Pikachu

Pikachus Dance To Traditional Japanese Song “Sakura, Sakura” by Danica Davidson March 24, 2022 It’s spring, and in Japan, spring is associated with cherry blossoms, called “Sakura” in Japanese. There’s a famous traditional Japanese folk song called “Sakura Sakura” that Japanese people have sung for many years in spring time,…

Image: The Pokémon Company / Goldin / Kotaku The market around children’s cardboard continues rocketing into uncharted territory. Earlier this week, auction outfit Goldin announced a holographic “Illustrator” Pikachu Pokémon card from 1998 sold for $US900,000 (over $1.2 million in Aussie money). No one knows who bought it for that much,…

A rare Pokémon card has been sold for a record-breaking amount. On February 23rd, the Japanese promo card ‘Pikachu Illustrator Holo’ was auctioned for $900,000 USD (about $1.14 million CAD). What the T206 Honus Wagner is to baseball cards, this Pikachu-Holo Illustrator essentially is to Pokémon cards. Fewer than 40…

The market around children’s cardboard continues rocketing into uncharted territory. Earlier this week, auction outfit Goldin announced a holographic “Illustrator” Pikachu Pokémon card from 1998 sold for $900,000. No one knows who bought it for that much, or why, but the winning bid shattered the previous record of$375,000 that a…

Cook Fruit Tarts, Pikachu Cream Puffs and More with Pokémon YouTube by Danica Davidson February 24, 2022 The Pokémon YouTube channel has shared three short videos called “Sweet Winter with Pokémon.” They’re live-action and not animated, so it’s a little different, but there’s still plenty of magic instead of realism.…

The Japanese YouTube channel for Pokémon is a treasure trove of high-quality animation, and their latest videos — which have a focus on ASMR-adjacent recipes in the daily life of a guy who lives with Pokémon — are an absolute delight. Episode One has Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Psyduck having adventures…

You may know that Detective Pikachu was a surprisingly high-budget movie with Ryan Reynolds, a lot of CGI, and that uncomfortable scene with a Mr Mime, but you may not have known that it was a spin-off of a 3DS game, because it didn't sell massively well — at least,…

by William D'Angelo , posted 1 day ago / 756 Views The Pokemon Company announced in 2019 a new Detective Pikachu game was in development for the Nintendo Switch. Since the initial announcement not much has been heard.  A recruitment page spotted by VideoGamesChronicle revealed that a programmer called KT says he…

posted on 2022-02-18 17:00 EST by Alex Mateo Ryogo Matsumaru hosts Pokémon to Doko Iku?!, which features Pikachu car The Pokémon franchise is getting a new variety show titled Pokémon to Doko Iku?! (Where Are You Going With Pokémon?!, PokéDoko for short) that will premiere on TV Tokyo on April…

Demon Slayer Receives Second Plane in Japan by Danica Davidson February 17, 2022 Much to the delight of otaku (or disappointment if you can’t be there), Japan likes to have some of its planes decorated and themed after pop culture references. So there are, for example, planes themed after Pikachu…