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Oct 511 min read

Media Essays: Re-Writing Pokémon Horizons Season 3 Part 2

Continued from Part 1 Episodes 55 and 56: The Elite Four Two-Parter Episode 55 plays out the same as the original episode with Liko, Roy,...

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Media Essays: Rewriting Pokémon Horizons Season 3 Part 1

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Oct 415 min read

Media Essays: Rewriting Pokémon Horizons Season 3 Part 1

Have you ever seen a season of a TV show that showed plenty of promise, only to be disappointed by the execution and you ask yourself how...

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Sep 2019 min read

My Top 10 Favourite Dragon-Type Pokémon

Last year, I counted down my Top 10 Favourite Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragons . So why not do another dragon-related list, but for Pokémon this time?...

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Media Essays: Ash vs. Alain: How Good Was It?

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Jun 1414 min read

Media Essays: Ash vs. Alain: How Good Was It?

Hoo boy, this'll be a fun one to cover. It's about that time everyone, time I talk about one of the most controversial battles in the...

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Media Essays: Ash vs. Paul: How Good Was It?

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May 317 min read

Media Essays: Ash vs. Paul: How Good Was It?

Cripes, I haven't done an essay analysing a Pokémon battle since November 2022?! Well I think it's time I did something about that! For...

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The Media Man Reviews: Pokémon Horizons: Season 2

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Apr 519 min read

The Media Man Reviews: Pokémon Horizons: Season 2

The English dub of Pokémon Horizons is out finally...and the US only gets the first 12 episodes while only 20 episodes are out in the UK....

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Feb 2722 min read

My 10 Favourite Pokémon Rivals

Happy Pokémon Day everybody! :D Yep, it's that time of year again, another anniversary for the world's most popular franchise of all...

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Media Essays: All the Pokémon Champions Ranked (Updated) Part 1

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Jan 1015 min read

Media Essays: All the Pokémon Champions Ranked (Updated) Part 1

With the release of The Indigo Disk back in December, I feel now's a great time to do an update on one of my old blog posts. Remember how...

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Media Essays: Pokémon Sword & Shield DLC vs. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC

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Jan 318 min read

Media Essays: Pokémon Sword & Shield DLC vs. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC

With last year's release of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's DLC, it seems like the right time to be making a Vs. essay like so. With the...

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The Media Man Review: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 2: The Indigo Disk

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Dec 27, 202318 min read

The Media Man Review: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 2: The Indigo Disk

Part 1 came out back in September and I've covered it already. Now it's time to review Part 2. Here we are with Part 2, The Indigo Disk....

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The Media Man Reviews: Pokémon Horizons Season 1

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Nov 10, 202317 min read

The Media Man Reviews: Pokémon Horizons Season 1

It's about time I can give this thing a proper review after making numerous posts about it throughout the year. Over in Japan, the series...

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The Media Man Reviews: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask

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Sep 22, 202317 min read

The Media Man Reviews: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask

Feels like yesterday since I reviewed Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and now here I am about to review its DLC. Much like Pokémon Sword and...

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Sep 15, 202319 min read

Media Essays: The Discourse Around Liko

As of this post, we're now twenty-one episodes into the brand new Pokémon anime series, Pokémon Horizons. And boy howdy, A LOT has...

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Media Essays: Why Pokémon Does NOT Promote Animal Abuse

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Aug 18, 202313 min read

Media Essays: Why Pokémon Does NOT Promote Animal Abuse

How is it we're in 2023 and it seems there are still morons out there who believe the whole "Pokémon promotes animal abuse" bullcrap?...

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My Top 10 Favourite Pokémon Girls (200th Post Special)

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Aug 11, 202320 min read

My Top 10 Favourite Pokémon Girls (200th Post Special)

Girls are awesome. That is an objective fact of life. And when it comes to the media, there's no shortage of awesome girls out there....

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Media Essays: Lillie's Family vs. the Agreste Family

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Jun 2, 202317 min read

Media Essays: Lillie's Family vs. the Agreste Family

I haven't done a Vs. essay in a while, have I? Well, it's time for a new one I say and this is one I feel will be a VERY interesting...

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Media Essays: Pokémon Horizons First Impressions

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Apr 26, 202316 min read

Media Essays: Pokémon Horizons First Impressions

It's been two weeks since the brand new anime, Pokémon Horizons has started and I thought a blog post devoted to my first impressions of...

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Media Essays: The Ash Ketchum Retrospective Part 3

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Mar 3, 202315 min read

Media Essays: The Ash Ketchum Retrospective Part 3

Continued from Part 2. So after an awesome run in Sinnoh that saw him lose in the most forced way possible, an embarrassing run in Unova...

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Media Essays: The Ash Ketchum Retrospective Part 2

mediarocks94

Mar 1, 202318 min read

Media Essays: The Ash Ketchum Retrospective Part 2

Continued from Part 1. Our story so far: Ash began his Pokémon journey. He had a VERY rocky start. He had an embarrassing loss in the...

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Media Essays: The Ash Ketchum Retrospective Part 1

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Feb 27, 202318 min read

Media Essays: The Ash Ketchum Retrospective Part 1

We never thought this day would come, did we? I certainly didn't think it'd ever happen...but here we are. On April the 14th this year, a...

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