The Pokémon Anime Grew Indisputably Worse in One Area – Evolutions

While newer generations of the Pokémon anime have generally gotten better in quality as time passes, there is one area which has suffered since the earlier seasons: evolutions. These days, evolutions on screen mimic the simple animations found in the Pokémon games: a few seconds of flashing lights and a glowing silhouette, and then the Pokémon’s newest form is revealed in all of its glory, but in the earliest episodes of the series evolutions were much different.