Pokémaniac Chris

Chris is a lifelong Pokémaniac from New Zealand, currently living in Ohio, where he is pursuing a doctorate in Roman archaeology. When not ranting incoherently about Pokémon, he can usually be found researching the Roman glass industry or baking needlessly elaborate cakes. He is the author of numerous questionably useful analytic and critical articles on his blog Pokémaniacal (pokemaniacal.com), which readers have called “a…. blog,” “how could you do this pokemon [sic]” and “wrong.”

Gym Leaders RATED – Misty

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Welcome back to the second instalment of Gym Leaders RATED, the series where I judge the gym leaders of the Pokémon anime according to my four S’s: Strategy – do they fight good? Style – do they look good? Standing – do they do good? Structure – do they build good? Today’s gym leader is… … Read more

Gym Leaders RATED: Brock

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Welcome, one and all, to the first installment of Gym Leaders RATED, the series where I’m going to be taking the gym leaders of the Pokémon anime to task and figuring out just how good they are at their job… whatever a gym leader’s job actually is (we might need to figure that out as … Read more