cast is perfect
Bones.inc(notable works Full Metal Alchemist, My Hero Academia,etc) did the animation

Bump of Chicken did the music.

Yuki Hayushi(notable works, My Hero Academia,Gundam, Pokemon Series 2019(2020), Erased,etc) did character sketch and

Rie Matsumoto as director.

Their collaboration made this video possible

I’ve been a pokemon fan for at least a decade. Ive played every game that has come out and enjoyed all of them equally. Pokemon was always the warm place of my heart that stayed warm. This music is a love letter to the whole fanbase. Its like saying “To all of them who are here from the start, Thank you”. I cannot begin to appreciate just how much a single frame of the MV or a single moment of this MV made me feel. Thank you Tajiri Satoshi,Junichi Masuda,Shigeru Ohmori  and everyone who has been here and has given me games and more importantly memories i rejoice. From throwing poke balls to crying to MV’s with the sweet memories of Childhood and warmth. Thank you for bringing back the times were my once been father would sit with me and watch pokemon and watch me geek out with that curved smile on his face. Thank you for giving me an oppurtunity to say these and in all honesty, Thank you for making my life what it is💛. Thank you pokemon and all the creators and fanbase involved. Thank you💛

“We’re still a long way from where we want to go, but I could stay here the rest of my life,” is probably one of my favourite lines I’ve ever heard/read. The combination of it being shown with the champions is really beautiful because the player’s goal is to be champion, right? But I know, I, for one, could stay just adventuring through the region, capturing Pokémon and learning about all the fascinating people. It’s such a bittersweet line.

Alternative title: Depression be gone

This made my heart swell with such nostalgia. As someone who’s grown up with Pokemon since the release of gen 1, seeing all the recent games fall short of the standards I saw the franchise start out with really sucks. It’s kinda bittersweet knowing that we could be getting stuff like this normally instead of the same bare minimum crap they pump out every year. I still have hope that one day they’ll finally give us the game/anime we know they’re capable of producing, especially if it’s something like this!!

I love how almost every major character in the games get some screentime. All the scenes were awesome, but the one that stuck out for me the most was that in all the games you get to fight Mewtwo, they show Serena and Greninja doing it. Maybe it’s because even though gen 6 wasn’t the best for a lot of people it still has a special place in my heart since Y was the first pokemon game I played on the 3ds since Sapphire on the gameboy, so I’m happy my girl Serena got some love.

「騒ぎながら行こう」の歌詞でジムリーダー達がわいわいしてたり「太陽の代わりに」って歌詞でソルロックとルナトーン出したり「隣で君のそばで」って歌詞で主人公の隣にライバルとかいたり「誰より近くで」って歌詞でミツル君の憧れ表してたりその後の「特等席で」って歌詞でグリーン出てきたり「僕も同じように」って歌詞でシロガネ山でレッドとゴールド戦ってたりやばすぎんかこれ見れば見るほど泣いちゃうわ

Take notes Nintendo, This is how you appeal to nostalgia!

Do anyone remember those boys walking on the railroad
I felt a strong nostalgia
There’s a movie on TV
“Four boys walking on railroad track”
Better get going too.

I’m SO close to crying like a baby right now. None of that masculine “dust in my eye” rubbish, I’m fully about to blubber.
This reminds me of why so many of us loved, and still do love Pokémon, and I can’t thank you enough for it. And thanks for not forgetting about Silver! His little smile nearly broke me.
ONE MORE THING: If you look closely at 1:02 you’ll see Greninja slice a rock in two with his water shuriken to protect his trainer, a small but adorable detail!

We all have different genders, ideas, religions, skin tones, and ages. However, love for Pokémon is the same for everyone here because we are all Pokémon trainer!!!

Love the little detail at the end with the two hats. One is Red’s, one is Leon’s, symbolizing the past generations and the future. (Also the person in the credits is the male protagonists Mother. 0:24)

i love how one of the protagonists use the cap from Red and the other from Leon. it’s like the beginning and the last one

gamefreak, you better let an anime like that come on crunchyroll PLZ

ill eat you

C’mon why does Hop looks way more badass than the Game version

Video: Shows champions of each gen
Gen five champions: *hands*

This is where all the non toxic people in the Pokemon fandom will gather.

some of the cleanest examples of character design I’ve ever seen. Not getting a proper anime with these 2 is a crime against humanity.

The Pokémon franchise’s way of saying “we ain’t goin’ nowhere”.

They should animate the manga Pokemon Adventures with this artstyle

It still blows my freaking mind that Pokemon Co doesn’t center the anime around all of these amazing characters and also make it a little more mature. By mature I don’t mean adult or anything, just catering more to ALL AGES. They have all of these beloved characters and they don’t even use them.

Like imagine a long form series that switches between the perspectives of the protagonists and story lines that are all happening simultaneously on each region but also tie into one world-wide plot???? Red, Blue and Green/Leaf – Ethan and Lyra – Brendan and May – Dawn and Lucas – Hilbert/Nate and Hilda/Rosa – Serena and Calem – Selene and Elio – Victor and Gloria – All of them involved with their own story lines, interacting with their friends, rivals, professors, gym leaders and former champions, dealing with that region’s evil team, etc. Having each perspective tie into the overall narrative

And before anyone goes on about how expensive that would be – Pokemon is the *BIGGEST MEDIA FRANCHISE IN THE WORLD* – so I think they would be just fine.

Pokemon has so much more potential for amazing stories and shows than people give it credit for, and Pokemon Co doesn’t capitalize on that aspect of it. They just capitalize on selling games, cards, and merch. But a super well made series like that would bring in SO MUCH money to their games and merch. Merchandise makes up the vast majority of Pokemon’s profits, and the games and anime bring more customers into that. So a series like that would just be a massive advertising success

If everyone could watch their favorite characters more, it’s just makes them want to sink more and more into the franchise. That’s Pokemon Co’s problem right now. Their marketing is way too narrowly focused. It’s all Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo, Gen 1 stuff, Ash, and promoting the new games and cards. I get it – those things SELL and I don’t blame them for going for that – but if they just widened their focus a little bit and every now and then put the spotlight on the HUGE collection of other characters and products they’ve amassed over the years, they would make SO MUCH MORE MONEY. And I know they have the budget to do it in addition to all of the stuff they already focus on, which is what I really don’t understand

thanks for coming to my ted talk

I’ve only played a couple of Pokémon games, but seeing characters that can unite all generations of fans brings a tear to my eye

WHY ISNT THERE A POKEMON MOVIE CONNECTED TO THIS. POKEMON IS A BILLION DOLLAR FRANCHISE, MAKE A SERIOUSLY GOOD MOVIE

Damnit, why does this hit so hard? Is this what I get for playing every generation from Fire Red to Moon? This was the same feeling I got when I said goodbye to all my starters in each generation Charmander, Treeko, Turtwig, Totodile, Oshawott, Fenekin, Rowlet yet I feel like a failure as a trainer. All the bad choices I made, the amount of faints that I caused to my Pokemons, I truly am a failure as a trainer and yet I don’t stop as a new journey begins with Scorbunny and I already feel like a failure as a trainer. I want to go back and make a different choice, a different choice that didn’t involve me seeing my Pokemons faint due to my own stupidity but I can’t as all the cartridges are gone. What is this feeling? This feeling of completion yet so painful? Is this what regret feels like? Is this my punishment for doing the best I could for my Pokemons? Pathetic, I truly am a pathetic trainer…… But I’ll keep trying, I’ll trying and trying to make up for my mistakes and maybe one day I can forgive myself for my mistakes. Maybe I can start with this journey with Scorbunny

Pokémon Company don’t really let other animation studios animate their stuff mostly. But honestly, they should do it more often.

Imagine a fast-paced clusterfuck by Studio Trigger or a 3DCG show by Orange. The possibilities are literally endless.

Pokemon Youtubers: Here is the 69 min long breakdown of the Pokemon Special Music Video. My favorite is definitely Piers too cool to look at the camera at 1:36

泣ける。内容全部はわからないけど、小～中学生の時に赤緑を自分がやってて、剣盾を息子がやってるんだよ。同じ話題で盛り上がれるっていいね。

This is beautiful
I looked at this for 5 hours now

みんなわかってると思うけど、
“GOTCHA!”ってサトシがよく言ってる
『ゲットだぜ！』のことです。

この歌を聴いて、家族や友達やライバルなど、いろんな人を身近に感じてたけど、ほんとにかけがえのない存在だなぁと改めて思いました。
そしてポケモンがどれだけ大切な存在か気づかされました。
考えただけで自然と涙が出てきました。
本当に、側に居てくれてありがとう。
そして、1000万再生回数おめでとう🎉

何回も見たら普通感動って薄れるものだけど、Gotchaは見れば見るほど泣いてしまう…スルメみたいな感じがする。
なんなら動画見てなくてもアカシア口ずさんだだけでうるっとくるというか…本当にポケモンとBUMPには力があるんだなあと改めて実感できた！

Who’s watching this for the 100th time
👇

Finaly some respect for any other generation that isn’t gen 1!

I want a pokemon anime like this…Please- Nintendo, please.

If you watch the TV in Pokémon sun and moon they say that we see four men walking like in the beginning of the video

When pokemon ends, one of our significant memory of life also gets lost.
For those who were born after 1996, Pokemon is a matter of course, and for some people, it is a symbol of their childhood.

And when our reasons shine bright, embracing us in their light
「理由は光り、僕らは”その光の中で”理由に抱きしめられている」って訳語になっててすげぇって思った

大人になった今、夢の正体がどんなものだったとしても、光る理由と一緒に歩き続けたいなと強く思う

this is 24 years all boiled down to 2 and a half minutes. Time really does fly. Whether you don’t like the more recent games or not, Pokemon will always be a golden franchise, and I will keep play every gen that comes out. I really hope they do a series based around the games like the Special they did for the 1st gen Pokemon game, but combine them all into 1 complete story. The manga does a great job of it.
Will they do it, no. But one can dream

We love both Pokemon and I love BUMP OF CHICKEN.
Here’s how to sing “Acasia” in Japanese in our channel.

The best opening to an anime that doesn’t exist. Now I want a shounen almost romcom anime in this aesthetic.

i didn’t ask to be crying my eyes out as i get hit with so much nostalgia as i watch each gen go on by the screen and i am trying hard to pause it to see them all. i love this so much, just stumbling upon this made my night.

This video is the story of every Pokémon trainer.

This has got to be the most heartfelt thing I’ve ever seen connected to the Pokemon Franchise.

1:03 Serena is with a Greninja. Amourshipping confirmed.

I’ve been a Pokémon fan for as long as I can remember, I bought all the games and played them. I’m almost an adult and I literally cried when I watched this. It brought back so many memories from my first Pokémon game to the latest one I played, I started at sapphire and ended on sword and shield. I look forward to the many other Pokémon games that will be made.

Me looks at the vid: woah ten million views
Me: HOLD UP is tat me breaking the replay button?

Anyone else lost count of how many times they’ve watched this?

0:05 Reference to the TV before you start your journey in many of the regions when it says “There are four boys walking on railroad tracks”. This is actually also a reference of the movie Stand by me
0:24 This isn’t a reference to the Pokemon series, but the girl sleeping on the couch is also in the credits, just from the opposite angle
0:27 It shows gym leaders/elite four/trial captains (excluding Galar)by type in the order of: Water, Electric, Ground, Ice, Fire, Rock, Grass, Poison, Psychic, Ghost, Bug, Fairy, Dragon, Steel, Normal, Fighting, Flying
0:38 Shadows of all legendary Pokemon can be seen moving by at high speed (excluding Galar)
0:44 Shadows of all bad guy team leaders can be seen (excluding Galar)
0:48 Shadows of all main series player characters can be seen running by (excluding Galar and Remakes)
0:51 All Champions can be seen, most of which with their partner (excluding Alola and Galar)
0:58 Rosa and Hugh can be seen, and shortly after Lucas and Barry
1:00 The rivals in Pokemon X and Y, outside of Callum/Serena
1:01 Evolution of characters between Black/White and Black 2/White 2
1:02 Serena with a Greninja fighting Mewtwo
1:05 Friends, Rivals and Player Characters from Sun/Moon, as well as Cosmog (Nebby)
1:08 Hilda, N, and Hilbert along with Reshiram and Zekrom
1:11 Silver and his team can be seen
1:12 Brendan/May encountering Wally on the final battle of Victory Road in Hoenn
1:13 Blue and his team
1:16 The Ethan Vs. Red fight on top of Mt. Silver at the end of the Johto games
1:23 Kyogre’s shadow can be seen, and shortly after Groudon’s
1:32 The gym leaders of Galar can be seen in order, as well as Leon at the end
1:39 Rivals from Galar can be seen
1:44 Victor/Gloria can be seen with a gmax Cinderace fighting Leon’s gmax Charizard
1:55 Zacian and Zamazenta can be seen on the screen above the characters, sleeping on top of each other in Slumbering Weald
2:03 All Pokemon Professors can be seen on the screen above the characters
2:06 All starter Pokemon jump in front of the professors and can be seen on the screen
2:14 Multiple references can be seen here. The first is that the main characters of the video are wearing Red’s and Leon’s hats. On the left screen are the subway captains from Unova, and the right are the Battle Chatelaines. After this the screens show areas from the Sw/Sh expansion pass, such as the Dojo and the Big Tree in the Crowned Tundra
2:24 Mew is seen flying by
2:36 The other side of the couch is seen, and the girl is still sleeping on the couch, and there is a Yamper next to her
Jeez they put so much time into this video, there’s animation like every 3 frames, and it gives me so much Nostalgia. Honestly, I think they should’ve saved this for something more important than a Crowned Tundra announcement.

reposting someone else timestamps because I can’t find there comment.

0:55 Iris and Alder high five. I didn’t see this before, it’s like a passing of the baton. I love it.

This may not be specifically geared towards the the Pokemon Special adventure books. but the feels hit all the same.

Plot Twist:

Piers was the one singing the entire time.

When the Pokémon MV doesn’t start in Kanto:

Me: N U T

I thought i’m the only one who cried but everyone did.

It kind of annoys me that Pokémon has THIS kind of potential and this is how EXACTLY how Pokémon would have been if they made an anime of each of the original protagonists and not just the same old 11 year old boy Ash.

This is why I love Pokémon, they never forget everything they’ve done

こんなに素晴らしい映像と

素晴らしい唄が合わさって

感動しないわけがない

0:04

There’s a movie on TV.

Four boys are walking on railroad tracks

I better go, too.

My childhood memories are coming out.

This song gave me chills and made me feel nostalgic

Yoooo, imagine if they would make a slice of life pokemon anime with this art style that would be so EPIC xD.

Lyrics (English version):

Let’s go, a crystal clear light is waiting for us. That’s how this all began, with a reason so bright that it could make us forget.

Even in the pouring rain, we still stomp and shout to see who’s the loudest.

We can keep singing without the sun, from your voice, from my voice, the world sings as one.

The day that I found you, you found me, too. Now whenever our eyes meet, our laughter says more than our words.

We’re still a long way from where we want to go, but I could stay here for the rest of my life.

Next to you (next to you), here by your side, my soul cries out that this is where I belong.

Through tears, through laughter, through good times or bad, I want you (next to me) in the good seats, our breaths in perfect harmony.

No matter what fate awaits us, I’ll take your hand in mine and never let go.

Next to you (next to you), here by your side, our souls cry out that this is where we belong.

And when our reasons shine bright, embracing us in their light, I want you to see how you look in my eyes, next to me (next to me) in the good seats…

I want you to know that you’re here. That’s how this all began….

Hope you guys enjoy :).

幼稚園のときに初めてしたゲームはポケモンで、そこから大学生になる今までずっとやり続けていて。アニメや映画も見てきていて。ポケモンのグッズも買ったりして。私はポケモンと共に過ごしてきて、愛情も深い。
だからコメント欄を見てると、「ポケモンって愛されてるんだなー」と思って嬉しくなった。
これからどれだけ年老いても、ポケモンを好きな気持ちは忘れたくない。

I clicked on this cause I was bored.

I’m glad I was bored.

Other legendaries shown here:

Imposing and mysterious shadows casted upon a building going by quite fast, very menacing

Zacian and Zamazenta:

*Sleeping under a bush together in the middle of the city while being filmed and broadcasted on a large screen*

1人の再生回数が1日1回っていうルールなければもう1億再生いっとるやろこれ

its less “stop making cartoon for children” and more like “stop treating children as if they had no brain and only doing anime to push sales for toys”

This would be the perfect pokemon anime…

Being 23 years old and seeing this, realizing that I have lived those stories for at least 17 years is simply epic, remembering the first time you fought Blue, being Eco and defeating Red, fighting Wally on the road to victory, See to Bianca and Cheren grow up in black and white 2, the meeting of the protagonist vs N, The mewtwo in XY until today … it’s just nice to remember that.

theory: these are the new protagonists of ether a new game or anime or both

Can we get a series of this because this is something i think a lot of people would watch. I am included i a lot of people

The amount of DETAIL into EVERY single frame of animation is AMAZING. I wanna just go through this frame by frame.
The amount of references too, laid out by the helpful comment section is just crazy. It really goes to show how much Pokemon fans really care for Pokemon, and It’s a wonderful sight

The two new trainers look like they would be black & white 3 protagonists

Ever since this video came out, I’ve been trying to pinpoint why exactly this MV brings me to tears every time I watch it. I think I’ve finally found the reason why.
I’m a solid eighteen-year-old, and Pokemon has been in my life every since I was born, thanks to my sisters, who are 90’s babies. They brought Pokemon into my life, and I started my Pokemon life with Pokemon Blue on my purple Game Boy Colour (which still works to this day, surprisingly.)
Ever since then, it’s been Pokemon this, Pokemon that. I diligently watch the Anime; I have all of the games (between my sisters and me), even the side games. Hell, I even collect Pokemon cards.
I’ve been through all the stories and adventures of this series, and each one I’ve loved and held close to my heart, no matter the flaws or problems that come with them.
In the Pokemon world… we see that some characters, like those in this MV, grow up with a Pokemon by their side. The children grow, and (depending on the region) when they are old enough, they go on their own journey to face off against the Pokemon Gym Challenge, that same Pokemon by their side, growing and becoming stronger together.
And, just like that, Pokemon and their trainer watched each other grow… and the same happened with me, and the Pokemon Series.
Just like how Pokemon as a series has watched me grow, I too have watched it grow, from just above one hundred Pokemon to two hundred, to four hundred, and more, and more, and more. From the mechanics of every game that has changed and evolved, just like how I myself have changed and evolved from who I was, constantly growing, constantly learning.
This MV, which has a culmination of every story, every battle–from the first game to the latest… every character I have loved, and will continue to love… maybe that’s why it brings me to tears.
Every happy memory Pokemon has given me is reflected here, paired with gorgeous animation and music… being reminded of how much the series has truly been with me over the years.
It makes me remember how happy I was while anticipating these games, the memories of sharing information and speculating with fellow fans—the childishness of being excited for a new story.
I think… that’s the reason why I cry.

I like how they didn’t know how to include both genders of the protags so they just have one protag fade into the other making it look like they just suddenly changed genders.

imagine if they put as much effort as they do in the promo material in the current games…

To think that this all started because Professor Oak wanted to get laid.

This probably isn’t the first or last time you’ll hear this song.

Make an anime of every protagonist journey but not like origins

Pokemon didn’t die. They grew in our heart. Literally not crying.

I mean …. With Japan’s aging demographic, they sorta do need to make Pokemon a bit more mature for teens and young adults.

Many of us boomer Pokemon fans are also phasing out due to being an adult.

I’m a 24 year old man goddammit, why am I crying??

I really hope those character designs are used for something in the future cus they’re really nice

I’m starting to wonder whether or not the Pokémon Company should just focus on making an animated series with the same effort as this music video or keep pumping out less than mediocre games. It’s disappointing really that they put very little effort in good storytelling, gameplay, and animation. Tragic stuff.

I would totally wait 4 years for this to become an anime.

All I want in life is a 24-72 episode slice of life anime surrounding these two characters. Living in the world of Pokémon sounds just as interesting as going on an adventure, and when you’re with your friends and loved ones everyday is an adventure anyway.

それがドットから3dになったからなのか、自分が歳を重ねたからなのか、実際に何か変わったからなのかはわからないけど、「昔のポケモンと最近のポケモンは何か違う」っていう感覚がずっとあった。どこか切り離されてて、別々の存在っていう偏見と寂しさが。

ジムリーダーが一緒に描かれているのを見て、敵キャラや伝説幻が並んでいるのを見て、主人公たちが走っているのを見て、ポケモンの全てが1つのPVに納められているのを見て胸が熱くなりました。誰かに「これら全部がポケモンだ」って証明してもらえた気がして本当に嬉しかったです。
こんな奇妙な救われ方をしているのは僕だけかもしれませんが、この作品を作って下さった皆様に心からの感謝を捧げたいと思います。
ありがとうございました。

Somehow the fact they even added those immensely forgotten Battle Maison characters (Nita, Evelyn, Dana, and Morgan) on those last 6 screens hits me so hard. I completely forgot about them until now.

日英のバイリンガルなんだけど、この　君の命が揺れる時　っていう表現がすごくすごく好きで、なんかこうすごく胸にくるものがあった。秀逸な歌詞だなあ。けどこれは、日本人じゃないとわかんないかもしれない、これ英語にはならないなあ、どうすんだ、と思ったら、英語の字幕では、やっぱり訳されてなかった(いい時も、悪い時もみたいに訳されてた)。
日本語っていいなあと思った。

Seeing just a small glimpse of N makes me missing him even more.
I wish he came back.
He was one of the best characters in Gen 5.

Having played Pokemon since the beginning, this video truly reminded me of all the amazing times and memories I’ve had with it. Seeing all of the characters had me smiling from ear to ear, knowing that I’ve experienced their journeys throughout all of the games. Although I don’t actively play pokemon like I used to in my child/teenage years, it will always hold a special place in my heart and memories. Thank you Pokemon ❤️

For those saying they didn’t show the Dark Type specialists aside from Piers, slow down the playback and look closely at what pops up at the Ghost Type specialists; you can see their eyes.

I CANNOT KEEP COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES I’VE WATCHED THIS,, THE ANIMATION,, THE MUSIC,, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS VIDEO IS PERFECT AND MAKES ME TEAR UP,, GODKSLDKLKDKSS ;;;;

I’m crying so hard, my childhood i wish i could shed tears but i can’t *sniffs* Thanks Pokémon for making my childhood awesome despite all the things i’ve been through.

This is like an AMV.

Super Populer Opinion: Everyone wants to see a teenage version pokémon with this art style.

This brings back memories of getting soul silver for the first time and raging cause I could barely get to lance cause I didn’t know what a well balanced team was with a level 42 Pidgey I threw in the daycare and my level 60 feraligatr I abused the whole game

When Silver smiled, I felt that. Hands down best character progression of a villain. Tho Blue(Green) is better as a villain as he’s really down to stop you from being number 1 and is actually connects to you as a rival since birth.

Almost seems like Studio Bones wants to throw their hat into potentially animating a pokemon series.

I have 0 issues with that! Lessgo!!!!

BUMP of CHICKEN killed this, so good

We grow as one and whilst Ash does not we grow with him- and with each generation and new team we grow together- thanks you Gamefreak for my childhood

33 years old.
I’ve played 1st, 2nd, 5th generation.
It’s reminded me my first time play.
Can’t hardly picked a starter Pokemon.
Collected Pokemon cards, doodle Pokemon many times,
bought many Pokemon toys or stickers,
crying when watched Mewtwo Strikes back,
sung Pokemon ierukana, known as Poke Rap.
Very good old days.
Can’t go back those shiny days, but now many Pokemon fans all of the worlds.
It’s so touching to me.

Maybe I’m gonna play Pokemon Yellow again.

0:04 “Four boys are walking on a railroad” (reference to the TV playing at Red’s house when he started his journey)
0:44 Pokemon Villains Cyrus, Giovanni, Lusamine, Ghetsis, Lysandre & Colress
0:48 Brendan, May & Lucas
0:49 Dawn, Lyra & Hilda
0:50 Rosa, Nate, Serena, Selene & Calem
0:51 Calem looks infront
0:52 G/S/C/HG/SS Champion Lance
0:53 R/S/OR/AS Champion Steven
0:54 Emerald Champion Wallace
0:55 D/P/Platinum Champion Cynthia
0:56 B/W Champion Alder claps the hand of B2/W2 Champion Iris
0:57 X/Y Champion Diantha
0:58 Rosa & rival Hugh
0:59 Lucas & rival Barry
1:00 Kalos rivals Shauna & two boys
1:01 Cheren, Hilda & Bianca starts their journey in Unova region to grown-up Cheren & Bianca 2 years later accompanies Nate
1:01 Serena meets Mewtwo!
1:05 Hau
1:06 Gladion
1:07 Elio
1:08 Selene & Lillie does Z-pose!
Rosa sees N & Reshiram!
1:09 N
1:10 N sees Hilbert & Zekrom!
1:11 Lyra
Silver along with Johto starters final evolutions
1:12 Wally’s final battle with Brendan/May in the Victory Road
1:14 R/B/Y/FR/LG Champion Blue
1:16 Ethan vs Red
1:24 Kyogre’s silhouette
1:26 Groudon’s silhouette
1:33 Galar Gym Leaders
1:40 Bede & Marnie
1:41 Hop
1:43 Sword/Shield Champion Leon
1:44 Victor/Gloria
2:15 Ingo/Emmet & Battle Maison sisters

02:31. It says “Gotcha!” at the 151th second of the song.
They truly have catched us all.

fact : you’ve watched this more than one time

Idk who the boy and girl in this are, but I would KILL for them to be the protagonists of the next generation.

みんなバラバラの人生だし、年齢だって性別だって違うのにポケモンって言う線路だけで一緒になれるって素敵だね、

“There’s a movie on TV.
Four boys are walking on railroad tracks.
…I better go, too.”
-The Player to the TV in Pokemon Firered

unpopular opinion: Ash isn’t bad, the company just stretched the anime very long.

This is what pokemon journeys should be. A throw back to all the other gens, not just the new and some of the old but everything. Imagine seen all the possible outcomes of the stories. I’m going to re watch pokemon Generations.

0:27
Water
Electric
Ground
Ice
Fire
Rock
Grass
Poison
Psychic
Ghost
Bug
Fairy
Dragon
Steel
Normal
Fighting
Flying

Imma gonna cry and drown in nostalgic feeling right now.. even we’re growing up, we still loves you pokemon 😭❤️👏🙇‍♂️

unpopular opinion: Ash isn’t bad, the company just stretched the anime very long.

Am I the only who cries at the nostalgia I get from this video? It’s like everyone says, “Your childhood flashes before your eyes”

i have a challange for everyone: come back to this video when pokemon is 40 or 50 years old

これほど高評価を1回しか押せないことを恨んだことは無い

You know, one thing this video always reminds me of, is that Pokémon will always be a special place for me. No matter the generation, its always somewhere I can just go to be happy.

Pokemon Generation, Pokemon Origin and now THIS. Come on just make a separate anime where it takes place in the game timeline

The first time I watched this, I was nearly moved to tears not just because of the moving nostalgia, but because I understood most of the Pokèmon references in this video. It’s breathtaking!
Too bad Green isn’t included. Again.

1:16 Gold vs Red will forever be my favorite battle in all Pokemon. The chills I got when I realized you were fighting against the protagonist from the first games remain unmatched to this day.

I’m saying this looks like a future anime series when ash is older

Everyone: 2020 only brings bad things

2020:

There’s a movie on TV. A girl in pigtails is walking down a yellow brick road. …I’d better go, too.

1:00
ずっと一緒に歩いていくと思ってた幼なじみが1人伝説ポケモン抱えて居なくなるってどんな感情なんだろうね、、、

So this is basically “How cool pokemon anime would be without ash” good. Now im sad.

Wow I just notice that pikachu’s trainer has a screen-like part on his shirt that shows a moving sky. the same on eevee’s trainer’s bag… I want one!

who crying after watching this man so many pokemon memories

I was born around the release of diamond and pearl, and since I was maybe 4 or 5, Pokemon has been a part of my life.
So yea, thanks for that.

YouTube: Puts this in my recommended for the 10000th time thinking I’ll watch it again
Me: *Proceeds to watch it for the 10001st time*

This is the Pokemon crossover we want!!!!!! Game Freak take notes.

The animation is so beautiful AHHHH XD

gold vs red with his cap flying away on a pikachu in that snowy, kyogre-silhouette city with the background “oooh-oooh~” makes me want to just cry. that vibe hit different

This should have been the introduction of gen 8

“That’s how this all began”…

*Flashback of leaving Pallet Town alongside Bulbasaur SO MANY years ago…*

:’)

The greatest song I have ever heard. Would love to be able to play as those two new characters in the next Pokemon game!!

“Animation: BONES INC.” This explains so much.

This reinforces my belief that the anime should resemble an animated play through except the player is a character with a personality like an adventure through Kalos except its Calem/Serena or beating the Ceown Tundra with Victor/Gloria (there japanese names are much better, being Masaru and Yuri)

And I really want a series of the backstories of the former champions, from receiving their starter to beating the champion before them

Blue
Lance Red Steven Wallace Cynthia Alder Iris Diantha Leon Mustard and Peony’s backstories could be say better than ash and his pikachu

I’m 30years old man. and My First gameboy’s game was pokemonster red…. ah my childhood.

This all characters from games originally design from Nintendo manga

「いつか君を見つけたときに　君に僕も見つけてもらったんだな」
って歌詞めっちゃ好き。

ゲームをプレイしてるとこちらが一方的にポケモンに出会っているだけのように感じるけど、
その時ポケモンもまた僕達に出会ったんだよと言われると、ポケモンの世界により血が通っていくようで、益々ポケモンが好きになるね。

資格だのテストだので高校から社会人になってもゲームから離れた結果遂に目もくれなくなったが、この動画見た後になんだか『大人になってしまったのか…』と頭に手をかかえて酷く痛感した。彼らが待ってくれてるなら、またあの場所に連れられて見ようか

本当にありがとう。

That hit me like a truck. Eight trucks to be specific.

Ah yes, my Zacian are cutting a lot of onions

Anyone who dislike this has not experienced how it feels to have your first starter, your first rival, your first legendary Pokémon or not being a Pokémon champion

You guys must be crying cause of all that nostalgia of Pokemon. I haven’t played all the games except Ruby,Y,Sun,Shield,Red versions. Still Pokemon is a great game. I be playing it over and over again. Hope all of you fams are doing fine and continue to become a Pokemon Master.

The first scene is an easteregg: in the first games when you talked to the tv it would say it was playing a movie with 4 boys walking on rails with what the movie “stand by me” is meant and this is an actual reminder to that

If only the characters in pokemon actually looked this good with the character design and animation. I might’ve watched it more even though I am older if it looked like this. I’m tired of the Ash + Girl + Other people stuff its cliche and boring at this point. This is the kind of pokemon I would watch.

Don’t mind me, just passing by for the hundredth time to tear up with nostalgia…just walk around me please

I’m still in high school so I never played the first pokemon games but god damn do I remember begging my mom to buy me a DS back when I was in primary school and the first ever game I got was pokemon platinum. This music video really got me feeling nostalgic.

N and Hilda is there somewhere freeing all pokemon from oppression.

After this video, I’m having an existential crisis
from whether Pokémon tops Mario as my favorite game franchise

動画の中で、主人公含めたトレーナーたちは映像の向こうの存在なんだけど博士たちは明確に男の子と女の子のことを見てるんだよね
そういえばゲーム内でも博士たちってオープニングでプレイヤーに直接話しかけてくる唯一の存在なんだよなあ

I like that they show the mother at the end following their journey on screen. Like our real mothers and the mothers in game are the first person to support you and watch over you. We give honor to our friends, professors, gym leaders and Pokemon but more love to our mothers.

Imagine if they just made a more mature Pokémon anime season. They could adapt the Pokémon Adventures manga. That would be so cool!

Edit: guys, I’m not saying the recent seasons are bad, I just want them to change up the formula a bit, instead of always focusing on ash and pikachu all the time.

I’m not crying, I just sent out my Pelipper….

…..Its running keen eye…….

I’m not crying someones just cutting celebis.

PETITION TO MAKE THIS AN ACTUAL ANIME
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I would not be opposed to this being the new season of pokemon, the art style is so good!

Imagine if they just made a more mature Pokémon anime season. They could adapt the Pokémon Adventures manga. That would be so cool!

Edit: guys, I’m not saying the recent seasons are bad, I just want them to change up the formula a bit, instead of always focusing on ash and pikachu all the time.

Edit 2: can you guys please calm down in the replies?! Please! Just calm down a bit!

Most people would wonder why a happy song like this would make you wanna cry,

only us Pokémon fans will understand.

“There’s a movie on TV. Four boys are walking down railroad tracks. I better go too.”

– Albert Einstein

This makes me want an anime without Ash as the protagonist now. screw that baby child.

I would sacrifice my firstborn for a slice of life anime with this style. Not even sure if I’m joking or not.

This video is summed up in one word = masterpiece. Seeing all the trainers and rivals makes me tear up. Just amazing.

0:04 “There’s a movie on TV. Four boys are walking on railroad tracks. I better go too.”

I wouldn’t mind those trainers designs being that of the new Pokemon games playable protagonists.

Everyone: just gushing over everything because it’s it’s awesome
Me: **sees Piers** MY BOY!

I’m not crying, you’re crying. But in all honesty, this is my entire childhood wrapped up into one video. Seeing everyone from all the games in such a beautiful art style was absolutely amazing. I could have never asked for a better outlet than the one that Pokemon gave me. It helped me make so many friends and form incredible bonds that I will cherish forever. It’s not just a game, it’s a part of me now.

honestly kinda makes me sad. Seeing this reminded me of all the good memories i had with pokemon and wish the more recent stuff was better

Show this to someone who (somehow) doesn’t know what Pokémon is.

There’s a LOT of references to the games and the anime

「魂がここだよって叫ぶ」の場面で出てるのがミュウツーなの好き

「特等席で」で映ってるのがチャンピオンとしてレッドを待ち構えたグリーン(手持ちも最終戦仕様)なの好き

「僕も同じように息をしていたい」のとこで伝説のトレーナーとなったレッドに真っ向勝負を挑むゴールドなのも好き

The visuals are just pure insanity, good memories and just concentrated awsomeness

This is what journey’s could have been….

Yoo the transition from hops team to Leon’s team was my favorite part.

This song just wants to make me cry. Just hearing the tone of the song is already pulling me to tears.😥 I could listen to this over and over again. It’s just heartwarming.❤️😊

As much as i gave up to the game itself since Sun and Moon, this proves that this game is truly timeless and will always say that there are paths for ourselves, and for our partners as well.

They should really make a Pokémon series that’s exactly like this.

THIS is the art, and new direction we need to take the series

As someone who played all of the games, challenging all gyms, rivals, trainers, catching and befriending many Pokémon, this brings tears of sadness that I’ll never be able to live a world like that.

this song makes every character I didn’t think much of one of my favorites, man….

久しぶりに実家のポケモンプレイして魂がここがいいって叫んでる。

金銀世代としてはシルバーがポケモンと成長した顔をしてるような気がして思わず一時停止してしまう
なんか嬉しいような安心したような変な感情が湧くw

This video captures exactly why you can’t remember shit for tomorrow’s test, but can still perfectly recall the exact team and movesets for every Pokemon game you’ve ever played.

「君がいる事を　君に伝えたい」
沢山の時間を一緒に過ごした相棒がいた事、これから出会う沢山の仲間が待っている事を教えてもらえました。
ここのコメント欄で「ぼくも　もう　いかなきゃ！」を見て即購入して、やっと今日チャンピオンに挑めます。
このPVのお陰で大切な思い出と、キラキラ光るワクワクを感じる事が出来ました。
一生ポケモンと一緒に冒険します。

ポケモン1桁世代って名乗ることができるのが歳をとっているという証になるぐらいにポケモンというコンテンツはずっと続いて欲しい

Pokemon should really enable the like-dislkle count for this one, this song probably has over a million likes by now