The Pokemon Research subseries of Pokemon Sunday premiers with an introduction to the three members of the Robert research team: Akiyama, Baba and Yamamoto.
Robert have been asked to investigate what a real chūkaman contains. Visiting a popular chūkaman store for expert help, they learn that there are many variations of chūkaman, including the simple, ordinary nikuman, and how there is no set recipe that make them "real". The team decides to design their own "monsterballman", a chūkaman shaped like a monster ball, presenting it to Golgo, Red and Becky back at the studio.