I feel so guilty for having the Nostalgia Critic's review of this movie as one of my favorite episodes. I'll never forget him saying, "At least Pokémon...". The thing is, I have never been into Digimon, but I've done my research and I don't think it ripped off Pokémon. This counts as a movie based on a video game which I believe was Tamagotchi which predates Pokémon. However, in 1991, there was a video game called "Shin Megami Tensei", which featured fighting monsters. So is everyone stealing from that game? No, this is just a genre of its own that's easy to identify, the "Mon" genre we call it. I saw one episode of this show and thought it was just weird.
I was really put off by the animation in this movie. It just looked so old. I find "Pokémon: The First Movie" to be better, but not by much. I was annoyed by all the pop songs in this movie which is really something I hate in animated movies (including anime ones). The last segment was the best, probably because it had the nicest character development. I don't hate Digimon and I actually did kind of like the romance surrounding the characters. "Pokémon" wouldn't have that until many years later. "Pokémon" has finally overtaken the higher score on this website. I guess the series is creative but it is pretty strange to me, particularly with how some Digievolutions are humanoid. It isn't for me. **
I was really put off by the animation in this movie. It just looked so old. I find "Pokémon: The First Movie" to be better, but not by much. I was annoyed by all the pop songs in this movie which is really something I hate in animated movies (including anime ones). The last segment was the best, probably because it had the nicest character development. I don't hate Digimon and I actually did kind of like the romance surrounding the characters. "Pokémon" wouldn't have that until many years later. "Pokémon" has finally overtaken the higher score on this website. I guess the series is creative but it is pretty strange to me, particularly with how some Digievolutions are humanoid. It isn't for me. **