The official Movie 13 Taiwanese website updated on May 27th to announce the release date of Movie 13 in Taiwan. The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (神奇寶貝 幻影の霸者 索羅亞克) will begin screening in Taiwanese theaters on July 30th, 2010. This marks the fastest time that a dubbed Pocket Monsters movie has been released in Taiwan after the Japanese debut with less than three weeks difference. The 30 second trailer dubbed in Mandarin Chinese is available on the site. Taiwan is currently the only announced country outside of Japan that will show the latest Pocket Monsters movie in theaters.

With the announcement of the movie came the official Taiwanese names for Zoroark (索羅亞克) and Zorua (索羅亞).

Source: http://my-cartoon.com.tw/pokemon/m13

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 178 - Farewell, Rocket Gang! Nyarth's Love!? (さよならロケット団！ニャースの恋!?) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Having been told by Joy that Denji-san was ready to battle Satoshi, the gang heads towards the Nagisa Gym. While on their way they encounter a girl who's Nyarmar gets stolen by Nyarth who is in love with Nyarmar. Will Satoshi and friends be able to rescue Nyarmar?!

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 177 - Concluding Rival Battle! Hikari VS Nozomi!! (決着ライバル対決！ヒカリＶＳノゾミ！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

The Sinnoh Grand Festival has reached the climax as Nozomi and Hikari prepare to battle against each other. Who will be victorious? Note: Links from this news article contain major series spoilers.

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 176 - Semi-Finals! Who will Advance to the Finals!? (セミファイナル！決勝へ進むのは！？) aired on Thursday in Japan.

The Sinnoh Grand Festival is continuing at the Lakeside Resort and Hikari prepares to face Musashi in semi-finals Contest Battle round. In the other semi-final match, Nozomi battles against Naoshi. Who will move onto to the finals?!

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 175 - Manmoo, Pachirisu! Finish it with Ice Chandelier!! (マンムー、バチリス！決めろ氷のシャンデリア！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

The Sinnoh Grand Festival is continuing at the Lakeside Resort and Hikari prepares to face Urara in the Contest Battle round. Urara is looking forward to defeating Hikari but who will move onto the next round?!

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 174 - The Grand Festival Begins! The Art of Flame and Ice!! (グランドフェスティバル開幕! 炎と氷のアート！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

The Sinnoh Grand Festival has begun at the Lakeside Resort and Hikari prepares to participate in the Appeal round. All of her rivals have arrived and have qualified to participate in the tournament as well. Who will do well in the Appeal round and move onto the next round?!

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The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, The Forest of Kimori! Protect the Giant Tree!! / Grand Festival Anticipation Cosplay! (キモリの森！巨大樹を守れ!! / グランドフェスティバルをなりきり大予想！), aired today in Japan.

This week featured the continuation of the rerun theme 'New friends! Get Pokémon!' and The Forest of Kimori! Protect the Giant Tree!! was this weeks repeat episode. The episode features Kimori and how he is captured by Satoshi. A full summary of this episode is available in the episode guide.

To celebrate the upcoming Grand Festival arc on Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl, the Pokémon Sunday crew decided to hold their own Grand Festival and cosplay some of the main characters from the show. Akiyama dressed up as Nando (Naoshi / ナオシ), Yamamoto dressed up as Jessie (Musashi / ムサシ), Baba dressed as Zoey (Nozomi / ノゾミ) and the special guest for this episode, Yutti (ゆってぃ) was Dawn (Hikari / ヒカリ).


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The event started with the appeal part of the Grand Festival each person pretending to be a certain Pokémon that was associated with the character they were cosplaying. The appeal segment required each person to peddle on a bike that was hooked up to a television. The person who was able to generate enough power to run the television for the longest amount of time would be the winner. A video clip of that character was displayed when they generated enough power.

The next phase had Baba as Nozomi's Nyarmar faced off against Yutti (ゆってぃ) as Pochama. Each person had to use one of the Pokémon's attacks to break a line of balloons. The first person to break all the balloons and reach the finish line would be the winner. Baba as Nozomi's Nyarmar used Iron Tail and bounced on the balloons. Yutti (ゆってぃ) as Pochama used Peck and wore a beak on his face to pop the balloons. Both had trouble popping the balloons but Yutti ended up winning to eliminate Baba.

Yamamoto dressed up as Musashi's Habunake faced off against Akiyama as Naoshi's Korotok in the other tournament bracket. Yamamoto used Habunake's bite attack to pop the balloons. He wore vampire Halloween teeth and bit into the balloons to pop them. Akiyama did a karate chop like move to portray the X-scissor attack but it didn't prove to be very effective. Yamamoto easily won the match and eliminated Akiyama which setup the final of Yamamoto (Musashi) vs Yutti (Hikari).

The final round was an obstacle course that required Yamamoto and Yutti to race through it to the end. A stuffed plushie was on a table at the end of the course and the first person to pick up their corresponding plushie would win the Grand Festival. The obstacle course featured a balance beam with Baba and Akiyama throwing things at them and a spin the bat phase that required them to put their head on the bat and spin around. The two were very close all the way to the end but Yutti was able to grab the Pochama plushie first by being coherent enough after the bat spinning to win the tournament.

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 173 - Metamon Transform Battle! Which One~ is it that's Real!? (メタモン・へんしんバトル！本物はドッチ～ニョ!?) aired on Thursday in Japan.

While on route to the Lakeside Resort for the Sinnoh Grand Festival, Hikari and Satoshi encounter two Metamon's that cause trouble by transforming into Pokémon that look just like theirs. Rocket Gang then shows up and steals the Metamon's to give to the boss. Will Satoshi and friends be able to recover Makinas' Metamon's?

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 172 - Togekiss! A Battle of Splendor!! (トゲキッス! 華麗なるバトル!!) aired on Thursday in Japan.

While on route to the the Lakeside Resort for the Sinnoh Grand Festival, Hikari and Satoshi come upon a wide open field and decide to train their Pokémon. Rocket Gang arrives and Musashi is intent on getting Togekiss. Will Hikari be able to stop her?

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The standard Professor Okido's Great Pokémon Examination segment was replaced this week with extended previews of the upcoming Grand Festival and Satoshi's 8th gym battle. A new trailer for the upcoming movie The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) also aired. The movie trailer showcased an audio clip from the movie theme, Ice Cream Syndrome (アイスクリーム シンドローム), which was announced last week.


High quality screenshots from the new trailer have been added to the Imageboard. The official site has posted the full trailer at http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/trailer/.

Another 8 DVD set has been announced for release in Japan that features: Getting Contest Ribbons, Getting Gym Badges and Getting Pokémon. The Pokémon TV Anime Collection DVD Get! Get! Get! (ポケモンTVアニメコレクションDVD ～ゲット！ゲット！ゲット！) volumes feature one episode per mini DVD like the previous sets with episodes based on the 'getting' theme. The DVD's will be sold for 399 yen each on July 27th, 2010, but many stores offer a small discount if you buy the entire set as a whole. Below is a list of the DVD's and the episodes that are on them.

The episodes on the DVD's are:

Volume 1 DVD: [ep=687]Decisive Match! Hikari VS Haruka!! (決戦！ヒカリVSハルカ!!)[/ep]
Volume 2 DVD: [ep=799]Nomose Gym! VS Maximum Mask!! (ノモセジム！VSマキシマム仮面！！)[/ep]
Volume 3 DVD: [ep=928]Yosuga Gym Battle! VS Melissa!! (ヨスガジム戦!VSメリッサ!!)[/ep]
Volume 4 DVD: [ep=942]Mio Gym Match! Steel Battle!! (ミオジム戦！はがねのバトル!!)[/ep]
Volume 5 DVD: [ep=956]Pokémon Contest! Akebi Tournament!! (ポケモンコンテスト! アケビ大会！！)[/ep]
Volume 6 DVD: [ep=982]Kissaki Gym! Ice Battle!! (キッサキジム！ 氷のバトル！！)[/ep]
Volume 7 DVD: [ep=1016]Jouto Festa! Chicorita and Waninoko Appear!! (ジョウトフェスタ！ チコリータとワニノコ登場！！)[/ep]
Volume 8 DVD: [ep=1049]Fukamaru! Get it!! (フカマル！ ゲットだぜ！！)[/ep]

The DVD's have been added to our DVD Database. There you can find information about Pokémon DVD's from around the world.

Source: http://item.rakuten.co.jp/bigbe/30394/