Love it when protected gems are released for free
There are so many absolute artistic gems housed away within the walled gardens of various ecosystems. TakeMei and the Kittenbus: a short film and semi-sequel toMy Neighbor Totoro. It’s a thing that exists, but you’re able to only see it legally on certain months at the Ghibli Museum in Japan.
I get the reasoning behind this to an extent, but it’s been 17 years since it debuted and a lot of people don’t even know this piece of art exists. So when studios decide to knock down those walls and put up a bunch of their content for free on YouTube, I take notice.
That very thing happened this past week with the announcement of the newPokemon Mystery Dungeonremake on Switch. As it turns out, The Pokemon Company just put a bunch of specials for the anime ontheir official YouTube channel: which I’m sure is another thing a lot of people didn’t know existed. you’re able to find the original special below, as well as theInfinityspecial,SkyandDarkness and Time.
A word of warning: these are in Japanese, and the animalsactually talkbecause that’s a thing they can do in this universe. Still, a lot of the story is physical in nature, and it’s great to see these out in the wild in any case. The whole vibe reminds me of those Pikachu shorts that would play before thePokemonfeature films.
