The COMPLETE Guide To Ash’s Pokemon Journey (Part 5)

It's time for more Pokemon! Today we continuie our journey alongside Ash Ketchum, the main character for the Pokemon anime that we have followed for over a couple of decades now. As of now, Ash has officially ended his journey in the anime that came to an end in Japan, as we await dubbed versions of the final episodes around the world, we continue on our video series detailing Ash and his compelte journey in the world of Pokemon. So to celebrate the character more, we now enter the 5th generation of the Pokemon anime, the Black & White era, as Ash makes his way to the Unova Region!

Written By: Jordan Fringe
Edited By: Jordan Fringe & Jackson S.
Channel Art By: Jerry Meehan

[JordanFringe]

Thanks so much for watching! Let me know your thoughts on the Black and White era of the Pokemon Anime and which Gen 5 Pokemon was your favorite?

[SarahNatochenny]

Some of my first work on this show as the English voice of Ash. Love this!!

[Arthurlight]

The Meloetta Arc is my favorite part of Black and White. And Ash finally got to meet Giovanni in the show. It only took 5 generations.

[rico]

Anyone else getting repeated lines of audio from time to time?

Also thanks for this awesome series

[alexblythe]

The end of this series will be equally devastating as the end of Ash. Well done.

[Tatsu]

What I can gather is that Ash's Unova Journey while taken on its own is actually very entertaining. Ash's team has some strong growth and he catches more Pokemon that he usually does in other series. The focused storytelling also really helped avoid the long drag of Sinnoh, which while was great for character building and attachment, was terrible for wanting to see Ash get his badges and compete in the league. Additionally, the after journey seemed just as good.

The drawback seems to be Ash really seemed reset back to his original personality from back at original journey episode one. Losing to new trainers, not using the clever strategies he had learned throughout Diamond and Pearl, and once again not using any of his old pokemon in any form. It felt like a huge step back for his character instead of a step forward. The companions were interesting in their own right because of their new dynamics.

Finally: Fun fact I play and extra in this season of Pokemon, as the Rocket Grunt who gives Jessie and James the Suitcase in The Trubbish Squad. It was a really fun experience.

[EdgardoJCruz-dkkv]

This has to be the most forgiving or optimistic take on Ash’s Unova journey I have heard. The most I hear what others say about this section of the anime series was mostly negative. Kinda refreshing to hear or point out the positives.

[gamestation]

It makes sense for the movie where Ash teams up with Zekrom to be the "canon" version of the two, because Zekrom represents ideals, and Ash is as idealistic as they come.

[gligarguy]

When the world needed him most, he returned.

[ChillaxingJay]

This was when I stopped watching the Pokémon anime, so everything from here on out this is completely new to me which is exciting. I'm always happy to see when a new episode of this series pops up because I know it's gonna be a good watch.

[walpoleandworcester]

There's so much Pokemon I've never seen because I fell off after Kids WB came to an end but love the job you've done with watching all these episodes from the anime and giving your thoughts on them. As a kid, I remember watching new episodes of the show as late as 2005-2006 or so. Cheers, Jordan!

[artemis]

The Black and White era was one of my favorite of the anime series. It included several episodes or series of episodes that i really enjoyed. Thank you Jordan for all you do for the community! These videos are so enjoyable to watch and relax to.

[therobotchickenMLP]

I tried watching Best Wishes right after marathoning XY&Z, which I adored. I had to stop at the first gym, because it was so frustrating how contrived the battle results were. This'll be an interesting listen.

[jbcatz]

The weird approach to arcs was more a necessity of real life tragedy than a deliberate creative decision. During the first season it was building up to a Team Rocket vs Team Plasma arc with the TRio stealing the meteorite but there was a huge earthquake in Japan and earthquakes were part of the storyline so it was scrapped. The episode preceding it was later in the dub order.

Fun fact, we haven’t seen Earthquake or its variants used in the anime since the end of the Orange Islands.

[xMellomii]

I cannot wait for the next one! The XY gen was the first gen that I watched ALL the episodes!

[GunmetalGator]

12:00 There lays the best Ash mon of this series... Sandile. Be still my heart. Such an awesome callback to Squirtle that only ends up upstaging both the OG Water type and even Sceptile for coolness factor with an endearing personality and a rare trait of wanting to be Pikachu's rival.

[RyantheSodaCan]

I've been hyped for this part specifically for so long, and now it finally came out on my birthday! :)

[YearRecords]

Wtf i just finished part 4, I LOVE YOU JORDAN. This series is actually so good and im thankful for every second!

[OlyChickenGuy]

This has been yet another fantastic addition to this series you're making, and I'm so excited to be a part of it! I also very much appreciate the coverage of Ash's journey as someone who's hardly watched the anime since gen2. It's a lot of fun seeing how everything has played out since then.

[daniapfel]

You worked so hard of make us discover the Pokemon’s world my congrulations dude 👍👍👍👏👏👏