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| Old Updates Archive | June
2025
Manga Guide: Kousaku Anakubuo's Pocket Monsters goes on hiatus
June 29th, 2025
Dogasu @ 16:57 JST -- The newest chapter of Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters, the longest running Pokémon comic in existence, was supposed to be posted today, June 29th. However an announcement that the series is going on hiatus was posted instead.
In the image posted on the CoroCoro website, Pippi can be seen bowing to the readers and saying "We're sorry! Due to personal reasons with the author, this comic will go on hiatus for a short while. Please wait a bit for the series to return."
A more detailed reason for the unexpected delay, the second in six months, has not been provided. The website that hosts new chapters of this series, Weekly CoroCoro Comics, has the next chapter listed as coming out "TBD" (未定) so there's really no way of knowing how long this hiatus will last.
Episode Comparison "Beauty and the Beach"
June 24th, 2025
Dogasu @ 23:58 JST -- Today marks the 25th anniversary of Kids' WB! airing of the infamous Lost Episode "Beauty and the Beach" and so to commemorate this event I went and did a complete overhaul of its Episode Comparison!
I was actually surprised at how bad the older version of this was and so I'm happy to have this new and improved comparison up on the site. The revamped write-up has much better Japanese to English translations, much better quality images, a deep dive into when this episode was actually dubbed, quotes from Eric Stuart confirming why it was banned in the first place, and a whole more! A lot of people know this simply as "the episode where James had those inflatable breasts" but there's actually so, so much more to talk about and so I hope you enjoy!
Episode Comparison: "Enter the Dragonite"
June 19th, 2025
Dogasu @ 8:53 JST -- New month, new Episode Comparison! Today I've got the comparison for the second half of Ash's battle against Drake, "Enter the Dragonite."
This episode is a pretty great showcase of just how little 4Kids knows about the video games on which this TV series is based while also providing yet another example of the whole "the English dub pretty much exists in its own separate continuity" thing by making Drake a Champion...? Music shenanigans and weird cuts round out a real doozy of a comparison. Check it out!
Manga Guide: Den-Geki! Pikachu Chapter 17
June 14th, 2025
Dogasu @ 10:03 JST -- Last month I did an Episode Comparison for Pocket Monsters (1997) Episode 111 "The Winners Cup! A Six-on-Six Full Battle!!," and one of the things about the episode I didn't get a chance to mention is that it's actually one of the ones that got adapted in Toshihiro Ono's Den-Geki! Pikachu manga! So for today's update I've got a detailed breakdown of Den-Geki! Pikachu Chapter 17 "Winners Cup."
I've done for this chapter what I hope to eventually be able to do for every other chapter of this series. There's the usual chapter summary, sure, but I've also got a translated author comment, a list of all the release dates of both this manga chapter and the TV episode on which it was based, a comparison between the TV version and the manga adaptation, a comparison between the magazine version and the graphic novel collection, and a comparison between the Japanese version and the English version! It's honestly the most detailed breakdown of the chapter that exists on the Internet!
Manga Guide: Pocket Monsters Special June 2025 Chapter
June 11th, 2025
Dogasu @ 09:42 JST -- The latest chapter in the Scarlet & Violet arc of the long running manga series Pocket Monsters Special was just released late last week and so I've added a summary of it to the Manga Guide.
In this chapter, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Paldea Region discuss the recent attacks on academy students as well as the so-called "fake student" running around while, elsewhere, Scarlet faces off against the Star-Dan Team Tsih base leader Shuumei. I've also added translations of the behind-the-scenes information provided by artist Satoshi Yamamoto's X (Twitter) page so check that out as well!
Manga Guide: Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters May 2025 Chapter
June 1st, 2025
Dogasu @ 17:26 JST -- I keep forgetting to check the official CoroCoro website for updates and so I'm a few days late to this, but I've added a summary of the newest chapter of Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters to the Manga Guide.
This month's chapter has a gag that hinges on you completely ignoring basic continuity, but given how completely unserious this series is that shouldn't come as too much of a shock.
The next chapter is scheduled to come out June 29th.
Manga Guide: Kousaku Anakubuo's Pocket Monsters goes on hiatus
June 29th, 2025
Dogasu @ 16:57 JST -- The newest chapter of Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters, the longest running Pokémon comic in existence, was supposed to be posted today, June 29th. However an announcement that the series is going on hiatus was posted instead.
In the image posted on the CoroCoro website, Pippi can be seen bowing to the readers and saying "We're sorry! Due to personal reasons with the author, this comic will go on hiatus for a short while. Please wait a bit for the series to return."
A more detailed reason for the unexpected delay, the second in six months, has not been provided. The website that hosts new chapters of this series, Weekly CoroCoro Comics, has the next chapter listed as coming out "TBD" (未定) so there's really no way of knowing how long this hiatus will last.
Episode Comparison "Beauty and the Beach"
June 24th, 2025
Dogasu @ 23:58 JST -- Today marks the 25th anniversary of Kids' WB! airing of the infamous Lost Episode "Beauty and the Beach" and so to commemorate this event I went and did a complete overhaul of its Episode Comparison!
I was actually surprised at how bad the older version of this was and so I'm happy to have this new and improved comparison up on the site. The revamped write-up has much better Japanese to English translations, much better quality images, a deep dive into when this episode was actually dubbed, quotes from Eric Stuart confirming why it was banned in the first place, and a whole more! A lot of people know this simply as "the episode where James had those inflatable breasts" but there's actually so, so much more to talk about and so I hope you enjoy!
Episode Comparison: "Enter the Dragonite"
June 19th, 2025
Dogasu @ 8:53 JST -- New month, new Episode Comparison! Today I've got the comparison for the second half of Ash's battle against Drake, "Enter the Dragonite."
This episode is a pretty great showcase of just how little 4Kids knows about the video games on which this TV series is based while also providing yet another example of the whole "the English dub pretty much exists in its own separate continuity" thing by making Drake a Champion...? Music shenanigans and weird cuts round out a real doozy of a comparison. Check it out!
Manga Guide: Den-Geki! Pikachu Chapter 17
June 14th, 2025
Dogasu @ 10:03 JST -- Last month I did an Episode Comparison for Pocket Monsters (1997) Episode 111 "The Winners Cup! A Six-on-Six Full Battle!!," and one of the things about the episode I didn't get a chance to mention is that it's actually one of the ones that got adapted in Toshihiro Ono's Den-Geki! Pikachu manga! So for today's update I've got a detailed breakdown of Den-Geki! Pikachu Chapter 17 "Winners Cup."
I've done for this chapter what I hope to eventually be able to do for every other chapter of this series. There's the usual chapter summary, sure, but I've also got a translated author comment, a list of all the release dates of both this manga chapter and the TV episode on which it was based, a comparison between the TV version and the manga adaptation, a comparison between the magazine version and the graphic novel collection, and a comparison between the Japanese version and the English version! It's honestly the most detailed breakdown of the chapter that exists on the Internet!
Manga Guide: Pocket Monsters Special June 2025 Chapter
June 11th, 2025
Dogasu @ 09:42 JST -- The latest chapter in the Scarlet & Violet arc of the long running manga series Pocket Monsters Special was just released late last week and so I've added a summary of it to the Manga Guide.
In this chapter, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Paldea Region discuss the recent attacks on academy students as well as the so-called "fake student" running around while, elsewhere, Scarlet faces off against the Star-Dan Team Tsih base leader Shuumei. I've also added translations of the behind-the-scenes information provided by artist Satoshi Yamamoto's X (Twitter) page so check that out as well!
Manga Guide: Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters May 2025 Chapter
June 1st, 2025
Dogasu @ 17:26 JST -- I keep forgetting to check the official CoroCoro website for updates and so I'm a few days late to this, but I've added a summary of the newest chapter of Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters to the Manga Guide.
This month's chapter has a gag that hinges on you completely ignoring basic continuity, but given how completely unserious this series is that shouldn't come as too much of a shock.
The next chapter is scheduled to come out June 29th.
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