Pokémon Smash 87
Pokémon Smash 87 - Nyarth's ABCs / A Special Feature on Pokéwood! / Maria and Group Member Akiyama Predict the Content of Satoshi and Friends' Movie and Film a Preview / Experiencing Pokéwood in 'B2W2'! (ニャースのあいうえお / ポケウッド大特集！ / マリア＆秋山隊員がサトシたちの映画の内容を予想して予告編を撮影 / 「B2W2」を使ってポケウッドを体験！) aired in Japan o...
Sakaki announces world domination plans via Twitter
As a tie-in to the upcoming TV series Pocket Monsters Best Wishes: Season 2, a twitter account has been opened under the name "The Rocket Gang Secret Empire" (ロケット団ひみつ帝国). The account is allegedly run by Sakaki himself. The twitter account description is as follows: ロケット団ひみつ帝国@Pokemon_Radioロケット団の...
McDonald's Happy Meal Pokémon Toys June 2012
McDonald's has announced that their Happy Meal toys in both the United States and Australia will feature Pokémon figures and a Pokémon TCG card starting in June of 2012. In Australia, Pikachu, Servine, Dewott and Pignite will be distributed and each toy comes with 1 of 12 random TCG cards. In...
4 New CDs Announced - Become an Arrow! the Opening Theme for Best Wishes Season 2
Four new CDs have been announced and will be released in Japan over the next couple months. Become a Pointer! (やじるしになって!) is the new opening theme for Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Season 2 (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ シーズン2) which debuts on June 21st, 2012. The song is sung by Rica Matsumoto (松本梨香), the CD ca...
Black & White: Collection 2 / Sinnoh League Victors (Box Set 3) Boxsets Revealed
New DVD box sets have been announced in both Australia and North America. The third and final Sinnoh League Victors will be released in North America by Viz but not until September 4, 2012. Pre-order's on Amazon are currently $13.98. Having already released all the Diamond and Pearl episodes on ...
Singer Donna Summer dies at 63
American singer Donna Summer has died of cancer at the age of 63. She is best known to Pokémon fans for singing the song The Power of One which was used in the English dub movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000. Earlier this campaign year, Republican nomination candidate Herman Cain quoted lyrics from the so...
Pokémon Black 2 White 2 Special Official Introductory Movie
The official Japanese Pokémon YouTube site has posted the Pokémon Black 2 White 2 Special Official Introductory Movie. The video features scenes from the upcoming games in an animated form. Below is the full video. Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/PokemonCoJp...
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Season 2 Announced
The official Japanese Best Wishes website has been announced that Pocket Monsters Best Wishes (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ) will end on June 14th, 2012 with a 1-hour special. On June 21st, 2012, Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Season 2 (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ シーズン2) will debut. The new series will feature Satoshi co...
Bolteuroseu and Toneroseu to be Distributed on Korean Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
The official Korean website has announced that Bolteuroseu (볼트로스) and Toneroseu (토네로스) will be distributed via the Korean Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection from May 14th, 2012 @ 10:00 until July 5th, 2012 @ 23:59. Like the Japanese distribution, the Pokémon are being distributed to promote the two anime epi...
Ron Paul Pokémon Theme Parody Re-Mix by JASON PAIGE
Earlier this campaign year, Republican nomination candidate Herman Cain quoted lyrics from the Donna Summer song The Power of One which was used in the English dub movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000. Now Jason Paige, the singer of the original English dub theme song for the Pokémon anime has remixed his ...
Shoko Nakagawa's 10th Anniversary in the Entertainment Business
On May 5th, 2012, Shoko Nakagawa, one of the hosts of Pokémon Smash, celebrated her 10th Anniversary in the entertainment business and her 27th birthday by having a concert celebration called "10th Year Celebration! SHOKO NAKAGAWA LV UP LIVE Super☆Outdoor Music Festival (10元突破！SHOKO NAKAGAWA LV UP L...
Momo-iro Clover Z to Perform Ending Theme for Meloetta's Sparkling Recital and Best Wishes TV Series
Momoclo Matome, a fansite for the idol group Momo-iro Clover Z (ももいろクローバーZ), reports that an entry for their upcoming, unnamed CD single at online shopping site Shinseido initially mentioned that the unnamed third track on this CD was both the ending theme to a "Pokémon" movie short and the ending t...
Pokémon TV Animation Collection DVD Exciting! Thrilling!! Volumes!
A new Pocket Monsters DVD boxset has been announced for release on July 12th, 2012 in Japan. Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Pokémon TV Animation Collection DVD Exciting! Thrilling!! Volumes! (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ ポケモンTVアニメコレクションDVD ～ワクワク！ ドキドキ！！編～) includes 8 episodes from Best Wishes and 8 episodes from...
Voice Actors Announced for 15th Movie
The other day, it was announced that fashion model and singer Rola (ローラ) would be doing her first voice acting role for the 15th Pocket Monsters movie Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman Keldeo (キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ) voicing a cheerful and innocent girl named Malin (マリン) who meets Satoshi while he is on his j...
Pokemon B2W2 information revealed through Corocoro
Photos of this month's Corocoro were recently made available online, revealing a lot of new information on Pocket Monsters Black 2 White 2. The games will be released in Japan on June 23rd, 2012 for 4800yen each. The game will take place in Isshu 2 years after the original BW game and feature an all...
Rola (ローラ) to sing Movie 15 Theme Memories (メモリーズ) / New Trailer / Pirouette Meloetta
Fashion model and singer Rola (ローラ) will sing the ending theme for Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman Keldeo (キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ) which premieres in Japanese theaters on July 14th, 2012. The theme song is titled Memories (メモリーズ). Rola is 22 years old and was born on March 30th, 1990. Her father is from Bang...
Pokémon Smash 78 - Pokémon Anime 15th Anniversary Special
On March 6th, 2012, Shoko Nakagawa posted three pictures on her blog that showed a banner on the Pokémon Smash set that said: Pokémon Anime 15th Anniversary Special (ポケモンアニメ１５周年スペシャル). On Sunday April 1st, 2012's episode of Pokémon Smash, Pokémon! I Choose You! (Digitally Remastered Version) / A Spe...
The Pokémon Movie Franchise and 'goo' Celebrate Respective 15th Anniversaries Together
Both the Pokémon movie franchise and the Japanese web portal/search engine goo are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year. To commemorate this, goo is hosting a Pokémon movie-related event campaign. As of today, goo visitors can choose to apply a Pokémon skin to the site. Two skins are ...
Pokémon Smash 77
The latest episode of Pokémon Smash, Lucky's Clinical Records / The PokéSma Members Start their Training for the World Championships, Joined by New Members! / Misaki the Fighting-user Takes the Stage in the Elite Four Battle! (ラッキーのカルテ / 世界大会を目指してポケスマメンバーが特訓を始動、新メンバーも参加！ / 四天王バトルはかくとう使いのミサキ！) aired ...
Exclusive Interview with Pokémon singer/songwriter Naomi Tamura
Sean Robbins, host of the Japanese popular music radio show The J-Pop Exchange, has informed us that he will be airing an exclusive interview with Naomi Tamura (田村直美) on Saturday March 17th, 2012 at 8PM EST on his show. Below is his news submission. Quote from Sean Robbins - Host of The J-Pop Exc...
