2 Translations, 1 Video, Some Updates

Hey guys, I've got three things for y'all today, and a few updates. The first is an interview with Takashi Kawaguchi, Gen 1's producer and the man who Tajiri pitched the Capumon concept to. Next, some of y'all have been asking for a (47 page) text version of the 1996 Japanese Pokedex that I wrote a series of videos on about 3 months ago. And yesterday, a video I wrote about Mew's origins went up on YouTube. As usual, the articles are Patreon-exclusive and thus password-protected. The password is "Pokemon History Club".

Kawaguchi interview: http://lavacutcontent.com/takashi-kawaguchi-pokemon-interview/

1996 Japanese Pokedex: https://lavacutcontent.com/1996-creatures-pokedex-translation-1/

Mew Origins video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esIL1W_QBns

And now for some updates. Over the past couple months I've had one my Japan-based interpreters translating a book written in 2000 by Game Freak developer Akihito Tomisawa. It's about 300 pages, but only the first 120 are about Pokemon. So pretty soon I'll be posting all 120 pages here on Patreon. Due to the ridiculous length, I won't be including much of my own commentary for it, like I do with most translations. The Carddass card set was on hiatus for a while because the guy I hired to work on them couldn't do them anymore, but now they're back in the works -- currently being isolated and enhanced by HiResPokemon. That 34 page Tajiri interview I've mentioned previously is also in the works, but the fact-checking and commentary-writing's taking longer than usual due to its length and complicated nature of what Tajiri talks about. And there's also the issue of Lost Pokemon designs I talked a while back. Still in the works, but taking forever. My apologies -- if I'd known the process would take as long as it has, I wouldn't have teased it months back. I should've waited till it was almost time to release them. I'll fill y'all in on the details when I'm able.

There are also quite a few more Pokemon videos in the vein of the Mew Origins video that I've already written, but still need to be recorded and edited. One is based on an interview I conducted with the developer of a cancelled Pokemon spin-off game. Kind of a scoop, if I do say so myself.

Okay that's it for today. Sorry this update took me longer than usual -- as the projects get bigger, they take longer to finish. Also I took a couple weeks off from dealing with translations after experiencing some burnout -- but I kept paying for more translations during that time (it never stops actually), so my taking a break didn't slow things down too bad. Thanks guys :)

Oh and btw, all previous Patreon-exclusive articles are linked in the previous Patreon post. In case you missed them.

- Dr Lava