Monday, August 27, 2018

Pokemon Worlds/Geek.Kon 2018 Recap

I couldn't make it out to Nashville this weekend, but I still have some thoughts on the 2018 Pokemon World Championships. We also discuss what I did at this weekend's Geek.Kon in Madison, WI. Geek.kon is an annual convention focused on anime, gaming, and other similar topics:


Sunday, August 19, 2018

Unboxing music from the 21st Pokemon movie

The latest Pokemon movie released in Japan last month, and with it came two music releases, one of the score, and one of the ending theme. We recently had an opportunity to open both to see what comes with them:

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Discussion: The music of "Zoroark: Master of Illusions" (Part 1)

Anne from Pikapi Podcast drops by once again, this time to help me discuss the music of the 13th Pokemon movie, "Zoroark: Master of Illusions". This movie's end credits feature Sukima Switch's "Ice Cream Syndrome" on the Japanese side, and Erin Bowman's "I Believe In You" in the English version. While tonally similar, they definitely approach the movie's subject matter from different angles: