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Pokémon Center - 100 Monster Balls Code / New Pocket Monsters Anime Book

Starting on December 8th, 2019, Pokémon Center and Pokémon Stores nationwide in Japan will be distributing a Completely Understanding the New Pocket Monsters Anime Book (新アニメ「ポケットモンスター」まるわかりブック) at the checkouts. The book comes with a serial code for 100 Monster Balls which can be used with Poc...

Pocket Monsters 2019 - Episode 1 - Pikachu is Born!

The official Pokémon YouTube channel has posted the first episode of the Pocket Monsters 2019 anime series. The episode aired on Sunday, November 17th, 2019 as part of a one hour special. The episode, Pikachu is Born! is in Japanese, but is region free and free to view. UPDATE: The video has been...

Pokémon TCG: Collector Chest - Fall 2019

The Pokémon TCG: Collector Chest - Fall 2019 will be available to purchase on November 22nd, 2019 for $24.99 USD. The set contains three foil promo cards featuring Armored Mewtwo, Pikachu, and Charizard which will be very popular collectors based on the Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution movie. High ...

Pocket Monsters 2019 - Special Art Released / Opening Theme Comments / Trailer

A special art poster inspired by the beginning of the adventure of Satoshi and Go was created. It was also announced that the opening theme for the series is called “1, 2, 3” and Soraru and Mafumafu gave some comments. YouTube Clip - Anime Pocket Monsters 2019 Trailer Sources: https://ww...

New Anime Pocket Monsters Theatrical Showing Twitter Campaign

The official Pocket Monsters PR anime website has updated. Translations follow: On Friday, November 15th, 2019, from 19:00 to 20:00, a special showing of the first episode of the new Pocket Monsters series will be shown at a movie theater in the 23 wards of Tokyo. 100 pairs of people, for a t...

Official Website and Twitter Account for the New Pocket Monsters Anime Presents the Rocket Trio

The official Pocket Monsters anime website has updated. Translations follow: A Certain Pair of "Lovely Charmy Villains" Will be Appearing in the New Series as Well: The Lovely Charmy Villains that are after Satoshi's Pikachu, the Rocket Gang, will be appearing in the new series as well! They'l...

Rica Matsumoto - Cool Japan Ambassador

Rica Matsumoto, the voice actor known for the role of Satoshi in the Pocket Monsters anime, was appointed as a Cool Japan Ambassador and received a letter of appointment from Naokazu Takemoto, the Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy in Tokyo on October 21st, 2019. The Cool Jap...

Theme Song for New Pocket Monsters Anime Series Confirmed to be Performed by After the Rain

The official Pocket Monsters anime Twitter account has revealed details on the new show's opening theme. Translations follow: Believe it or not, the opening theme for the new series will be sung by After the Rain (Soraru x Mafumafu), with Mafumafu handling the production, lyrics, composition and ...

Official Website for the New Pocket Monsters Anime Updates with New Information

The official Pocket Monsters anime website has updated. Translations follow: Presenting Information on the Adventure's Base of Operations and New Characters That Will be Appearing: The new series "Pocket Monsters" starts Sunday November 17th!! Today we will introduce the base of operations for ...

Pocket Monsters Anime - November 17th, 2019

As previously announced at the end of the SM137 broadcast on September 1st, 2019 in the teaser trailer, more information on the new anime series “Pocket Monster” was revealed at the end of SM141. The new series will begin airing on TV Tokyo in Japan starting on November 17th, 2019 at 5:30pm JST. ...

New Anime Series "Pocket Monsters"

At the end of the SM137 broadcast on September 1st, 2019, a teaser trailer for a new anime series called "Pocket Monsters" was revealed. A new Twitter account for the series also launched. YouTube Clip Description A new Pokémon TV anime series will be broadcast! The title is “Pocket Monster”...

Montreal Otakuthon 2019 - Rica Matsumoto Coverage

Rica Matsumoto attended the Otakuthon this past weekend on both Saturday and Sunday. Otakuthon is a yearly anime convention held in Montreal, Canada. Pictures from this event have been added to an Imageboard thread. Saturday Sunday PANEL: R...

The Pokémon Company International Licensed Retail Sales - $2.98 Billion in 2018

According to the August 2019 Issue of License! Global Top 150 Global Licensors, The Pokémon Company International is now the 23rd most profitable retail licensor worldwide selling over $2.8 billion USD in licensed products worldwide in 2018. This is down from $3.3 billion USD in 2017. The Po...

Baskin Robbins - Pokémon Lots of Pikachu Campaign

Baskin Robbins in Japan is having a 31 Ice Cream Pokémon Lots of Pikachu in Celebration of Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution (サーティワン アイスクリーム「ポケモン ピカチュウいっぱい編」~ミュウツーの逆襲 EVOLUTION公開記念~) campaign from August 1st, 2019 to August 30th, 2019. A commercial for the campaign features Pokémon super fan Nicole ...

FanExpo Canada - August 22nd - 25th, 2019 - Original English Dub VA's Guest Appearances

FanExpo Canada takes place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from August 22nd, 2019 to August 25th, 2019. FAN EXPO Canada is the largest Comics, Sci-Fi, Horror, Anime, and Gaming event in Canada and the 3rd largest Pop Culture event in North America. FanExpo Canada has announced that original P...

Otakuthon 2019 - Rica Matsumoto Panel and Autograph Session

Otakuthon is an event that celebrates the cultural phenomenon known as anime (Japanese animation) and manga. Since 2008, the event has been held every summer at the Palais des congrès, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Rica Matsumoto will be attending Saturday, August 17th, 2019 and Sunday, August 18...

Movie 22 Website Updates with Announcement of "Supportive Screening"

The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow: We Will Hold a Supportive Screening of "Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution" on Friday July 19th Join your fellow fans in showing your support for those emotional impressions we've all experienced The legendary event that sold o...

Movie 22 Website Updates with Info on Upcoming Relevant Media

The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow: Media Information Newspapers/Magazines: Saturday July 13th: "Corocoro Comic" - More info on the attendance gifts, etc. Tuesday July 16th: "Shukan Josei" - Interview (with Sachiko Kobayashi and Shoko Nakagawa) Friday ...

Movie 22 Website Updates with Winners of Drawing Contest

The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow: Announcing the Results of the Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Drawing Contest! This drawing contest was held in collaboration with 12 Shogakukan magazines! We received lots of entries from Pokémon Fan, Kindergartener Magaz...

Corocoro Online Updates with Sixth Installment of Movie 22 Art Project

Corocoro Online has updated with the sixth part of the Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Legend/Legend Collaboration Artwork Project. Translations follow: The "Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution" Premiere Celebration Project! Part 6: Mine Yoshizaki of "Sgt. Frog" fame draws "The Shocking Duo! Pikachu and ...