Posted by: Rumpelstiltskin on 03 Sep 2010 11:10:03 (No. 8210)
On September 4th, Cartoon Network will air the third Pokemon Movie, ''Spell of the Unown'', at 12:30pm!
Preceding it will be the the three-part episode of PKMN Chronicles, ''The Legend of Thunder!'', and the Pokemon Master Quest episode, ''Entei at Your Own Risk''.
Preceding it will be the the three-part episode of PKMN Chronicles, ''The Legend of Thunder!'', and the Pokemon Master Quest episode, ''Entei at Your Own Risk''.
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Posted by: Sunain on 01 Sep 2010 20:36:06 (No. 8158)
For the next three weeks, you have a chance to win awesome prizes in the Pokémon Johto Legendary Trio Sweepstakes! Each of three grand prize packages includes a bunch of awesome Pokémon stuff, including a Nintendo DSi XL™ system; copies of the video games Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions; a box of 36 Pokémon Trading Card Game booster packs from the latest expansion, HS—Undaunted; a set of three Pokémon TCG Collector’s Tins featuring Johto Legendary Pokémon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune; and more! In addition, 300 more lucky entrants will win one of three Pokémon TCG Collector’s Tins during the sweepstakes!
The sweepstakes begins August 30th and goes through September 19th, 2010. Be sure to enter daily for a chance to win one of the three grand prize packages or one of the 300 second prizes!
The sweepstakes begins August 30th and goes through September 19th, 2010. Be sure to enter daily for a chance to win one of the three grand prize packages or one of the 300 second prizes!
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Posted by: sksrobb on 30 Aug 2010 01:45:41 (No. 8064)
Hi! I’m really looking forward to this CD release as well! It really is hard to wait! :-)
Well, to make the wait a little easier, if you go to the J-Pop Exchange website, www.jpopexchange.net, you can HEAR my exclusive interview with Mr. Miyazaki that was recorded in mid-April of 2009 and aired on May 30th 2009. Until recently, only a transcript was available.
Also if you visit my website from August 30th through September 6th, you can listen to two pieces of music that are, as of this writing, not available on CD (I don’t know what tracks are going to be on the CD that is going to be released in September). They were given to me, at my request for airplay on my radio show The J-Pop Exchange, which airs on WVCR 88.3 FM. The pieces are:
The 6th Cue that was recorded in the 2002 Work order. This is my favorite piece that Mr. Miyazaki created for the Pokémon TV series. This is the piece that you hear in episode 1 of the original Japanese version of Pokémon Advanced Generation in which Ash climbs the mountain with Pikachu. Please note the cue you hear when Ash is on the phone earlier in this episode is actually a separate BGM. The cue I have is the more orchestral one.
The 38th Cue that was recorded in the 2002 work order. Funny Story about this one. This was actually the cue that ShoPro initially sent me; accidently thinking that it was the previous one. It’s barely 40 seconds long, but it’s actually pretty good. I am a huge fan of Mr. Miyazaki’s music, but this cue was a little harder for me to place. On my radio show I said that “it was used in times of resolution or recovery” because it was used more or less as epilogue music and while I realize that it’s not the official music of the Poke center, I could have sworn it was used in scenes in which Ash was healing Pikachu in the Poke center.
Just a little fun fact, all of the questions I asked Mr. Miyazaki were my own original questions except for the question that was next to the last. Yuko Shimamura encouraged me to ask that one. She, along with Nintendo of Japan and The Pokémon Company helped get the ball rolling. Unfortunately, currently some of the staff in the Pokémon dept. at ShoPro are different and much less friendly that the 2009 staff.
On the bright side, however, in December of 2009 I had the opportunity to become acquainted with Miyazaki’s manager at Imagine, Hajime Touma, and Yumiko Yamamoto who works as a studio musician. Her website is amazing and has a lot of interesting behind the scenes material. The older gentleman in many of the photos is her uncle (I believe). Pokémon fans and fans of Mr. Miyazaki might especially enjoy the following:
http://popoyumi.web.fc2.com/index/hataraku_occhan/studio20/studio20.htm#527
http://popoyumi.web.fc2.com/index/hataraku_occhan/off-line/off-line-070726.htm
http://popoyumi.web.fc2.com/index/hataraku_occhan/studio15/studio15.htm (story 439)
Hope you found this to be interesting. Please listen to The J-Pop Exchange on WVCR 88.3 FM and feel free to send me your comments and requests.
Well, to make the wait a little easier, if you go to the J-Pop Exchange website, www.jpopexchange.net, you can HEAR my exclusive interview with Mr. Miyazaki that was recorded in mid-April of 2009 and aired on May 30th 2009. Until recently, only a transcript was available.
Also if you visit my website from August 30th through September 6th, you can listen to two pieces of music that are, as of this writing, not available on CD (I don’t know what tracks are going to be on the CD that is going to be released in September). They were given to me, at my request for airplay on my radio show The J-Pop Exchange, which airs on WVCR 88.3 FM. The pieces are:
The 6th Cue that was recorded in the 2002 Work order. This is my favorite piece that Mr. Miyazaki created for the Pokémon TV series. This is the piece that you hear in episode 1 of the original Japanese version of Pokémon Advanced Generation in which Ash climbs the mountain with Pikachu. Please note the cue you hear when Ash is on the phone earlier in this episode is actually a separate BGM. The cue I have is the more orchestral one.
The 38th Cue that was recorded in the 2002 work order. Funny Story about this one. This was actually the cue that ShoPro initially sent me; accidently thinking that it was the previous one. It’s barely 40 seconds long, but it’s actually pretty good. I am a huge fan of Mr. Miyazaki’s music, but this cue was a little harder for me to place. On my radio show I said that “it was used in times of resolution or recovery” because it was used more or less as epilogue music and while I realize that it’s not the official music of the Poke center, I could have sworn it was used in scenes in which Ash was healing Pikachu in the Poke center.
Just a little fun fact, all of the questions I asked Mr. Miyazaki were my own original questions except for the question that was next to the last. Yuko Shimamura encouraged me to ask that one. She, along with Nintendo of Japan and The Pokémon Company helped get the ball rolling. Unfortunately, currently some of the staff in the Pokémon dept. at ShoPro are different and much less friendly that the 2009 staff.
On the bright side, however, in December of 2009 I had the opportunity to become acquainted with Miyazaki’s manager at Imagine, Hajime Touma, and Yumiko Yamamoto who works as a studio musician. Her website is amazing and has a lot of interesting behind the scenes material. The older gentleman in many of the photos is her uncle (I believe). Pokémon fans and fans of Mr. Miyazaki might especially enjoy the following:
http://popoyumi.web.fc2.com/index/hataraku_occhan/studio20/studio20.htm#527
http://popoyumi.web.fc2.com/index/hataraku_occhan/off-line/off-line-070726.htm
http://popoyumi.web.fc2.com/index/hataraku_occhan/studio15/studio15.htm (story 439)
Hope you found this to be interesting. Please listen to The J-Pop Exchange on WVCR 88.3 FM and feel free to send me your comments and requests.
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Posted by: Sunain on 30 Aug 2010 02:01:40 (No. 8065)
Thanks for the links. It's unfortunate that ShoPro isn't as forth coming as they were before. It's attitudes like that which has brought the music industry down so much. The upcoming BGM CD is very much anticipated by the fans of Miyazaki and it's unfortunate that the set isn't bigger (ie 4+ CD's like the recently announced Black and White soundtrack).
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Posted by: Sunain on 16 Aug 2010 11:12:31 (No. 7824)
For nearly a year, the goal for tens of thousands of Pokémon™ Trading Card Game (TCG) and video game players around the world has been becoming World Champion, but only a few hundred made it to the big stage this weekend, August 14-15, at the 2010 Pokémon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. When the dust settled after two days of intense competition featuring more than 375 players from over 25 countries, five World Champions were crowned. The Pokémon Company International announced today its 2010 World Champions: Junior TCG World Champion Yuka Furusawa from Japan and Junior video game World Champion Shota Yamamoto from Japan; Senior TCG World Champion Jacob Lesage from Canada and Senior video game World Champion Ray Rizzo from the United States; and Masters TCG World Champion Yuta Komatsuda from Japan.
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Posted by: Sunain on 15 Aug 2010 01:59:27 (No. 7818)
The official Pokémon GTS website has posted a notice that it will close at 11:00 a.m. PST on September 14th, 2010. With the imminent of Pokémon Black and White a few days later in Japan which coincides with the launch of the new Pokémon Global Link website, the closure of the Pokémon GTS website seemed eminent. Below is the post from the official site.
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Posted by: Sunain on 13 Aug 2010 08:31:21 (No. 7759)
In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, teen actors Dylan and Cole Sprouse take a break during filming of a commercial for the Pokemon HeartGold Version and Pokemon SoulSilver Version games for Nintendo DS, which come with the Pokewalker accessory, a special pedometer-like device that lets players take their favorite Pokemon with them wherever they go. The combined games have sold 2.7 million units in the United States. (From left to right: Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse)
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Posted by: Sunain on 13 Aug 2010 08:00:19 (No. 7755)
Attention, all gamers who plan to attend the Pokémon World Championships this weekend! Don’t forget to bring your copy of the Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, Pokémon Platinum Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version or Pokémon SoulSilver Version game to the event. You'll have the chance to receive a competition-ready Crobat for your game. This distribution will be available for only a limited time on Sunday, so be sure to bring your Nintendo DS and one of the Pokémon games listed here so you can get this awesome Crobat!
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Posted by: Sunain on 06 Aug 2010 06:16:49 (No. 7657)
The official Japanese website has announced a new Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection event for the Japanese versions of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver. A level 50 Manaphy (マナフィ) will be available from August 14th, 2010 to September 12th, 2010. McDonald's is also advertising the event and the Manaphy will be available at Nintendo Zone locations across Japan.
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Posted by: Rumpelstiltskin on 12 Jun 2010 13:22:18 (No. 6698)
Pokemon 4Ever is airing on Starz Kids and Family this July!
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