Pocket Monsters XY&Z Character Song Project Reveals Rocket Gang Song
The official website for the Pocket Monsters XY&Z Character Song Project, which launched in late October some time prior to the premiere of the Pocket Monsters XY&Z TV series, has updated with the revelation of a third character song, The Rocket Gang Team Song (ロケット団 団 歌), featuring Musashi, Koj...
Pokémon Jukebox Launches on Google Play
The Pokémon Company International announced the Pokémon Jukebox app for regions outside of Japan. The app is the same as the Pokémon Ongaku Zukan (ポケモン音楽図鑑) one released in Japan earlier in the year. The app is free but tracks cost $0.99 for single tracks and $1.99 for medleys. We recommend though i...
Tweedia / Gaogao All Stars CD's Announced with Special Tretta's
The official Sony Music Japan website and the official Pokémon Tretta website have announced new CD's for the Movie 18 theme song Tweedia sung by Rei Yasuda (安田レイ) and the third XY ending theme Gaogao All Stars (ガオガオ・オールスター) sung by Little Glee Monster. All the CD's will be released in Japan on July...
Pokémon Omega Ruby & Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: Super Music Collection iTunes
The Pokémon Omega Ruby & Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: Super Music Collection is now available for purchase on iTunes. The collection is not exactly the same as 6 disc CD Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Super Music Complete set that was released in Japan earlier in the month. The iTunes c...
Mewtwo will also be available as Paid Add-on DLC's for Super Smash Bros
Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that the free download codes for Mewtwo will be distributed in spring 2015 for players that register both versions of Super Smash Bros for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Participants who qualify before 22:59 (UK time) on January 20th, 2015 can receive both the soundtrack CD...
DreaDrea CD Release Announcement
Shoko Nakagawa announced earlier in her LIVE TOUR 2014 Greedy Revolution that a CD of the current ending theme DreaDrea (ドリドリ) would be released in 2015. Shoko-tan's staff Twitter account posted today that the release date of the CD would be February 18th, 2015. They also posted two videos of Sh...
Pokémon Live! Musical
Last week marked the 14th anniversary of the Pokémon Live! Musical premiering in the United States. Pokemon Live! was a multi-million dollar musical stage show featuring the adventures of Ash, Brock, Misty, Pikachu, Giovanni, Team Rocket and the mechanical Pokémon, MechaMew2. It premiered on Broadwa...
Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Super Music Complete CD Announced
The Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Super Music Complete (ポケモン オメガルビー・アルファサファイアスーパーミュージックコンプリート) 6 disc CD set has been announced by OVERLAP records. The set will be released in Japan on December 3rd, 2014. The preorder price is 3000yen and most stores will end preorders on November...
New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS LL
During the Nintendo Direct broadcast on August 29th, 2014, Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡) revealed the New Nintendo 3DS and LL. The New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS LL feature a C Stick camera analog control similar to the one on the Gamecube controller and it is placed above t...
Rica Matsumoto Announces a New Album with a Cover of Mamorubeki Mono
To promote the new Pokémon movie, Rica Matsumoto appeared on today's episode of the anime talkshow Animemashite. During the interview she announced a new album of hers, scheduled for release around August. The album would contain covers of the opening songs for various anime she had starred in over ...
SCANDAL ARENA LIVE 2014 "FESTIVAL"
On June 29th, 2014, WOWOW broadcasted the SCANDAL ARENA LIVE 2014 "FESTIVAL" from Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa. The 4 hour broadcast featured live performances by SCANDAL including the full version of the Movie 17 theme Meteor Shower at Dawn (夜明けの流星群). Another concert broadcast will air on WOWOW on July...
Movie 17 OST / Sunshine/MegaVolt / Meteor Shower at Dawn CD's Announced
Sony Music has revealed numerous CD's that will be available in the coming months in Japan. The Pokémon The Movie XY The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie / Pikachu, What Kind of Keys are These? Music Collection comes with a Limited Edition DVD. Megavolt Cinema Version (メガV Cinema Ver.) was announce...
Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2: Super Music Collection launches for iTunes
The Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2: Super Music Collection launched on iTunes on May 13th, 2014 for $9.99 (£7.99). The CD set was originally released in Japan on July 25th, 2012. Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2: Super Music Collection launches for iTunes Starting today, Pokémon...
Movie Website Updates with News on Theme Song, Part 6 of Yuyama's Scouting Report, etc
The Official Movie 17 Website has updated today with several new articles and their translation is below. It has been decided that the 4-member girls' band SCANDAL will be responsible for the theme song to "Pokémon the Movie XY: The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie", which premieres this summer. ...
Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection out now on iTunes
The Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection was made available for purchase on iTunes on April 8th, 2014 for $9.99 (£7.99). The CD was originally released in Japan on October 20th, 2010. The iTunes collection contains 165 tracks but 8 tracks from the CD collection were not made availab...
Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl: Super Music Collection out now on iTunes
On March 19th, 2014, the Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl: Super Music Collection was posted for sale on iTunes for $9.99USD. iTunes stated that it was released on March 11th, 2014 but it wasn't available till March 19th, 2014. The original CD was released in Japan on December 22nd, 2006. Poké...
Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire: Super Music Collection
Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire: Super Music Collection has been added to iTunes for purchase. The CD was originally released in Japan almost 11 years ago on April 26th, 2003. Each track can be purchased on iTunes for $0.99USD each (£0.79) or the entire collection can be purchased for $9.99USD (£7...
Daisuke's Do Re Mi CD / The X Strait and the Y Scenery Tracks on iTunes
The official Daisuke website announced that his 8th single release Do Re Mi (ドレミ) will be released on CD in Japan on February 26th, 2014 for 1200yen. The CD includes Summery Slope Acoustic ver (夏めく坂道 アコースティックver). Also announced was the iTunes release of The X Strait and the Y Scenery (X海峡 Y景...
Remastered and Reorchestrated Soundtrack for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver now on iTunes
The Pokémon Company International released a digital remastered soundtrack for Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver on iTunes on January 14th, 2014. It can be downloaded on iTunes at the following link: https://itunes.apple.com/gd/album/pokemon-heartgold-pokemon/id796790051. Information about th...
Game Music Composer Shota Kageyama Leaves GAME FREAK
In a Tweet from his @shotakageyama account on January 1st, 2014, Shota Kageyama (景山将太) announced that he has left GAME FREAK and has become an independent artist. Shota Kageyama is best known for his work composing tracks for the games: Pokémon X and Y, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Pokémon Black an...
