Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 55: Discussing the score (and the rest) of "Secrets of the Jungle"

In this second part of our “Secrets of the Jungle” discussion, we cover the score of the film, and our thoughts on the movie itself. In the process, we revisit a song from a previous Pokémon movie, and make some observations about scientists in the franchise’s recent cinematic outings-there’s definitely a pattern:


Sunday, April 10, 2022

Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 54: Discussing the songs of "Secrets of the Jungle"

In this first part of our "Secrets of the Jungle" discussion, Anne from Pikapi Podcast helps me go over the movie’s six songs. It’s a lot of material to navigate, but we manage to cover all of them, including comparing the ones that are different between the Japanese and Western versions. So…maybe it's really ten songs then. In any event, we had a lot of fun with this one, and we hope you do too:


Sunday, April 3, 2022

Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 53: Anime Milwaukee 2022

This episode features a series of interviews from Anime Milwaukee 2022. My first convention in two years, it gave me an opportunity to talk with voice actors from the across the franchise. Characters like Dr. Zed, Detective Decker, and Karen are all represented. If you still want more, you’ll find some outtakes at the end:

A press pass was provided for this event.

Links:

Anime Milwaukee

Recap Livestream

Friday, April 1, 2022

Everything I need to know in life I learned from social media

  • Oversimplify everything.
  • Your opinion is important-if it fits into a small number of fringe categories.
  • It's more more important to be first than right.
  • Whoever yells the loudest speaks the truth.
  • Judge people, not actions.
  • If you're distracting, you're winning.
  • Half a truth is better than one.
  • Present the exception as the rule.