The Delbert Cartoon Report

  I've been on a Pokemon fix recently, and most of my rewatching is from the moments Ash would battle for a badge from gym leaders thanks to the new Pokemon TV Youtube channel.  Some were nice while others were tough opponents.  For this list as something different, we are looking at each gym leader from weakest to strongest based on the number of battles and number of episodes to beat each one.  It almost seems like ranking bosses for a video game, which is fitting for such a series based off of a video game.  This will also include strategies on beating each leader based on the anime. Misty Badge: Cascade Badge No. of Battles to Badge: 1 No. of Episodes to get Badge: 1 So technically there are 4 gym leaders which includes Misty's sisters, but the decided to no longer battle and besides in the game, Misty is who you battle anyways.  Two against two, Ash gets the badge for saving their Pokemon from Team Rocket.  The strategy here is to use an electric ...

  Another year has come and gone, and for this blog it seems like not a lot of new material.  New articles were abandoned somewhat, but maintaining older ones continued with more and more updates, especially with the arrival of....hold on I'm getting ahead of myself.  It was indeed a rough year, but we got through it.  Here is the lookback of 2024 and new this year will be my predictions for 2025 Animated Features As always, we start off with what's going on with animated features.  Actually, a lot has been going on with Disney probably getting back on track with Inside Out.  We also got The Garfield Movie which helped put Garfield back on the map for at least a little while.  Transformers became a dud, but Sonic 3 became a hit.  The Wild Robot surprised everyone with its heartwarming tale.  Though not every movie was a hit, there is some hope for better things to come.  My 2025 predictions are hard to make since I'm not entirely sure wh...

  With the holidays in full swing, everyone is celebrating with their favorite Christmas movies and specials, and that includes one particular creature based on the book by Dr. Seuss who hates Christmas.  I'm talking of course about The Grinch.  The Grinch has been in television specials, movies, and musicals making him one of the most recognizable figures of Christmas.  However, in this editorial piece of mine, that may be a problem. When the original Grinch special came out in 1966, it came out at a great time when all the great classics came out such as Rudolph, Charlie Brown, and Frosty.  Because it was done by Chuck Jones at MGM, it too would age very well.  Fast forward over 30 years when Universal put out the live action version of The Grinch starring Jim Carey as the mean one himself.  The movie turned The Grinch into something different.  The movie has since become a classic istelf. Now for some disclaimers: when I was a kid, I loved this...

  For 40 years, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies have been in the relm of home video.  The idea of owning a copy of your favorite cartoon instead of going through the TV listings and finding where said cartoon would air and when would be reduced by many knowing they have their copies available to watch at any time.  Not to mention these should look better than on TV.  The Looney Tunes have had many different home video releases, some good, others not so good.  For this list, we are counting down a la Watchmojo style all know Looney Tunes releases from worst to best. This list is for the original theatrical cartoons only.  Any release involving movies, TV reboots, or any newer content will not be covered on here.  No bonus cartoons or Saturday Morning sets will be covered since they are not the main bread and butter.  Nor will any repackaging such as two packs, 4 Kid Favorites, or ....and Friends will be covered either. TBD.  Looney Tunes Coll...

 There seems to be a lot of talk of public domain these days with Mickey Mouse.  Therefore it's time to mention a company that has released Mickey Mouse at one point and had a slight impact on me, and that is Star Classics. The actual origins to the company is unclear, but it's believed to have started in the mid 80's.  The original purpose of the company was to release old public domain content to VHS.  These include movies, TV shows, and cartoons.  It is believed that this was done for the collector's market since none of the tapes were targeted towards kids and many of these at the time had not yet been on home video.  They were, however, done cheap.  When the series of tapes began, they were all in generic boxes with an image and title of whatever was on the tape.  As time progressed they began adding putting in some effort with art covers.  Though each tape was generic, there was a series of tapes that read Color Cartoon Festival, but by...