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In celebration of the airtime moving to every Friday night at 6:55pm, the Pokémon anime has decided to have three weeks of spectacular cast members as voice actors starting Friday, November 20th, 2020! In the first week, Masachika Ichimura (市村正親) gives a passionate performance as Mewtwo, the most powerful Pokémon in the world! Week 2 will feature Sanji no Heroine (3時のヒロイン) and week 3 will feature Chidori (千鳥)!

Week 1 - November 20th, 2020

November 20th, 2020 episode "Battling & Getting! Mewtwo Comes Back" sees Mewtwo, the Pokémon referred to as "the strongest", finally make its appearance in the Pokémon TV series. The episode is set after the first movie, "Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back", and involves protagonists Satoshi and Go arriving on an island in the faraway seas in search of Mew... though it's not Mew they encounter at the end of their adventure, but Mewtwo. Mewtwo asks the two something, and Satoshi and Go start a battle before Mewtwo with their "dreams" at stake.

Comment from Ichimura:

"I have played many different roles throughout my career as an actor, but among those, the "Mewtwo" role is the one that truly lives within me, the one I think of as all me. So I feel that when I was recording this episode, I was able to not just act, but to actually stand there, as Mewtwo, facing Satoshi and Go. Many children became fans of Mewtwo when Mewtwo appeared in the movie "Mewtwo Strikes Back", which premiered 23 years ago, and then children of the Reiwa era became fans of Mewtwo thanks to last year's "Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution". Those children that watched Mewtwo make its original animated debut together way back then may be parents with children of their own now. I hope we'll be able to give those parents watching alongside their children a truly touching moment to enjoy."

Week 2 and 3 - Friday, November 27th, 2020 and Friday, December 4th, 2020

In addition, a popular comedian group Sanji no Heroine will appear in the second week of the show, on Friday, November 27th, 2020, Pokémon Champion! The Battle of Big Eaters!!. A Really Really Close Call for Pikachu! will be broadcast in the third week on Friday, December 4th, 2020 and will feature two guest voice actors from Chidori! We'll be announcing what role they'll be playing at a later date, so stay tuned!


Also, a new key visual was also released for the first time today, foreshadowing the hot battles between the evolved Lucario, Aceburn, and other Pokémon! Stay tuned for the TV anime Pocket Monsters, which will continue to gain more and more momentum after moving to Friday!


Source: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pocketmonster/news/index.html#222584