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| Pokemon GS |
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| THE NEW GENERATION |
THIS FALL THE POKEMON GS CARTOON SERIES AND WILL DEBUT ALL THE NEW POKEMON.
WHEN WE LAST SAW ASH KETCHUM,HE HAD JUST SAVED THE ORANGE ISLANDS, IF NOT THE ENTIRE WORLD, FROM THE EVIL SCHEMES OF A MAD POKEMON COLLECTOR.THAT WAS IN POKEMON; THE MOVIE 2000. AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, THE MOVIE DID END ON AN OMINOUS NOTE. THE COLLECTOR MAY HAVE LOST HIS SHOT AT COLLECTING THE LEGENDARY POKE'MON LUGIA, BUT AS HE WANDERED THE RUINS OF HIS FLYING FORTRESS HE FOUND A CARD OF MEW. THE WAY HE LOOKED AT THAT CARD SHOULD GIVE ONE A MOMENT OF PAUSE. IT ALSO SETS THINGS UP FOR THE 2000-2001 SEASON OF THE POKE'MON TELEVISION SHOW, POKE'MON GS. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THE MAD COLLECTEOR ISN'T ALL ASH AND COMPANY WILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE ENTIRE SEASON YET, SAYS DONNA FRIEDMAN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT KIDS WB. I'M AFRAID I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT OUR PEOPLE IN JAPAN HAVE BEEN KIND OF SECRETIVE WITH US ABOUT ALL THAT THE GS BALL IS AND ALL THAT WILL BE IN THIS NEW SEASON. STILL, ANYONE WHO'S BEEN ON THE INTERNET KNOWS THE WEB HAS BEEN BUZZING WITH SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ASH, PIKACHU, MISTY, AND THE REST OF THE CAST. IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE WATCHING A CARTOON.ASH'S PIGRIMAGE TO BECOME A POKE'MON MASTER BORDERS ON THE EDGE OF OBSESSION WITH A LOT OF THE FANS. FRIEDMAN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS. OF COURSE, SHE IS'NT GOING TO SPILL ALL THE BEANS THIS EARLY IN THE GAME, BUT SHE'S MORE THAN WILLING TO GIVE FANS MORE THAN A FEW HINTS.KIDS WB DELIVERS WHAT WE CONSIDER EXCITING, DRAMATIC MOMENTS FOR KIDS THAT ARE ALSO NON-VIOLENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES IN THE STORY THAT KIDS CAN RELATE TO AND CARE ABOUT.THERE'S AN EMOTIONAL STORY THERE. AS FAR AS FRIEDMAN IS CONCERNED, POKE'MON GS DELIVERS ON ALL THREE POINTS. WHAT I THINK IS SO BRILLANT ABOUT THE SHOW IS THEACTUAL POKE'MON, SAYS FRIEDMAN. THEY ARE BOTH CUTE AND STRONG. THEY ARE A LOT LIKE KIDS AND THEY ALSO TEACH. FRIEDMAN IMPLIES THAT DURING THIS SEASON, ASH WILL END UP AS MUCH A STUDENT AS A HERO , AND LIKE ANY STUDENT HE WILL HAVE TO ENDURE TESTS, CHALLENGES, AND CHANGE AS HE GROWS AND LEARNS. ONE OF ASH'S MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS WILL COME FROM THE GS BALLS HE JUST DISCOVERED LAST SEASON. WHILE THEY WON'T BE THAT IMPORTANT IN THE BEGINING, ONE BETTER KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. THE CONCEPT OF THE GS BALL HAS BEEN LACED THROUGHOUT THE FIRST SEASON OF POKE'MON, SAYS FRIEDMAN. THIS SEASON ACTUALLY WILL START WITH WHAT WHERE CALLING THE ORANGE ISLAND LEAGUE COMPITITION. THAT WILL BE PART OF THE INITIAL EXCITEMENT, BUT IT WILL ALSO SET THINGS UP FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. THEN WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIVE INTO THIS NEW WORLD. THAT'S THE REAL FOCUS WILL TURN TO THE GS BALL. THAT'S RIGHT, ASH IS GOING TO BE EXPLORING A WHOLE NEW WORLD. WHAT THE WORLD IS AND HOW HE GETS THERE IS ONE OF THE TIGHTLY KEPT SECRETS OVER AT KIDS WB. STILL. FRIEDMAN CAN'T RESIST DROPPING A FEW MORE CLUES. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS GS WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST 100 NEW POKE'MON, SAYS FRIEDMAN. THE SIX CHARACTORS WE WERE INTRODUCED TO IN THE LAST MOVIE WILL BECOME REAL PROMINENT IN GS. ALSO ,ASH WILL BE GETTING A NEW SET OF CORE POKE'MON. HE WILLL BE LETTING GO SOME OF THE POKE'MON HE HAS WORKED WITH IN THE PAST. BUT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PIKACHU WILL STILL BE THERE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WILL BE A NEW ,EVOLUTIONIZED VERSION OF PIKACHU THAT WE CAN'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT YET, BUT HAS GOT TO BE THE CUTEST VERSION OF THE DARN THING WE HAVE EVER SEEN. IN FACT, A NUMBER OF THE POKE'MON WE HAVE ALL SEEN WILL BE GOING THROUGH SIMILAR EVOLUTIONS LIKE PIKACHU. AS ALL THIS GOES ON, THE HUMANS IN ASH'S COMPANY ARE ALSO GOING TO BE CHANGING. ANYONE WHO WAS AT THE KIDS WB PRESENTATION THIS SPRING ALREADY KNOWS THAT ONE MAJOR CHARACTER IS GOING TO LEAVE ASH'S COMPANY WHILE AN EVEN MORE POPULAR ONE RETURNS. FRIEDMAN ASKES US TO KEEP IT A BIG SECRET FOR NOW. THAT CHARACTER HAS GROWN UP A LOT SINCE WE LAST SEEN HIM.STILL, ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED, IF HE STILL HAS SOME HANGUPS THAT WEVE ALL COME TO KNOW AND LOVE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSIT SEX. AS FOR THE SERIES ITSELF, THE FEW CLIPS WEV'VE SEEN HAVE SHOWN A MARKED IMPROVEMENT ON THE ANIMATION GRAPHICS AND DESIGN.TO BE TRUTHFUL, WHILE THE QUALITY ON POKE'MON GS ISN'T QUITE UP THERE WITH THE MOVIE, IT'S STILL THE BEST-LOOKING OFFERING THE ANIMATORS HAVE BROUGHT TO TELIVISION. I DO THINK THROUGH THAT THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION AND CARE HAS OBVIOSLY INCREASED,SAYS FRIEDMAN. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BIGGER AND BETTER. AS OF PRESS TIME, THE KIDS WB HAS RELEASED A TIME SLOT FOR THE NEW SEASON,BUT ALSO ANNOUNCED IT'S NOT WRITING IN STONE. AS FOR THE DEBUT DATE, THEY WILL ONLY SAY IT WILL COME SOME TIME IN SEPTEMBER. TO BE TRUTHFUL, WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO FRIEDMAN SHE WAS ACTUALLY REVIEWING TAPES AND SCRIPTS JUST SENT OVER FROM JAPAN.I WAS JUST READING SCRIPTS YESTERDAY AND MARVELING AT HOW HARD THE JOB REALLY IS. SHE SAYS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THERE'S MANY LEVELS TO A JAPANESE SHOW. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU ADAPT. THE FIRST STEP IS USALLY EDITING THE ACTUAL VIDEO. THAT MEANS REMOVING ANY JAPANESE TEXT THAT MIGHT BE ON THE SCREEN, TAKING OUT SCENES THAT WON'T GET PAST STANDARDS AND PRACTICES AND SUCH. THE NEXT STEP IS THE PACING OF A JAPANESE SHOW IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE AR3E USED TO IN THE UNITES STATES. SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO WORK ON THE PACING TO MAKE IT AS TIGHT, EXCITING AND QUICK MOVING AS POSSIBLE AS THAT'S WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE US MARKET. THEN WE GET TO REWORKING THE ACTUAL SCRIPT AND CHARACTERS. WHATEVER THE FINAL OUTCOME OF ALL THAT WORK IS, WE WILL SEE IT ALL REAL SOON. AS ONE CAN IMAGINE, THERS LOTS OF QUESTIONS NOW, BUT WE'LL START GETTING ANSWERS THIS SEPTEMBER. . |
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