Pokémania

English Etymology en :af Poké- -mania 1 + Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Pokémania.wav US Noun - en informal Passion for the Pokémon media franchise. en 2001 Kathleen McDonnell Honey, We Lost the Kids: Re-thinking Childhood in the Multimedia Age http://books.google.com/books?id=KocrAQAAMAAJ&q=%22pokémania%22 97 Second Story Press 9781896764375 Teachers, who had vivid memories of the temporary insanity of POGS a few years earlier, said they'd never seen a craze to rival Pokémania. en 2008 Yasushi Watanabe; David L. McConnell Anne Allison The Attractions of the J-Wave for American Youth Soft Power Superpowers: Cultural and National Assets of Japan and the United States http://books.google.com/books?id=-NMKCm_4sDsC&pg=PA105&dq=%22pokémania%22 105 M. E. Sharpe 9780765633811 It is one that reflects what I found to be the general attitude of American adults regarding the Pokémania that captivated U.S. youth for at least two years: that, though a popular fad of immense proportions, Pokémon (and through it Japan) influenced American youth in terms of their goals, actions, or attitudes in a way that was judged to be relatively benign. en 2009 Jason S. Yadao The Rough Guide to Manga http://books.google.com/books?id=WcYex0sGmQ0C&pg=PA48&dq=%22pokémania%22 48 Rough Guides 9781405384230 Launched on the wave of Pokémania was Viz's four-part manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu. The defined eras of the global cultural Pokémon craze; definitively peaking between 1999 and 2000, followed by second wave beginning in 2016 caused by Pokémon Go. en Fandom Media Pokémon Video games