Given the premise of meeting, catching, training, and befriending unique supernatural animals, the "monster of the week" formula was a seamless fit to make the anime an addicting watch.
Pokémon was a part of countless childhoods arguably as much -- or more -- than Dragon Ball Z. Given the premise of meeting, catching, training, and befriending unique supernatural animals, the "monster of the week" formula was a seamless fit to make the anime an addicting watch.