In this episode, Anne from Pikapi Podcast joins me to discuss the music of Pokémon Battle Revolution for the Wii. This follow-up to Genius Sonority’s GameCube titles has a number of venues with a diverse set of tunes, plus an announcer to boot. It may also have some shortcomings due to being released early in the system’s life. As usual, if you want to know what we thought of the game itself, there’s a bonus segment after the outro:
At the start of a recent livestream, I decided to quiz my co-host Anne by seeing if she could determine which musicians from the first two Pokémon movies I had attempted to transform into TCG versions using Stable Diffusion. How well did she do with the AI-generated images?
In the first segment(1:18-21:20), I interview Michael Haigney, a localizer for early seasons of the Pokémon anime. We talk about his career in entertainment, what the process of adapting an anime is like, and a few of his other experiences. Don't forget to check out his podcast, Original Pokéman.
The second segment (22:35-26:14) is an archival interview with Kyle Hebert. Originally recorded at Anime Milwaukee 2014 (a press pass was provided for that event), I asked him about his recent role as Professor Oak in the Pokémon Origins mini-series. Kyle was more than happy to explain how he approached voicing the character, and we hope you'll find it as interesting as we did:
Links:
Original Pokeman Podcast
Anime Milwaukee
Poke Casters Network
I recently had a chance to interview Michael Haigney, localizer and voice actor in the early seasons of the Pokémon anime. We talk about his career in entertainment, as well as his new podcast, "Original Pokeman":
At the recent Pokémon World Championships in London, I was able to interview Richard Smith, a cosplayer dressed up as Professor Laventon from Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Find out what it took to put the costume together:
There's much more to this year's Pokémon World Championships than what happens in the main tournament hall. Watch as I explore the main hallway of the Excel Centre to go over the decorations and features:
In this episode, Anne from Pikapi Podcast joins me to examine what can be heard behind the vocals of various Pokémon songs. “A Small Thing”, “Polkamon”, “Blah, Blah, Blah”, and several others all get a close listen in this discussion. We may not have found any secret messages, but it does shine light on some interesting aspects of these tunes, and we think you’ll find it revealing as well:
