Here's a fun looking Kickstarter to start your day with. "Cycle Across Kanto" - if successfully funded - is going to be a 40-day, feature-length documentary taking the first-ever cinematic journey through the real-life world of Pokémon.
It's no secret that the fictional lands found in various Pokémon games over the years are inspired by real-world locations. The first set of Pokémon games took place in a region called Kanto, a place nearly identical to the south-eastern Kanto region of Japan. So this group of cinematographers, animators, and storytellers want to take you on this adventure to get an in-depth look into how these forests, mountains, and towns inspired the layouts of the games we've come to love.
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Check out the pitch for the Kickstarter:
The team consists of a diverse set of determined filmmakers with 35 years of shared experience between them, ready to cycle across the Japanese countryside just for you.
For Pokémon fans this sounds like a worthwhile project to get behind. Let us know if you plan to help these intrepid explorers reach their goal of $132,000 in the next 30 days with a comment below - or if you think they should be funding this jolly holiday out of their own pockets.
[source kickstarter.com]
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That's pretty cool! I want to support but I'll wait. I still don't trust kick starters.
@Kalmaro Why not choose wich project you want to trust, and which one you don't want to, instead of believing them all or not?
As far as I know, they all have nothing in common except for the fact they use Kickstater.
nb4 Pokemon Company sues them.
Over $100,000.00? They're better off paying for it themselves. A goal of $10,000.00 would be respectable, but for what they're doing, it's too expensive for what we would be getting.
And even if they do get everything going, a Snorlax is going to block them.
I'm just thinking to myself "I can explore the Unova region the same way". Maybe with a certain mobile game to help make it more realistic
That's a clever idea for a documentary. I don't think I'll donate but I'll watch it if it gets funded.
@Mopati I've chosen not to trust in any of them because honesty, I like paying for a finished product more than one that is still basically an idea.
I would like to take my family to Disneyland. Perhaps I can dress it up as a project exploring the evolution of the Disney brand from the era of Castle of Illusion to present. I'll be Director, my son can be DP (Director of Photography), he's pretty handy with an iPhone, my daughter can present, she loves to talk 😩 and my wife will be Producer (snacks/refreshments, ride itinaries etc..,
).
Perhaps the wishful souls involved in this particular escapade should fund their own trip to Japan, take a sabaticle or something from their real job, then if they manage to produce something interesting people may be compelled to watch. If they can't afford to do it, kinda tough, thems the breaks, not all of us can globetrot with a camera in the name of art and story telling. We kind of have to make do with 'regular' jobs where we fend for ourselves and not sponge/put on other people to pursue our dream adventures/jobs.
I've personally been interested in 'Videography' (not the giddy heights of 'cinematography') as a hobby since 2006, does that mean I have 11 yrs experience?
Rant over.
P.S I'm not investing, I will use the money to take my family to Disneyland instead 😉
Ok, all these other comments so far are weird.
This is so cool! Do you guys not see that? They even got the voice for the narrator! SO COOL
Yeah they're asking for a bit much, but I really hope a cool project like this succeeds. You guys are all crazy
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