Pokémon intro in japanese

[catdog5646]

the english version is waaay better!

but why did they exclude moltresout of the 3 legendary birds?

[superpokemonmaster98]

Ich liebe Pokemon auf englisch.deutsch und meinnetwegen eben auch japanisch

[Lightningtoe]

Get pokemon?

[Tarnishable]

@Lightningtoe POKEMON GET!

[songokucrazy]

so thats where that melody is from! i had a pikachu alarm clock when i was about 10 and it had the japanese melody hahahaha :D

[kungfuninja55]

i am so glad this got made into english.

[DanexxROX]

I still like the English Pokemon :3

[kady7206]

"That girl's skirt"? WTH, I don't get it. @_@

[DrLeonardBonesMcCoy]

I have just woke'n up from having a sezser

[ShadowZone1996]

@DrLeonardBonesMcCoy Porigon + Pikachu Combo FTW

[XDkimberley]

lol the skirt thing also was in dutch opening xD ( dutch opening was singd in english )

[karihomo]

LOL Jaa LOL Jaa

[PseudoFanboy]

.... that girl's skirt? REALLY, JAPAN? REALLY?

[ruberbandman9]

Seriously, am I the only one here that thinks this opening is better than the English one? Seriously.

[korpamoen]

Japan and all japanese's are worthless

[freak5021]

@korpamoen worthless such as your lame comment and your life :)

[korpamoen]

@freak5021 well im atleast not useless.. like japan, japaneses

[freak5021]

@korpamoen bahahahhahah :)

[GuyOnChair]

Funky kick-ass psychedelic neo-disco hard rock!

[mirrorpiece]

Get them without fail huh. Well i think we can agree that after so many years and still having only 5 pokemons- Ash failed.

[xEllex10]

i want to watch all of the Japanese version now!

[MrPikasato]

The skirt girl should be the character from the Nintendo games

You know, the annoying challenger you faced while walking on the street...

[WDI2008]

@Jlcthemouse Not to mention Changing the lyrics to be more apprioate

[TheAeroshade]

Good times

[TSR1989B]

When i first saw this (mutilated Western Version) i hated it because it replaced "Beast wars:Transformers", that said this was quite reasonable by in large.

I wasn't aware of the ""Skirt Girl"" before i saw this (i checked though & she is near the end of the English one too [just not mentioned in the Lyrics]) does anyone know Who this Character attually is??

(having to call Her the "Skirt Girl" is a bit odd, even for anime).

[Grindmen25]

@TSR1989B that skirt girl is based on the trainer Lass from the pokemon red and blue.

[TSR1989B]

@Grindmen25 Really?

I don't remember that character, wasn't that quite a while after though?

After all this Opening was used right from episode one when the Series started in the 1990's.

I'm still curious as to who This Girl is/ what her Name was/is.

[Grindmen25]

@TSR1989B If you play pokemon red or blue you will run into trainers named Lass that look just like the skirt girl. And the games came out before the anime. If you dont believe me check bulbapedia

[TSR1989B]

@Grindmen25 Oh you ment the games! (i thought you were refering to one of the Later Series of the Anime,

they did after all make over 600 episodes over about 7 series [or closer to fourteen with the Westernised version being devided up differently])

I remember reading that the games came out before myself once,

rather like how the Anime of "Monster Farm" came out after it's own set of games.

I'll check the "Lass" Character you mentioned, although it doesn't explain her appearance here or why.

[Fuzzwuzz09]

English lyrics

Spoken: Pokemon! Gotta catch em' all!

They're in grass, in trees, in forests and in oceans, and digging through the dirt,

They're even in buildings and in dark scary caves, and under that girls skirt, (aaah!)

It's a very very very very very very very very, very hard thing to do!

But I will catch all of them, Pokemon, gotta catch em aw-aw-aw-aw-aw-aw-all!

So long to Pallet town, sayanora bye-bye!

Now I'm heading off, with this little guy! (Pikachu!)

[Fuzzwuzz09]

@Fuzzwuzz09 part 2

We'll meet magical creatures, come catch them with me,

then we're off to make new friends and head to new cities!

Even though I may not always win my dream can never die,

this journey will become my greatest te-est. (That's right!)

Over in the world of Pokemon there are these little guys,

who always give, their, best!

Ah, it's my life long dream, to master each and every pokemon!

I will be the one, I must be the one, I will become the one!

[JadeTsukasa]

I really loved this opening as a kid. I use to buy the subtitles in chinatown and watch the show for hours.

The Japanese opening was my childhood.

[dudumarques1000]

0:12 who is this girl?

[ocarinageek]

"through that girls skirt" i get why they changed it in the english version! LOL

[VF5]

@Jlcthemouse True :P

[makesomenoise547]

Hey....that's from a subtitled version of 'Electric Solider Porygon', the infamous seizure episode, right? I have the same copy!

[ethanpika]

lyrics: GET POKEMON! even through fire,water,grass.forests. through earth,clouds, that girls skirt... its very very very hard but I'll get without fail! get pokemon! goodbye to masara town... i'm leaving on a trip with this guy here (pikachu!) I'll put everything on the line to win with trained skills add new friends and off to the next city that thins will always go well is never guaranteed thats right! but there are some who always live honestly these guys! (pokemon chatter) OUT OF TYPES!!!

[raul5287]

nakanakanakanakanakanakanakana­kanakanakanakanakanakanakanaka­

[baggedyman]

Nakanaka Nakanaka Nakanaka Nakanaka

[LoulouVZ]

i love this song!!! =0

[valura3]

This is so much more interesting opening that in here west! I wanna move to Japan :D

[thatdumbkid]

I like the way the music begins, it sounds interesting. But after that, eh, not so much for me. Nice lyrics though. I wouldn't mind watching the subbed version of the episodes and see what I missed out on.

And why are people fighting over religion on a Pokemon video? For Christ's sake, it's a kid's show, get over yourselves. No one cares what you do or don't believe.

[TheSimpsonsMad]

woah. just, woah

[greenpigen]

They should've totally included the 'through earth, clouds, that girl's skirt' in the english theme song! XD Priceless!

[amiiiii100]

@greenpigen only in japan :P

[PokemonFan1986]

If this is how the original Japaneese one was, why did America change it and mess it up. Americans always have to mess up amine begining and endings, like they did with Naruto. Now I have seen the original, I don't like the English one I known for years anymore. Makes me wonder what else they changed or didn't show

[Terryracoon]

@PokemonFan1986 They cut out: Misty bitchslapping Ash every 5 seconds in the early episods (look it up).... And a couple episodes:

One had seizure inducing flashes (this one is infamous)

One that featured james wearing fake boobs and a bikini

And one where ash went to the safari zone (where he got his tauros BTW, don't remember how they got away with cutting that out in the dub) the whole episode was cut out because of a gun that was pointed to ash in one point

[Moonwalkerdrey]

It's funky in the beginning lol!! I like that part but I prefer the English one. It's the one I grew up with :) But it's a good song though

[crocopokemon]

People, this version isn't backwards or anything. This version made it so much easier for me to understand why they have so many weird parts in the other versions movies. I'm not sure if the English or the Japanese version came first but one thing I know, the clips shown in the japanese one makes more sense to me with the music and sound. For example "THROUGH EARTH, CLOUDS, THAT GIRLS SKIRT..." And then Pikachu runs under her skirt. Right? Rock on fans of the original 151 pokemon!!!!

[Gr4ndmasterSexy]

this is mb the only anime intro which is really better in german/english and so on.

[ryujj143]

woooow....the english version was so much better....no wonder they changed it

[varilla111]

japanese people are only good at making naruto, katanas and robots, let the cool intro to America (continent)

[pkwinner02]

@varilla111 i think your definition of "cool" needs working on .

[donovan44446666]

most USA people would say that the english was better but i don't care which is better POKEMON IS EPIC

[Hollyz1000]

Even through fire, water, grass, forests

through earth, clouds, THAT GIRL'S SKIRT

IT'S VERY VERY HARD

But I'll GET THEM WITHOUT FAIL!

wtf. Perverted Mind Much?

[computernerd1101]

This is the first Japanese anime theme song I've heard that is relevant to the anime itself. Personally, I don't care whether it's relevant or not, as long as it sounds cool.

[Mika151]

@Jlcthemouse Yeah i agree, i like both versions, though i feel like the english version is more familiar since its the one ive grown up with

[kerlinho]

whats with all this god stuff on a pokemon intro? If you want to talk about god, go to church or some holy place, cause comment here should be only about pokemon

[owlshower]

@Jlcthemouse Hey J, Mishakol said "Man was not made to die." - sounds like Voldemort to me hohoho

[MrEZfilmssk8]

tbh i like the english one but this one is funny "through that girls skirt" xD

[mishakol129]

@Jlcthemouse The evidence of God is in the heart of every single human being.

And also in all of creation.

People do not start wars over Christianity. People use Christianity and take advantage of it as an excuse to start wars. Christians are not people who kill other people, Christians are people who get killed.

Watch this: watch?v=OeE7GsNYP08

[beyondthebluu]

the english version just gets you so much more pumped

[mishakol129]

@Jlcthemouse You don't even have Wisdom, you walk in darkness.

You don't know what life is. This is not real life. This is temporal life. The real life is the eternal life.

God has revealed Himself to us, if you don't want to believe or to understand this then that's your loss.

If all you're hopes are in mankind then you are a pititful person.

Hope in God and live His life.

Man was not made to die. And if God did not exist then this existence could not be explained.

[mishakol129]

@Jlcthemouse Imaginations can be great, but they are of this world and this world and all its joys and sorrows are passing away.

Imaginations are not real though, they are not true. What man needs is the Truth.

You cannot drift off into la-la land but you need the Truth about man and the Truth about God.

This Truth is testified of in the Holy Bible, and Jesus is not a book, he's the Living Word of God Who became incarnate for us and for our salvation. To save us from all of this evil.

[owlshower]

@mishakol129 The Bible can be considered a book of pure imagination.

You cant prove that God exists.

Harry Potter is a book too. You cant guarantee that the Bible is the word of any deity, have you not considered it might be just another book?

Some of the teachings in the bible are to go by, those that teach us to love and to live well. But to tell us not to enjoy other's talents from their imaginations is not teaching to love and live, and I dont think God would be proud of for that.

[InvaderWakkoReborn]

0:13

I thought this was a kids show? XD

[unbreakableunion]

thums up if you think Ash is an Idoit

[gamerpro1223]

japenese RUIN EVERYTHING!

[WonderN123]

@gamerpro1223 if you don't like Japanese, then why did you watch this?

[masterfatcat]

through earth water and that girls skirt ?

[mishakol129]

Pokemon are evil and demonic.

Hypnosis for the youth.

[GeekInChina]

@mishakol129 how? xD

[mishakol129]

@GeekInChina How? Because its idolater. It teaches kids to make Gods out of themselves and to make Gods out of fake animals (pokemon) which do not even exist. It puts children in a fantasy world which can seriously impair the child's upbringing, leading his mind to stay in a fantasy land.

Pokemon are not even real and they teach children to think that actual animals, which are in this world, are not cool enough and so they need pokemon. And by this they ignore almighty God.

[GeekInChina]

@mishakol129 You think everything that is "fake", shouldn't exist? yeah, why should we read books, watch tv or movies.... none of that actually EXISTS.

In that case children shouldn't watch Disney or read picture-books. I mean c'mon animals doesn't speak or feel that way...

And to think that everyone believes in god is pretty ignorant...

To me god is a fake- I think it's worse that grownups believe in, what I think, is none-existing. But just because of that I don't talk shit about him.

[mishakol129]

@GeekInChina Disney is corrupt as well.

The fantasy programs which are on these days are evil.

Harry-potter, Yu-gi-oh and all the rest are wicked.

It teaches kids to stay in a fantasy world were real life doesn't exist.

People who watch this stuff do not even know why they exist or why they have been put on this green earth.

You're in darkness because you have no God, you do not have Jesus Christ.

[ryujj143]

@mishakol129 yeah you tell em...."their fantasy world is evil and bullshit but my fantasy world is holy and true" if God is real...and he created the whole universe and the universes within the multiverse and so on and so forth...then, i think he has more important things on his mind then what kids tv shows we watch...and if it was true he sends us to hell for watching pokemon...then hes more evil than hitler and id rather be in hell quite frankly. who would want to worship a guy like that

[GeekInChina]

@GeekInChina umm, okaaaaay......

I thought the whole point with Jesus was that he loved everyone?

[mishakol129]

@GeekInChina You've been mislead. Jesus is not about that, its not an an "all is good all is fine" message.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the testimony that God has defeated all His enemies through Jesus Christ. Jesus did love everyone and everyone can be saved if they do not rebel against His Gospel.

This is the unforgivable sin, when a person knowingly sees the Truth and the Light of all life, and they rebel against it and reject it willingly.

You have to WALK IN TRUTH.

[GeekInChina]

@mishakol129 I think it's ignorant and evil to judge people that way just because they don't think or act the way you do.

[mishakol129]

@GeekInChina Its not about me, its about Jesus and HIs Gospel.

If you would read it you would discover what is the truth.

I don't mean to say that Pokemon and cartoons are evil in themselves, but because the world that we are living in they become evil because this world is corrupted and man is corrupted because they are estranged from the true life which is a communion with God. This life is an pilgrimage to the true life, which life is Paradise.

[pkwinner02]

@mishakol129 god is just as fake as pokemon.

[mishakol129]

@pkwinner02 The world was made by God. Everything that exists is so intricate and sophisticated, it is impossible that it came to be from itself. Another proof is that matter decays over time, and will you tell me that death is the ultimate reality of the universe? Life is ever existing. There is another world - an eternal one. We cannot see it now, but it IS because the Creation shows the eternal power of God. God is unfathomable and inconceivable. Uncreated and eternal.

Think outside the box.

[pkwinner02]

@mishakol129 "think outside the box" says someone who uses an imaginary friend to explain everything that he doesn't understand.

[mishakol129]

@pkwinner02 You can't understand God you can only have an experience of God and hunger and thirst for Truth.

Just watch the video on my channel. It explains why everything is so crazy and dysfunctional.

You have to come out of yourself and deny your worldly desire. God is not of this world so you must recognize that God made it, and then realize His great power, then you need to pray to Him. Then read the Bible.

You're in delusion when you're impassioned for the world.

Humble yourself.

[pkwinner02]

@mishakol129 "god is not of this world" that's because he doesn't exist.

and even if he did, why would we need to pray to him and humble ourselves ?

[WonderN123]

Pokémon Master! ZETTAI NATTE YARU!!

Pokémon Master! I WILL BECOME ONE!!

[curiousgeorgmuncher]

Ha...Pocket Monsters.

They abbreviated it to POKEMON to make it better.

[Agureghian]

this one is alot better.

[Agureghian]

this one is way better.

idk about the song, but the video is alot better

[candycandy1234568]

In English or Japanese, I still think this is one of the best shows out there. =)

[eyeshild21fan]

EPIC FAIL!

[icemike121]

This likes own the English one! Jigglypuff is the finest bitch! Jiiiggliepuffjiggely niggadick!

[zacinnic]

0:42 - 0:47 is so nice sounding.

[MegaPokemondigimon]

va?

[AlfredoDelDrama]

I love this version to! =D

[DJACE102]

"that girls skirt".....?

[DrsJacksonn]

This sounds really good. Completely different from the English version, but really good.

But did they really mean to mention something about 'under a girl's skirt' and then something being 'very very very very hard'? I mean, when do they learn to keep kiddy cartoons distinct from hentai?

[WonderN123]

Pokémon, getto da ze!

Tatoe hi no naka, mizu no naka

Kusa no naka, mori no naka

Tsuchi no naka, kumo no naka

Ano ko no sukaato no naka

[WonderN123]

Nakanaka Nakanaka Nakanaka Nakanaka Taihen dakedo Kanarazu getto da ze Pokémon, getto da ze MASARA TOWN ni sayonara BYE BYE Ore wa koitsu to tabi ni deru Kitaeta waza de kachimakuri Nakama o fuyashite tsugino machi e Itsumo itsudemo umaku yuku nante Hoshou wa doko ni mo nai kedo (Sorya sou ja) Itsudemo itsumo honki de ikiteru Koitsu-tachi ga iru Aaa!, akogare no Pokémon Masutaa ni Naritai na, naranakucha Zettai natte yaru!

[giantfishhat]

nakanakanakanakanakanakanakana­kanakanakanakanakanakanakanaka­nakanakanakanakanakanakanakana­kanakanakanakanakanakanakanaka­nakanakanakanakanaka

[DiegoTengo]

what's up with going in the girls skirt??? does that strike anyone else as kinda weird??? o.O

[electricmayhem2010]

@DiegoTengo yes me^^

[NaviGill3000]

How did the rest of the world turn this (generic) opening, into one of the catchiest songs of the franchise?

I mean, now the Japanese series acknowledges the NA song.

[aegram]

i watch the Japanese version and it was pretty good. there were so many episodes missing from the English version because they edited so many out.

[nobodysperfect06]

did Bandai ever make any Pokemon products?

[Bobthebuilder636]

This sucks so much balls. Americans actually did something RIGHT when they edited this song.

[MangaManifaction]

@Bobthebuilder636 Fuck no this version is good... Most of the english (and every other intro but japanese) is clips from different episodes... And then a few things from this intro

[mavisthehat]

WAAAAY Better than the english one!

[flamingcowpie]

"It's very very very very hard" lol.

[driverton19]

I prefer the version on spanish LATINO , the version in others idioms SUCK

[13thNoteOfMusic]

God Damnit I miss 1st Generation pokemon....Nothing ever happened after that, NOTHING. 493 Pokemon, what the fuck? More like 151, THERE WAS NOT ONE GODDAMN MORE

[SilentDivideFan]

...woah

[FMSAA1223]

@KrazieED agreed. i mean this is cool and all, i love to hear it in different languages but i like the english one with the drums and all. this isnt a bad song and i appreciate it-if it wasnt for the japanese version, pokemon wouldve never came to be i guess. but i think the english version is awesome

[ptitpraince]

that sucks

[hemulimies95]

stop the video at 0:31 when pikachu's ear's are up

[alferxxx]

I wish pokemon were real... except hypno, that ass wipe scares me

[Raegh]

@alferxxx What about all those new pokemon? Some are either ridiculous or just ... wtf, scary as hell.

[tacticallyfunny]

@alferxxx rofl...

[ferretyluv]

NA intro is superior.

[kasumimoon1961]

YES!! my fav jap op for pokemon

Pokemon getto da zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

[bartonic777]

I like it

Especially nakanakanakanakanakanaka

[butterfly6667]

dont like the japanese intro its souds creepy

[WeenieManX]

"Even through fire, water, grass, forests, through earth, clouds, that girl's skirt..."

[albertzwein]

this sounds verry crap lol

[VoooDoooZooo]

GHETTO DA ZE ! XDxD

[meuno101]

@thedragonb0y I know right? :3 aye

[cadeMFjohnson]

this has nothing on the english version. it gives me goosebumps (english one)

[ThePatrick82683]

not as good as the American intro strangely enough

[cucu2me]

Ours sounds just as good, but Japan is freakin lucky. They get songs like these all the time.

[MissFrizz73]

oh my, they can make a child's show perverted! but i love it anyhow

[DereksJapanBlog]

@MissFrizz73 You have no idea... Talking about a pokemon running under a girl's skirt is probably the farthest thing from perverted by comparison to some other children's Anime I've read... pretty much the rule is, if you don't show the pubical area bare, it's not considered hentai and as such anyone under 18 can buy it...

[MissFrizz73]

@DereksJapanBlog

I've come to learn that after many anime browsing. It's like the Japanese have to let the kids know these things...Oh well! Not my problem!

[daveshn]

The visual aspect is better than the American version, but I like the American lyrics.

[Nedanda]

"Even through fire, water, grass, forests, through earth, clouds, that girl's skirt..."

So does that mean there are pokemon under her skirt?

[MrBassemann97]

@Nedanda No, it doesn't! When they sang that, pikachu ran between her legs! xD

[Nedanda]

@MrBassemann97 I know, but they were talking about catching all the pokemon in the fire, water, grass, forests, earth, clouds, and that girl's skirt.

[MrBassemann97]

@Nedanda Oh they did? Sorry, I didn't notice.

My apologiez! :D

[KINGBOO55]

it looks way better in japanese

[drifter402]

0:14 after the sieser episode the pokemon apeared in 1/4 of the screan

[LolliPopGirlMeow]

this is like pokemon johto league or master quest this theme because i already look

at the tv

[alisiae1]

0:16 That's what she said.

[Tehgamerdude254]

i love both of them

[Weini1611]

wtf

[Netgh0st]

Lol who will save the world? "This guy."

[stakesource]

@Netgh0st I thought I only noticed that....

[DarkRaptorX]

ruined by sing along lyrics

[supamage144]

0:13 It's very very very very hard XD

[th3toiletguy9111111]

this sucks

[jojola123]

There is a Japanese version and another for the rest of the world

[girsfood]

ok so i like the japanese op better cuz i am a anime fan but i always wondered who that girl was in the english one! but now i get its a random person to go along with the song

[jaguar4u2]

why the japanese always have a difrent and a wierd version of the intro?

[zppbonzo]

@jaguar4u2 Because they came up with the show, dumbass. Our version is corrupted and wierd.

[jaguar4u2]

@zppbonzo

thats a very stupid reason

[gothicanimeangel96]

@jaguar4u2 its the inglish verision who is different nd wierd, this is the first

[jaguar4u2]

@gothicanimeangel96

then why all the countries have the english version?

and no, its not wierd, the Japanese version is wierd, its like a joke!

and learn to spell

[gothicanimeangel96]

@jaguar4u2 becous a company called 4kids buyed the licens for it and dubbed it and changed the intros an edited it (there is a ep in pkm where they are eating riceballs, and they changed it to "jelly filled dounats" thay also made other meaningles plot changes)

the 4kids ver was the only brodcasted in many countries. and if you look at other dubs 4kids has made, they are just making jokes of serius moments.

[TSR1989B]

@gothicanimeangel96 This is just one Series they made a bit of a mess of.

Still was a bit surprised by the "Girls Skirt" part of the opening lyrics (thats unusual even in Anime!

[apart from Hentai & Yuri anyway]).

[croMat3o]

wtf...

[SuikoFan69]

I'm leaving on a trip with this guy here.

[MaliciousDesigns]

Like this way better than the other version. I think only japan has this version doesnt it? Or was it in chinese too?

[Javeton]

where the f*ck have i heard this theme o_ o ive never even seen this intro

[legotub]

@Javeton it's only in the japanese episodes!