The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 157 - Fukamaru! Get it!! (フカマル!ゲットだぜ！！), aired on Thursday in Japan.

While heading to Asatsuki Town for Hikari's next contest, Satoshi and his friends encounter Fukamaru once again. Jun also shows up and wants to capture Fukamaru but Satoshi wants to get it as well. Who will capture Fukamaru?!

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 156 - Fukamaru and Draco Meteor!! (フカマルとりゅうせいぐん！！), aired on Thursday in Japan.

While heading to Asatsuki Town for Hikari's next contest, Satoshi and his friends get lost once again in a forest. They see Grandma Tatsu's Altaria's Draco Meteor in the air and quickly go to see where it was coming from.

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Amazon.co.jp has posted information about two new CD's based on newest Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl opening. The Greatest・Everyday! (サイコー・エブリディ！) CD single and CD/DVD versions will be released in Japan on February 24th, 2010. The full track lists have yet to be announced.

The CD single version has a catalog number of ZMCP-5451 and a suggested retail price of 1365yen. The tracks revealed on the CD so far includes: The Greatest・Everyday! (サイコー・エブリディ！) & ( Kimi no Soba de ~Hikari no Theme~ New Arranged Version - 君のそばで～ヒカリのテーマ～（NEWアレンジバージョン）.

The CD/DVD version has a catalog number of ZMCP-5450 and a suggested retail price of 1890 yen. This version includes the same as the CD single version but it also includes a DVD with 4 known tracks so far which are listed below.

1. The Greatest・Everyday! (TV Version) [サイコー・エブリディ！（TVサイズ）]
2. High Touch! 2009 (TV Version) [ハイタッチ！2009（TVサイズ）]
3. Get fired up, jagged-eared Pichu! (TV Version) [もえよ ギザみみピチュー！（TVサイズ）]
4. Surely Tomorrow (TV Version) [あしたはきっと（TVサイズ）]

Sources: http://park3.wakwak.com/~pokepale/news/3/z3_020_01.htm & http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0030HT70E/

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Rocket Gang! The Origin of Love and Youth / Pokéwalker Bingo with Different Pokémon Types! / Using the Pokémon Card Game as a Party Game (ロケット団！ 愛と青春の原点 ポケウォーカーでポケモンタイプ別ビンゴ！ ポケモンカードゲームを使ったパーティーゲーム), aired today in Japan.

The anime rerun episode for this week was a special side story episode featuring the Rocket Gang and how the famous trio was formed. Musashi, Kojiro and Nyarth recall their training at the Rocket Gang's headquarters and they ended up together.

In today's episode of Pokemon Sunday, a Domino's Pizza delivery boy arrived on set with a pizza for the crew. They are all happy to see him and quickly begin eating the pizza. To celebrate the release of PokePark in Japan, Domino's Pizza is offering an Exciting PokePark 「わくわくポケモンパック」 promo pack with their orders. The promo is being held from December 11th, 2009 to January 14, 2010. Promo quantities are limited, so be sure to order a pizza early! Below are the cards and some information about them.

While the crew begins eating the pizza, the delivery boy states that the pizza would be 2480 yen for the pizza, but Robert, Shoko and Red quickly ignore him leaving Golgo in a bit of a predicament. Reluctantly, he pays for the pizza only to find out by the time he'd done so, everyone else had eaten the pizza.

Yadon (ヤドン) 60HP Water Type	Yadoking Holo (ヤドキング)
Promo Number 028 - Height: 1.2m - Weight: 36.0 kg	Promo Number 030 - 100HP Psychic Type
Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno	Illustrator: Noriko Hatta
Weakness: Lightning x 2	Weakness: Psychic x 2
Retreat Cost: 2 Colorless	Retreat Cost: 2 Colorless

During the Pokémon Daisuki Project segment, Robert played Pokéwalker Bingo with different Pokémon types throughout Tokyo. The three members of Robert each had a Pokéwalker and a large Bingo card handing in front of them. Each card had the different types of Pokémon listed in random locations. The objective was to trade Pokémon with people using their Pokéwalker and try to trade for Pokémon that matched the type on the card that they needed. The first person to line up 4 Pokémon types in a row, would be the winner.

Robert's first stop was the Tokyo Pokémon Center. There they traded Pokémon with employees and customers that were in the store at the time. By the time they left the Pokémon Center, Baba was in the lead with 5 spaces covered.

Their second stop was Tokyo's Kōtō Ward's, Sunamachi-Ginza Shopping Street (東京都江東区砂町銀座商店街) where they continued trading Pokémon with people they saw on the street that had Pokéwalkers. When they left the shopping area, both Yamamoto and Baba were tied with three separate ways to get a Pokéwalker Bingo.

Robert's final stop was Tokyo's Kōtō Ward's, LaLaport Toyosu Shopping Park (東京都江東区砂 ららぽーと豊洲）where they continued to trade Pokémon until Baba was the first to get a Pokéwalker Bingo and win the game.

After the Pokémon Sunday News, the original Movie 13 teaser trailer with Lugia and Ho-oh was shown and then right after it, the new Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl - Phantom Champion Z (劇場版ポケットモンスターダイヤモンド＆パール「幻影の覇者 Z」) trailer that originally aired on Oha Suta (おはスタ) earlier in the week was shown.

A new preview for the upcoming episode Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl - 156 - Fukamaru and Draco Meteor!! (フカマルとりゅうせいぐん！！) was also shown. High resolution pictures from the preview are available in the Imageboard thread.

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The Japanese children's variety television show Oha Suta (おはスタ), hosted by Pokémon alumni Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一), announced the latest movie on the show on Friday. Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl - Phantom Champion Z (劇場版ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド＆パール「幻影の覇者 Z」) was announced and is scheduled for release in Japanese theaters on July 10th, 2010.



The teaser shown features the legendary Pokémon Entei (エンテイ), Raikou (ライコウ), Suicune (スイクン) and Celebi (セレビィ). The trailer shows Celebi flying through a large city and then Satoshi shows up facing his opponent which looks like evil version of himself.

The official Japanese Pocket Monsters movie website has also updated with information about the new movie. A high quality version of the trailer has been posted on the site.

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 155 - Double Battle! Manmoo and Hinoarashi!!(ダブルバトル！マンムーとヒノアラシ！！), aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and friends have arrived at Sonoo Town and are watching Hikari's rival Nozomi in the Pokemon Contest. Will she be able to win her 5th ribbon and gain entry into the Sinnoh Grand Festival?!

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After many variations, High Touch, the opening song for Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl will be replaced in 2010 with a new song entitled The Greatest・Everyday! (サイコー・エブリディ！！). High Touch was featured in over 50 episodes, debuting during the DP96/97 special in late 2008. The instrumental version of The Greatest・Everyday! [サイコー・エブリディ！！(インストバージョン)] has been announced on the upcoming Dotchi~Nyo? (ドッチ～ニョ?) CD. The CD will be released in Japan on December 16th, 2009.

The official Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl website has posted a news article about the new opening. The Greatest・Everyday! will air as part of the first new episode of 2010, DP 158 - Roaring Around! Jibacoil VS Metagross!! (爆走！ジバコイルVSメタグロス！！). The song is sung by Akiyoshi Fumie (あきよしふみえ) who is best known for singing the first Diamond and Pearl opening song, Together.

Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/pokemon_dp/news/#045004

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 154 - Air Battle Master Appears! Glion VS Hassam!! (エアバトルマスター登場！グライオンVSハッサム！！), aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and friends are heading to Asatsuki Town for Hikari's next contest but they encounter the Air Battle Master and Satoshi challenges him to a battle with his Glion. Will Satoshi and Glion be victorious?!

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 153 - Full of Danger! Kojiro's Treasure Chest!! (危険がいっぱい！コジロウの宝箱!!), aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and friends are heading to Asatsuki Town for Hikari's next contest but they decide to stop for a while to have a practice battle. During the battle, Satoshi's Moukazaru digs up a treasure chest. What is inside the treasure chest?!

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For the past two weeks, a faulty video transition error on Cartoon Network just before Pokémon: DP Galactic Battles begins airing has caused various video errors on both the standard definition channel and the high definition channel. The standard definition channel seems to be affected the most by the error as the aspect ratio for the show reverts to 4:3 (Fullscreen) instead of the standard 16:9 (Widescreen). This error has caused text credits and characters to be cropped improperly during the show. On the standard definition channel, the aspect ratio error occurs throughout the entire episode.

Below are examples of the errors, one from the HD channel and one from the SD channel as well as the video transition causing the problem. Click on each picture for a higher resolution.



On the high definition channel, the first segment of the show gets compressed to an aspect ratio of about 16:7 instead of 16:9 but returns to normal by the title card. Hopefully Cartoon Network will resolve this issue soon.