Article: THE PRINCESS & THE PIKACHU; Japanimation offers one for kids and one for adults.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Article: American kids go crazy for Japan's Pokemon; ...
The Boston Herald;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... who proudly displayed the Pokemon readout on his Game Boy, showing ... of the game's challenges. Pokemon began just a few years ago in Japan as a popular cartoon, featuring ... trading cards. And, of course, Pokemon food. "I don't know what ...

Article: Made In Japan: Chasing the dragon Pokemon was ...
The Independent - London;  March 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... proved to be both enduring - Pokemon for Nintendo's Game Boy was ... children who were already watching Pokemon on Warner Bros are now switching ... volume of animation produced in Japan - where cartoon culture crosses ... need some convincing. But Pokemon was different. Pokemon monsters ...

Article: EXHIBIT LOOKS AT THE COMICS WORLD OF JAPAN'S CREATOR OF ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Behind Anime and Pokemon: Japanese Vision in ... will shed light on Japan's animation history ... popularity of animation in Japan today (as well as the overwhelming popularity of Pokemon worldwide) at Tezuka ... popularity of comics in Japan . . . is that Japan had ...

Article: Pokemania v globophobia.(the wildly popular Pokemon from ...
The Economist (US);  November 20, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... a ten-year-old child. "Pokemon: The First Movie"--parents ... emon in a $22m promotion. The Pokemon television show functions as ... more to come: a hundred more Pokemon on their way from Japan to add to the 151 that have already ...

Article: Cute Power! : Asia is in love with Japan's pop culture. ...
Newsweek International;  November 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... society. They are part of a Japan craze that has swept the malls ... From perky Puffy to cuddly Pokemon monsters, from Hello Kitty ... have a name: the harizu, or "Japan-crazy tribe." About 1 ... civilized than we are. And Japan is the most civilized country ...

Article: MONSTER BASH / Pokemon characters from Japan ...
San Francisco Chronicle;  April 20, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... For those who don't know Pokemon from "Rashomon," Pokemon (pronounced Poh-kay-mahn ... collect more of them. Launched in Japan in 1996 as a video game for ... billion in sales. Last fall, the Pokemon craze hit U.S. shores like ...

Article: Japanese toy maker recalls 626,000 "Pokemon" dolls in ...
AP Worldstream;  August 4, 2004 ;     348 words ... ... of its popular "Pokemon" dolls from retailers in Japan and the United States ... Most were sold in Japan, but about 10,000 Pokemon dolls were sold through ... Shandong, Sugaya said. Pokemon _ short for "Pocket ... was launched in Japan in 1996, unveiled ...