Monster Kids

How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All

Daniel Dockery

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Running Press Adult
27 December 2022

Popular culture; Media, information & communication industries; Computer games: strategy guides

"More than just a simple journey through the history of Pokemon, Daniel Dockery offers an in-depth look at the franchise's many branches of impact and influence. With dozens of firsthand interviews, Monster Kids covers its beginnings as a Japanese video game created to recapture one man's love of bug-collecting as a child before diving into the decisions and conditions that would ultimately lead to that game's global domination. With its continued growth as television shows, spin-off video games, blockbuster movies, trading cards, and toys, Pokemon is a unique and special brand that manages to continue to capture the attention and adoration of its eager fanbase 25 years after its initial release.

Whether it was new animated shows like Digimon, Cardcaptors, and Yu-Gi-Oh!; the rise of monster-catching video games and trading card games; and more, Pikachu, the king of pop culture in the '90s, opened the doors in America to those hoping to capture some of Pokemon's dedicated fans. In Monster Kids, Dockery combines the personal stories of the people who helped bring Pokemon to the global stage with affection and humor, making this book the ultimate look at the rise of the franchise in Japan and then North America, but also the generation of kids whose passion for ""catching them all"" created a unique cultural phenomenon that continues to make a profound impact today."

By: Daniel Dockery
Imprint: Running Press Adult
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780762479504
ISBN 10: 0762479507
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 27 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Dockery grew up with just a few TV channels and a dusty comic book rack at his local grocery store, but that s probably why he finds pop culture to be so fascinating, an obsession that he d turn into a career. He was a columnist and editor at Cracked.com for several years, a contributing writer for SYFY.com from 2018 to 2020, and currently serves as the Senior Staff Writer at Crunchyroll.com, where he continues to write about the things he loves on a near constant basis.