Was pokemon the first ever monster catching anime / monster friends anime?
No, Doraemon and Rashomon both were earlier.
>>143114232
doraemon is a completley different style of show.
It's more like a japanese version of magic school bus.
>>143114232
>Rashomon
How is rashomon similar to pokemon in anyway?
>>143114232
Are you asking for a monster collection show or just a show that was exactly the same as Pokemon? That's like asking if Survivor was the first reality show, then discounting everything that wasn't a Survivor clone.
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>>143114368
Obviously the guy was joking, jeez
>>143114583
Yes was it the first monster collecting show?
Well Megami Tensei was the first monster collecting game and it got an OVA in 1987
pokemon was a game before it pika'd its ass off
there was even a manga before the jp anime that gave pretty much no shits about pikachu
>>143114145
SMT had an OVA way before Pokemon i think.
>>143114145
Dai no Daibouken
They could capture monsters, but they never really did. The system was there though. They only really encountered a couple of dudes who did.
