I am of the opinion that, save for the BW arc, the anime's pretty decent when it's not in filler. The problem is that it is all goddamned filler.
This girl made a wonderful list based on episode summaries that cuts out every totally vapid and meaningless episode. It's not perfect (it's missing the episodes where Charizard and Ash finally bond) but she's making changes as she finds holes.
This girl made a wonderful list based on episode summaries that cuts out every totally vapid and meaningless episode. It's not perfect (it's missing the episodes where Charizard and Ash finally bond) but she's making changes as she finds holes.
Pokemon Fast Track Viewing ListI wanted to catch up to the current Pokemon X & Y episodes so I could see new Pokemon in the anime but watching every episode was waaaaay too slow so I made this list where only important episodes relating to Ash's progression as a trainer were shown. I consider important episodes to be
I just finished watching all the episodes in the list and it works so well. I didn't even notice that episodes were being skipped after a while and you can really get a feel of Ash's progression as a trainer. Hopefully this will be helpful to others like me that wanted to get back into the show but couldn't be bothered with all the filler episodes.
- When Ash catches, evolves, releases, or trades a Pokemon.
- When Ash wins a gym battle and gains a badge.
- All of the battles in the final league of a season.
- When Ash's friends join or leave him.
- Any episode required to give these events context.
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