Flashback Review: Pokemon: The Movie 2000

After “Pokémon: The First Movie “came out in Japan in 1998 and North America in 1999, Nintendo and Warner Bros. commenced development on a second installment of the “Pokémon” movie series titled, “Pokémon: The Movie 2000.” Set during the second season of the anime series of the same name, Ash and his friends encounter Lawrence […]

Flashback Review: Yu-Gi-Oh: Battle City Part 1

Yu-Gi-Oh’s second season officially aired in 2002 (same year Coldplay’s second album A Rush of Blood to the Head came out) on Kids WB. It received praise from critics, fans and viewers alike. I already posted an article about Duelist Kingdom. Don’t forget to check it out. This review contains no SPOILERS. I’m giving newcomers […]

Flashback Review: Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist Kingdom

In 1996, Kazuki Takahashi created a manga series for Shōnen Jump titled, “Yu-Gi-Oh.” The series is about a high school boy named, Yugi. He acquires an artifact shaped like a pyramid called, the millennium puzzle. Whenever he transforms, a spirit with no memory of his past, goes by the name Yami. His goal is to […]

Flashback Review: Pokémon: The First Movie

In 1989, video game company Nintendo, introduced a handheld console called, “Game Boy,” this encouraged Japanese game designer Satoshi Tajiri to come up with an idea by meeting several employees about a High Concept involving a video game based on Satoshi’s childhood hobby of insect collecting. The game focuses on the player searching for a […]