Pokémon: Indigo League - Season 1 (Episodes 27-53)

If you want to collect some or all of the pokemon anime episodes on dvd, then here is a comprehensive guide that will help explain the progression of the pokemon series and the current availability in box set form.Season 1: Indigo League (available in 3 dvd box sets, 79 episodes)Season 2: Adventures in the Orange Islands (1 dvd box set, 35 episodes)Season 3: The Johto Journeys (*no box set available, 41 episodes)Season 4: Johto League Champions (*no box set available, 52 episodes)Season 5: Master Quests (2 dvd box sets, 64 episodes)Season 6: Advanced (2 dvd box sets, 40 episodes)Season 7: Advanced Challenge (*no box set available, 52 episodes)Season 8: Advanced Battle (*no box set available, 54 episodes)Season 9: Battle Frontier (2 dvd box sets, 47 episodes)Season 10: Diamond and Pearl (2 dvd box sets, 51 episodes)Season 11: D/P Battle Dimension (tba)Season 12 D/P Platinum (tba)* = can be found on vhs and single disc dvd containing 3-6 episodes ea.

Disclaimer: This review contains potential spoilers.Indigo League Part 2, like its predecessor, comes with pretty nice box art. The heads at PUSA's marketing department decided to pay homage to Team Rocket this time around, which is refreshing since TR rarely gets featured on box art even though they play a prominent role in the series. That said, considering that Weezing and Arbok debut together in 'Dig Those Diglett,' it's odd that they went with Koffing and Ekans on the cover (Amazon's product image for the box art isn't up-to-date as of writing this review).Plot-wise, Ash obtains only one badge in this second boxed set, but that doesn't mean that the season slows down one bit. On the contrary, significant series development occurs in these 26 episodes. For one, 'Pikachu's Goodbye' cements Ash and Pikachu's enduring bond with each other. Other highlights include the lovable Jigglypuff's first appearance on the show - a Pokémon that quickly gained a fan cult-status and many repeated appearances in the episodes to follow. There's also the infamous arranged marriage episode involving James - I'll leave it at that.For the price it's going for on Amazon, this is not a bad deal if you like to re-watch the older episodes of Pokémon for nostalgia's sake.

Was extremely excited to see this finally get released on DVD. No problems to speak of and the show is exactly as I remember it. One issue, of a technical nature (perhaps fixed on newer pressings?) is that hitting "next chapter" during the intro theme will take you back to the start of the first episode on the disc rather than the start of the episode you're supposed to be on. I guess it's a coding issue that there's only one Intro on the disc and it jumps back to that, then back to the episode it's supposed to be on. Just don't hit "skip" or "Next chapter" during the intro and you're fine though.

I enjoyed watching Pokemon when I was growing up, and so when they released the box set I had to get it. Unfortunately, Viz Media doesn't quite live up to the anime DVD standards set by other companies. The overall lack of quality was really disappointing.- The cases themselves feel really flimsy and weak. My first thought when I touched them was "bootleg." The box art is colorful but really kind of plain. It just didn't look as polished and professional as other anime DVDs, which was shocking since I dare say Pokemon is probably one of the most popular (or at least well-known) anime series of all time. Furthermore, there are no included inserts: just an episode list that looks exactly the same as the one on the back covers of each DVD. (I wonder why they even bothered?)- DVD menus are colorful, albeit very plain and minimalistic (only options are "play" and "episodes"). No Japanese track, and no subtitles. No extras either. You get the dubbed episodes plus the full Pokerap (which isn't a menu option, so you have to skip to it).- Several episodes are skipped: "The Legend of Miniryuu [Dratini]," "Electric Soldier Porygon," "Princess versus Princess," and "The Purr-fect Hero." The first two episodes were never, as far as I can tell, broadcast on American television (the Porygon episode in particular has never been seen outside of its initial run in Japan, due to the seizure incident). The last two episodes WERE broadcast on American television, but are not included here; they are in the third box set. This doesn't mess up the chronology of things too much since Pokemon is a fairly episodic series, but sometimes weird "holes" pop up (like how Ash inexplicably has a bunch of Tauros that he caught in the Dratini episode, which we never got to see).- These videos aren't uncut and uncensored, like what you'd find with most typical anime. That's fine with me, since it's not like 4Kids censored or cut a whole lot of stuff from these episodes anyway, but it's still worth noting here. Digital paint is out in full force, mostly just to cover up Japanese text that was present in the original. If you didn't care when you first saw these episodes on TV, you won't care now.- The video and audio quality are beautiful, and exactly what I had hoped for. Certain scenes might seem kind of "glitchy," but that's because the original animators went back and slowed down the framerate and muted the colors because of the infamous seizure incident. Those scenes really stick out and look funky and ridiculous, but that's not Viz's (or 4Kid's) problem.Even though I love these episodes, I cannot in good conscience give this collection higher than three stars, an "average" rating: these DVDs contain only the bare minimum to be considered a "collector's box set." Poor production values, combined with zero extras and several missing episodes, hold this back from being really exceptional. If they threw in the Japanese track, a handful of extras, and stronger DVD cases, then we'll talk. As it stands, these are only slightly better than my old VHS recordings of the show, and those tapes didn't cost me $22.

Im still a huge Pokemon fan , so I still purchase Pokemon products from the figures to the show and movies . Dont have any of the games so I mainly stay to the series and figure line of Pokemon and all their products are well made and amazing . Its Pokemon , its funa and still Lovable .I collect the Pokemon series so having season one of Pokemon is a must for all fans . Watching it brought back great memories of when Pokemon first started .

This did take a while to ship but I still got it a few days earlier than expected. I'm super happy that you can still buy the old school pokemon shows. My son loves pokemon but I'm not a fan of the new stuff. It's most def not nearly as creative as the originals. So now my kids can watch the same show I did growing up and I can answer most q's that they have. I would recommend getting the complete 1st season along with the Adventures on the Orange Islands box set. That's a total of 12 dvds! So your kids will have something new to watch for a while.

I now own All of Season 1 & 2 including "The First Movie" and "2000". But now I'm very dissapointed to discover that Season 3 & 4 are not available in box sets. Season 3 has been released in 13 seperate DVD's including 3 Episodes on each but they've left out the last Two episodes of the Season, what a F'N joke.Then although Seasons 5 & 6 are available people are seriously expecting you to pay between £60 to £200+ for a them its ridiculous. They've really messed up the releases of the DVD's after Season 2, its such a shame.

Contains episodes 27 to 52. "Fashion Flash" all the way to "The Breeding Center Secret" Ekans and Koffin evolving, Togepi's debut and the first appearance of Team Rocket's Butch and Cassidy. What's not to like?

Great

I love it so Much, I love the old seasons of pokemon they are a classic & so cool I like it a lot!

arrived on time, exactly as advertised, couldn't be happier!