who would go to the theater to watch pokemon ruler of illusion zoroark. or who wants on cartoon network like always
Skylands said:I'd prefer theatre for old times sake.
Unfortunately, they would end up losing alot of money, though. Pokemon's populartiy may be strong, but the number of people who enjoy the anime and would go and watch the movies is not high. Plus if you think about it, the Pokemon movies could never match up with most of the other movies in theaters nowadays.
Xous said:Whenever Cartoon Network airs Pokémon films, they butcher them with commercials (which I understand are a needed part of television) and absolutely destroy the ending credits by squishing them over to one side to advertise things on the other side that they've already advertised the whole movie long in their constant commercial breaks. The credits are also put on super fast forward, so you can't even watch the extra parts they add to the end, and you can't read the names of the people who worked hard on the film. Their airing of Arceus and the Jewel of Life also suffered from volume issues - the movie's volume was much lower than everything else on the channel. (Whether this is Cartoon Network's fault or an issue with the dub has yet to be seen, thanks to the DVD taking so long to come out here...)
I would have loved to see Arceus and the Jewel of Life in theatres. Realistically we're probably never going to see Pokémon films in theatres outside of Japan, but if I had a choice between seeing the films butchered on Cartoon Network or seeing the films in theatres, I'd pick theatres for sure.