It may as well be Kenny G, or Preparation H. Kudos to anybody who, in 2015, remains on-point with developments in this particular trading-card universe, but fully-formed humans will find the business of this dubbed cartoon reboot as baffling as its presence on UK screens. (A flagrant grab for pocket money seems, as ever, the likeliest explanation). There’s apparently been no let-up in the gotta-catch-‘em-all battle for those translucent golden orbs, nor indeed in the churning-out of non-mouth-synched Japanese animation. One innovation: the application of thrash metal to fight scenes, which at least hushes the shriller voice artists. Still, clearly our defences are low: time for a state-enforced Top Trumps revival.
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The headline of this article was amended on 4 October 2015 to correct the impression the film is based on trading cards.
