TheBigDave

Pokemon TV just got added to the Roku. It looks like there's about 50 episodes. The video quality seems to be SD, but it's free and I didn't see any commercials.

http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-ne...on-tv-on-roku/

TheBigDave

Here's the link to Pokemon TV in the Roku Channel Store:

https://www.roku.com/channels#!details/50867/pokmon-tv

Ash Ketchum

I probably have all these episodes on tape, but this might be a good incentive to try to get my Roku set up to see how these look. (It's still in the box from when I bought it at Radio Shack a year or two ago.)

BTW, the new Pokemon season starts this Saturday, Feb. 7 on Cartoon Network, 8AM, EST.

fujishig

Not free, obviously, but Netflix also has a ton of Pokemon.

Thanks for the heads up on the new season, Ash, I'll be watching with my daughter.

fujishig

Didn't realize the new TV season, Sun and Moon, moved to Disney XD. They have the first two episodes streaming, otherwise I think it starts in January. The animation is very different.

Ash Ketchum

Yeah, I just found out myself--and I missed the latest Pokémon movie, which ran on Disney and not CN. How were we supposed to know?

fujishig

The movie was still available on demand (on DIRECTV at least) and streaming (once linked to your cable/satellite account). That's how I downloaded it for the kids.

Ash Ketchum

The newest Pokémon movie will be repeated today, Dec. 31, at 12 Noon (EST) on Disney XD, followed by the first two eps. of Pokémon Sun and Moon.

fujishig

Weird I did a search early this morning for sun and moon on DIRECTV and it didn't find anything, so I figured it wasn't going to be on yet.

Ash Ketchum

I watched the movie and the two episodes--three hours of Pokémon on the last day of the year. I enjoyed the movie and wish I'd seen it on the big screen.

The jury's still out on the Sun & Moon episodes. It's a got a whole new design style. Ash looks quite different and wears different clothes. It's set in the "Alola Islands," i.e. Hawaii. It plays like a prequel to the main series since he's traveling with his mother and he looks and acts younger.

fujishig

Yeah that's what I meant when I said the animation is very different, a lot softer and more fluid but definitely a bit jarring. Poor Serena was thrown aside just like Misty, it seems.

Ash Ketchum

I wish they'd do a spin-off series with her. I consider her the most interesting female character the franchise has ever had. Remember when she first cut her hair and changed her outfit?

WTK

http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-ne...vailable-in-hd

June 27, 2017

Original Pokemon Episodes Now Available in HD

The classic first season of Pokemon the Series is now available for digital rent or purchase.

You can now rediscover the original exciting adventures of Ash, Pikachu, and friends with rental and purchase of the first season of Pokemon the Series on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon. And for the first time ever, these episodes will be available digitally in HD. In these episodes, you'll get to see Ash's first journeys into the Kanto region, and how he met his best friend Pikachu.

Check out the entire first season of Pokemon the Series today on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon.

Ash Ketchum

Also, Disney XD is running these episodes on their On Demand channel.

(I have the whole first season on DVD anyway, I bought the two volumes last year for $9.99 each. Which meant I could toss all those VHS tapes that I used to record the series when it ran on broadcast TV almost 20 years ago.)