February-March 2002 Old News

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February-March 2002
Old News

Updated Stuff
Sunday, March 17th, 2002

Hey, what's up? I've just done a few things for this site--first of all, I've added a bunch of new dub titles to the Episode Guide. After these episodes, 4Kids only has about 8 episodes to go before they finish out their season! Anyway, I've also made a small note to the American Voice Actors List--I basically made a note saying that Eric Stuart and Veronica Taylor played their parts in the 1996 Media Blasters dub of the first two Yuu Yuu Hakusho movies, not in the TV series currently airing on Adult Swim. Also, I've made some corrections/changes to some of the Important Pokemon pages, thanks to the ever-watchful Raichu 526. And finally, I've added the newest Pokemon Advanced pokemon to the Pokemon English-Japanese List. Enjoy!

Kenji's Pokemon
Thursday, March 14th, 2002

I've updated information on Kenji's pokemon, but since he only has three pokemon to do bios on I felt like I needed to do more for this update. So I worked on two more episode comparisons, this time for Episode 27 (the Sleep/Sleeper episode) and Episode 28 (the Lovely-Charmy Salon episode).

As you may have realized, the last few comparisons have consisted of me redoing comparisons I had done in the past. You see, when I first started the comparisons section, I didn't really have any of the episodes--I just had the film comics (comics whose panels were created by taking hundreds of screenshots from each episode and putting them in order and adding the appropriate dialogue/sound effects to recreate the episode on the printed page). They enabled me to see some of the things that were missing, such as paint edits and whatnot, but they were no substitute for the real episodes. You just can't see differences in things such as performance and musical presentation in the film comics. Well, now I have the real episodes and I'm able to report changes that I was unable to before. Comparisons 1-28, as well as the first movie, first mini-movie, and Myuutsu special were all done from the real episodes, so they are most likely complete. The others--well, they have useful information, but I'm sure there's stuff that was altered that isn't reported just yet.

Anyway, Episodes 27 and 28 had a number of changes that I was unable to report about the first time around, more so than any other, so be sure to check those out. After Episode 28, my comparisons are going to start going out of sequence. The episodes I have remaining in my tape pile are from various points in the series. The next episode I have is Episode 35, and then Episode 38, and then some episodes further down in the Kanto League (after Satoshi gets his 7th badge), and then after that I have stuff from all over the place. And Orange League episode here, a few Jouto League episodes there, etc. So I won't be able to go in order for a while.

Anyway, I'll end with some news. First of all, the Indigo League episodes ended yesterday on Kids' WB!, and happily Kids' WB! is continuing to air the series in order with the Orange League. I'm glad they're doing this instead of just start randomly airing episodes again--lord knows we don't need any more theme weeks. Today, "Pallet Party Panic" and "Spirits in the Sky" (aka "A Scare in the Air") aired. It seems that the rumor that the second Orange Island episode was going to be renamed is true--apparently the title "A Scare in the Air" makes Kids' WB! uncomfortable after September 11th. Though I don't think "Spirits in the Sky" is a much better title...both conjure up the same imagery of bad things happening during air travel. Other than the title, I don't think the episode itself was altered any from its original airings, so apparently the episode wasn't THAT big a deal to Kids' WB!

I also have some more information about 4Kids' plans for Fox Kids. First of all, they will be airing a Kinnikuman series. Kinnikuman is a classic anime series, but 4Kids will be airing the newer Kinnikuman Second Generation series, not the 1983 original. Also, like I said before, they'll be airing the Hoshi no Kirby anime, and you can view the Japanese website here. They'll also be airing the 1996 series Ultraman Tiga in an attempt to re-introduce America to the Ultraman franchise (hmpf...good luck). You can expect there to be more developements as we get closer to the Fall 2002 season.

Um...that's all I have for you for now. I have something big in the works, so keep checking back for more!

More Movie 5 Pictures
Saturday, March 9th, 2002

The Pokemon 2002 website has put up a new trailer for the fifth movie (The Water Capital's Protector Gods Ratiasu and Ratiosu) and so I took a bunch of image captures for you guys. They're over in the fifth movie section, so if you want to see how the movie's progressing, head over that way. In addition, I've fixed up the Jouto Screenshots and Movie 4 Pictures page so that the sidebar links actually work. I've also fixed the quality of the Movie 4 Pictures and added some pictures/fixed some episode titles in the Screenshots section. And finally, I've made sure to upload everything on both Geocities and Envy...apparently with the last update, I forgot to upload some of the stuff for the Envy page, so now if you go over there it should be working.

Expect some more comparisons soon! Until then, here's your weird link for the day. Scary...

Lots of stuff this time around...
Tuesday, March 5th, 2002

Hey everyone, I've got some new stuff for ya. First of all, head on over to the Important Pokemon section to see the revamped bios for Takeshi's pokemon. I've also corrected some of the information on Satoshi's Pokemon's bios page, thanks to Steven Burke. In addition, I've updated the Manga Listings for March and April, and have added the titles of three other manga that I just found out about to the list of manga. And if you look inside the page for the Dengeki Pikachu manga, you'll see a link to a website documenting the edits made to the American version of the manga (the link's also on the main Manga Page). Think of them as episode comparisons--for manga. I've also updated the Episode Guide with some new dub titles. And finally, I've put a new link up in my links section, this time for a website called Encyclopedia Pokemonica. It has a ton of info about the Japanese series (a lot of info I don't have on my site) and it's written by a Japanese person (who knows English).

Also, if any of you have been getting the message that my site's exceeded its daily bandwidth allowance, then head over to my Geocities page (the link's at the top of this page). I've set that up as a mirror page, and I'll update my site at both addresses (envy and Geocities) until I can pay for the premium envy service (I'll be able to go from having 2MB of bandwidth a day to 3GB). I guess the fact that I'm having bandwidth problems means my site's moving on up there. Wow! I apologize for any annoyance the bandwidth thing has caused you guys, and hopefully I'll get everything worked out real soon.

Important Pokemon section back up
Wednesday, February 27th, 2002

Welcome back to envy! The site's back up on a (supposedly) reliable server, so we'll see what happens. Geocities is good for those temporary "my server screwed me over and my site doesn't have a home now" periods, but now that I'm out of that phase I don't need it. That's right, Geocities, I used you!!! Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!

Um...yeah. I have a dinky little add at the top of each page, but it's better than having to x-out that long ad that Geocities pops up every time you view a page. The ad at the top is much less annoying--reminds me of my Terrashare days.

Anyway, I've gotten everything back up on envy, including the Important Pokemon section! I've updated the bios with some updated information on the newer pokemon, so now it's up to date. But be warned, because they do contain spoilers (such as how Satoshi got his Gomazou/Phanpy). I've also updated the Humans' Bios section, making updates here and there (most noticably in Torus' bio).

Also, I have a bit of news. Actually, it's old news, but I'm just getting around to posting it. Our favorite dubbing company 4Kids has gained control of Fox Kids and, starting in Fall 2002, will control all the programming for the block. Fox Kids was losing lots of money due to low ratings--both Kids' WB! and Cartoon Network were dominating the afternoon ratings--so Fox Kids had to axe their weekday line-up. It was only a matter of time before their Saturday morning line-up would face similar threats, so they wound up selling it. 4Kids won the bid. Here's an excerpt from their official press release:

"Beginning with the September 2002 broadcast year, 4Kids Entertainment will provide all programming content for Fox's Saturday morning broadcast block, which airs from 8am to 12pm ET/PT (7am to 11am CT). Under the terms of the agreement, 4Kids will also have the right to retain all revenue from the network advertising sales during the four-hour time period. The agreement has an initial term of four broadcast years, with 4Kids having the option to extend the term for up to two additional broadcast years. 4Kids will pay a license fee of approximately $25.3 million for each broadcast year during the initial term of the agreement."

Kids' WB! will keep Pokemon (the new season will be entitled "Pokemon: Master's Quest"...what's with all these different show titles!?!?!) and Yu-Gi-Oh!, but 4Kids' other shows might show up on the Fox Kids block. They did announce that they'll be airing the Kirby (you know, the video game) anime this fall. They also expressed an interest in airing the first three Pokemon movies during the block, so we'll see. In other news, 4Kids announced that Warner Brothers won't be handling the distribution of the movies from now on--4Kids will release the fourth and fifth movies themselves (they're already planning on the fifth movie!?).

I've gotten all my tapes in the mail, and I hope to do a *big* comparison during spring break.

News
Friday, February 22nd, 2002

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't been around too much, but time's been slipping away from me. I don't have much more than news updates this time around *ducks*...yeah, this is one of those "update the Episode Guide/Jouto League pictures" thing. I've also updated the Guestbook link on the front page...if any of you have clicked on it in the last week or so, you'll notice that a little message pops up saying that the URL for the guestbook will soon expire. Well, I've got the front page fixed for the new URL, but all the others are still using the old one. So those might not work after a week or so. So if you really want to sign the Guestbook (and I love reading the comments put in there!), your best bet is to use the link on the front page. I've added three links to the main Episode Comparisons page--two of the sites contain episode comparisons for the short-lived Escaflowne dub, and the other one covers almost all the Toonami/Adult Swim shows.

My site will be back up on envy (www.dogasu.envy.nu) shortly!

Packed Bags, New Comparisons Up...
Saturday, February 9th, 2002

Hey everyone! I'm back at Geocities, and hopefully it's only temporary. Envy.nu (where my site was) has been down for over a week now, and there's no way of knowing when (or even if) it'll return. So for the time being, the site's here at Geocities. Yeah, I know, it sucks having to x out that little ad that pops up on the upper right-hand corner of the page, but for now that's the way it's going to be.

Geocities was acting funky when I was uploading the site. I would upload all the files, but when I actually looked at the pages some of the images would be replaced with other images. For example, the main button image on the sidebar was replaced with the picture of the Blue (Cascade) Badge on Kasumi's Bio page. The image was stretched out to the proportions of the image it was replacing, and Geocities seemed to do this randomly throughout the page. I would have to re-upload the image that was being replaced to get everything looking right. So if you see any occurences of this that are still on the site, please let me know. Geocities also did this with html files--the filename might be "cinema.htm", but what would actually show up was something random like the Episode 18 comparison. I fixed those too, but again, if you see any that a I missed, please let me know. The only images that I know of that won't load are the Gold/Silver gym leaders (it seems that Geocities refuses to recognize those pictures for some reason), the main Mezase Pokemon MASUTAA image (no big loss), the Movie 4 pictures, and the Pokemon Getto Da Ze manga pictures, and a good portion of the Popular Pokemon section. All the others should load, but you may have to press your browser's Refresh/Reload button a few times to get them all to appear. And if not, please e-mail me.

I never really had any of these problems with Envy, and I really do hope they get through their server problems. I know that there are a lot of other Pokemon sites on Envy without a home right now, so hopefully all those webmaseters have found a temporary new home. I'll be trying to do my part getting the word out to others about the move, but if any of you feel like helping me out I really would appreaciate it!

Anyway, so other than the move, I've got two new comparisons up! This time, they're for two of the episodes I missed, Episode 7 and 8. The tape I had my VCR set to didn't get Episode 5--that episode came on Kids' WB! on a Wednesday, and apparently they air Pokemon at a different time on Wednesdays. Instead I got an episode of Rescue Heroes and Scooby-Doo, so you know I was disappointed. In addition, I've put all the Video Edits in the first movie comparison in its own page because I've gotten numerous e-mails telling me that 4Kids weren't the ones reponsible for the copious amount of CGI added to the film. And finally, for the Mewtwo Returns comparison, I've added a little note about the "Birth of Mewtwo" short featured as an extra on the DVD.

So as I wait for more Pocket Monsters tapes to arrive in the mail (I told you that e-bay money was going to this site), I hope to get the Popular Pokemon section back up and updated for you guys. See you later!

Pocket Monsters was not created by me. It was created by Satoshi Tajiri and the crew at TV-Tokyo. Pokemon is (c) Game Freak, Nintendo, 4Kids Productions, Hasbro, Bandai, and a ton of other companies. When you have a popular anime like Pokemon, lots of people own it so it's impossible to list every company who owns a piece of Pokemon. No infringement of copyrights is meant by the creation of the web site. All images were gotten from official websites (Nintendo, TV-Tokyo, etc.) unless otherwise noted (I don't steal images from other sites!).