The globally popular game Pokémon GO is turning seven! The official website explained: “We’ve been overjoyed seeing Trainers from across the world and all walks of life come together with their passion for exploring, catching, battling, making new friends, and learning more about Pokémon over …Read more »
In recent weeks someone has been setting up explosives in Aberdeen, Maryland, worrying inhabitants. But police believe they have the man responsible, and they credit Pokémon cards for helping them crack the case. What were these explosions like? A person living in the area gave …Read more »
There’s a new crime story in America involving Pokémon , but this time it isn’t about theft of Pokémon cards. Instead, an international drug ring — allegedly using Pokémon art cases as part of their disguise — has been caught. The news comes from ABC6 …Read more »
Stealing Pokémon cards has been a big issue lately. Just yesterday Otaku USA reported on a 25-year-old man in Tokyo being arrested for allegedly stealing about $15,000 worth of Pokémon cards from a single store. That same man admitted to the charges and has said …Read more »
Pokémon cards can go for a lot of money, and unfortunately as a result there is a problem with people stealing them, including from stores. A 25-year-old man in Tokyo just got arrested for allegedly swiping Pokémon cards worth 2.2 million yen (approximately $15,738) from …Read more »
The incredible adventures of Ash and Goh continue in Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series, and now the complete series can be yours on home video. Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series - The Complete Season is now available to own on DVD, so order your copy …Read more »
A thief or thieves broke into a specialty shop in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan and stole about 600 Pokémon cards. If these cards had been properly sold, the store would have made around 6.5 million yen (which is about $48,000). Among the cards is one …Read more »
Back in December, when the new Pokémon anime was first revealed, it was announced that Ash and Pikachu would be ending their long journey together at last, and Ash also managed to snag the goal he’s been aiming for since the very beginning. That time …Read more »
Back when the Pokémon: Black and White anime was airing in Japan, episodes 23 and 24 ended up not airing due to the events of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. While they were initially just postponed indefinitely, they ultimately never saw the light of …Read more »
Some Pokémon cards are worth a lot of money, and that has led to scalpers. New Pokémon expansion cards typically come out on Fridays in Japan, and there’s an issue of adults buying up all the new cards before kids — the actual main audience …Read more »
It’s a match made in heaven — er, Yokohama, anyway. For a three-game series starting June 30, the Yokohama DeNA Baystars baseball team will leave their usual helmets on the bench and and instead don official Pikachu helmets. It’s part of an event dubbed “Pokemon …Read more »
In January, voice actor James Carter Cathcart and his wife Martha Jacobi announced that he had been diagnosed with an “advanced cancer that appears to have started at the base of his tongue (the ‘waterfall,’ where the tongue goes into the throat), and has spread …Read more »
The first Five Nights at Freddy’s film has finished shooting, and a release date is locked in! We’ll be seeing the hit video game series come to life around Halloween, returning to (at least) one of the series’s chain of haunted pizzerias. But as weird a …Read more »
Ever wondered what Pokemon would look like if reimagined by traditional Japanese artisans? Wonder no longer. A new exhibition at the National Crafts Museum in Kanagawa is centered around that exact idea, and the results are awesome. Included are Pokemon ceramics, brooches, silk kimonos, lacquerware …Read more »
Another Academy Awards season has come and gone. We’ve seen the wins, the sweeps, and the surprises. There may not have been any anime representation in this year’s animation categories, but that’s not going to stop us from talking about our favorite anime Oscars! And …Read more »
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