Summary
With therising prices of streaming servicesaround the world, many people are returning toYouTubefor free entertainment. Luckily, some of our favorite franchises are still active on YouTube, creating free and exclusive content that anyone can watch, regardless of their budget. The latest gift of free videos brought to us by YouTube is from none-other-thanPokemon, who have released the next set of three videos combining cooking and sentiment into one fun, cute package.
On the official JapanesePokemonchannel, three videos were added last month that are part of an ongoing series. The videos are all the same style of live-action combined with CGIPokemoncharacters, and they center around food. They are simple, short cooking videos that introduce the ingredients, show how to prepare the dish, and then show the Pokemon and humans enjoying it together. There are always some heartfelt moments as well, showing how cooking can bring people together to form special memories.
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The three videos are called “Camping Trip withPokemon,” though in reality only two of the three videos are actually taking place while camping. The first one is a kind of prequel, adding a newPokemonmember to the man’s original team of Pikachu, Charmeleon, Psyduck, and Jigglypuff. Hefinds a Sprigatitooutside, longingly watching the other Pokemon enjoying their food, and lets it inside to join his team. Then, the second two videos are the whole team of Pokemon and the man camping, and cooking outside on the fire.
In each video, the audience is shown how to make a few different dishes, both desserts and savory food, too. They feature close-up shots of how to make the food, which is satisfying to watch if you like to see slow-pouring chocolate, perfectly cut cake, cookie decorating, and more. Plus, the food portions are cut with clips of the cutePokemon interacting, playing, or eatingtogether. The videos are simple, easy to follow, and family-friendly, so anyone can enjoy them.
These latest three videos are the second part of a series that premiered around this time last year. While these videos are themed around camping, last time it was about making winter desserts, roughly translated as “Sweet Winter withPokemon.” While the last series was all about feeling good, “Camping Trip withPokemon” does have somemoments of melancholy surrounding Charmeleon, who is shown at the end of one video staring out the window at the sky. Though he is shown in the final video evolved into Charizard, so perhaps he was just dreaming about brighter days in his future!
The videos are from the JapanesePokemonchannel, so they are all in Japanese. However, there is no talking in them at all, so the only language barrier is that the amounts for the ingredients in the cooking recipes are all written in Japanese, along with the simple instructions. If you are watching the videos just to see delicious food, cutePokemoncharacters, andcozy close-up cooking shots, the language doesn’t matter. They are worth watching for anyPokemonfan, Japanese or not, and at between 5 and 6 minutes each they are just long enough to be enjoyable without dragging on too long.
