Pocket Monster Sound Anime Collection

This is one of those hidden gems of the Pokemon universe. I've been a fan of the dubbed anime ever since it started, and I was surprised that they never released a "score" soundtrack with the background music. Eventually, I noticed this Japanese CD, bought it immediately, and I couldn't be more happy with it! The first track is the Japanese anime opening song, which is actually pretty good, and the rest of the tracks are the background music from the anime just as they were used.Having said that, I do have some thoughts... As great as this CD is, I feel it is my duty to everyone out there to point out a few little flaws that don't really affect my enjoyment, but may affect other people. After each track is a mildly annoying interjection by the Japanese Pokedex that goes on for a good 30 seconds (depending on the track), but it's simple enough to push the "next track" button (provided you're not driving; you'll end up doing it about every three minutes) or to burn an "edited" copy with all of that cut. Plus, in the ether between tracks 1 & 2 is an extremely annoying exchange between the Japanese Ash & Pikachu. Again, simple to remedy but annoying nonetheless. For me, the biggest problem with this CD is that there is a very small handful of songs that didn't make it onto this disc. Remember that music that was used inside the gyms in the GB game as well as the anime? It's gone. The dramatic music in the first episode as Ash & Pikachu are biking away from the Spearow? Gone. Again, not a crucial factor, but if you just so happen to really like those songs, it kind of [is bad] that they weren't included.Well, those are the ups-and-downs of this CD in my view. I tried to be very thorough so anyone reading this can make their own judgment. Personally, I would advise people who like the background music in the anime to go ahead and buy this disc despite the flaws. If you like the music, you should be able to tolerate the aforementioned quirks with relative ease.

I'm glad I bought this. It contains all the music from the original anime series of Pokemon (Ash's journey through the Kanto region aka Red/Blue) - excepting the Western opening theme. I really love this OST, and the Japanese Pokedex entries at the end are really fun and cool!

I love this Cd. The soundtrack to a childhood. It should have 99% of favorite songs if not all. Great gift for a fan.

I was expecting more songs with lyrics so was a little disappointed. They're all instrumental except for the first song. Very pretty to listen to though.

This is the exact soundtrack from the Pokemon season 1 anime. Keep in mind, this show comes from japan, therefore no english is spoken and some tracks are unique to the japanese show. I love how all the musical tracks are present and sound crystal clear, however, each track seems to have dialogue of some kind after the music ends for each track. I would greatly prefer if it was only music and no dialogue, but it is a small blemish on an otherwise amazing collector's product. The new version also comes with a mini collector art book and cards.

Okay, let's explain. It all started in 1996 when Satoshi Tajiri with his friend and a small studio created a game called Pocket Monsters for the Gameboy. As it always goes, a soundtrack was created by Junichi Masuda. While the portable console's speakers couldn't produce very realistic sounds, the music itself was actually quite good.In 1998, a rather good anime based in the game was made in Japan. The soundtrack from the games + some original material was arranged for an orchestra by Shinji Miyazaki. The result is awesome. What once was a nice sounding bunch of beeps, became something much more.This album has two songs, but you will probably (most likely) ignore them. The rest is a musical variety show. Since music was made FOR a show, there are tracks for every situation. Happy, sad, romantic, frantic, silly, meditative,... it has it all, and then some!After each track there's a few seconds of japanese dialogue, explaining what each is and where in the anime did they put it. If you like, with Audacity you can cut those parts out, for ultimate listening experience.If you want a sample, search for "pokemon sound anime collection legend" on youtube. THe track "Legend" is particularly good. If no one deleted it, you should listen. That alone will probable make you want to buy this album!

This is a great import CD which include the opening and ending themes, as well as most of the season one background music of Pokemon (US and Japan). Most of the tracks end with a short commentary by, I'm assuming, the Japanese PokeDex. If the PokeDex gets too annoying, he can always be edited out if you have the ways and means (i.e. sound editing software).The CD also comes with a small hardcover book about who-knows-what with pictures and what-nots, but it's a nice thing to have nonetheless.I bought this CD for only one track, the Team Rocket theme but I was extremely pleased with the rest of the music. It's real music orchestrated with real instruments (most of the time) unlike the music used in some American toons. The CD costs in the neighborhood of around $40 but hey, it's an import and imports don't come cheap. But trust me, it will be money well spent.

This great CD has lots of background music from the Japanese series of Pokemon, as well as the opening theme music. Even if you can`t understand the strange inserts between each snippet, you will be able to recognise a lot because some BGM is also used in the US version of the cartoon, like the Team Rocket theme and Pokemon Battle music. This CD also comes with some stickers and a storybook (all in Japanese, but presented really well). These nice extras add up to what is a great little package! Even if you can`t speak Japanese, if you like Pokemon music you must buy this CD!

ポケモン世代なので、懐かしさを感じながら聞いてます！音も綺麗でパーフェクトです！

Love The Music From Pokemon Especially The BGM lol talk about a great cd please buy you wont be sorry

急にポケモンアニメが見たくなり、大量にレンタルしてきて久し振りに見ていたところ、昔はあまり気にしていなかったＢＧＭが、今聞いてみるととても良かったのでほぼ勢いでこのＣＤを購入しました。で、さっそく聞いてみましたが…このＣＤは素晴らしい！「3　旅立ち」　あぁ癒される。ポッポでも出てきそう。「23　灼熱のバトルフィールド」　熱い！燃える！かっこいい！！「38　涙、のち晴れ」　切ない。切ないすぎるよ…。「19　襲撃！」　おなじみ。すごく追われてます。「26　祈り」　ピカチュウの森が特に印象的。うあああ。と、ランダム再生ですごく適当に感想を書いてみましたが、とても全部は書ききれません。ゲーム中の大好きな音楽がこんなに壮大にアレンジされて感激至極。作中では最後まで聞けない曲も全部聞けて大満足です。いい買い物をしました。劇場版だけでなく、これ以降の曲もこのような形で製品化して欲しいですね。絶対買います。

すごいよかったです∩^ω^∩ありがとうございます

ポケモンは初代のＢＧＭが好きですな。かといって初代しか見てないのでなんともいえないがね。サウンド聴くとふと涙が出そうになることがあります。