Dogasu’s Backpack celebrates being online for fifteen years this year.
Dogasu’s Backpack started on January 31, 2000 as a site to help American fans learn and understand Pokemon’s Japanese roots as a series. It had gain fame as being the site that Pokemon fans can go to for episode comparisons between the English and Japanese dub of the Pokemon anime. This website has over a hundred episode comparisons recording the changes that 4Kids and tPCI has done while adapting the Japanese anime for American audiences. The webmaster for Dogasu’s Backpack has spent countless hours researching and clearing up misconceptions that have spread due to 4Kids dubbing practices.
Recently, Dogasu’s Backpack has taken a step back from episode comparisons and started to focus on doing movie comparisons and providing insight of the Pokemon franchise from Japan. He has done this by providing content involving Japanese-only events and items. This includes music CDs, live dramas and anime specials only shown in planetariums.
As tradition, the webmaster for Dogasu’s Backpack looks back on the past year and talks about how much his site has changed in the last fifteen years. He even gives his annual predictions on what Pokemon fans can expect from the Pokemon franchise. His predictions range from how many badges Ash will collect this year, CD releases and if Pokemon fans can expect a new game this year. You can read the write up here.
We here at PXR will like to wish Dogasu’s Backpack a happy fifteenth anniversary and look forward to all the great content in 2015.
