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The Real Dasshutsu Game/Pokémon the Movie 20 crossover "Escape From Houou's Trial" Will Be Held in 8 Cities All Across Japan for a Limited Time!

The Real Dasshutsu Game "Escape From Houou's Trial", which commemorates the premiere of "Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!", will be held in 8 cities all across Japan starting in July 2017!
"Escape From Houou's Trial" is a personal experience-type game event set in permanent Real Dasshutsu Game establishments and the cities they are located in, where you solve riddles scattered throughout the city one after another, together with Pokémon.

You go choose your first Partner Pokémon from "Fushigidane", "Zenigame" and "Hitokage" and set off on a journey as a rookie Pokémon Trainer as well!
You can also choose between two different courses that vary in difficulty, the "Professor Course" and the "Trainer Course", so both adults and children can enjoy this game!



©Nintendo/Creatures/GAME FREAK/TV Tokyo/ShoPro/JR Kikaku
©Pokémon
©2017 Pikachu Project

Ticket prices:
Normal pre-order ticket: 2500 yen/Student pre-order ticket (high school+): 2000 yen/Child pre-order ticket (Grade school to middle school): 1250 yen
Normal same-day ticket: 3000 yen/Student same-day ticket (high school+): 2500 yen/Child same-day ticket (Grade school to middle school): 1750 yen



Schedule:
*Hokkaido
Friday August 4th to Tuesday October 31th, 2017
*Miyagi
Wednesday July 26th to Tuesday October 31th, 2017
*Tokyo
Thursday July 13th to Tuesday October 31th, 2017
*Kanagawa
Wednesday July 19th to Tuesday October 31th, 2017
*Aichi
Friday July 21st to Tuesday October 31th, 2017
*Osaka
Thursday August 3rd to Tuesday October 31th, 2017
*Okayama
Thursday July 20th to Tuesday October 31th, 2017
*Fukuoka
Friday August 4th to Tuesday October 31th, 2017

Organizing and production: SCRAP
In cooperation with: Pikachu Project

For details, see the official site

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2702

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A Pokémon Stage Show will be Held at the Takara Tomy Booth at the Tokyo Toy Show 2017 Sunday June 4th!

We will hold a stage show where Satoshi and Pikachu will appear! There will be lots of info on Pokémon toys, the TV anime and the movie!
We've also invited Rica Matsumoto as a guest, so she'll be holding a concert there!

Time and date: Sunday June 4th from 12:00pm and on
Location: The Takara Tomy Booth, East Hall 1, Tokyo Big Sight
Content: A Pokémon stage show



Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2681

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Let's Play With Pokémon Till We Drop at "AnimeJapan 2017" and the "Family Anime Festa 2017"

"AnimeJapan 2017" and the "Family Anime Festa 2017" will be held at Tokyo Big Sight Saturday March 25th and Sunday March 26th! Have fun with the Pokémon content at the venue till you drop!
*Opening hours: 10:00am-5:00pm. Entrance closes at 4:30pm.



Attraction 1:
At the "ShoPro booth", which is marked with the Pikachu balloon, we have set up a special area where you can particiate in the currently ongoing drawing contest! Take this opportunity to enter it!

Attraction 2:
The "ShoPro booth" also has an exhibition of the drawings the celebrities that entered the drawing contest made! Some of these drawings can only be seen here, so make sure to check them out!

Attraction 3:
Special leaflets that will let you master the dance steps for "Pose", the ending theme for the currently airing "Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon", will be distributed at the "ShoPro booth"! These are limited in number, so get one early!

Attraction 4:
On Sunday the 26th, we will hold a special Pokémon stage show at the "Family Anime Festa 2017"! Satoshi and Pikachu will visit and hold a Pokémon School with you where you'll learn about Pokémon!

Attraction 5:
We will also hold a greet-and-meet at the "Family Anime Festa 2017" on Sunday the 26th, where you can have your picture taken with Pikachu!

Admission is free for elementary schoolers and younger! Come visit "AnimeJapan 2017" and "Family Anime Festa 2017"!
*Admission to the Family Anime Festa is free. Admission is limited to elementary schoolers and their guardians.

For further information, see the "AnimeJapan 2017" website:
https://www.anime-japan.jp/

For further information, see the "Family Anime Festa 2017" website:
http://www.family-animefesta.jp/

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2569

The January 2017 Issue of CoroCoro Comics will be packed with tons of Iwanko based extras when it's released on December 15th, 2016 on Japanese newsstands.

① Iwanko Enhancement Tools Serial Code

A serial code is included with the issue that gives players items to help Iwanko. Different items are unlocked depending on which game players use the code in but the code can only be used in one game. The code can be used from December 15th, 2016 until February 14th, 2017 at 23:59 JST.


Pokémon Sun: Lucky Egg and Choice Band
Pokémon Moon: Lucky Egg and Choice Scarf

② Pokémon Card Game Sun and Moon Iwanko's Full Power Deck

Also included with the issue is the special Pokémon Card Game Sun and Moon Iwanko's Full Power Deck (ポケモンカードゲーム サン&ムーン「イワンコ全力デッキ」). The set features 13 new cards including the Iwanko SMP1 (008/13) and Lugalgan GX SMP1 (009/13) cards. This is the first time that CoroCoro has packaged an entire set with an issue of the magazine. Full details of this set will be added to our TCG dex when the set is released.

③ Special Iwanko Pokémon Ga-Olé Disk

A special Iwanko Pokémon Ga-Olé Disk is included with the magazine as well. Details of this disk has been added to our Pokémon Ga-Olé Promo Disk page.


Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2016/12/161209_gm01.html?news_recommend_tag=post

YouTube Teaser - CoroCoro

The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:

Event Report #21: A Report from the "The Pikachu Song" Release Commemoration Event at Yokohama World Porters!

The "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" event has been held in the Yokahama Minato Mirai area since Sunday August 7th!!
And in the middle of this Pikachu Outbreak, a release commemoration event for "The Pikachu Song" was held at Yokohama World Porters!

The song's lyricist and composer Tomohisa Sako was there on the stage, as was Pikachu!



"The Pikachu theme song "The Pikachu Song" which is sung entirely by Pikachu, is complete!!"

Sako is also the executive producer of the "Pocket Monsters XY&Z" character song project. We interviewed him about the untold stories of "The Pikachu Song"'s production!

Q: What kind of image did you compose "The Pikachu Song" in?

It all started with me wanting to make a song that was being happily sung by a group of Pikachu. I was thinking really hard about the lyrics, imagining what I would sing about if I was a Pikachu...
But since they're Pikachu, they actually just sing "Pika" and "Chu" all throughout the entire song (laughs)

But when you listen to the song, you mysteriously enough actually realize what the Pikachu are saying. I'd like you to first listen to the song without looking at the lyrics and just let your imagination wander.
Since the Pikachu are singing so happily, this is a song that makes you really happy from listening to it!

Pikachu then debuted the new song "The Pikachu Song"!



Sako sung together with it!



And so did everyone in the room!



They even got the microphone for a bit!



The atmosphere was amazing as the entire audience joined in on the fun and merrily sung along with "The Pikachu Song", which is really easy to sing!

Lots of events are held at Yokohama World Porters between Sunday August 7th and Sunday August 14th, including the excursion rally "Search with the Help of Hints! Where is Satoshi's Pikachu?" and the reopening of Aeon Cinema Minato Mirai's on-site café "Cafe 35mm" as "Volcanion and Magearna Café"! In addition, a special venue set up next to the front gate to the second floor promenade area hosts daily Pikachu Hula Dance Shows!

The "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" event is being held in the Yokohama Minato Mirai area right now as well! Enjoy Pokémon a whole 120% in Yokohama!
For more information, check out this news entry

The digital distribution of "The Pikachu Song", the first ever Pikachu theme song, sung entirely by Pikachu, has started!
For further information, go to the Official Anime TV Series "Pocket Monsters XY&Z" Character Song Project Website!

The blockbuster "Pokémon the movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna" is currently screening in theaters!
Summer means Pokémon! Go to the theater for a heatburst of emotions!

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=2978

The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:

Event Report #20: Mayu Matsuoka Appears at the Pikachu Outbreak-chu! Opening Commemoration Parade in Order to Commemorate the Blockbuster's Premiere!!

The "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" event started up in the Yokahama Minato Mirai area today, Sunday August 7th!!

And incredibly, Mayu Matsuoka, who plays Princess Chymia in the movie "Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna", made a surprise appearance at the huge parade of Pikachu that was held to commemorate the start of the event!!

While roughly 5000 spectators were attentively watching the parade, Matsuoka appeared accompanied by 50 Pikachu! The entire audience were thrilled at this surprise!!
And as they were watching Matsuoka march down the street while dancing to the songs alongside the Pikachu, some children started dancing along as well!

And as Matsuoka was parading together with all these Pikachu, she screamed out
"I'm surrounded by Pikachu!! This is paradise!!",
completely intoxicated with excitement over how overly cute the Pikachu are!

After the parade ended, Matsuoka gave the following comment:

A comment from Mayu Matsuoka:

While we were standing by, the Pikachu made me play a shoving game with them!
But before the game could even start, three energetic Pikachu fell on top of me and crushed me. I'll definitely not experience that again!

Everyone that were watching the parade from the roadside were in really high spirits, and hearing shouts of "I watched the movie!" and even children shouting "Mayu-chan!" as I was walking past them made me really happy!
This turned into a parade so cheerful the excitement will even reach the athletes currently over in Rio!!
There are Pikachu no matter where I turn... Truly, this place is paradise on Earth (laughs)

And while this is also partially because people everywhere enjoy Pokémon, the fact that so many foreigners came here today once again made me realize that the whole world truly loves Pikachu.

Finally, I'd like to once again offer my gratitude for getting to play in a Pokémon movie, getting to co-star with Yamadera again, and even getting to meet Satoshi... all these things that were like a dream to me.

This parade that painted all of Yokohama in bright, cheery Pikachu colors right in the middle of summer vacation truly was a great success!

The blockbuster "Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna", which is passionately moving people all across the country, is currently screening in theaters all over Japan!
Summer means Pokémon! Make sure to go watch it in the theater!

Theaters screening the Pokémon movie
The Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=2949

From Sunday August 7th, 2016 until Sunday August 14th, 2016, the Pikachu Outbreak! Are You Ready to Get Soaked??? ("Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ！～今度はぬれるんだって？？？～) festival will be held in Yokohama's Minato Mirai area in Kanagawa. During this period, a total of 1,000 Pikachu will be making performances all over the place, including at variety of different of shows and a parade! This years festival includes a brand new Super Soaking Splash Shows with water and visitors to the events can have fun and stay cool this summer break with the Pikachu.

Pick Up Events

Pikachu the Parade: On Sunday, August 7th, the first day of Pikachu Outbreak, the "Pikachu the Parade", will take place in which tons of Pikachu parade down Sakura Street with performances from Pikachu set to music as well as appearances from a variety of performers. Details of this event are posted in our event blog news article.

Super Soaking Splash Show: From Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 until Sunday, August 14th, 2016, the "Super Soaking Splash Show" will be held at YOKOHAMA RED BRICK WAREHOUSE. There is a large water cannon blasting huge amounts of water and the Pikachu perform. Get soaked and have a good time!

Special "Splash Up!" Super Soaking Splash Show: On Friday August 12th, 2016 at 16:30, a special "Splash Up!" Super Soaking Splash Show will take place at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse. Naomi Watanabe (渡辺直美) will be in attendance dressed in an original Pikachu costume which is a must-see along with Pikachu.


Sources: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/splash_pikachu/ and http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/splash_pikachu/news/post.php/7/

NicoNico Broadcast - Friday August 12th, 2016

On Friday August 12th, 2016, a live special broadcast from the Pikachu Outbreak! Are You Ready to Get Soaked??? festival will be broadcast on NicoNico. It will showcase some of the events taking place with live reports by local correspondents as well as have welcomed guests in the studio including Ayana Tsubaki.

Source: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv271416706/

The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow:

Events That Will Make You Enjoy the "Pikachu Outbreak-chu" Even More Will Be Held in Yokohama World Porters

Events that will make you further enjoy Yokohama, which is in a state of excitement over "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???", will be held in Yokohama World Porters!

Event 1: Between Sunday August 7th and Sunday August 14th, Aeon Cinema Minato Mirai on the 5th Floor of World Porters will be Pokémon movie-themed! The theater café "Cafe 35mm" will reopen as the "Volcanion and Magearna Café"! When you order specific drinks there, you'll receive a drinking coaster with a Volcanion and Magearna design together with your drink!
*The café is open to everyone. Please ask café staff about the drinks.
*A limited number of coasters are available. Distribution of them will end once supplies run out.

Event 2: Pikachu will be at Aeon Cinema Sunday the 7th, Thursday the 11th, Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th!

Event 3: We will also hold the excursion rally "Search with the Help of Hints! Where is Satoshi's Pikachu?"! People (1000 a day, by order of arrival) will gather 3 hints from around the premise and search for Satoshi's Pikachu, which has gotten mixed into the outbreak of Pikachu! Those who successfully find it will receive a "Satoshi's Pikachu Paper Fan"!



Enjoy Yokohama in its state of excitement over the Pikachu Outbreak-chu an entire 120%! Go visit Yokohama World Porters!

For further information, please see these pages:
The Yokohama World Porters website
The Aeon Cinema Minato Mirai homepage
The official "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" site

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2384

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Ride a JR East Train This Summer And Have Fun With Riddles! The "JR East Pokémon Riddle Rally: Save The Ingenuity Kingdom" is Starting Up!!

This summer, the "JR East Pokémon Riddle Rally: Save The Ingenuity Kingdom" will be held at JR East from Saturday July 23rd to Sunday August 21st!
It's produced by SCRAP of "Real Dasshutsu Game" fame!
The riddles take place over two stages! Walk around the participating stations and solve all the riddles!

Story:
The Ingenuity Kingdom is a country of giant cogwheels with 500 years of history to it. Peace is upheld in the Ingenuity Kingdom by Magearna! But one day, Magearna ends up abducted by someone! If she isn't rescued, the kingdom is going to get invaded! Use the information you gain from the Pokémon at the 7 stations and rescue Magearna!

Event time and dates:
Saturday July 23rd to Sunday August 21st
The rally is held from: The first train in the morning to the last train in the evening
Prizes can be redeemed at the goal station from: 10am to 4:30pm *please finish by 4:30pm on the last day of the event



How to participate:
1. Obtain a "Stage I Pamphlet" at one of the main stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area. (available from mid July)
2. Solve the riddles set up at 7 stations on the Yamanote line, find the secret code word, then head to the goal station.
3. Tell the secret code word at the goal station to receive a set of two "original Pokémon clear file folders" and a "Stage II Riddle Book".
4. Participants who then solve the Stage II riddles using the "Stage II Riddle Book" will receive a "certificate" at the goal station that proves they have passed Stage II.
(The event will end as soon as the supply of prizes runs out.)

The goal station:
You will find out which station is the goal station once you've solved all the Stage I riddles.
*The riddles, as well as the prize exchange location at the goal station, are located beyond the ticket gates. Event paticipants will need tickets to all stations, a Suica, etc.



For further information, see the JR East Pokémon Riddle Rally homepage

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2277

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Railway Stamp Rallys Start All Across Japan!

This summer, stamp rallys are being held at railways all across Japan! Visit lots of stations and collect Pokémon stamps!

1: The JR West Pokémon Summer Vacation Stamp Rally 2016



The annual, super popular Pokémon stamp rally is being held again this year!
It starts up in conjunction with the movie "Pokémon the movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna", which premieres Saturday July 16th!
This time around it involves two areas, the Kansai area and the Hokuriku area! Visit lots of stations where stamps are set up and enjoy the world of Pokémon!!



*Period: Saturday July 16th to Sunday September 4th 2016
*Area: Participating JR West Stations (Kansai area/Hokuriku area)
For more information, see this JR-odekake.net page

2: The Pokémon Stamp Rally Along the Meitetsu Railroad 2016



Pokémon that play a major role in the movie, like "Volcanion" and "Magearna", appear as stamps!
Those of you who manage to collect all the stamps will be given a cool gold "original coin"!
Aim for completing the collection!
While the stamp rally is going on, a "Pokémon Train" with Pokémon from the movie drawn on it is scheduled to be running as well!



*Period: Saturday July 16th to Wednesday August 31st 2016
*Area: Alongside the Nagoya Railroad
For more information, see the Pokémon Stamp Rally Along the Meitetsu Railroad 2016 page

3: Miyoshino Presents the Sapporo Municipal Subway Pokémon Stamp Rally 2016



Pokémon that play a major role in the movie, like "Volcanion" and "Magearna", appear during this year's stamp rally! If you collect two stamps and bring them to the Pokémon Center Sapporo, you'll be given an original notebook!
And once you've been to all the stations, you get to try the lottery machine at the Pokémon Center Sapporo!



*Period: Saturday July 16th to Wednesday August 31st 2016
*Area: Around Sapporo, Hokkaido
For more information, see the Sapporo Municipal Subway Pokémon Stamp Rally 2016 page

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2256