Pokemon Season 1 Box Set (1997)

Product Summary Publisher: VIZ MEDIA, LLC Format: DVD UPC: 00782009235644 Buy.com Sku: 203105647 Item#: V2FEJN Buy.com Sales Rank: 25216 Category Keywords: Animated Characters  Animated Worlds  Anime  Battles  Friends  Friendships  Monsters  Rivalry  Self-Esteem  Series  Rating: NR   From the Present into the Past.|The First 26 Episodes on 3 DVDs! Over 9 Hours of Pokemon Fun!     Features: DVD   Enjoy the Pokemon story from the beginning! Meet our hero, Ash, in his hometown of Pallet Town where boys and girls are encouraged to begin their Pokemon journeys! Contains episodes 1-26 of Season 1!   "The battle scenes are exciting and the characters...are quite interesting...The animation is sharp and well directed."  David Gutierrez, DVD Verdict   Editor's Note The wildly popular POKEMON anime series presents an intriguing blend of fast-paced adventure and fantasy. This collection allows viewers to go back to the series' beginning with the first 26 episodes of Season One.   Features Interactive Menus Scene Selection   Technical Info Release Information Studio: VIZ MEDIA, LLC Release Date: 11/21/2006 Running Time: 650 minutes Original Release Date: 1997 Catalog ID: 1 UPC: 00782009235644 Number of Discs: 3 Audio & Video Original Language: Japanese Available Audio Tracks: English Dubbed, Japanese Video: Color Aspect Ratio Standard  1.33:1 [4:3]   Cast & Crew Crispin Freeman, et. al. - Writer Eric Stuart - Voice Of Katsuyoshi Kanemura - Art Director Manny Corallo, et. al. - Original Music By Masamitsu Hidaka - Director Michael Haigney - Producer Motoaki Ikegami - Cinematographer Norman J. Grossfeld - Executive Producer Rachel Lillis - Voice Of Sarah Natochenny - Voice Of Toshio Henmi - Editor Veronica Taylor - Voice Of Yutaka Ita - Editor    Product Image

I have three young boys (almost 8, and twins at 6) and two of them are heavily into Pokemon (the oldest primarily video games, the six-year-old into Pokemon figures and situational game playing). This set gives the "beginning" of the Pokemon series and sets up the viewer for the development of the characters. Yes, it's a cartoon (or video anime, if you prefer) but it does teach a lot about character and perseverence in a fun way -- probably more oriented towards boys originally, it has grown up to encompass girls also to a considerable degree. Fun, sometimes endearing, and rarely scary.
 
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