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Pokemon Advanced Challenge, Vol. 4 - Manectric Charge

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This DVD is great and it includes 5 episodes instead of 3.If you have kids that enjoy watching Pokemon you should buy this.

To pick up where the Pokemon "Advanced" Season left off, "Advanced Challenge" offers Pokemon fans more exciting adventures, featuring Ash, Pikachu, Brock, May, and Max! Plus, any DVD that features five episodes or more, in my book, is a winner. :)

Here are some comments and observations I had, regarding each of the episodes:

"Going, Going, Yawn:" Nice "stay calm" moral message from Flannery's grandfather, in this episode. The scenes featuring Team Rocket bathing in the hot spring were amusing! I found two hilarious quotes, here ... Team Rocket: "And then it's raises and promotions and 'stuff'!"/Flannery towards Ash, during their battle: "His attitude is making me mad!" :)

"Going for a Spinda:" Team Rocket's lottery comments were priceless! I got a kick out of the visual gag of a dizzy Team Rocket with Torchics dancing around their heads as well as the Spinda costume scenes, featuring both Teddy Ursa and Meowth! :)

"All Torkoal, No Play:" Both the background music and the heroes' reaction is amusing when Torkoal first blows smoke on them! Check out a dramatic "cliffhanger" scene as May hangs on to a tree branch for dear life while a Magneton attacks her! Poor Team Rocket gets it real bad in this episode ... They don't even get a chance to unveil one of their powerful machines like they do in many other episodes!

"Manectric Charge:" Check out Team Rocket wearing the same Pokemon costumes they wore in the Orange Island episode, "In The Pink!" On both occasions, the costumes were only used during the villains' Motto, but the costumes are not pink, here! I believe that Jessie is wearing a Tauros costume and James is wearing a Gengar costume. Also, looks like May had better success with using Skitty's "Assist" than Ash did with using Torkoal's "Overheat!"

"Delcatty Got Your Tongue:" Abby is a memorable guest star and a good mentor for May. Love Team Rocket's "Skitty versus Eevee" collection remarks! :) Note that Skitty learns "Blizzard" faster than any of Ash's Pokemon learned their new attacks (Ex. Pikachu perfecting "Iron Tail" over the course of a few episodes)!

There is only one negative point to this DVD (This includes all of the DVD volumes for this Season of Pokemon) ... Under the "Bonus Features" menu, both the opening and closing themes are featured, yet they are already featured within each of the individual episodes, so to feature the exact same thing again, in a bonus feature, is redundant. However, this sort of thing doesn't really bother me as it might other fans of the Pokemon series who expect more from bonus features, and it doesn't take away from my overall rating on this release ... I just had to mention this to upcoming purchasers of the Pokemon "Advanced Challenge" series who have high expectations upon checking out the bonus features. Fortunately, there is a positive point to the "Bonus Features" section, and this includes brief descriptions of a couple of the upcoming "Advanced Challenge" episodes from future DVD releases ... That was nice. :)

*Before I close, note that there are a couple of differences between the opening and closing themes of "Advanced Challenge" ... In the intro, there is footage of Drew and Roselia, but during the ending sequence, the footage is replaced by a shot of Professor Oak, Ash's Mother, and Tracy. Also, the tail-end of the closing theme features a far-off image of the heroes, with each character facing in a different direction. Usually, in Seasons past, the Pokemon ending themes are edited versions of the opening themes, but on this occasion, there are some subtle differences between the two! :)

In closing, I have to say that everyone who contributed in making the Pokemon episodes and the DVD sets did a fantastic job! :) Thanks for reading! God Bless...

~KevyGuy :)
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