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I like the shows, too - I like how funny they are. But I like how they look in the manga....and the manga's pretty funny, too. 3nodding

None. I'm just a gamefaqs pokemon R/S math person. Fun!

I'm a fan of the Pokemon Adventures series. I wish they'd continued it in America, now I have to find import versions -_-

I've never read any manga in my life, can't watch the English series and can't watch the Japanese series, so I'll just say I like the games.

In case you haven't noticed, Misty is Kasumi's English name for the games. Which is the reason for that being her English name in the cartoon, comics, etc. Same for Satoshi/Ash (though, he technically doesn't have an official name in the Game Boy games. Satoshi/Ash is just one of the default names in the Japanese/English version, respectively).

The cartoon series is the closest resemblance to the original game design. Which is the reason for the Pokédex design, and such. It does take a lot of liberties (like Gym Leaders Brock and Misty following Ash on his adventure), but Mr. Ono's comics deviate even more from the original design. (The cartoon is loosely based on the GB games, and the Ono comics are loosely based on the cartoon. XP).


I'm not sure if you're talking about the comics or the cartoon. Because in the cartoon, Gary's sister has NEVER appeared. Whereas in the comics (and yes, I do mean the English version), they do show this. How Ash acted when he was talking to her (the first issue), and how he dreamed about her (the second issue, I think).


It's not his real name. It's just his Japanese name. As being a fictional character, he doesn't have a "real" name. He's just named whatever who in charge of what he does (be it Nintendo Co., Ltd. or Nintendo of America, or whatever) wants him to be named. His official name could be "Mud" if they chose it to be.

Eh. So that's my mini-rant.

But... back on topic now... I really like Ono's comics. Even despite the amount of censorship that went into the English version (let's face it, most of the girls were way too busty and revealing for an English children's comic. And Pokémon is aimed at kids. Deal with it). It's story may not be that great, but it's got its moments (particularly the monsterous Haunter. That was awesome). And it's funny at times.
But, I also like the English version of the cartoon, too. While it's story is even less as stellar as the comic's story is, I still find it interesting. It's light-hearted and even humorous at times.
I'm no Japanophile, otaku, or anime purist. So that's why I really don't care about the changes made from the Japanese version to the English version. Nor do I think "ZOMG teh japanese version iz better cuz itz in japanese LOL".

I prefer the anime, in either language, mostly because of the lack of the Jesse/James romance. Bleh. Eric Stuart is wonderful, as is Rachel Lillis; and it's great to educate fans and non-fans alike on the dodgier, more adult aspects of the series.

Ehm... What else.. Team Rocket forever! ^__^

Well, Axel, they kinda had to. Blame Nintendo on changing Green Version's color to Blue for the American release (and yet, they didn't change LeafGreen to WaterBlue... 'tis a shame). Because...
JAPAN:
Hero = Red, Satoshi, etc.
Rival = Green, Shigeru, etc.
US:
Hero = Red, Ash, etc.
Rival = Blue, Gary, etc.
Though, it can make some things confusing when talking about the comic series in both languages (like on Serebii.net's comic pages).

^^ Manga definately.

I like both manga.. the adventure one and the sickly cute one ^^