Viz Media is doing something I didn't think anyone would ever bother doing: putting all 24 Pokémon movies in a single Blu-ray box set, Amazon-exclusive and limited edition. Polygon has the details, and yeah, it's pricey. It'll run you $399.99, which is a lot of money for movies about a mouse that shoots lightning. But I've made my feelings on physical media pretty clear over the years, and a set like this is exactly the kind of thing I'd point you toward if you love these movies.

Twenty-four movies. Think about that for a second. That's Ash and Pikachu from the very first Mewtwo film in 1998 all the way through the more recent Journey and Horizons-era features. More than two decades of legendaries, tearful goodbyes, and at least four separate movies where the plot is basically "a cute mythical Pokémon needs protecting." I grew up on the early ones. The first three movies hit VHS in my house so hard the tapes basically disintegrated.

The movies are, I'd argue, better than their reputation in certain corners of the internet suggests. Some of them are genuinely gorgeous. Lucario and the Mystery of Mew has real emotional weight, Spell of the Unown is weirdly melancholy for a kids' movie, and I'll defend Secrets of the Jungle as one of the better late-era entries without hesitation. Even the weaker ones move fast and look great, which is more than I can say for a lot of animated franchise product.

Now the catch, because there's always a catch. It's Amazon-exclusive, it's limited edition, and it's $399.99. That price is not for the casual fan, and that's kind of the point. This is a collector's item, not an entry point. If you're new to Pokémon movies, buy a couple of the standalone releases first and see if they hook you the way they hooked me.

But if you're the person who still has a binder of trading cards somewhere, or you've watched Polygon's coverage of the Pokémon: Wild Card teaser as many times as I have this week, this is probably your set. Nothing streaming can guarantee these films stay available forever. We've all watched titles quietly vanish from a service at midnight, and a shelf full of Blu-rays doesn't care what a licensing deal did or didn't renew.

I've spent this entire year learning not to bet against these movies, and a 24-film box set feels like the proof. Studios don't invest in packaging like this for a dead franchise. Pokémon is doing just fine.

The set lands November 24, 2026, and we're still waiting on the full special features lineup. If there's anything new in there beyond the films themselves, restorations, commentaries, art cards, I'll be back with a closer look. And if you want it, don't wait around. Limited edition means limited. Ask anyone who slept on the Kill Bill box set.