Pokemon Adventures RS

"At a Certain Time, In a Certain Place... ...Another Story has Begun..."
the opening narration for the Ruby and Sapphire arc. quite fitting for the new part of PokeSpe.

This Arc revolves around the Titular characters. the story really begins to unfold when Ruby and Sapphire make a bet: 80 days to complete their respective goals. for Ruby, that's winning 5 contests each in 4 towns through-out Hoenn. for Sapphire, it's defeating 8 gymleaders. once again, the plot is character-driven.

another highlight is the gym battles. right from the very start, it's evident that her victories are due to brain power, rather than muscle power.

but what this arc really seems to be about, is Deconstruct the very existence of Pokemon themselves. Ruby, Sapphire and others can attest to the fact that wild Pokemon can inflict serious injuries to Trainers and Pokemon who aren't strong enough to defend themselves, which serves to give the Series some relative Realism.

Pokemon Adventures GSC

the GSC arc

Prominently featuring Gold, Silver and Crystal, this Arc revolves around Gold trying to get his bag back from Silver, Silver trying to get revenge on the masked man for kidnapping him as a small child and Crystal trying to complete the Kanto-Johto region PokeDex.

Gold's character is the main oddity. unlike the PokeDex Holders before him, He's Selfish, Reckless, Careless... these traits result in Oak initially refusing to give him a PokeDex.

Silver. another oddity. early on, he displays acrobatic abilities. where he obtained these is unknown.

Pokemon Adventures: Yellow

This Arc focuses mainly on Yellow, a young trainer from viridian city.

after Red's defeat by Bruno of the Elite 4 and subsequent disappearance, yellow sets out to find him, and return Pika to him.

after a long journey around the Kanto region, a training session with Green and a Team-up with several gymleaders, the story shifts to the Cerise island, far south of kanto, where the final battles with Lance and the Elite 4 takes place.
Blue gets another chance to show off how Crazy-Prepared she is against Lorelei. Koga gets to show how Freaking HardCore he is, and Red saves Bill's and Lt.Surge's asses from getting melted. Yellow fares less well, as it takes not only Mewtwo softening Lance's Pokemon up, as well as mass Evolutions, to turn the tide of the battle

Ultimately, It's revealed that Pikachu knew all along what Lance had planned, and, with power from Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise, uses the accumulated energy to reverse the environmental damage shown through-out the Arc, rather than commit human Genocide as Lance had planned.

all in all, a Very Good Chapter.

Pokemon Adventures: RGB

First up to Bat: the RGB Arc.

The first volume is quite Fast Paced, introducing 2 of this Arc's Major players, Setting the stage for Red's Character development, The plot, and giving him several of the Pokemon he would have for the Rest of the series.

The second volume Follows Suit, with the introduction of Blue, a tricky, flirtatious girl. Red obtains an eevee, and gains another gym badge. otherwise the plot doesn't really advance much in this volume. it mainly builds up to the next volume.

The third and final volume picks up on the plot threads established in the previous 2 volumes, and weaves a very good ending to the Arc with them. everything's taken care of. Team Rocket's disbanded, And Red achieves his dream, becoming the 9th Pokemon League Champion.



Admit it. you wish the anime looked This Cool.

anyway, the images are from the manga Pokemon Special, Known as Pokemon Adventures outside of Japan. where it differs from the anime is that the characters tend to travel without human company. Notably, Misty even mocks the notion of abandoning her gym to travel with Red.

that once a character's story arc ends or they accomplish what they set out to do, the story switches to a New protagonist and game region.

it's emphasis on Characterization and Continuity along with somewhat Darker content,  has many convinced that it's designed for an older audience than the Anime. whether this is true or not is... Debatable.

As the series has 42 volumes, and nearly 70 characters, seperated across various Arcs, i'll be reviewing them by arc



Hellsing

first up is Hellsing.
Made during the late 90's by kouta hirano, the series revolves around the vampire Alucard, who is under the employ of the titular Hellsing organization, Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, who leads the afore-mentioned agency that dabbles in defending Great Britain from all sorts of supernatural menaces and Seras Victoria, a former police officer-turned-Vampire and Vampire hunter.

it also prominently features Vatican Section 13, the Iscariot organization, a rival agency to Hellsing, along with the last battalion of the third reich, also known in story as Millennium, so named because they seek to start a war lasting that long.

Spanning 10 Books and OVAs, along with 13 episodes of tv series, Hellsing is for those people who've grown bored with twilight, and would like to see a Real Vampire in action.

hi.
this is where i plan to review... pretty much Everything, though mainly Comics, Anime, Manga and Videogames.
if this thing goes more 3-4 days without a new post, it's probably dead.