Anne from Pikapi Podcast joins me to discuss the music of Pokémon Go, a mobile game you’ve probably heard of. In its nearly ten years of existence, it’s managed to incorporate an interesting range of tunes, from main game remixes to…Ed Sheeran? In any event, as usual, there’s a game discussion after the outro:
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Pikapi Podcast
Slow Scan TV Information:
SSTV audio an be decoded by a variety of software:
Android
iOS
Windows
Wikipedia
The latest Smash Bros. game adds new characters and modes, but also plenty of new music. Anne from Pikapi Podcast joins me to talk about this soundtrack:
At this year's Anime Milwaukee, I haid an opportunity to interview Dani Chambers, who voices Shelly in Pokemon Masters EX. Watch and find out how she got and approached the role:
Press access was provided for this event.
At this year's Anime Milwaukee convention, I got to interview Felecia Angelle, who has had a number of voice acting roles, including in Pokémon Horizions:
Press access was provided for this event.
At this year's Anime Milwaukee, I was able to talk to Xanthe Hunyh about the variety of roles she's played in Pokemon, including Evolutions, Masters, and Horizons:
Once again, I attended this year’s Anime Milwaukee event, this time not only as a press member, but also as a panelist.
Thursday
As is usually the case for Milwaukee events, I took a bus
rather than driving to the city from Madison. This time, I purchased a ticket
from Jefferson Lines (who runs services from the Twin Cities to Milwaukee each
day), only to find out that the bus was running roughly an hour behind
schedule, forcing me to wait on the UW-Madison campus for a while. All that
said, the rest of the trip was pretty ordinary.
Friday
I went to the press office in the morning to pick up my pass. I had mistakenly believed I had press sessions that morning (in reality, they were Saturday and Sunday), so that left me time to attend a pair of Pokémon trivia panels-one that got volunteers from the audience, another via Kahoot, both interesting. After those, I proceeded to do some shopping in the vendor hall, and that evening I attended a “Cooking With Pokémon” (exactly what you think) panel, then returned to my hotel room.
Saturday
The afternoon was fairly crowded, with a Smash Ultimate
tournament at 2, Nintendo cosplay photoshoot at 3, and an interview with Dorthy
and Tom Fahn (who were wonderful) at 4. While I was able to get cosplay photos,
the Smash Ultimate tournament had ended before I could get back following the
interview session, but those are the types of tradeoffs that happen at these
events.
At 7:15 PM, I started my panel on restoring media with
machine learning (slides).
Attendance was sparse (15-20) people, but given the niche subject, not
surprising. Despite the erratic wi-fi at the convention center, I was able to
demo the audio aspect of my
presentation just fine. Afterwards, one of the attendees talked to me, having
realized they knew me from high school, which was an interesting surprise.
Sunday
After taking care of two interviews (Xanthe Huynh and
Felecia Angelle), I used my remaining time at the convention to attend panels on
diversity in anime (which has improved, but still has a ways to go), and an
introduction to paneling at conventions. The bus ride home (this time on Badger
Bus) was relatively uneventful.
Overall
My convention experience was exceptionally smooth this year,
despite participating from multiple angles. AMKE has made good use of the
additional space added to the Baird Center, which is reflected in the larger
number of panels at this year’s event. I can definitely recommend it as a
well-run event.
Other Notes:
-There was a wonderful display of Kimono at the show, where
I was able to attend a presentation on the history of the art form.
-The best meal I had in Milwaukee was likely from Zebb’s Restaurant (watch the
staples on the bag, though!), from which I ordered a custom omelet and banana
bread:
Press access was provided for this event.
