I remember it like it was yesterday. I was also 6 in 1999. For the entire summer break, all we did was play Pokemon Blue and watch the anime on YTV in the evening. I still remember when the cards eventually got “banned” from school or you’d get in trouble for having them because they caused such a nuisance during the school day. The hype for the movie going into the Fall of 1999 was just insane. I remember hearing of some of the older kids having been able to find the movie in Japanese and hearing all kinds of rumors about it before it came out in English.
It was so interesting back then not only because of being a kid, but also because things were a lot more mysterious compared to today. It was all fresh, new and exciting and you had to go through some effort to spoil things or figure things out.
Anyway, we’ve discussed this subject a lot on here. You might really enjoy reading these threads: