[Images via Fushihara]
Last night, a digital remaster of the first Pokemon episode debuted on Japanese television. The episode originally aired on April 1, 1997.
The episode has previously been remastered before. Below you can see how the 2012 remastered version compares with a 2014 Kids Station re-airing of the original. That remaster celebrated Pokemon‘s 15th anniversary.
In the latest digital remaster, marking Pokemon‘s 20th anniversary, the credit sequence was also cleaned up.
昨日の深夜にポケモンのあの伝説の第1話を放送しててくっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっっそ泣いた(；▽；)しかもリマスター版(；▽；)御三家のイントネーションもまだ慣れてない感じがよき(；▽；) pic.twitter.com/zBzYIGBf3y
— KI☆MI☆MA☆RO☆ (@oramimikimik) July 24, 2017
Here is the same still from all three different versions. The original version has the Kids Station watermark. The 2012 remaster has grey-black bars with star twinkles, while the latest remaster has greenish-yellow bars on the side.
ポケモンの1話HDリマスターとの事で比較。キッズステーション、2012年04月01日のポケモンスマッシュ！で放送されたバージョン、2017年07月23日のアニメ「ポケットモンスター」プレミア10のバージョン。肌色が全然違う。ポケモンスマッシュ！のバージョンはちょっと肌が土色すぎる pic.twitter.com/JS85iaZ5et
— フシハラ (@Fushihara) July 23, 2017
It looks like the latest remaster evens out the flesh tones.
The clip below compares all three versions. On the right is footage from a Kids Station re-run of the original episode. On the left, you can see the 2012 remaster with the grey-black bars and the latest remaster with the greenish-yellow ones.
The first episode isn’t the only one getting an HD remaster. According to the latest Pokemon movie’s official site, there will be a total of ten episodes getting the HD treatment as part of a “Premium 10” weekly broadcast.
Pokemon-loving Japanese celebrities will pick their favourite and most memorable episodes. The first one, however, was selected by longtime Pokemon anime director Kunihiko Yuyama.
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5 responses to “First Look At The Latest Pokemon TV Anime HD Remaster”
Hopefully less disappointing than Pokemon Origin (was great until Lavender Town).
Personally, Origins was more enjoyable in 4 episodes than the regular anime has ever been. Even as a kid watching it, Ash was pretty much the epitome of disappointment.
What bollocks. For what it was, origins was great.
Awesome. Easily 5% better now.
Heh, a big change is that all electrocution flashes are now less frantic and blinking. Epileptic kids averted, hopefully!