More Pokémon video game soundtracks are on the way for North America in 2014
The official English Pokémon website announced today in their post about the X and Y soundtrack that "More Pokémon video game soundtracks are on the way in 2014." Many of the game soundtracks are already available on CD in Japan. The Nintendo 3DS Pokémon X & Y Super Music Collection is now available...
Ringtone and CD releases of XY Opening and Ending Themes
During the airing of Pocket Monsters XY 1 and 2, two commercials revealed that the TV size versions of Yusuke's (遊助) opening theme Volt (ボルト) and J☆Dee'Z ending theme The X Strait and the Y Scenery (Ｘ海峡Ｙ景色) will both be released in Japan in Chaku-Uta ringtone format on October 30th, 2013. In additi...
Voice Actors Revealed for Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN / BGM Music on XY Soundtrack
The official Japanese Pokémon website as well as their official Twitter account have announced the voice actors for the upcoming OVA special Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN (ポケットモンスター THE ORIGIN). Junko Takeuchi (竹内順子) who is best know for her voice acting role as Naruto Uzumaki will voice Red. Katsuji M...
X and Y Soundtrack / Mega Kangaskhan
The opening ceremonies for the 2013 Pokémon World Championships took place on Saturday, August 10th, 2013 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In attendance was Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda who revealed that the X and Y Soundtrack will be released in Novem...
'Sing' Eievui to be Released as a Tie-in Event with the Upcoming Short
The most recent episode of the JFN radio show Ikimono-gakari's garden party (いきものがかりのgarden★party) mentioned that a special Eievui that knows the move Sing will be released to tie into Ikimono-gakari's vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka's role in the upcoming movie short Pikachu and its Eievui Friends. Further...
Ikimono-gakari to sing theme song for Movie 16
The official Pokémon movie site has revealed that the theme song fr the upcoming movie "Extremespeed Genesect: The Awakening of Mewtwo" will be 笑顔 (Egao, Smile) by Japanese pop rock band Ikimono-gakari. A clip from the song will be heard in the movie trailer to be released April 18th. The singl...
Movie 15/Short 15 DVD and Bluray / BEST OF BEST Theme Song CD Announced
Media Factory and Shogakukan have revealed that the 15th movie Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman Keldeo (キュレムVS聖剣士 ケルディオ) as well as the 15th short Meloetta's Sparkling Recital (メロエッタのキラキラリサイタル) will be released on DVD and Bluray on December 19th, 2012. Both the DVD and Bluray are 2 disc sets and inclu...
Pokémon Game Soundtracks to be Released on iTunes
It has been announced that the game soundtracks for some of the previous 3rd, 4th and 5th generation games will be posted for download on the Japanese iTunes Store on July 25th, 2012. Each download set will cost 2400yen but single tracks can be purchased for 150yen a piece. These game soundtracks ar...
Momo-clo Summer Fun "Summer Dive 2012 Tour" NHK Hall
On June 17th, 2012, a live performance of the Momo-clo Summer Fun "Summer Dive 2012 Tour" (ももクロ夏のバカ騒ぎSummer Dive 2012 Tour NHKホール大会) took place at NHK Hall and was broadcast throughout Japan. Promoted as a 3D event, Momo-iro Clover Z which includes Reni Takagi (高城れに) who is Purple, Kanako Momota (百田...
Memories CD's Revealed
The theme song CD's for the upcoming 15th Pocket Monsters movie Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman Keldeo (キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ) have finally been revealed. The title of the CD's is called Memories which is also the title of the theme song. There will be two versions of the CD: one has a picture of Rola on th...
4 New CDs Announced - Become an Arrow! the Opening Theme for Best Wishes Season 2
Four new CDs have been announced and will be released in Japan over the next couple months. Become a Pointer! (やじるしになって!) is the new opening theme for Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Season 2 (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ シーズン2) which debuts on June 21st, 2012. The song is sung by Rica Matsumoto (松本梨香), the CD ca...
Singer Donna Summer dies at 63
American singer Donna Summer has died of cancer at the age of 63. She is best known to Pokémon fans for singing the song The Power of One which was used in the English dub movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000. Earlier this campaign year, Republican nomination candidate Herman Cain quoted lyrics from the so...
Ron Paul Pokémon Theme Parody Re-Mix by JASON PAIGE
Earlier this campaign year, Republican nomination candidate Herman Cain quoted lyrics from the Donna Summer song The Power of One which was used in the English dub movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000. Now Jason Paige, the singer of the original English dub theme song for the Pokémon anime has remixed his ...
Shoko Nakagawa's 10th Anniversary in the Entertainment Business
On May 5th, 2012, Shoko Nakagawa, one of the hosts of Pokémon Smash, celebrated her 10th Anniversary in the entertainment business and her 27th birthday by having a concert celebration called "10th Year Celebration! SHOKO NAKAGAWA LV UP LIVE Super☆Outdoor Music Festival (10元突破！SHOKO NAKAGAWA LV UP L...
New Ending Theme - Mitemite☆Kotchitchi (みてみて☆こっちっち)
The idol group Momo-iro Clover Z (ももいろクローバーZ) performed Look at this (Mitemite☆Kotchitchi みてみて☆こっちっち) live at a performance on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 at the Toda City Culture Hall (戸田市文化会館). It was the 8th song in their set for the performance which had 10 songs. The song will be used as the endin...
Momo-iro Clover Z to Perform Ending Theme for Meloetta's Sparkling Recital and Best Wishes TV Series
Momoclo Matome, a fansite for the idol group Momo-iro Clover Z (ももいろクローバーZ), reports that an entry for their upcoming, unnamed CD single at online shopping site Shinseido initially mentioned that the unnamed third track on this CD was both the ending theme to a "Pokémon" movie short and the ending t...
Rola (ローラ) to sing Movie 15 Theme Memories (メモリーズ) / New Trailer / Pirouette Meloetta
Fashion model and singer Rola (ローラ) will sing the ending theme for Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman Keldeo (キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ) which premieres in Japanese theaters on July 14th, 2012. The theme song is titled Memories (メモリーズ). Rola is 22 years old and was born on March 30th, 1990. Her father is from Bang...
Exclusive Interview with Pokémon singer/songwriter Naomi Tamura
Sean Robbins, host of the Japanese popular music radio show The J-Pop Exchange, has informed us that he will be airing an exclusive interview with Naomi Tamura (田村直美) on Saturday March 17th, 2012 at 8PM EST on his show. Below is his news submission. Quote from Sean Robbins - Host of The J-Pop Exc...
Seven-Colored Arch (七色アーチ) on iTunes
The latest Pocket Monsters Best Wishes ending theme is now available to download in Japan on the Apple iTunes store for 200yen. A forum post on Aki Okui's (奥井亜紀) official website asked if the song was going to be released on CD but the release is pending. No official reason was given but it is proba...
Can you say or sing the Pokémon BW this fast?
Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの剛士) posted a link on his official blog to a video on his YouTube account of him singing his song Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW) very very fast. Can you say or sing the Pokémon BW this fast? Source: http://yaplog.jp/tsurutake/archive/1768...
