Underbelly, a part infotainment and part skit comedy show posted on YouTube weekly interviewed Stuart Zagnit, the original voice of Professor Oak in the English dub. In the interview he discusses his role as Professor Oak and tells a few experiences that he had while recording the show. Below is Underbelly's interview with Stuart Zagnit.



Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/underbellyshow

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 26 - Enter the Fisherman Sommelier Dent! (釣りソムリエ・デント登場！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Originally this episode was titled: Hiun City Fishing Conference! Fisher Sommelier - Dent Appears!! (ヒウンシティのつり大会！釣りソムリエ・デント登場！！). The episode was delayed after the Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

The official Taiwanese Pokémon website has updated and announced that the new 14th Pocket Monsters movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (比克提尼與白英雄 雷希拉姆　／比克提尼與黑英雄 捷克羅姆) will premiere in Taiwan this summer. Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram will be released in theaters while Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom will air on Chunghwa Telecom MOD (中華電信MOD獨家上映), the on-demand station that currently airs Best Wishes in Taiwan. No official release date is set but both the movies will be released simultaneously like Japan.


The final Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl DVD boxset for Taiwan will also be released this week. The DVD boxset has been added to the DVD database.

Sources: http://www.my-cartoon.com.tw/pokemon/2011movie.htm & http://www.my-cartoon.com.tw/pokemon/m14/

Pokémon Smash Episode 37, My Rival is an Office Worker!? / Investigating the Wondrous Micro World / The Big Artists Singing the Movie Theme Songs Visit / A Battle with the Pokémon Received at the Movie / Introducing the newest 3DS Game! (ライバルはサラリーマン！？ / 驚異のミクロ世界を調査 / 映画主題歌を歌うビッグアーティストが登場 / 映画で貰えるポケモンでバトル / 3DSに最新ゲームが登場！ ), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The announcer introduced the items for this episode and then said: "Hey boys and girls! It's time for Pokémon Entertainment Show! Pokémon Smash! So let's get started!". Golgo just started off the show with a a very long 'PokéMor~~~ning!' as the cast emulated his greeting. Maria and Hana showed a pictures they drew of Professor Red. Professor Red then showed a picture that was supposedly drawn by his 4 year old daughter but no one believed him with all the CG work. A note on the screen said that Professor Red actually drew it.


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Yamamoto introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Even Father's have a Dream! (ふるさとはあたたかい！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was My Rival is an Office Worker!? (ライバルはサラリーマン！？) from the Advanced Generation series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Professor Red said his go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode but Yamamoto who had been walking around from camera to camera throughout the segment got in front of the camera shot.


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After the Pokémon Library episode, Keywords from the 14th movies were talked about. Misaki held up a card that said 'Sword of the Earth (大地の剣)'. A short clip from the 14th movies was shown. Shoko-tan then held up a card that said 'Ideals and Truth (理想と真実)'. Robert then held up a card that said 'Small (小さいもの)'. Robert then made fun of Golgo for loosing his Okutan which Golgo got pretty upset about. Robert then thought it was best to quickly leave and the VTR with Robert exploring the meaning of the keyword 'Small (小さいもの)' was shown.


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Akiyama appeared with a chibi-like stuffed version of himself strapped to his chin. They ask him why he has a 'Little Akiyama' attached to him and he explained that it falls in line with their research on the keyword 'Small (小さいもの)'. They arrived at TOPCON, which is a company that does research in optical Engineering, nano-opto, imaging application, and optical systems development. Akiyama holds up a card with a picture and asks what it is. The narrator explains that it is a picture of the end of a pencil using an electron microscope with a magnification of 100.


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Robert entered the plant and ment with Topcon employee Hiroyuki Oshikawa (押川浩之). He showed off an electron microscope that could take pictures 10000x. Akiyama had two containers that he wanted to look at under the microscope, one was salt (しお) the other was sugar (さとう).


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For the third item, they then decided to look at a strawberry. They then decided to look at one of Yamamoto's hair's. They then looked at a 10yen coin. Returning to the main set, Victini showed up as well as the group Every Little Thing which includes Kaori Mochida (持田香織) and Ichiro Ito (伊藤一朗). They will be doing this years theme songs: Sora (宙 -そら-) which will be the ending theme for Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) and Koe (響 -こえ-) which will be the ending theme for Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム). Below are the covers for the CD which will now be released on July 13th, 2011 in Japan. Click on the images for more information.

CD+DVD/Jacket A	Limited Edition / Jacket B	Pokémon Limited Edition / Jacket C

Hana and the cast finally made the connection that the keyword 'Small (小さいもの)' that Robert was investigating was 'Every Little Thing'. Just as Every Little Thing left, Robert showed up.


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A Battle with the Pokémon Received at the Movie (映画で貰えるポケモンでバトル)

To promote the upcoming event Pokémon that are being distributed for the 14th movies, the Pokémon Smash crew decided to have a battle featuring these Pokémon. The announcer explained the following Pokémon: Pre-order Movie 14 Ticket - V-Generate Victini, the Level 100 Zekrom and Reshiram. Shoko-tan then talked about Janta's Golugh (ジャンタのゴルーグ) and Carlita's Sazandora (カリータのサザンドラ) which were also showcased in the battle. The Dream Battle featured a 4 on 4 battle with Team Zekrom (Robert) VS Team Reshiram (International Division girls) with the Pokémon level capped at 50. Team Zekrom ended up winning at got 300 points added to their running score.


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Pokédex 3D (ポケモン立体図鑑BW)

On June 17th, 2011, Nintendo launched the first major system update for Nintendo 3DS in Japan. As part of the update, the Nintendo eShop was launched which allowed users to download the free Pokédex 3D (ポケモン立体図鑑BW) application and start collecting data for more than 150 Pokémon from the Pokémon™ Black Version and Pokémon White Version games. Players can scan AR codes to help them unlock more Pokémon for the dex. Shoko-tan showed off the app and the 3 AR codes for the 5th generation starters were displayed: Tsutarja (ツタージャ), Pokabu (ポカブ) and Mijumaru (ミジュマル).


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A list of all the AR codes for the 5th generation Pokémon is available in our games section for Pokédex 3D (ポケモン立体図鑑BW) by clicking here. The AR codes are also available in our dex.

Super Pokémon Scramble (スーパーポケモンスクランブル)

Shoko-tan also announced the new Nintendo 3DS game Super Pokémon Scramble (スーパーポケモンスクランブル) which will be released in Japan on July 28th, 2011 for 4800yen.


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As a reminder for the upcoming CD release of Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW) which will be released on June 22nd, 2011, they filmed various kids singing the song for the ending.

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 39 - Fossil Revived! Ancient Mysterious Bird Archeos!! (化石復活！古代怪鳥アーケオス！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they go and visit Professor Makomo and Professor Araragi who were working to revive a Archen from a fossil. Will they be successful?

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

Pokémon trainers, get ready! On June 18th and 19th, 2011, for those two days, Mirabilandia amusement park in Savio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy will be completely transformed into a Pokémon resort!


Now in its seventh edition, this year the Pokémon Day in Italy brings you into the new region of Unova, where visitors can play and have fun with the fantastic Pokémon from Pokémon Black and White.

During the two days, there will be many activities:

• Learn to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game and then venture into the tournaments being held!
• Test yourself with your video game Pokémon in a battle!
• Sit back in the Cinema 4D theater to watch the movie Pokémon - Zoroark Il Re Delle Illusioni on a big screen!
• Get the special Zoroark for your Pokémon Black or White game! (Be sure to bring your Nintendo DS and Black or White game)
• Enter the draw to win great prizes everyday!

In addition, you can meet Pikachu Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott live just like many other Pokémon trainers! A full PDF is available with the details on each event as well as a map of the amusement park where events will be held. The PDF has also been posted on the Imageboard thread.
The Pokémon Day is organized by Gedis Editions in collaboration with Nintendo Italy and with the participation of K-2 and Universal Pictures Italy.

For information on how to get to Mirabilandia Italy, visit www.mirabilandia.it.

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/it/news/op_pokemon_day_it-2011-06-09/

Pokémon Smash Episode 36, Okido's Lab! Gathering of the Whole Crew!! / The Original Card Battles Debut the 'Victini' Battle Theme Deck / BW News: Group Member Akiyama has Produced a PokéSma Musical! (オーキド研究所！　全員集合！！ / オリジナルカードバトルにバトルテーマデッキ「ビクティニ」登場 / BW情報では秋山隊員がポケスマミュージカルをプロデュース！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The announcer introduced the items for this episode and then said: "Hello! It's Sunday morning! It's time for Pokémon Entertainment Show! Pokémon Smash! Here we go!". Golgo just started off the show with a standard 'PokéMorning' when Shoko-tan wonders what Akiyama is wearing on his eyes. He then takes off his jacket to show that he has wings but won't tell them what they are for and says they should introduce the Pokémon Library episode.


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Professor Red introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Home Sweet Home!(ふるさとはあたたかい！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was Okido's Lab! Gathering of the Whole Crew!! (オーキド研究所！　全員集合！！) from the Advanced Generation series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Professor Red said his go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the Pokémon Library Victini Akiyama showed up and Yamamoto was a bit annoyed because the wings kept hitting him in the face. They then decided to play a game of Janken. The teams were Victini Akiyama and Yamamoto vs Baba, Shoko, Red and Golgo. Round one, Yamamoto beat Golgo. Round 2, Yamamoto beat Shoko-tan. Round 3, Yamamoto beat Professor Red. Finally in round 4, Baba beat Yamamoto and Victini Akiyama started snapping Yamamoto's neck which was obviously making him mad. Just then the International divison girls show up as well as a full sized Victini like Zoroark and Mijumaru. Yamamoto and Akiyama then introduce the Pokémon Card Game Battle will be using the new Victini expansion being released on June 17th, 2011.


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Pokémon Card Game BW Battle Theme Deck: Victini (ポケモンカードゲームBW バトルテーマデッキ 「ビクティニ」) was reintroduced by the announcer and Team Zekrom consisting of Robert used the Coin Toss Deck (コイントスデッキ) while Team Reshiram consisting of the International Division girls used the Formation Deck (フォーメーションデッキ). Teacher Takashima returned once again to help out with the battle.


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Teacher Takashima started off by talking about the two Victini cards that are featured in the theme deck. The first one from the Coin Toss Deck: Victini (009/021 BTV), knows the move V-Blast (Vブラスト) which deals 120 damage but two coins must be tossed and both must be heads for the attack to work. The second Victini card from the Formation Deck: Victini (001/021 BTV) has V-Generate (Ｖジェネレート) which does 100 damage but it requires that there are 5 Pokémon on the players bench.

Victini Akiyama used wore the Coin Toss Deck: Victini (009/021 BTV) to start the match while Misaki started the match on her side by wearing Formation Deck: Ligray (012/021 BTV). Yamamoto was on the bench with Deathmas (010/021 BTV). Hana would be the player for her team while Baba was the player for Robert's team. Hana's team won Janken and got to draw first. She drew Emonga (006/021 BTV) and put it in her hand. She then gave Misaki Ligray a Psychic energy to use Contact (コンタクト) which allows the player to search their deck to find 2 Pokémon to on their bench. She got Shibishirasu (007/021 BTV) and Victini.

Baba picked up a Psychic energy card and then applied it to Victini and then used the Trainer card Crush Hammer (クラッシュハンマー) (015/021 BTV) which requires the player to flip a coin. If the coin toss is heads, the player can choose 1 Energy card attached to 1 of their opponent's Pokémon and discard it. Baba flipped heads and removed the Psychic energy card from Misaki Ligray. Baba then played the Supporter card Bel (021/021 BTV) while allowed him to draw cards from the deck until they had 6 cards in their hand. Baba picked up 3 cards: Psychic energy, Baoppu (バオップ 002/021 BTV) and Pokémon Substitution (ポケモンいれかえ 018/021 BTV). Baba then flipped two coins and got heads both times allowing them to use V-Blast. To emulate the V-Blast move, styrofoam walls were created with a trolley track. Misaki as Ligray sat on a board and was propelled through the walls to emulate the attack.


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With Misaki Ligray knocked out as it dealt double the damage (240HP) due to Psychic weakness, Baba picked up the prize card Deathkarn. Maria wearing Shibishirasu was sent into play as Hana picked up another Ligray card. Hana then used Super Ball (スーパーボール 017/021 BTV) which allows the player to search their deck for a Pokémon and put it on their bench. The girls selected Tabunne. Hana then applied a Fire energy card to Victini on their bench.


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Baba picked up the card Pokémon Catcher (ポケモンキャッチャー) and then evolved Yamamoto Deathmas(010/021 BTV) into Deathkarn (011/021 BTV) and added a psychic energy to it. Baba decided to use V-Blast again but only got heads on the first toss. Hana's team picked up Cheren and they immediately used it to pickup 3 cards: a Psychic energy, another Emonga (006/021 BTV), and Merarva (メラルバ 004/021 BTV). They now had 5 Pokémon on their bench so they switched out Maria wearing Shibishirasu and Misaki came out wearing Formation Deck: Victini (001/021 BTV). They then applied a Psychic energy card to Misaki Victini and used V-Generate (Ｖジェネレート) which required 2 energy and 5 Pokémon on the bench. To emulate the attack, 5 guys got into a V formation and pushed a large ball at Akiyama Victini into a hot pool. Akiyama quickly went to a nearby bucket of ice. The move was enough to knock out Akiyama Victini. Hana picked up a Fire Energy card as their prize.


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Yamamoto Deathkarn was sent out to battle and Baba picked up Muggyo (マッギョ 008/021 BTV) and put it on the bench. Baba then attached a Fire energy to Yamamoto Deathkarn and used the move Ambush (おそいかかる) which deals upto 60 damage if they get a heads to raise the base attack damage from 40. Formation Deck: Victini (001/021 BTV) has 70HP though. Baba decided to use the Pokémon Catcher (ポケモンキャッチャー 019/021) Trainer's card which allows the player to choose 1 of their opponent's benched Pokémon and switch it their active Pokémon. Baba switched Victini (001/021 BTV) with their second Ligray (012/021 BTV). Baba did a coin toss and got heads which gave Ambush (おそいかかる) enough damage to knock out Ligray. Maria got slimed by Ambush (おそいかかる) 'Sticky Version' which was emulated with two big hands. Baba picked up a Fire energy card as a prize and Misaki Victini was sent out as the active battle Pokémon again.


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Hana applied an Lightning Energy to Emonga and since they had 5 Pokémon on the bench again they used V-Generate (Ｖジェネレート). To emulate the attack on Yamamato, the 5 guys got into a V formation again and pushed a large ball at Yamamoto Deathkarn into a hot pool. It was enough damage to knock Deathkarn out it as the Ability "Body that doesn't decay"(くちないからだ) which allows the player to flip a coin and if its heads, the Pokémon is not knocked out but only has 10 HP remaining. Baba got heads and Yamamoto was kept in play. Baba then picked up Revive (げんきのかけら 016/021 BTV) and used it to revive Akiyama Victini.

If this Pokémon would be Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, you may flip a coin. If heads, this Pokémon is not Knocked Out, and has 10 HP remaining. Akiyama gets up off the floor where he had been lying down since he was knocked out. He's more than happy to be back in the battle and gives a very funny but evil laugh. Akiyama Victini goes into battle and Baba tosses 2 heads and once again Misaki is subjected to the V-Blast move. Team Zekrom won the battle and 100 points were added to the running total. As of the airing of this episode, Team Zekrom had 67,509 points while Team Reshiram was in the lead with 67,954 points.


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PokéSma Musical!

Akiyama consulted Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda about the Pokémon Musical and as a present a Pokémon Smash Musical was created. It even has its on original tune which was has people shouting 'Pokémon Smash' during it. Pokémon Smash members Mijumaru, Zoroark as well as a Victini are all featured in the musical. The cast decided to dress up Mijumaru, Zoroark and Victini just like people can do in game for the musical.


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Players of the Japanese versions of Pokémon Black and White can download the PokéSma Musical from Pokémon Global Link from Monday June 13th, 2011 at 1pm until August 30th, 2011. The password to unlock the musical is: 「ポケスマ！ミュージカル」

As a reminder for the upcoming CD release of Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW) which will be released on June 22nd, 2011, the Pokémon Smash cast members all took part singing the song for the ending.


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Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl voice actor Tomoko Kawakami (川上倫子) died on June 9th, 2011 of ovarian cancer. She had been sick for quite a while and unfortunately she was unable to recover. She was most known for her roles as: Hikari's Mimirol (ヒカリのミミロル), Momoan (モモアン) and the Zukan (ポケモン図鑑) in DP1 to 100. She was 41.

Source: http://baobab.dreamlog.jp/archives/4981754.html

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 38 - Dent the Sommelier Detective! The Case of the Missing Tabunne!! (ソムリエ探偵デント！タブンネ失踪事件！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they encounter Tabunne. Suddenly, Junsa-san appears as the fog clears and accuses Satoshi and friends of being criminals! Will they be able to sort it out with Junsa or will they be heading to the big house for the rest of their lives?!

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

To promote the upcoming Pocket Monsters Best Wishes movies: Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム), McDonald's Japan has announced a new Happy Set promotion. Starting Friday, June 17th, 2011, participating McDonald's location in Japan will be distributing the 'Playing in the Water Pokémon! (ポケモンと水遊び！)' toys with Happy Set's. Each of these toys are waterproof and can be played with in the water. McDonald's America will also be doing a Happy Meal promotion starting on June 17th, 2011 but the toy distribution is different. Pictures of all the toys can be found on the Imageboard thread.

There are 8 different toys to collect:

Pikachu with Shiny Surfboard (ピカチュウの光るサーフボード)
Zekrom Vehicle (ゼクロム ビークル)
Reshiram Vehicle (レシラム ビークル)
Play in the Water Mijumaru (ミジュマルの水あそび)
Bubbles and Water Gun Pikachu (ピカチュウのシャボン玉と水でっぽう)
Victini Beach
Leaf Boat Tsutarja (ツタージャの木の葉ボート)
Fruit Boat Pokabu (ポカブのフルーツボート).

Source: http://www.terrafor.net/news_e5yWsj4TQ2.html