Favorite Gijinka of MegaCon 2011 – Throh

At last, the moment you all have been waiting for, my favorite gijinka at MegaCon (that I was able to see): Throh (Nageki Jp.).  This guy, whoever he is, had some serious guts to not only dress up as a pokemon, but he also picked one with a generally unpopular character design among fans.  Throh [...]

MegaCon 2011 – Gijinka, Pokemon, and Other Cosplay

1st MegaCon ever and I walked away impressed. Yesterday I traveled south to Orlando to visit the Orange County Convention Center where the largest anime, sci-fi, all-around-nerdtastic convention in Florida takes place. My girlfriend and I left at 5AM to get to Orlando by 7 (per the advice of a friend). We waited in line [...]

Pokemon Catch-em-All Classic: Charity for ALSA Fight Against Lou Gherig’s Disease

This is the first time I’ve seen anything like this.  On a whole bunch of the live-stream websites right now like justin.tv and ustream.tv, this group is pulling a massive marathon.  They’re already near hour 70 and they’ve raised almost $12,000 for the ALS Association.  Hopefully you’ll see more of these kinds of events taking [...]

Japan Hit by 8.9 Earthquake

Japan, the originating home of Pokemon and gijinka has been hit by a devastating earthquake.  The shockwaves have caused a tsunami that is now spreading across the Pacific.  As I’m writing this to you, Hawaii has reported the first expected high-surf (which thankfully wasn’t as bad as expected) and California is expecting the waves in [...]

Interview – Yuffie Suzume (aka Flygon, Espeon, Meganium, etc!)

I’m very excited to be posting the second of many interviews I’ve done lately.  This week, Pokemon Gijinka Nation interviewed Yuffie Suzume who may be one of the most dedicated costumers I’ve seen to the gijinka art style.  To this date, Yuffie has completed five unique gijinka costumes, all of which has received accolades from [...]

Poké-geddon is at last upon us

In about a few hours, Nintendo is going to have its massive launch party at the Rockefeller Center.  Last November they converted their regular Nintendo shop into a fully-stocked “Pokemon Center.”  I can’t imagine how crowded it’s going to be there with all the screaming little kids and The Presidents of the United States playing. [...]

Tepig’s Got the Moves

http://kotaku.com/#!5776515/oh-how-they-danced-the-starter-pokemon-of-stonehenge There’s this incredible video of the poor people dressed in the Pokemon mascot costumes doing some really funny dancing.  Tepig’s got this pop and lock thing going.  Oshawott’s all bouncy and an attention-whore.  And Smugleaf’s all like “I’m too cool for this.”  The video comes from the big launch party in London which apparently [...]