It’d be hard not to choose the new Pokémon Air toy that lets you ride around on an inflatable rubber Pikachu. While it’s designed for kids, many adults can also catch a ride, as it can handle up to 220 pounds sitting on it. According …Read more »
There’s a set of toys in Japan with the English name “Who Are You?” where you start out with a colorful fluff ball and you have to wash it for it to turn into the actual toy. Once washed, you can see if you have …Read more »
Remember Pikotaro, he of “PPAP” and… “PPAP 2020”? Well, Japan’s Weird Al is back, and this time he’s teaming up with Pikachu. What kind of song and video have the famous Pokemon and Pikotaro cooked up together? We’ll find out August 31, when both will …Read more »
Remember those Pokémon ASMR videos that made their way online a while back? Charmander, Chespin, and even Grimer were among the feature ‘Mon in those videos, and now the series is back with a fittingly summer-themed followup. Now isn’t the best time for you and …Read more »
Look, do you think Pokémon Go is a GAME? For some folks it’s serious business, and it seems that applies to Kanehisa Satoh, a 56-year-old who was arrested in Hokkaido, Japan for assaulting his 55-year-old friend over the game. It all went down because Satoh …Read more »
If you’ve been keeping up with the delightful Pokémon: Twilight Wings series of anime shorts, it’s almost time for the next chapter. Twilight Wings episode 7 is officially set to debut in Japan on August 6 at 10:00pm Japan Time, which is 6:00am Pacific/9:00am Eastern. …Read more »
If you’ve been wanting to watch the Pokémon Journeys anime but don’t have access to a Netflix account, the official Pokémon Youtube channel has you covered. The first episode, “Enter Pikachu,” is now live to show the origins of Pikachu, and you can see the …Read more »
With all the heavy news out there, how about a light story involving Pokémon? @Ariagemu, a Japanese high school student, shared a picture of his extensive note-taking and his mom’s glowing response.
Last year we posted an update on Taiwan’s Chen San-yuan, also known as the grandpa made the news for using a bunch of phones to play Pokémon GO. He ended up going viral at the time, and was even swooped up by a mobile phone …Read more »
This morning saw a fresh Pokémon Presents live stream, which included a handful of interesting reveals for the series. Chief among them was the announcement of a new Pokémon Snap game, coming in just over 20 years since the launch of the Nintendo 64 original …Read more »
The 23rd Pokémon anime film, Pokémon the Movie: Coco, was originally set to premiere in Japan on July 10, but was hit with a delay due to the spread of COVID-19. Now, according to the latest issue of Monthly CoroCoro Comic, the movie has been …Read more »
Just when you thought Twilight Wings was the best animated Pokémon short going, here comes a new contender from the Pokémon Kids TV YouTube Channel. This one features direction by American cartoon fan Taku Inoue and production at Dandelion Animation Studio, and the results are …Read more »
Last month, the Pokémon Journeys anime was one of many shows to get hit by a COVID-19 related delay. That hiatus will soon come to an end, though, because the series is officially set to return to the airwaves in Japan on June 7. This …Read more »
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has been keeping himself busy during lockdown with a bunch of sketches, all with a wide variety of inspiration. Subject matter like Masters of the Universe and Ultraman pushed him firmly outside of his zone of familiarity early on, and he …Read more »
The world of Pokémon has gotten even richer thanks to Studio Colorido’s series of Pokémon: Twilight Wings anime shorts. Episode 5 was originally next up sometime this month, but the official Pokémon Twitter account announced a delay that pushes the episode back to June 5. …Read more »
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