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Pokémon Story Translations In December 2000 a book called Pokémon Story (ポケモンストーリー) was released in Japan. Coming in at a hefty 543 pages, the book goes through the early history of the franchise, from the formation of Game Freak through Pocket Monsters Red & Green's development, the franchise becoming a national sensation, and Pokémon's break into a worldwide phenomenon. I've actually translated various parts of the book over the years so click on a link below to read them! | The Episode 38 Incident (Pages 355 - 391) | | Bringing Pokémon to America (Pages 397 - 441) | |
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"Pockets Filled with Adventure" A new live action series is coming to Japan in October 2023! Click on the link above to read English translations of all the information that was released at the time the show was announced! |
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After the March 24th, 2023 airing of the
final
episode of Pocket Monsters: Mezase
Pokémon Master, "The Rainbow and the Pokémon
Master," a lot of the show's cast and crew took to social media to
voice their appreciation for the show that's been a part of their lives
the last 26 years or so. I thought it would be a shame of those
messages got lost to time and so I've archived as many of them as I
could find on this page.
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| Translations |
Translations of various interviews, comments, and other guides from Japanese to English.
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Nico Nico News
Interview with Kensho Ono The Japanese website Nico Nico News conducted an interview with Alan's voice actor, Kensho Ono, to commemorate Alan's return to Pocket Monsters (2019). |
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Oricon News Interview with Mariya Ise The Japanese entertainment website Oricon News posted an interview with Eureka's voice actor, Ms. Mariya Ise, to commemorate Eureka's return to Pocket Monsters (2019). |
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NewType Web Interview with Yuko Kobayashi The Japanese website NewType Web posted an interview with Shigeru's voice actor, Ms. Yuko Kobayashi, to commemorate Dr. Ookido's grandson returning to the show. |
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Animedia August 2019 Interviews
The August 2019
issue of Animedia conducted two interviews: a joint interview with Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution's
Masachika Ichimura and Sachiko Kobayashi, and a brief interview with
the director of the Sun & Moon
TV series Daiki Tomiyasu.
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spoon.2Di Issue 63 Interview The 63rd issue of the anime magazine spoon.2Di featured an interview with (and assorted comments from) Pocket Monsters (2019) producer Mr. Tomoya Negishi. How is the show's staff adapting to this post-coronavirus world? How did they decide to have the Kalos Gym Leader Corni be the first "older character" Satoshi faces off against? And who came up with the two-in-one episode idea in the first place? All that - plus an acknowledgment that hey, we're going to have to eventually deal with Gou trying to get legendary Pokémon at some point - can be found here! |
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CoroCoro Online
Interviews CoroCoro Online posted a series of interviews following the July 31st, 2020 announcement of who will be the special guest stars appearing in Pocket Monsters The Movie "Koko." Read translations of these interviews here. | Kankuro Nakamura (Zarude) | | Moka Kamishiraishi (Koko) | |
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Animedia June 2020
Interviews The June 2020 issue of Animedia conducted a number of interviews with the cast and crew of Pocket Monsters (2019) to commerate the Gym Leader Kibana's upcoming debut. Cast Rica Matsumoto (Satoshi) Daiki Yamashita (Gou) Daisuke Ono (Dande) Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Kibana) Staff Daiki Tomiyasu (Series' Director) Miscellaneous |
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Buzzfeed
Japan Interviews
The Buzzfeed Japan site posted an interview with the voice actors for the Rocket trio, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, and Inuko Inuyama! Jul. 21st, 2019: Can a man and a woman be "just friends"? We ask the Rocket trio |
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Animate
Times Interviews The entertainment website Animate Times conducted several interviews with the voice actors for the Rocket trio, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, and Inuko Inuyama! Oct.
25th, 2019: The Rocket trio's going to continue into the new series!
Nov. 2nd, 2019: Longer interview in which the voice actors discuss who they want to see again, how their characters have changed, and how they want the trio to appear more often. |
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CoroCoro Online
Interviews CoroCoro Online posted a series of interviews following the airing of the 139th episode of Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon "The Birth of the Master of Alola!!" Read translations of these interviews here. | Rica Matsumoto (Alola League | Dr. Ookido) | | Shoko Nakagawa | Nicole Fujita | | Okazaki Physical Education | |
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Pokemon Pia This magazine / book, which was released to commemorate the release of Pocket Monsters The Movie "I Choose You!", includes a whopping fourteen (!) interviews with various voice actors and production staff. Translations of those interviews can be found here. (Please note that this is still a work in progress and so all the interviews are not yet available) |
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Animage (May 2017) Satoshi Nakano Feature Let's hear from Satoshi Nakano, the character designer of the Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon TV series! |
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Animage (March 2015) Masaaki Iwane Interview The March 2015 issue of Animage features a massive interview with Masaaki Iwane, one of the most prolific animators to ever work on Pocket Monsters. |
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The
Memorial Book of Orange Islands A guide book printed shortly after the Orange Islands arc ended its run on Japanese TV in late 1999. The following content has been translated: Episode-specific Comments from the Screenwriters for (nearly) every episode Interview with Chouji Yoshikawa, the associate producer of the original Pocket Monsters TV series A five-page comic "What it takes to make the Pokemon cartoon" that goes behind the scenes of the animation process! | Page
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"Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsman Keldeo"
Visual Guide Interviews This "visual guide" for the second Best Wishes! movie features a number of interviews with the cast and crew of the film. |
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A
Pokemon Music Special Chat The three-disc release of the soundtrack to HeartGold and SoulSilver came with a booklet that included an interview with the game's sound staff. |
| Event
Reports |
I've been fortunate enough to attend numerous Pocket Monsters-related events throughout Japan over the years. Collections of my observations and thoughts about each event can be found below.
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Pokémon Fossil
Museum A collection of photos taken from a Pokémon science museum exhibit in Tokyo, Japan in May 2022 |
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Daniel Arsham "A Ripple
in Time" Art Exhibit A collection of photos taken from a series of Pokémon art exhibits held in Tokyo, Japan in February 2022 |
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The
Rocket-Dan's Emergency Meeting On July 13th, 2017 the Rocket trio hosted an emergency meeting in Tokyo, Japan to announce a super top-secret project. |
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Pokémon the
movie XY Exhibit The "Pokémon the movie XY Exhibit" was an art installation at the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Tokyo, Japan held during the summer of 2014. |
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Pokkén Tournament Once upon a time Pokkén Tournament was an arcade game available exclusively in Japan. These first impressions from before the game was brought overseas may not be terribly useful now but they do offer a unique time capsule of a time when this game wasn't available overseas. |
| Information:
Books / Magazines |
Information about books and other written content released in Japan and / or the U.S.
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Magazine Guide (2021) A breakdown of the various Japanese magazines from which fans get a lot of their news about the animated series. Includes release dates, where to buy, what each magazine covers, and more. |
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Ken
Sugimori's Work - A 25 Year Portfolio from "Quinty" to "Jerry Boy" and
"Pocket
Monsters" A portfolio of the work of Ken Sugimori, who most of us know as the man responsible for drawing the official artwork for the pokemon used to promote the video games. |
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Shoko
Nakagawa "Pokemon Taught Me the Meaning of Life" Voice Actor / Singer / Pokemon variety show cast member Shoko Nakagawa has written a book about how Pokemon and the effect it's had on her life. |
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Pocket Monsters in 1996 Let's take a look at how the media was covering Pocket Monsters during its first year in existence. |
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Time Magazine Pokemon shows how mainstream it is by gracing the cover of one of the U.S.'s most highly-circulated magazines. |
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Audio
Content |
Information about various audio-only content released in Japan.
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Pokemon
Radio Show! The Rocket-Dan's Secret Empire Everything you want to know about the Japan-only radio show that was on-air for the second half of 2012. |
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Video
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Information about various video content released in Japan.
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Pikachu The Movie Premium Box 1998 - 2010
Review Everything you'll want to know about the massive fourteen disc Blu-ray set released in Japan in November 2012. |
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Tsutaya "The
Illusionary Conqueror, Zorro'ark" Navigate DVD A special behind the scenes DVD available for rental at Tsutaya stores |
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Pocket Monsters
Diamond &
Pearl ("Get Pokemon" Version) DVD Review An in-depth look at the seemingly random assortment of Diamond & Pearl episodes that were sold at convenience stores and supermarkets all over Japan. |
| Miscellaneous |
Miscellaneous other features that don't really fit into any other category.
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Pokémon Shock While pretty much every Pokémon fan knows about Pocket Monsters Episode 38 and the seizure-like symptoms its broadcast caused, a lot of the information that's out there only really scratches the surface of this massive event in the history of television. In this section of the website, I take a deeper dive into the incident, unearthing contemporary Japanese materials and translating them into English for the first time ever. |
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Kaori and her hiatus
from voice acting The voice of Haruka in Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation, Kaori, has been on a voice acting hiatus since around 2012 or so. What's going on with that and what does that mean for the future of Satoshi's traveling companion? |
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Pocket Monsters, or "Pockemon" for Short Did you know that the word we all spell as "Pokémon" used to have an alternate spelling? Let's look at how "Pockemon" was the preferred spelling of the franchise's titular characters back when Pocket Monsters was still a Japan-only franchise. |
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Rougela in Animation - From Black to Purple Over the years The Pokémon Company in Japan has been slowly going back and editing old Rougela episodes so that she's purple instead of black. Which episodes have been changed? Check out this guide to find out! |
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Unshou Ishizuka, 1951 -
2018 My tributes to Unshou Ishizuka, one of the most ubiquitous voice actors in the Pocket Monsters animated series. |
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April Fools Archive An archive of all the April Fools pranks I've pulled with this website over the years. |
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Contests on
Dogasu's Backpack A place where I archive all the contests (as of this writing, only one...) held on Dogasu's Backpack. |
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Recycled Characters A tribute to those background characters who keep reappearing over and over and over again. |
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Takeshi Shudo, 1949 - 2010 On October 29th, 2010, screenplay writer Takeshi Shudo passed away. I found some information about the man that had never been available in English before and have collected that here. |
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The Grand List of Pokemon
Video Game Clichés A humorous look at some of the trends seen in the Pocket Monsters video games. |
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