Posts Tagged ‘Pokemon’

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All Points Bulletin: A Wild and Crazy Arms Race

September 9, 2012

If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on an APB drop us a line via email or Twitter.

Narutaki’s picks:

  • A Love Letter to Wild Arms
    Wild Arms was the first game I ever bought for the Playstation. It’ll always hold a special place in my heart because of that, but it also happens to be a great RPG! So it was great to read about someone else’s love for the series.
  • Blow Me
    This art show combines old school games with vinyl styling!
  • Geek Girl Fashions
    There is always something to see on Etsy. Sailor Moon shoes, who doesn’t want that? And everything from the Rebel Alliance to Doctor Who is represented, too. And how about a totally awesome NES bag or maybe R2D2? I don’t think I’d pay $70+ for them, but they are still really cute.
  • Tim Burton + Pokemon?
    I didn’t know this combo would be such a winner!

Hisui’s picks:

To continue the love.

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All Points Bulletin: Midorikawa Nao, The Windy City Detective

April 29, 2012

If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on an APB drop us a line via email or Twitter.

Narutaki’s picks:

  • Akira’s Climatic Scene, in LEGO
    If someone makes something I already really like out of LEGO, well then I’m probably just going to like that thing 10X more.
  • Really Weird New Anime Movie (Which I Never Heard About on Anime Sites)
    Cartoon Brew is generally my source for international animation and every once in a while they’ll have something anime news sites skip over or at least don’t highlight. The After School Midnighters is just such a case. Judging by the borderline lucid dream trailer and premise I can’t say I’m surprised many anime fans aren’t looking forward to it.
  • Brucie, You Got Some Splainin’ to Do
    Batman reveals how he learned his detective skills in this terrible issue from the 50′s. Chris recounts all the highlights while also explaining what works and doesn’t in an origin story.
  • Pokemon Fine Art Exhibit
    Two things you might not put together, but nevertheless this showing looks pretty interesting.

Hisui’s picks:

More Kaneda!

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Ongoing Investigations: Case #068

December 4, 2009

Last Saturday morning I resurrected an old tradition, completely by accident, I started the day by watching some Pokemon. Though it wasn’t a brand new TV episode but rather the latest movie, Arceus and the Jewel of Life. The movie starts with a mini-montage to help if you aren’t familiar with the concept then it delves straight into legendary dragon Pokemon and the fate of the human race. A new, and very angry, Pokemon named Arceus appears looking for the Jewel of Life that was wrongfully kept from him hundreds of years prior. This sets off a chain of events as Ash and company are sent back in time to see just what had occurred and how to make things right. Thanks to this we get to see a very different and ancient world where Pokemon were more like slaves or servants than partners to humans. While the situation sounds dire, it isn’t always apparent in the film just how powerful Arceus actually is, it isn’t even very clear that he is supposed to be the creator of the universe. There are also little in the way of battles going on. However, there are all the other things one has come to expect, a share of cute moments, kid-friendly (but obvious) plot twists, and a climatic scene where Ash and Pikachu just scrape by. So while it was nothing spectacular it was still an entertaining jaunt!

I went to the Boom Boom Satellites show at the Santos Party House. It was a free show and I was interested in them after they did two different openings for Xam’d. There were two bands before them. The first was ultimately forgettable except for the fact that the bassist had the most inappropriate Tom Selleck mustache. The second guy seemed to be trying to accidentally invent hip hop except for the fact that will all know that Councilman 8 already did that. The show itself was about 4 songs with an encore which was a good sized set for a multi-band show. They did not play any of their anime songs as far as I could tell but it was not that sort of show. They have a heavy aggressive beat with heavy drums and Masayuki Nakano was playing with electron devices for music almost as much as he was playing the base. Their lyrics can be sort of repetitive but overall there songs were high energy, catchy, and enjoyable. Apparently my roommate and several other people were at the show but I never ran into anyone else.

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