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:
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Monday, October 10, 2022
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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Sunday, September 18, 2022
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:
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Original Pokeman Podcast
Anime Milwaukee
Poke Casters Network
Saturday, August 06, 2022
Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 58: Deconstructing Pokémon Songs
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:
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Sunday, July 03, 2022
Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 57: Discussing Pokémon 25: The Album
In this episode, Anne from Pikapi Podcast drops by to discuss some of the songs from Pokémon 25: The Album. In addition to the tracks themselves, we cover the release strategy, music videos, and whether these songs would work with Secrets of the Jungle.
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Saturday, May 21, 2022
Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 56: James "D Train" Williams
In this episode, I interview James “D Train” Williams. While many of you will know him as a co-performer of the original PokeRap, it turns out he’s actually had a very extensive career, both as a lead singer and a backup artist. For even more stories, be sure to listen after the outro:
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Monday, May 16, 2022
Interview: James "D-Train" Williams (PokeRap, Have Some Fun With The Funk)
In the early days of the Pokémon franchise, James "D-Train" Williams had an opportunity to do vocals on the PokeRap. As it turns out, however, this is just a small portion of his career, and I got a chance to talk about what he's been up to both before and since:
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 55: Discussing the score (and the rest) of "Secrets of the Jungle"
In this second part of our “Secrets of the Jungle” discussion, we cover the score of the film, and our thoughts on the movie itself. In the process, we revisit a song from a previous Pokémon movie, and make some observations about scientists in the franchise’s recent cinematic outings-there’s definitely a pattern:
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 54: Discussing the songs of "Secrets of the Jungle"
In this first part of our "Secrets of the Jungle" discussion, Anne from Pikapi Podcast helps me go over the movie’s six songs. It’s a lot of material to navigate, but we manage to cover all of them, including comparing the ones that are different between the Japanese and Western versions. So…maybe it's really ten songs then. In any event, we had a lot of fun with this one, and we hope you do too:
Sunday, April 03, 2022
Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 53: Anime Milwaukee 2022
This episode features a series of interviews from Anime Milwaukee 2022. My first convention in two years, it gave me an opportunity to talk with voice actors from the across the franchise. Characters like Dr. Zed, Detective Decker, and Karen are all represented. If you still want more, you’ll find some outtakes at the end:
A press pass was provided for this event.
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Sunday, January 30, 2022
Unboxing Devotion 2 Music's "Blah Blah Blah" CD Single
Devotion 2 Music (sometimes abbreviated D2M) isn't the most well-documented act on the Pokémon 2000 soundtrack. but as it turns out, they actually released several singles in Europe. Thanks to an online seller, I was able to pick up one of them:
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Poke Press Digest Podcast: Episode 52: Discussing the music of "Pokemon Ranger"
In this episode, Anne from Pikapi Podcast drops by to discuss the music of Pokémon Ranger for the Nintendo DS. This final side game of generation three is best known for its touchscreen mechanics, but we manage to get quite a bit out of its varied soundtrack. To find out what we thought of the game itself, and hear even more about audio cassettes, be sure to listen after the outro:
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