First off it wasn't even released in 2000. It was released in 1999 (in Japan, at least).

So why am I blogging this? Today, one of the few channels I actually have on TV was showing this movie (to my mom's surprise). So I watched it, and criticized it now that I had grown. Just what exactly had I watched in my childhood?

One thing I noticed was how the backgrounds in the show were generally beautiful; like an oil painting. But then comes in this simple animated character. Very thin eyes, and casting no shadow onto the ground at all.

I also got to hear the voices of the characters again, and they were indeed very childish. Even for the adults. The talking pokemon (other than Meowth) had very strange voices, in my opinion. Lugia didn't even have to move his mouth to talk. He either kept it closed or opened, but the voice came out with all syllables and stuff.

And the fourth wall was broken a few times. The one I remember clearest is at the end, when Slowking tells Team Rocket that the world (aka the audience) knows they helped save the world.

When it was over, I was like, "Whoa."