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Celebrating 30 Years of Pokémon, The Pokémon Short Movie Festival ~ Pocket Monsters The Movie Short Movie Masterpiece Selection 2 ~ On-Location Report
September 20th, 2026

Dogasu @ 7:31 JST -- Continuing on from the last update, the second of these movie festivals (Celebrating 30 Years of Pokémon, The Pokémon Short Movie Festival ~ Pocket Monsters The Movie Short Movie Masterpiece Selection 2 ~) started up yesterday September 19th and, just like last time, I actually got a chance to go to this showing myself. So, here's my write-up of the event!


Like last time, the report details what it was like at the theater itself, what the 35mm presentation of the films was like, and all about the exclusive ads that played before each film. This is the sort of thing that's super easy to get lost to time so I'm happy to be able to document this all here, albeit several months after the fact.


Celebrating 30 Years of Pokémon, The Pokémon Short Movie Festival ~ Pocket Monsters The Movie Short Movie Masterpiece Selection ~ On-Location Report
September 12th, 2026

Dogasu @ 12:38 JST -- Back in May I went to the Celebrating 30 Years of Pokémon, The Pokémon Short Movie Festival ~ Pocket Monsters The Movie Short Movie Masterpiece Selection ~ event in the Jimbocho area of Tokyo, Japan. I know this is about four months late, but here's my on-location report of the experience.


The report details what it was like at the theater itself, what the 35mm presentation of the films was like, and all about the exclusive ads that played before each film. This is the sort of thing that's super easy to get lost to time so I'm happy to be able to document this all here, albeit several months after the fact.

I'm planning to go to the second one of these festivals, Celebrating 30 Years of Pokémon, The Pokémon Short Movie Festival ~ Pocket Monsters The Movie Short Movie Masterpiece Selection 2 ~, this coming Saturday the 19th and so I'll be doing a similar write-up for that as well.


Manga Guide: August/September 2026
September 6th, 2026

Dogasu @ 20:18 JST -- It's time for another Manga Guide update! Here are all the new Pokémon related manga to come out since mid-August:


Poco a Pokémon 4-Koma Biyori, or "Poco a Pokémon: It's a Perfect Day for a Four-Panel Comic." In the latest collection of comic strips based on the Nintendo Switch game, the Pokémon enjoy a day at the beach.

Pokémon Card Game Yarouze~! Mega Chapter, the "Pokémon tries its hand at a Yu-Gi-Oh! type manga" series. In the latest chapter Retto tries out the soon-to-be-released "30th Celebration" expansion pack. How can he hope to win against an opponent with a whopping eight Pokémon on her Bench?


Pokémon Frienda Oshiete! Friender-Man, the comic based on the current Pokémon arcade game Pokémon Frienda. In the newest chapter Renda learns about "XT" Pokémon and how using them over and over can lead to some game-changing advantages.

Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters, Chapter 62: Pippi and Pikachu take on a wild Dorapult! Can they defeat the dual Dragon/Ghost-Type Pokémon!?


Pocket Monsters Special Scarlet & Violet, Chapter 36: Now that Scarlet's battle against Biwa's over, it's time for Violet to take on Ortega! Can he defeat the final Star-Dan Boss?

Finally, Pocket Monsters Special Scarlet & Violet Volume 5 was released late last month so I've added chapter titles, author comments, and other information about the release over on its own page here.


And that's it for now! The next chapter of Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters is scheduled to come out at the end of the month, and the 100th (!!!) issue of Pokémon Fan scheduled to come out on the 30th will likely have another Poco a Pokémon 4-Koma Biyori collection in it, but other than this should be it for the month.


Movies & Specials Guide: Pokémon: Wild Card
September 1st, 2026

Dogasu @ 21:49 JST -- This past weekend was the 2026 Pokémon World Championships, a competitive Pokémon event held in California, USA, and during its closing ceremonies a brand new animated Pokémon film was announced as being in production for a 2027 release!


The new full-length feature film will be called Pokémon: Wild Card and it seems to be focusing on the Pokémon Trading Card Game. There isn't really much known about the film at this point other than a few staff details, but I've taken what little we do know and put it on its own page here. This section will be updated as more information becomes available.