July 2000 Old News

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July 2000 Old News (First half)

Still need that HTML help...
July 12th, 2000

Does anyone know a lot about HTML? If you do, could you e-mail me some hints on how to make this page load quicker? I mean it loads slower than a flash site! Any help will be appreciated and you will be given credit on this page.

Pokemon the Movie 2000 Special
July 12th, 2000

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been at a friend's house for the past two days. I'll be uploading pictures for the "special" comparison later tonight, so it may not be up for a while (I only have AOL to work with -_-)

I just got around to watching Saturday's "Cardcaptors" episode (I think around Episode 17?) when a commercial for the special came on. My...it looks like it'll be painful. Kel Mitchell, the guy from "All That," "Kenan and Kel," and the movie "Goodburger" is hosting. Also, they'll have music from some of the artists off the soundtrack (mostly boy and girl pop groups) and special appearances from Christina Aguilera, Kobe Bryant, and N'SYNC. It comes on next Sunday night at around 7pm ET (check local listings for exact time).

Also on a random note, I beat Final Fantasy 8 Sunday...is it just me or does it look like *SPOILER NAME* is fishing with a Monster Ball? Anyway, the ending's great and is well worth the long final battle.

Various Updates here and there...
July 8th, 2000

I've updated the comparison for Episode 54. Also check out the Humans section for upsated information (including lots of voice actor information), and the Places & Items section. I've gotten the HTML written for my *special* comparison, now all I have to do is format it and check over it...it'll hopefully be up soon (I can only get on-line at night, so I can't really update during the day :( Gomen!)

The Entei movie debuts today, and pocketmonsters.com is selling a special movie souvenier package. Included is a ticket to the movie, a keychain, and various other little odds and ends. Soon I hope to have the time to put screenshots up from the newest trailer.

No dub on TV Tokyo
July 5th, 2000

Apparently, TV Tokyo is not airing a dub of the Miniryuu episode. It'll be in Japanese. Darn >.<

BTW, I'm working on a special type of comparison...hopefully it'll be up tomororow...and also, I again remind people to pleeeeeease send in some editorials! I really want to update that section!

TV Tokyo airing English-dub of Miniryuu episode!?
July 4th, 2000 (around 1:30 am)

I was looking around the Japanese TV Tokyo website recently. For those of you who don't know, TV Tokyo is the station in Japan which has aired and currently airs Pocket Monsters in Japan. Well, every Thursday night, from 7:00pm-7:30pm, TV Tokyo airs an episode of the English-dubbed Pokemon. Well, they have that this Thursday, they'll show Japanese Episode 35, the banned-in-the-US episode "The Legend of Miniryuu!" Does this mean that TV Tokyo is airing an English-dub of this episode? On the site, they have it listed as American Episode 34 (they haven't included Episode 18 yet...). There's a special rainbow-colored sign on the front page telling all about it. You can get to TV Tokyo's site by following this link.

Dubbed Episode 35 in Japan only?

Toru's Last Episode Up, Toonami stuff
July 3rd, 2000

...And I've gotten the Episode 55 comparison up. There was a LOT of writing in this episode! The next comparison I'll do is the first episode of American Season 3, the first Katsura episode. But I've already done three episodes today, and that episode also has a lot of writing AND the riddles are different, so I'll do them another time. After that comparison, the section will pretty much be dead for the next month or so until I can get some episodes in the mail. But don't worry, there's still plently on this site to update -_^.

And did everybody see the Daruma Daimon on Sailor Moon today? Hope you remembered Daruma Dolls from my Episode 82 comparison! And Tenchi came on today...not much to say, since this was dubbed several years ago. I hope there's very little censoring...can't wait until the special "Time and Space" episodes come on with Pretty Sammy and Ryoko's and Ayeka's "kiss" scene ^0^. I don't really know why Toonami picked to air Tenchi, because it's not nearly as action-packed as Toonami's other shows. But I'm still happy that it's on and will be watching every episode!

Two New Comparisons Up...
July 3rd, 2000

I've gotten two more episode comparisons up, this time of the first two episodes Toru appears in (he only appears in three...). I might do his third episode sometime tonight (it has the first appearance of Yamato and Kosaburou!). Then today can be Toru day!

Today's my day for no reason at all!

HTML stuff...
July 2nd, 2000

A Hodgepodge of News! (Will Dogasu ever do any REAL updates?!)
July 2nd, 2000

First of all, YTV, the Canadian TV station which airs Pokemon in Canada, has said that they will not air the Lost Episode "Beauty and the Beach." YTV said that when they bought the right to air the series, the three lost episodes weren't part of the deal. YTV said that they are not related in any way to Kids' WB! and that what it airs has nothing to do with what episodes Kids' WB! airs.

There is also a bunch of news coming from Anime Expo. Here's some of the points of interest (gotten from DVD AniMania):

1) Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, the sequel to Gundam Wing which goes into detail into the pasts of the five Gundam pilots, will be airing on Cartoon Network this August.

2) Viz Video has bought the rights to Yuu Watase's newest manga-turned-anime, Ayashi no Ceres. The series just debuted in Japan this past April, so it's good that we're not having to wait the many years we had to wait to get Fushigi Yuugi brought over here. They're also doing the manga.

3) Gen Fukunaga had a bit to say about Dragon Ball Z. First of all, they WILL use a male's voice for Cell (after Freeza, we didn't know...). It will start off with an insect-type voice in its first phase (maybe similar to the Saibaman-look-alikes in the movie "World's Strongest") and his voice will become more human as he gets closer to Perfect Cell (*hint* FUNIimation, use the Cell from the American release of Dragon Ball Final Bout!). Gen also doesn't seem to be in complete control of his company, as he didn't seem to know about the mispronunciations of Kaio-ken or such lines as Freeza's "Whatever turns you on, big boy." More info regarding this can be found here.

Tenchi comes on tomorrow at 6pm (on the east coast). It'll start off the newly-added third hour of Toonami. Blue Submarine #6 will not come on this Saturday as expected :(.

And hopefully, I'll have a real update tomorrow. I've been at work a lot for the past two days but tomorrow I'm off, so I'll have time to do a real update!

Saturday Night Live Tidbit
July 2nd, 2000

Last night Saturday Night Live was on. I don't know if it was a repeat or not, but during the "Weekend Update" with Colin Quinn, they had a story about Pokemon. They reported that a 9-year-old stabbed a classmate for Pokemon cards. Colin said something like "For those of you who don't know, Pokemon is Japanese for 'this week's excuse.'" So true, so true...

Card Captor Sakura Theory
July 1st, 2000

I have a theory about the English dub of Card Captor Sakura...Kids' WB!/Nelvana is trying to make the show Batman! Below is the evidence:

1) Music. The music in the dub sounds just like something out of Batman Beyond/Men in Black! Of course, this isn't the original background music...

2) Night. Did you ever notice that the episodes they chose occur at night? Most of the action in Japanese episode eight happen at night, as do the events in Japanese Episode 12. Batman happens mostly at night...

3) Cards. The cards chosen could just as easily be in a Batman episode. In the first episode, it would make sense to showcase the Thunder Card, but they showcased the Shadow Card instead. Sounds like something that could very easily be a Batman villain...so can the Time Card.

Next weekend we get a "new" episode. So far they've cut out ten episodes...so we'll see...

Pokemon Around the World Month
July 1st, 2000

Well, the first rumor I reported last night/early this moring turned out to be true. Every weekend this month, Kids' WB! is airing various pokemon songs in various languages. Today they played the French OP (the lyrics for that can be found in the Lyric Archive-hope you sang along!) and the Norwegian Pokemon Rap (the pokemon names are the same). I wonder what the Japanese song will be? Probably not the pokemon rap, because then it would reveal 4Kids' changes! I think it would have been cooler if today's episode was entirely in French or Norwegian, but oh well. I guess this is supposed to tide us over during July while Kids' WB! sits on their butts this summer and not show us the episodes we know they have.

I have a Message Board!
July 1st, 2000

Go to it and chat with other people!

Rumors, Rumors....
July 1st, 2000

Lots of rumors floating around...

First of all, I heard that this weekend, Kids' WB! is supposed to be having some sort of "Pokemon Around the World" deal going on. Apparently they'll be airing Pokemon songs from various countries around the world...including Japan! Please play Rivals and show everyone how superior that song is to "Pokemon World!" Let Amerians listen to the REAL MSB ending theme.

Also, it is rumored that the first Card Captor Sakura movie will be aired on Kids' WB! this winter as a several-part special. I've also heard that the episodes being shown now are just part of Kids' WB! "Click-and-Pick" summer and that the show will start over, from japanese episode one, in the fall.

"Pokemon the Movie 2000" Special
July 1st, 2000

Taken directly from the official site:

On Sunday, July 16, the WB Network will broadcast a 30-minute special, The Power of One: "Pokemon The Movie 2000." The special airs at 7:00 p.m., so check your local listings and tune in!

New Comparison up...
July 1st, 2000

I've got a comparison of episode 47 up (the one in which everyone helps out at the hospital), so check that out.

Second Movie Soundtrack
July 1st, 2000

I've finally gotten the track listing of the American soundtrack to the second movie (Feel like I'm the last person to have it up...then again, I was down for a week...). Weird Al's on there with a new song for the movie, so it won't be like the Transformers movie ("Dare to be Stupid" playing in the middle of a battle...). The B-52's also make an appearance with a new song (can you imagine "Love Shack" playing while Satoshi is getting kissed?). "Pokemon World" is the title of the second American Pokemon opening (the first is cleverly titled "Pokemon Theme") and will be performed by two people. And my last comment is that we all get to see, officially, that Kireihana will be Bellossom in the dub. Enjoy!

I just like this picture so much that I can't bear to archive it yet...

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