Great collection overall, but be aware this is extremely bare bones.
There's no pokérap, there's no “Who's that Pokémon”, and worse, I've
noted one scene that has been completely cut! In episode 10, Bulbasaur and the
Hidden Village, there's a scene where Brock punches Misty in the head twice
because she teases him. This scene, and other small scenes that comes before and
after that connects, are completely cut out. I measured it to more than
1 minute in total.
Funny enough, the scene in episode 42, Song of Jigglypuff, where Jessie gets
spanked has NOT been cut out.
I've not watched every episode yet, but so far a couple of episodes had sound
glitches in a couple of instances (first episode for example).
The American edition that Viz releases is of higher quality (and not cut out
scenes, besides those that got cut from Japan to west), but Viz has not yet
released box sets for season 3, 4, 7 and 8. So if you want the complete anime
series, this is the way to go, but beware that:
- a few episodes have sound glitches on a few instances
- at least episode 10 has been censored with over one full minute of cut out
scenes (and yes, these scenes exists in the American version)
- where are the four extra, never before seen episodes- Certainly not on
these discs!
- No subtitles, no trailer, nothing extra
- Openings and outros are intact at least