Pokémon evolutions are lacking in a big way.
While newer generations of the Pokémon anime have generally gotten better in quality as time passes, there is one area which has suffered since the earlier seasons: evolutions. These days, evolutions on screen mimic the simple animations found in the Pokémon games: a few seconds of flashing lights and a glowing silhouette, and then the Pokémon's newest form is revealed in all of its glory, but in the earliest episodes of the series evolutions were much different.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The earliest evolutions shown in the anime were entire scenes in and of themselves. Some of them even lasted throughout an episode or more. Ash's Caterpie began its evolution chain with a spray of silk threads that it wove together into a cocoon. Once the silk settled, audiences bore witness to the Pokémon's newest form, Metapod. The scene is mysterious and captivating in a way that the modern sequences just aren't.
Modern Pokémon Evolutions Lack Ceremony And Logic Though there's something to be said for sticking to the source material, this modern evolution sequence is severely lacking the feeling of ceremony provided by earlier episodes.
While sticking as close to the source material as possible is generally a great thing, the evolution sequences in the Pokémon anime could seriously benefit from more experimentation. When compared to the rest of the show, the current iteration is bland and anticlimactic. As the series continues to evolve and enters its next iteration following Ash's departure, creators have new freedom to take chances with the trajectory of the show.
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