It's A White Tomorrow! Rocket Gang [Import]

Pokemon (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Media
• ASIN: B000034CKC
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #757,081 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. [Japanese Title]

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5. [Japanese Title]

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7. [Japanese Title]

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I could not believe my ears, really!!, May 20, 2003

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ryu-kun mama "ryu-kun mama" (Osaka , Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's A White Tomorrow! Rocket Gang (Audio CD)

I own several Japanese Pokemon CDs, and this one is my most favorite one. Why? It is all Team Rocket! And as a big Team Rocket fan, this CD was the first one I wanted to own. And I really don't regret buying it. I had read many praises on this CD before I bought it but still I was surprised when I opened this neat package. It contains CD-shaped hardcover story book with lots of Team Rocket pictures with comments in hiragana, katakana (Japanese alphabets) and kanji (Chinese characters) on 48 full-color pages. You can follow the story on the CD much easier when looking into this cute book, but I highly recommend to read translation of this drama into English before you'll listen to it... It helped me a lot to understand what was going on at all. The next thing you find in this package are two booklets with sketches of Musashi and Kojiro. Neat! It is great if you want to learn how to draw them. And the last thing and the reason why you wanted to buy it - great CD with 7 tracks. 4 of 4 songs on this CD are in my Pokemon songs top ten list. They are so cool!

The first one is Roketto Dan yo Eien ni, well known even for non-Japanese Pokemon fans, because the same melody was used for the US (and also German, Spanish and other) version of this song. But, in my opinion, this original version is much much better. I can't speak Japanese so well so I don't know what it's lyrics mean, but the melody of Musashi's, Kojiro's and Nyasu's singing voices is quite different from the US version voices' melody, if you understand what I mean. And the quarreling between Kojiro+Musashi and Nyasu in the middle of the song is so cute too! To shorten it a little bit, it is my most favorite Pokemon song and maybe it is because it is Team Rocket's theme song. The song itself is very beautiful, but it makes me cry from time to time when I listen to it, because I love Team Rocket so much.

From the second to the fourth track you can enjoy Japanese 3-part radio drama. It is something like one Pokemon TV episode (it is about half an hour long, but Satoshi and co. are there only for about 10 seconds, really. It is whole Team Rocket episode. It is fun to listen to it even if you don't understand Japanese, like me, because M+K+N's Japanese voices are both great and hilarious. But I really recommend to read the English translation. It is so so funny!

The fifth track is Rakki Rakki, Kojiro's theme song. Quite weird at first, but I like it now. It has to be funny if you understand Japanese because of the high number of Pokemon puns.

The next two tracks are songs which you can't find on any other Pokemon CD or in any episode. They are bonus tracks made exclusively for this Team Rocket CD, what is quite funny, because they have nothing common with Team Rocket. The first one is Pokemon Master e no Michi. Its melody is Pokemon Game Boy Game title screen melody. If you own Red, Blue or Yellow version of this game, you surely remember this melody. It is really cool and I liked it from the first time. And when I heard the version with lyrics on this CD, duet sung by man and woman, I could not believe my ears. This song was so beautiful!! It would be nice opening song for the anime, I think. Maybe even better than Mezase Pokemon Master.

And the last track on this great CD, song called Umi, is another melody converted from Game Boy Pokemon game, with lyrics of course. It is melody played whenever you use surf Pokemon power in the game. Quite boring melody, in my opinion, but on this CD it is very well done. It is probably because it is sung by a great singer, some woman with the sweetest voice (I mean it in a good way)!

To sum it up: It's a White Tomorrow! is very very very well done CD. If you are Team Rocket fan, you just have to buy it. If you are Pokemon fan and are interested in anything Japanese, buy it. If you want something neat and funny, buy it. If you learn Japanese, like me, buy it. If you like j-pop, buy it. The only reason why do not buy this CD, that comes on my mind, is that for younger kids it can be quite boring listen to something for 30 minutes and don't understand to it. And buing it only for 4 songs it is quite expensive. I can thin of another reason but if you hate Team Rocket or Pokemon, why have you read my review at all?

Team Rocket Forever! And Pokemon anime and it's great Japanese songs too! ^_^ Thank you for reading my long and exhausting (for both sides) review. I hope you enjoyed it and that it helped you to decide.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful tale of friendship!, March 24, 2001

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Dragon Lady Ryuzaki - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's A White Tomorrow! Rocket Gang (Audio CD)

This CD drama is, without a doubt, one of the best Pokemon albums in existence! The songs that Musashi, Kojiro, and Nyasu sing are both beautiful and hilarious, and even if you don't understand a word of Japanese, the sound effects and wonderful illustrations in the book make the story easy to follow. And what a story it is -- it's about what happens to Team Rocket after they blast off one day. It's revealed that Mondo, a younger member of Team Rocket, adores Musashi, Kojiro, and Nyasu, and he helps them out of tight spots whenever they get into trouble. Mondo trades his Metamon (Ditto) to Musashi and Kojiro in exchange for Nyasu, but when disaster strikes, Nyasu proves his courage and love for his friends by coming to their rescue. In the end, Team Rocket learns that no matter how tough they try to act, there's no denying how much they all care about each other and that their friendship makes them true winners, even when they're defeated by jari-tachi. (If only more episodes of Pokemon could be like this! *_*)

One thing to be aware of when purchasing this CD is that SonMay Records makes a bootlegged version that doesn't come with a book. However, when purchasing this item on Amazon.com, you can be assured that it's the official Pikachu Records version complete with illustrated story book (as well as some cute booklets filled with sketches of Musashi, Kojiro, and various other Rocket pics! *_*) and that you're getting your money's worth.

And the Pikachu Records version of this CD is definitely something every TR fan should have! With a wonderful Rocket-centric story, beautiful songs, and a whole book full of gorgeous Team Rocket pictures, what more could you want? ^_^

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, December 24, 1999

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"rgmusashi" (Celadon City, Pokemon World) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's A White Tomorrow! Rocket Gang (Audio CD)

This is a cool CD that stars Team Rocket, and if you are a fan of them, this is the music for you! Included are small "dramas", which are art samples that come with the CD. They portray what happens after Team Rocket "blasts off again". An unseen character, Mondo, is introduced as the guy with a Ditto who gives Team Rocket food and drives them places and other stuff. It is shown that Mondo has feelings for Jessie (Musashi) and James (Kojiro) is jealous, and him and Meowth (Nyaasu) do not get along. This is very cool and I recommend that you purchase it.