I don't care if some people say that this series is "overrated". I love the XY anime of Pokemon. Pokemon XY/XYZ also works as a standalone Pokemon anime series AND as a normal Pokemon series part of the anime. If it was a standalone Pokemon anime series, it would've been nominated for anime of 2016, mainly XYZ. The XYZ season is the pinnacle in terms of the story, the unique development with Ash and Greninja, Serena becoming somebody who wants to inspire by becoming a Pokemon contest champion, Clemont becoming a great Gym leader and Bonnie's friendship with Squishy a.k.a. Z1 (Zygarde. There's also Z2) is excellent. And, the flawless chemistry between the main characters, even with Diancie in the Pokemon movie 17.
During the first 2 seasons of the anime, there's also the 4 episodes of the mini series called Mega Evolution Special, which is the build up of XYZ, where the main character, who is also one of Ash's main rivals in the anime, is Alain, and he's my favorite character of the series. I know a lot of people hate the finale of the Kalos league where Ash didn't win and instead Alain won, but I personally didn't mind it. Also, if the XY anime was a standalone Pokemon series, with only the 140 +4 episodes of the Mega Evolution Special mini series, I doubt if so many people would've still complaint about the league finale.
The entire storyline with Team Flare from the very first episode of XYZ all the way to episode 43 was super amazing. Ever since I've originally watched XYZ I was hooked by the first moment. And don't even get me started on the Team Flare arc which is from the ending of episode 38 to 43, and it was TOO GOOD! The Team Flare arc is by far my favorite arc in Pokemon and one of my personal favorite arcs of any anime that I've watched. You definitely must watch the XY/XYZ anime so you can see how good the TF arc is.
This series has some flaws. The first flaw is that Team Rocket trio were weird at times compared to them in the OS, AG, DP, SM & Journeys anime, but DEFINITELY better than their BW anime incarnation. This resulted in filler episodes becoming repetitive with them. Also, this might be biased (for you), but I really disliked the dynamic between Serena's Pancham & Clemont's Chespin. It was basically Zoro & Sanji done BAD, and I don't understand how some people find it "fUnNy". And lastly, I hated how Serena firstly interacted with Miette.
Those are the only flaws about this series, everything else is good.
And the ending is phenomenal.
During the first 2 seasons of the anime, there's also the 4 episodes of the mini series called Mega Evolution Special, which is the build up of XYZ, where the main character, who is also one of Ash's main rivals in the anime, is Alain, and he's my favorite character of the series. I know a lot of people hate the finale of the Kalos league where Ash didn't win and instead Alain won, but I personally didn't mind it. Also, if the XY anime was a standalone Pokemon series, with only the 140 +4 episodes of the Mega Evolution Special mini series, I doubt if so many people would've still complaint about the league finale.
The entire storyline with Team Flare from the very first episode of XYZ all the way to episode 43 was super amazing. Ever since I've originally watched XYZ I was hooked by the first moment. And don't even get me started on the Team Flare arc which is from the ending of episode 38 to 43, and it was TOO GOOD! The Team Flare arc is by far my favorite arc in Pokemon and one of my personal favorite arcs of any anime that I've watched. You definitely must watch the XY/XYZ anime so you can see how good the TF arc is.
This series has some flaws. The first flaw is that Team Rocket trio were weird at times compared to them in the OS, AG, DP, SM & Journeys anime, but DEFINITELY better than their BW anime incarnation. This resulted in filler episodes becoming repetitive with them. Also, this might be biased (for you), but I really disliked the dynamic between Serena's Pancham & Clemont's Chespin. It was basically Zoro & Sanji done BAD, and I don't understand how some people find it "fUnNy". And lastly, I hated how Serena firstly interacted with Miette.
Those are the only flaws about this series, everything else is good.
And the ending is phenomenal.
