Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 61-Discussing the Music of "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky"

Anne from Pikapi Podcast drops by to discuss the music of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky. This second set of games from the beloved side series features another boatload of tunes, which we try our best to cover, even if we couldn't possibly get to every song we wanted. That said, we do make sure to talk about the game's characters and story, which you’ll hear about in the game discussion after the outro:

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Pikapi Podcast

Poke Casters Network

I fed in lyrics from Pokémon songs to create AI art. Here's what I got.

Having previously used Stable Diffusion to create pictures of artists, I decided to take some lyrics from English Pokémon songs to see what kind of images they would generate. I asked Anne from Pikapi Podcast to see if she could guess the song and lyrics based on the pictures:

Revisiting Aaron Carter's "(Have Some) Fun With The Funk" (A Tribute)

In memory of the recently departed singer, I decided to collect segments from a few recent interviews and discussions regarding "(Have Some) Fun With The Funk", his song that was featured on the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack. You'll hear from producer Paul Umbach, co-performer James "D-Train" Williams, and Anne of Pikapi Podcast:

Why it Works: "Wonderful" by Cyn

For a song that wasn't officially tied to Secrets of the Jungle, "Wonderful" sure has a lot of parallels to the plot and characters of the movie. Watch as I do a quick rundown:

Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 60: Discussing the music of "Pokemon Battle Revolution"

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:

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Pikapi Podcast

Pam Sheyne Interview

Poke Casters Network

I used Stable Diffusion AI to simulate Pokémon TCG art. Here's what came out.

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?

Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 59: Michael Haigney/Kyle Hebert

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