*-*-*-*-Pokémon World-*-*-*-*
   *1 Minute animé Theme*
  -Lyrics Gathered by PTT-
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(Words in parenthesis are in the background)
*words in asteriks are shouted rather than sung*

***Pokemon World***

*So you wanna be a master?!?!?!? *
*PO-Ké-MON!*
*Do you have the skillz to be, NUM-BER ONE?!?!?*

I wanna take the ultimate step, find the courage to be bold...
(Po-ké-mon!),
to risk it all, and not forget, the lessons that I hold... ,
I wanna go, where no-one's been, far beyond the crowd (Po-ké-mon!),
learn the way, to take command, use tha power that's in my hand!

<Chorus>
we all live (yeeaah!), in a pokémon world (po-ké-mon!),
i wanna be (yeeaaah!), the greatest master of them all (tha greatest 
master!),
We all live (yeaaah!) in a pokemon world (po-ké-mon!),
I put myself, to tha test, to be better than all tha rest! (Uhn!)

*So you wanna be a master?!?!? *
*PO-Ké-MON! *
*Do you have the skillz to be, NUM-BER ONE?!?!?*

We all live (Yeaaaah!) , in a Pokémon world (Po-ké-mon!),
I wanna be (YEAAAAH!), the greatest master of them Allll!

PO - Ké - MON!

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Pokémon fans rejoice! This new theme has been introduced to the series 
whilst Ash takes on the *drum roll please!* *dumdumdumdum* ORANGE LEAGUE in
the animé.
(Yes, its an ANIMé, it comes from Japan, so I call it as such ;P )

Anyway, John Loeffler and gang have done it again and created a wonderfully
upbeat and beautiful, not to mention ultra stick-in-your-head-for-hours
catchy!

The parts indicated above as *shouting* remind me of the Kirk Franklin 
Christian song 'DO YOU WANT A REVOLUTION??'

The verse is nice and mellow, and, since this is the TV version, expect
another verse in the 'Pokémon World' CD to be released this upcoming
February.

The chorus is most beautifully done. It's message is simple, but the music
and voice talent are just incredible. You will want to sing along too >;P

This song goes along simply great with the new cinematics. The people that 
edited those scenes are geniuses. Being one who has seen both the English AND
Japanese intros for The Orange League episodes, I can honestly and safely
say, we got the creme of the crop in overall presentation. The Japanese, in
comparison with ours, is much a much more mellow song, and the visuals just
don't seem to work for the song (perhaps if I could understand
Japanese, they would.) Anyhow, The US version uses about 80% of the original 
created cinematics that the Japanese version uses (Don't worry, they left in
all the good stuff) and 20% of scenes from upcoming episodes. The few scenes
they took out were basically time-wasting things, like the scene where
Gyarados hits Team Rocket in their awesome new Magikarp-sub. in

The Japanese version, they get hit a whopping 5-7 times. For the song 
crafted for US audiences, The editing was done top notch, to the best of
thier ability, for certain. Watch it, and you will hopefully agree that it
is the best of the two opening cinemas thus far in the series (Staryu and
Snorlax gained a million 'cool points'(TM!) with me since my viewing of it.

I only regret we don't have a US version of 'Lapras Ni Notte', the ending 
theme/cinema ending for the Orange League episodes (That WB network and
their stupid advertisements -_- )

To be fair, and not TOTALLY biased for the song, online opinions where I 
hang out are mixed, and bittersweet.

The opinions are generally split among 3 groups:

1. They absolutely LOVE it (like me! ^^)
2. They HATE it, or
3. They think it's an okay song, but they feel homesick for the original 
theme.

I do admit, I like the old theme too, but this song... this song is great. I 
would place it as the old theme's equal, perhaps even a little better, in
personal enjoyment.

Final Thoughts: A healthy change in both theme song and intro cinema.
GREAT!

Also, enjoy it's awesomeness while you can. My Pokémon expert online friend, 
who is 'in the know' informs me that the orange league is only about 30-35
episodes long, and then the series will take a turn and *SPOILER!* Ash will
apparently be competing against something called DUMDUMDUM, the JOLT LEAGUE!

ONE MORE THING, I've also seen the Japanese intro for this JOLT LEAGUE 
series, and it is absolutely fantastic! The song 'OK!' is very upbeat and
action packed, and it goes well with the graphics!

PTT's score: 10.0, or for you people who can't accept perfect scores,
9.9 
(aka 10!)

~PTT