Pikachu rips on guitar during Pokémon Music Festival
When Pikachu is not perfecting his Thunderbolt on unsuspecting Pokémon, he’s actually practicing guitar. The beloved Pokémon absolutely killed a guitar solo — and other performances — during the Pokémon Music Festival in Japan on Friday. The Pokémon Company put on the music festival, featuring music from the new Pokémon Horizons: The Journey and other series, in the lead-up to the new anime’s Japanese debut in April.
Pikachu lended its guitar talents to “Mazase Pokémon Master,” the opening song for the Japanese version of Pokémon: Indigo League, the very first Pokémon anime. It’s a ripping tribute to Ash and Pikachu, sung by sung by Ash voice actor Rica Matsumoto, as they retire as Pokémon masters. Never mind that the first half of his solo sounds like a saxophone. Ash, Goh, Piplup, and Eevee show up as background dancers, of course.
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