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Jun 02 2011
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 37
The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 37 - Dangoro! Fire the Flash Cannon!! (ダンゴロ！ラスターカノン発射せよ！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.
Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they encounter a distressed Dangoro. Satoshi is unaware of the distress it's in and mistakes it for excitement and decides to battle the Dangoro to get it. Will Satoshi be victorious and get Dangoro?
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.
Jun 01 2011
Two Ending Theme's For Movie 14
The official Every Little Thing website has updated and has posted details for the upcoming Sora / Koe (宙 -そら- / 響 -こえ-) CD's which will now be released on July 13th, 2011 in Japan. Sora (宙 -そら-) 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) while Koe (響 -こえ-) 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. Click on the images for more information.
Source: http://www.avexnet.or.jp/elt/news/110516_01.html
| CD+DVD/Jacket A | Limited Edition / Jacket B | Pokémon Limited Edition / Jacket C |
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Source: http://www.avexnet.or.jp/elt/news/110516_01.html
Jun 01 2011
Movie 14 Press Conference Reading
On June 1st, 2011, the yearly Pocket Monsters press conference reading for the current movie took place. For this years 14th Pocket Monsters 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), Hideki Takahashi (高橋英樹) the voice of Zekrom, Shōsuke Tanihara (谷原章介) the voice of Reshiram, Satomi Ishihara (石原さとみ) the voice of Carlita (カリータ), Shōko Nakagawa the voices of Shade and Aude, Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一) the voice of Momont, Mao Daichi (大地真央) the voice of Janta, and director Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦) were all in attendance. Shoko-tan is participating in her 5th consecutive Pocket Monsters movie.
Pictures from the event have been added to the imageboard.
Source: http://eiga.com/news/20110601/14/
Pictures from the event have been added to the imageboard.
Source: http://eiga.com/news/20110601/14/
May 30 2011
Pokémon Smash 34
Pokémon Smash Episode 34, Pochama Runs Away! / A Special Supporter Joins the Black-White Cheering Battle / Will Zebraika Win in Maria's First Pokémon Battle? (ポッチャマはぐれる！ / 黒白おうえん合戦にスペシャルサポーターが登場 / ポケモンバトルはマリアが初バトル、ゼブライカで勝てるか？), aired on Sunday in Japan.
The episode started off with Golgo allowing Maria to do the weekly greeting gesture which she briefly thought about and ended up doing a full spin with a thumbs up at the end while saying 'PokéMoring!'. The rest of the cast joined in and mimicked her greeting.
Akiyama introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Be aware of other people's feelings as their feelings are important! (相手を気づかう気持ちが大事！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was Pochama Runs Away! (ポッチャマはぐれる！) from the Diamond and Pearl 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 rerun episode, Akiyama introduced a 'Special Supporter' for Team Zekrom and the movie Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム). Gari-kun (ガリ君), the popular ice cream and Popsicle mascot showed up and Team Zekrom got 5 points added to their total score. The whole cast sang the popular catch song Gari Gari-kun(ガリガリ君 ガリガリ君 ガリガリ君). Realizing that Team Zekrom might have the advantage going on, Misaki used her idol skills on Gari-kun to see if he would be willing to support Team Reshiram and Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム). Hana and Maria all tried to help out but then Yamamoto and Baba objected and tried to tell Gari-kun not to listen to them and that he was their 'Special Supporter'.
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The Adventure Division and the International Division arrived at Akagi Ice Factory 5S, Saitama Prefecture, Honjo City (埼玉県本庄市 赤城乳業本庄千本くら「５ｓ」工場) where they met Gari-kun and Yuka Minowa, a representative for the company. Suddenly, Bobby Ologun appears and since Maria wasn't around the last time he was on the show, she wondered who he was and why he was there.
Everyone entered the factory and got dressed in clean suits and began their tour of the plant. They noticed that the sofa backs were shaped as flavored bars and that the floors were very clean an shiny. Then then checked out a machine that crushed large blocks of ice and mixed them. a 135kg block of ice is able to make 5000 flavored ice bars.
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They then had a Gari Gari-kun quiz. Below are the questions that were asked.
| # | Question | Answer |
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| 1 | Is Gari Gari-kun's sibling... (ガリカリ君のきょうだいは？) A. Elder Brother (兄) B. Elder Sister (姉) C. Younger Brother (弟) D. Younger Sister (妹) | D. Younger Sister (妹) Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 2 | Over 30 years, how many different flavors have there been? (３０年で何種類の味が登場している？) | 60 Spoiler: Click to show! |
Maria got the first question right while Yamamoto got the second one right. They continued the tour and watched the Popsicles being made where they were frozen at -35C. Akiyama loaded some of the popsicle sticks into the machine. After their tour of the factory was complete, they announced there would be Movie 14 Gari Gari-kun treat. The treat would be a Gari Gari-kun Choco Rich Popsicle and would go on sale on June 1st, 2011.
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Baba also showed that a few Popsicle sticks would have a special marking with a Victini which would give people a t-shirt as a prize.
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In the Marketing Department segment, a Double Battle between 10 year old Moeto Niino(新野萌登) and Maria took place. This was Maria's first battle on the show but unfortunately she lost and had to trade her Enbuoh (エンブオー) for his Kuitaran (クイタラン).
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.
May 28 2011
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 36
The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 36 - Enter the Dragon Buster! Iris and Doryuzu!! ( ドラゴンバスター登場！アイリスとドリュウズ！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.
Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they encounter Dragon Buster Langley who challenges Iris to a battle. Taunted into the battle, Iris sends out her Kibago to battle. Will Iris and Kibago be victorious?
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.
McDonald’s has announced they will be offering one of 12 Pokémon figures as a well as one of 12 Pokémon Trading Card Game cards in their Happy Meals starting June 17th, 2011. Below is the full press release.
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“We’re excited that our fans can visit McDonald’s, purchase a Happy Meal, and enjoy something special from Pokémon.”
“The Pokémon franchise is having an incredible year, and partnering with McDonald’s is definitely one of our highlights,” said J.C. Smith, director of Consumer Marketing for The Pokémon Company International. “We’re excited that our fans can visit McDonald’s, purchase a Happy Meal, and enjoy something special from Pokémon.”
The Pokémon Black•White Happy Meal promotion will be supported by McDonald’s through a fully integrated marketing campaign that includes television advertising, in-store POP, and online activities at McWorld.com and HappyMeal.com.
The Pokémon franchise continues to be one of the most enduring entertainment brands in the world. The release of the Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video games for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems have shattered sales records with more than 11.5 million copies sold since their release in Japan last September and in the United States and Europe this March (Nintendo, March 2011). The all-new Pokémon Trading Card Game: Black & White expansion launched in April, adding to the more than 15 billion Pokémon TCG cards produced worldwide. A new season of Pokémon animation on Cartoon Network, Pokémon: Black & White, and a new feature length film, Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions, have also been released this year.
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Press Release
BELLEVUE, Wash.--Pokémon™ Black•White-themed Happy Meals arrive in participating McDonald’s® stores across North America beginning June 17, 2011, as one of the world’s most popular entertainment properties launches its Happy Meal promotion with the leading foodservice provider. Pokémon fans visiting North American McDonald’s locations June 17–July 7 can purchase a Happy Meal featuring one of eight McDonald’s exclusive Pokémon figures, including Pikachu and brand-new Pokémon Reshiram, Zekrom, Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Zorua, and Zoroark, as well as one of twelve Pokémon Trading Card Game cards, to celebrate what has already been a blockbuster year for the franchise. The Pokémon Company International continues its McDonald’s Black•White Happy Meal promotion in major markets around the world later in 2011 and 2012.“We’re excited that our fans can visit McDonald’s, purchase a Happy Meal, and enjoy something special from Pokémon.”
“The Pokémon franchise is having an incredible year, and partnering with McDonald’s is definitely one of our highlights,” said J.C. Smith, director of Consumer Marketing for The Pokémon Company International. “We’re excited that our fans can visit McDonald’s, purchase a Happy Meal, and enjoy something special from Pokémon.”
The Pokémon Black•White Happy Meal promotion will be supported by McDonald’s through a fully integrated marketing campaign that includes television advertising, in-store POP, and online activities at McWorld.com and HappyMeal.com.
The Pokémon franchise continues to be one of the most enduring entertainment brands in the world. The release of the Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video games for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems have shattered sales records with more than 11.5 million copies sold since their release in Japan last September and in the United States and Europe this March (Nintendo, March 2011). The all-new Pokémon Trading Card Game: Black & White expansion launched in April, adding to the more than 15 billion Pokémon TCG cards produced worldwide. A new season of Pokémon animation on Cartoon Network, Pokémon: Black & White, and a new feature length film, Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions, have also been released this year.
May 20 2011
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 35
The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 35 - Gamagaru and Muggyo! Battle at the Waterfront!! (ガマガル、マッギョ！水辺の戦い！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.
During the battle with Shootie, Satoshi discovers that Mijumaru's weakness is its inability to hold its eyes open under water. He immediately heads for a pond to train Mijumaru, while leaving his other Pokémon under Iris' supervision, but the training is not successful. While Iris is playing with the Pokémon, waiting for Satoshi to return, Zuruggu headbutts a clump of grass where a few Tamagetake are hiding. They get angry and spray the Pokémon with Poisonpowder. Being that there's no Pokémon Center nearby, their only solution is to retrieve some herbs from the bottom of the lake to cure the poison. Mijumaru goes to retrieve these, but the Gamagaru and Muggyo living in the pond don't take kindly to intruders.
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.
May 17 2011
New Pocket Monsters CD's Announced
CD's for the upcoming 14th Pocket Monsters 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) have been announced. Below are the details for the CD's. Full track listings for the CD's have yet to be revealed.
The Sora / Koe (Limited Edition / Jacket B) [宙 -そら-／響 -こえ- （通常盤／ジャケットB）] will only include the CD single. It will sell for 1,050 yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48094.
Finally, the Sora / Koe (Pokémon Limited Edition / Jacket C) [宙 -そら- / 響 -こえ- (初回生産限定ポケモン盤／ジャケットC)] will also only include the CD single but it will have an alternative Pokémon CD Jacket. It will sell for 1,300yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48095.
The CD's have all been added to the database and will be updated when further information becomes available.
Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Music Collection
Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom Music Collection (劇場版ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ「ビクティニと黒き英雄 ゼクロム」「ビクティニと白き英雄 レシラム」ミュージックコレクション) will be released on July 27th, 2011 for 3300yen. The CD will include instrumental background music by Shinji Miyazaki and it also includes the new track "Best Wishes (NEW MIX&EDIT)" sung by Rica Matsumoto as well the ending theme "Sora" performed by Every Little Thing. The catalog number is ZMCP-7318.Rica Matsumoto Pokémon Main Theme Best
Rica Matsumoto Pokémon Main Theme Best - RICA THE POKEMON SONG BEST (松本梨香が歌うポケモン主題歌ベスト 〜RICA THE POKEMON SONG BEST〜) will be released on July 16th, 2011 for 2500yen. The CD will include some of Pokémon's greatest hits sung by Rica Matsumoto including "Mezase Pokémon Master", "Best Wishes", and more for 12 tracks plus bonus tracks. The catalog number is ZMCP-7317.Sora / Koe
Three different CD single releases of the ending theme for 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) will be released on July 6th, 2011. Sora / Koe (CD+DVD/Jacket A) [宙 -そら- / 響 -こえ- (CD+DVD/ジャケットA)] will feature the ending song sung by Every Little Thing but will also include the DVD with the music video. The CD+DVD version will sell for 1890yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48093.The Sora / Koe (Limited Edition / Jacket B) [宙 -そら-／響 -こえ- （通常盤／ジャケットB）] will only include the CD single. It will sell for 1,050 yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48094.
Finally, the Sora / Koe (Pokémon Limited Edition / Jacket C) [宙 -そら- / 響 -こえ- (初回生産限定ポケモン盤／ジャケットC)] will also only include the CD single but it will have an alternative Pokémon CD Jacket. It will sell for 1,300yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48095.
The CD's have all been added to the database and will be updated when further information becomes available.
May 16 2011
Pokémon Smash 32
Pokémon Smash Episode 32, The Carrier Poppo of the Poppo Service! / Pokémon Quiz Caravan Black-White Competition / Movie News - Announcing the Pokémon to be Distributed in the Theaters / In a Pokémon Battle, Professor Red's Bad Luck...! (ポッポやのでんしょポッポ！ / ポケモンクイズキャラバンで黒白対抗戦／映画情報・劇場で貰えるポケモンを発表 / ポケモンバトルでレッド博士に不運が…！), aired on Sunday in Japan.
The narrator introduced today's episode by saying 'Hey, Hey! Wake up boys and girls! Pokémon Entertainment show, Pokémon Smash! Here we go!". TIM and Robert both entered the room and scared Shoko-tan a bit when she noticed they were all wearing stockings over their heads which made them all have strange faces. Yamamoto then explained that its Stocking Day (ストッキングの日). On May 15th, 1940, the first nylon stockings went on sale because the United States of America company DuPont decided to develop nylon into a commercial fiber. Until then, the market for stockings had been monopolized by one made of silk from Japan.
Professor Red introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Good luck making your dreams come true!(がんばれば夢はかなう！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was The Carrier Poppo of the Poppo Service! (ポッポやのでんしょポッポ！) from the original series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Red was barely able to say his go-to line 'Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode as Golgo and Robert were pulling the stocking tight against his face.
After the Pokémon Library episode, Hana and Misaki showed up and the crew got busy with the new product Pokémon Dominos (ポケモンことばドミノ). The set went on sale in Japan on April 23rd, 2011 for 2,940 yen. The cast was broken up into two groups the girls vs the guys. They all looked for letters to spell words as fast as they could. The girls got: Hana (はな), Umeboshi(うめほし), hon(ほん), aka (あか), tane (たね) for a total of 12 points. Robert showed their words and they were: suki (すき), machi (まち), reba (れば), sode (そで), ami (あみ), himiko (ひみこ), Hiroshining (ひろしーにんぐ) for a total of 20 points. Robert beat the girls in this game.
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The show then switched to the VTR of the Pokémon Caravan Quiz. The first segment of the quiz was the 'Black/White Quiz' (ブラックホワイトクイズ). The kids were separated into two teams and each person was given a paddle with black on one side and white on the other. When questions were asked, they would raise the paddle they thought was the answer. The team that won would receive 10 points.
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| # | Question | Answer |
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| 1 | Pokémon Smash! - Is the name of Group Member Yamamoto's mother Touko? (山本隊員のお母さんの名前はトウコである) | (X) Tokiko (トキコ) Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 2 | Anime - Is Dent an S Class Pokémon Sommelier? (デントのポケモンソムリエのランクはSクルスである) | (X) No, A Class Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 3 | Card Game - The number of cards in a deck can be 30, 60 and 90. (デッキの種類は３０枚と６０枚と９０枚である) | (X) 30 and 60 only Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 4 | Game - Is Reshiram Isshu Dex No. 150? (イッシュずかんNO.150はレシラムである) | (X) No, No. 149 Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 5 | Pokémon Smash! - The International Division's Maria can speak French.(インターナショナル部マリアはフランス語が話せる) | (X) - No, Italian (イタリア) Spoiler: Click to show! |
Team Zekrom won the quiz round and received the 10 points. The next portion of the quiz was Iwapalace's Letter Sorting Quiz (イワパレスの文字ならべかえクイズ）. 5 team members would have a letter placed on their back and the other team members would have to tell them which order they needed to go into to spell a Pokémon's name. They would crawl around until they got it right.
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Below are the Pokémon names that were rearranged in the quiz:
| # | Letters | Answer |
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| 1 | カースデカ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 2 | ラニイババ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 3 | サザドンラ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 4 | ロココリモ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 5 | ラスンドロ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 6 | ビシスラシ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 7 | ッマカダル | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 8 | キオーッバ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 9 | ンュデチラ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
| 10 | ルギアギギ | Spoiler: Click to show! |
Team Reshiram won that round and got 10 points. The next portion of the quiz was the Victini's V-Generate Find the Mistake Obstacle Course Quiz (ビクティニのＶジェネレート障害物まちがいさがしクイズ). Participants would wear a helmet with a V shaped container that had balls in them. They would have to go through the obstacle course while trying not to drop the balls. The first part of the obstacle course was a balance beam they had to walk across, the second part was finding a candy ball in a flour pan, the third part was playing Hopscotch and the final part going under a bar while doing the limbo. For each ball that they had left at the end of the obstacle course, the team would get 1 second on the clock.
The final part of the quiz was the 'Find the Mistake' part. Team Zekrom got only 2 seconds to look at the picture while Team Reshiram only got 6 seconds to look. Team Reshiram managed to find 3 differences and got 30 points. Team Zekrom managed to get 4 difference with only 2 seconds and got 40 points making Team Zekrom the overall winners. Team Zekrom got 500 points added to their overall movie score while Team Reshiram got 400 points.
Shoko-tan announced this years 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) event Pokémon downloads. A Zekrom and Reshiram will both be distributed at Japanese theaters for players that bring their Pokémon Black or White games. Zekrom and Reshiram both have the OT of Satoshi (サトシ). Zekrom knows the move Fusion Bolt (クロスサンダー) while Reshiram knows the move Fusion Flare (クロスフレイム). The other 3 moves for each Pokémon were not revealed. Players that bring Pokémon Black to the theater will get Zekrom while players that bring Pokémon White will recieve Reshiram.
During the Marketing Department segment, Professor Red's luck was pretty bad as he quickly lost his battle and had to trade his Enbuoh but received one back in the trade though.
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.
May 12 2011
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 34
The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 34 - Rival Battle! Vanipeti and Dokkorar Participate!! (ライバルバトル！バニプッチ、ドッコラー参戦！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.
Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they happen to stumble upon Shootie, who's battling a Gamagaru with his "New Snow Pokémon" Vanipeti, however Satoshi's interruption causes Gamagaru to run away. As Shootie turns to leave, Satoshi challenges him to a battle. Shootie declines, but after Iris accuses him of running away, he accepts, and a 3-on-3 battle starts. Satoshi starts by sending out Tsutarja, and Shootie counters by sending out Tsutarja's evovled form, Janovy. It's a 3-on-3 rival battle, who will win!?
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.
