What’s the Story?

POKEMON CHRONICLES follows the adventures of a number of minor characters from the original Pokemon series. The stories are fairly typical superhero action adventures -- saving mythical creatures, kidnappings, journeys through peril -- with the old "crash!" "pow!" fights replaced by hurling small, oddly cute creatures to battle on the hero's behalf.

Is It Any Good?

Pokemon was, in its time, a deeply commercial enterprise and a serious fad, but those days are gone. While kids may enjoy the cartoon and appreciate the video games, the huge desire for the collectibles is over, making the show that much more acceptable to parents who don't mind junior anime but draw the line at 22-minute-long commercials. Without the frenzy fueling the marketing juggernaut, it's just a cartoon, and one that promotes pretty decent values as well as encouraging an attitude of equality between the sexes, at least on the playing field.

Pokemon Chronicles is more story-oriented than the original Pokemon and less focused on the "gotta catch 'em all" theme that pervaded the first program. There's certainly some cartoon violence, and watching such cute creatures attack one another may be momentarily confusing for young children, but overall even the most explosive scenes are fairly mild when compared to other programs in the genre.

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TV Show Details

TV rating

TV-Y7-FV

Network

Cartoon Network

Cast

Tara Jayne
Ikue Ootani
Maddie Blaustein

Genre

Children, Cartoons, & Animation

Where to watch

Cartoon Network

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