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August 23, 2018 5:24 PM Subscribe
“Over the next several months Twitch.tv will stream the first 932 episodes of the Pokemon anime series [wiki], as well as every movie. The livestream will begin August 27 and last into 2019, the company announced today, making it not only the longest TV-like marathon Twitch done to date but also a perfect test of the human will to endure.” [via: Kotaku]
Television show:• Pokémon: Indigo LeagueMovies:
• Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands
• Pokémon: The Johto Journeys
• Pokémon: Johto League Champions
• Pokémon: Master Quest
• Pokémon: Advanced
• Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
• Pokémon: Advanced Battle
• Pokémon: Battle Frontier
• Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl
• Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Battle Dimensions
• Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Galactic Battles
• Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Sinnoh League Victors
• Pokémon: Black & White
• Pokémon: Black & White Rival Destinies
• Pokémon: Black & White Adventures in Unova and Beyond
• Pokémon the Series: XY
• Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest
• Pokémon the Series: XYZ• Pokémon: The First Movie
• Pokémon: The Movie 2000
• Pokémon 3: The Movie
• Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
• Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
• Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
• Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
• Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
• Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions
• Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram/Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom
• Pokémon The Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice
• Pokémon The Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
• Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
• Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
• Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
I have to hide this info from the 8 year old. He is too young to test his Keith Richards level of tolerance for mayhem.
posted by jadepearl at 5:36 PM on August 23, 2018
posted by jadepearl at 5:36 PM on August 23, 2018
At least they're not including the latest movie which includes the extremely disturbing content that is Pikachu suddenly deciding to speak English.
The first series of the TV show is actually surprisingly funny and self aware. The quality of the show went downhill fast, though.
Notably, Pokémon: The Movie 2000 inspired at least one of the great political speeches of the modern era.
posted by Pfardentrott at 5:59 PM on August 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
The first series of the TV show is actually surprisingly funny and self aware. The quality of the show went downhill fast, though.
Notably, Pokémon: The Movie 2000 inspired at least one of the great political speeches of the modern era.
posted by Pfardentrott at 5:59 PM on August 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
I thoroughly enjoyed their Original Doctor Who Marathon (Doctors 1-7), even if a rights dispute lost them access to most of the Dalek episodes...
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:03 PM on August 23, 2018
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:03 PM on August 23, 2018
These Pokémon, these monsters in your pocket. We eat them, yes?
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:27 PM on August 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:27 PM on August 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
HE KNOWS!
The Dr. Who marathon was just great (i'd always wanted to see more of the classic doctors) and reading and participating in the chat was also a delight. Reading people riffing on the show live was very entertaining.
But I don't think i'm up for another mulit-week marathon, I'll probably tune in here and there just to see what the chat is up to tho.
posted by Hicksu at 7:14 PM on August 23, 2018
The Dr. Who marathon was just great (i'd always wanted to see more of the classic doctors) and reading and participating in the chat was also a delight. Reading people riffing on the show live was very entertaining.
But I don't think i'm up for another mulit-week marathon, I'll probably tune in here and there just to see what the chat is up to tho.
posted by Hicksu at 7:14 PM on August 23, 2018
At least they're not including the latest movie which includes the extremely disturbing content that is Pikachu suddenly deciding to speak English.
I still think this was Ash hallucinating. But even if Pikachu was really speaking English, talking Pikachu is now my canon anyways.
posted by chrominance at 7:19 PM on August 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
I still think this was Ash hallucinating. But even if Pikachu was really speaking English, talking Pikachu is now my canon anyways.
posted by chrominance at 7:19 PM on August 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
Look, as a child Pikachu experienced a traumatic incident involving a Eurasian magpie and now he just repeats its scientific name over and over.[Citation: My uncle works at Nintendo.] He's speaking Latin.
posted by oulipian at 8:14 PM on August 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by oulipian at 8:14 PM on August 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
I wonder how many people in the world have even a rough knowledge of that entire story.
posted by lucidium at 3:23 AM on August 24, 2018
posted by lucidium at 3:23 AM on August 24, 2018
Pity the currently airing Pokemon series, Sun & Moon, isn't among it.
posted by MartinWisse at 4:41 AM on August 24, 2018
posted by MartinWisse at 4:41 AM on August 24, 2018
I've enjoyed these marathons quite a bit, they've done some really fun ones the last year or so:
posted by Fizz at 6:57 AM on August 24, 2018
• Painting with Bob RossI'm sure I'm missing some others, but I'm happy if they continue this trend with other tv shows/films. I wish that some of these larger media companies would lean in and just set up channels where they just loop the entirety of certain shows b/c there are certain IPs that have enough seasons to just keep airing for hundreds up hundreds of hours.
• Doctor Who
• Mr. Rogers
• MST3K
• He-Man/She-ra
• Yu-Gi-Oh
posted by Fizz at 6:57 AM on August 24, 2018
I wonder how many people in the world have even a rough knowledge of that entire story.
The Pokemon universe story line? A lot. Many people around my age or older don't realize this, but apparently Pokemon surpassed Disney back in the 1990s or 2000s on brand recognition tests and/or gross income.
Globally Pokemon is way bigger than Disney.
posted by loquacious at 8:16 AM on August 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
The Pokemon universe story line? A lot. Many people around my age or older don't realize this, but apparently Pokemon surpassed Disney back in the 1990s or 2000s on brand recognition tests and/or gross income.
Globally Pokemon is way bigger than Disney.
posted by loquacious at 8:16 AM on August 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
"Globally Pokemon is way bigger than Disney."
This is just fuel for my long-standing prediction that before Disney comes to own all popular media and IP, they will start acquiring their peers and rivals -- of which Nintendo and it's Pokemon/Marios/Zeldas/Metroids are prime targets. Honeslty I'll be surprised if Disney doesn't own Nintendo by 2028.
posted by GoblinHoney at 2:06 PM on August 27, 2018
This is just fuel for my long-standing prediction that before Disney comes to own all popular media and IP, they will start acquiring their peers and rivals -- of which Nintendo and it's Pokemon/Marios/Zeldas/Metroids are prime targets. Honeslty I'll be surprised if Disney doesn't own Nintendo by 2028.
posted by GoblinHoney at 2:06 PM on August 27, 2018
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