Was pokemon the first ever monster catching anime / monster

No, Doraemon and Rashomon both were earlier.

>>143114232
doraemon is a completley different style of show.

It's more like a japanese version of magic school bus.

>>143114232
>Rashomon
How is rashomon similar to pokemon in anyway?

>>143114232

Are you asking for a monster collection show or just a show that was exactly the same as Pokemon? That's like asking if Survivor was the first reality show, then discounting everything that wasn't a Survivor clone.

>>143114306
>>143114368
Obviously the guy was joking, jeez

>>143114583
Yes was it the first monster collecting show?

Well Megami Tensei was the first monster collecting game and it got an OVA in 1987

pokemon was a game before it pika'd its ass off
there was even a manga before the jp anime that gave pretty much no shits about pikachu

>>143114145
SMT had an OVA way before Pokemon i think.

>>143114145
Dai no Daibouken
They could capture monsters, but they never really did. The system was there though. They only really encountered a couple of dudes who did.