There are so few things that manage to stay within the realm of pop culture and well Pokémon is one of those things. So much so that when the episode that i'm about to review aired just the other day the hashtag #ThankYouAshAndPikachu was trending world wide on Twitter because there's just something about this episode in particular that made me want to review and that made others want to watch it and so then join me as I review the episode that sees two heroes walk off into the sunset for the very last time with the episode in question being called simply just "The Rainbow And The Pokémon Master!" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is after winning his latest tournament Satoshi and Pikachu head home and wonder what to do next. Now then inter,s of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty rather simple and that is something that works out really well in this episodes favor since you don't need a big epic plot line for this episode all you need is something that's rather small scale and simple and that's what the plot to this episode is and it does well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi , Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu and Mayumi Iizuka as Kasumi. Also starring in this episode is Yūji Ueda as Takeshi , Masami Toyoshima as Hanako , Megumi Hayashibara as Musashi , Shinichiro Miki as Kojiro , Kenyuu Horiuchi as Professor Okido , Yasuhiro Mamiya as Satoshi's Gengar , Megumi Hayashibara as Satoshi's Pidgeotto , I think Shin-ichiro Miki as Hitokage , Inuko Inuyama as Shigeru Okido and Yūko Kobayashi and Nyarth.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances which given that most of them have been playing there respective characters since the show began in the mid to late nineteen nineties isn't that much of a surprise whatsoever since they would know how best to portray their respective characters in any given situation and that is something that really does show in the performances in this episode.
Doing the animation for this episode is of the course the legends and the greats that are currently over at OLM and Team Kato. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this episode was in all honesty really good and was alot better then what I very really thought that it would be.
The key theme behind this episode is goodbye since we say goodbye to alot of characters in this one episode alone with Team Rocket and Kasumi / Misty and Takeshi / Brock also leaving the show. Of course this won't be the last time that we see these characters but since those characters are so tied together with Satoshi / Ash's journey it would be hard to imagine them not being in this episode and having them all in this episode even if it is just very briefly is very fitting since to the mainstream audience they are the core cast of Pokemon.
I'm trying to keep this review as spoiler free as possible but I will say that a character from the past comes back in a rather meaningful way. While this wasn't the character that i'd have brought back in this episode since there are at least two that I can think of that would help to bring this episode full circle but it was nice that they managed to bring this character and have them play a big part in the plot of the episode which was something that they just didn't have to do but the fact that they did that shows that the makers of this show are big fans of the show just like alot of other people are.
What I really loved about this episode is that they played classic clips from the show during the episodes intro. Which i'm not going to lie did bring a tear to me as it brought me back to when I was a kid watching those scenes play out for the very first time and for a franchise that's this old and is still going on the fact that they played these classic clips just goes to show you that in a series that's full to the brim of important episodes this one is perhaps the most important episode of them all and is rightfully treated as such.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and six seconds. Which really isn't long enough to tell a story like this one since they have to give these characters the time that they needed in order to say their goodbye's which they just can't do heck some of the cast leave before the five minuet ark and that really does dilute the episode as it makes the goodbye's feel rushed this is even more evident in the shows final moments with the scene being set up and happening and ending all within the space of just a few minuets and the central plot of the episode only takes up a few minuets of screen time which for an episode that's this important isn't enough time at all.
So now then since there is some comedy in this episode that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episode having some genuinely funny moments in it but at the same time this episode did also have alot more bad jokes within it then it did contain some really good jokes within it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really heartfelt episode and even if you don't watch Pokemon or if your like me and you haven't watched Pokemon in a while i'd still recommend this episode because it is that good of an episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Pokémon fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.