Media Factory and Pikachu Records have announced some new Pocket Monsters Anime products that will be going on sale in Japan later this year. Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW), the current Best Wishes ending sung by Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの剛士) will be released on CD on June 22, 2011. It's retail price is 1,155yen and its catalog number is ZMCP-7132. The CD will also come with 3 special Pokémon cards: Yanakkie (ヤナッキー), Baokkie (バオッキー) Hiyakkie (ヒヤッキー). The CD has been added to the database.


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Also announced was a DVD for last years ANA short Pocket Monsters Diamond&Pearl Pikachu's Really Mysterious Adventure (ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド・パール ピカチュウのふしぎなふしぎな大冒険). The DVD will also come with the Diamond&Pearl Hikari special Hikari Sets Off Anew! (ヒカリ・新たなる旅立ち!) that aired in February. The DVD will be released in Japan on July 16th, 2011 for 2,250yen. It's catalog number is ZMBS-6088. The DVD has been added to the database.

Source: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 31 - The Lost Scallsword! Mijumaru's Worst Crisis!! (消えたホタチ！ミジュマル最大の危機！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when Satoshi decides to battle Kenyan, a Pokémon Trainer that he encountered on-route. During the battle, Mijumaru looses its Scallsword. Will it find its lost Scallsword?

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.

A pre-order ticket commercial began airing this weekend on Japanese television. It features Iris and Dent from the Pocket Monsters Best Wishes series promoting the Victini download event for those that pre-order their tickets. The past few movies have featured Rocket Gang's Musashi, Kojiro and Nyarth as the commercials hosts. Below are a few screenshots from the commercial.


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Movie Poster Dual

A new movie poster have been revealed for each movie which can be combined to create one larger poster.

Voice Actors

The official website has now announced the guest voice actors for the movies and the parts they will be playing. Hideki Takahashi (高橋英樹) is the voice of Zekrom, Shōsuke Tanihara (谷原章介) is the voice of Reshiram, Satomi Ishihara (石原さとみ) is Carlita (カリータ), Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの剛士) is Dread Grangil (ドレッド・グランギル), Mao Daichi (大地真央) is Janta, Nana Mizuki (水樹奈々) as the voice of Victini, Shōko Nakagawa as Shade and Aude and Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一) is Momont.


Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/chara/

Pokémon Smash Episode 28, Beware of the Cute Face! Paralyzed by Emonga!! / Quiz Festival! Pokémon Quiz Caravan! / Important Information on the Victini Received at the Movie!! (かわいい顔に要注意！エモンガでシビレビレ！！ / クイズの祭典！ポケモンクイズキャラバン！ / 映画でもらえるビクティニの重要情報！！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

Golgo introduced this weeks Special Edition of the Pokémon Library (ポケモンライブラリー特別編) right after the narrator introduced the show. Pokémon Smash! rebroadcasted Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 27 - Beware of the Cute Face! Paralyzed by Emonga!! (かわいい顔に要注意！エモンガでシビレビレ！！) due to the Sendai Earthquake and tsunami that disrupted many people's schedules and as a result they were unable to see the original airing of the episode. The episode originally aired on March 24th, 2011 only a few days after the Sendai Earthquake and tsunami. There was no episode theme this week and Professor Red did his usual "OK! Pokémon Library" go-to line.

After the Pokémon Library episode, the International Division girls showed up and noticed the large device Professor Red was finishing. Professor Red stated that it was the RED 062 - Victini V Dynamic Vision Quiz (ビクティニのＶ字動体視力クイズ). The device is loosely based off of the move V-create (Ｖジェネレート) but basically only uses the letter V as a window for people playing the quiz to see what was flying by. Professor Red would pull the switch and an object would quickly fly by in the V window and the quiz players would have to figure out what the object was. The first object was a stuffed Chillarmy (チラーミィ) which Maria was able to quickly identify.


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The second object proved to be a lot harder for them to identify. Baba though it was raw meat (生のお肉), Shoko-tan thought it was a monster ball (モンスターボール) and Maria thought it was Darumakka (ダルマッカ). Baba guess again as he got a second look at it flying by and correctly identified it as a tomato. Maria was close though when she said it looked like Darumakka (ダルマッカ) because the tomato was disguised to make them guess that it was a Darumakka (ダルマッカ) instead of a tomato with a band of pickled daikon radish (たくあん) around it.


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The third object was even harder. Hana thought it was a frisbee as did most of the crew. Professor Red flipped the switch again so they could see the object fly by again. This time Hana correctly identified it as Group Member Yamamoto's Mom's face on the frisbee (山本隊員のお母さんの顔がかいておるフリスビー). The picture was drawn by Akiyama and has been a running gag for a few episodes.


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The show then switched to the VTR of the Pokémon Caravan Quiz. For this episode, the crew visited Hoshigaoka Elementary School, Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県 相模原市立 星が丘小学校). There was 141 students participating in this caravan quiz from the school.


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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.

#	Question	Answer
1	Pokémon Smash! - Can Director Zoroark use Illusion? (ゾロアーク部長は幻影が使える)	(X) Black - It cannot use Illusion(幻影を使えない) Spoiler: Click to show!
2	Games - Do you have to give the Move Deleter in Fukiyose City Heart Scales for him make a Pokémon forget a move?(フキヨセシティにいるわざわすれジイさんにわざを忘れさせてもらうにはハートのウロコが１枚必要である)	(X) Black - No. Heart scales are required for the Memorial Girl (ハートのウロコが必要なのはメモリアルガール) Spoiler: Click to show!
3	Anime - Is the Pokémon Center is open from 9:00am until 6:00 pm? (ポケモンセンターは朝９時から夕方６時まで開いている)	(X) Black - No - It's open 24 hours a day (24時間　開いている) Spoiler: Click to show!
4	Card Game - In battle, 3 types of cards can be used: Pokémon, Energy, Trainer (バトルで使うカードの種類はポケモン・エネルギー・トレーナーズの３種類しかない)	(O) White - Yes Spoiler: Click to show!
5	Pokémon Smash! - Is Misaki the Director of the Interational Division?(インターナショナル部の部長はミサキである)	(X) Black - No (インターナショナル部に部長ないない) Spoiler: Click to show!
6	Anime - Is Dent's Ishizumai's ability Sturdy? (デントのイシズマイの特性はがんじょうである)	(O) Black - Yes Spoiler: Click to show!
7	Card Game - When a Pokémon evolves, it recovers all the damage its received till then. (ポケモンは進化するとそれまでに受けていたダメージをすべて回復する)	(X) Black - No. It keeps its damage. Spoiler: Click to show!
8	Games - Is Raimon City Gym Leader Kamitsure's occupation is an actress? (ライモンシティのジマリーダーであるカミツレの職業は女優である)	(X) Black - No. Model (モデル) Spoiler: Click to show!
9	Card Game - "Damekan" is short for "Damage Kanjime"(ダメカンとはダメージカンジメの略である)	(X) Black - "Damekan" is short for "Damage Counter" (ダメカンとはダメージカウンターの略) Spoiler: Click to show!

After 9 rounds, Black team ended up getting 10 points. The next section of the Caravan Quiz was the Dotekkotsu's Focus Blast Relay Quiz (ドテッコツのきあいだまリレークイズ). Players were split into teams of three and each of them had a steel I-bar that they had to hold up like Dotekkotsu. A ball would roll down through the I-bar and would be passed on to the next person. The person that passed it would then move to the end of the line until they reached the finish line. Before setting off, the players would have to count the number of specific Pokémon on a board which were mixed up with a lot of other Pokémon to make it harder. The first team to correctly tell the number of Pokémon on the board after successfully completing the ball relay without dropping the ball was declared the winner. Black team ended up winning the event gaining another 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.


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The final part of the quiz was the 'Find the Mistake' part. Team white got 31 seconds to look at the original picture while Team Black only got 7 seconds. Above is the original picture and the answers which shows the 10 differences. Team Black ended up winning the Caravan quiz. The movie website was updated to reflect the scores. Team Black (Robert - Zekrom) got 800 points while Team White (International Girls - Zekrom) got 600 points added to their totals.

After the quiz caravan, a new Black/White Pokémon Cosplay (黒白なりきりポケモン) event was announced. The event will be put on to promote the new 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) and it will be split up by the Zekrom/Black Team and Reshiram/White Team. Each team has specific Pokémon that people can cosplay and they can be found on the different sides of the movie poster.


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People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Team Zekrom/Black Team (Robert): Kibago, Pokabu, Victini, Zekrom, Tsutarja, Sazandora, Lanculus, Nageki, Bivanilla, Landlos.
People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Reshiram/White Team (International Division Girls): Yanappu, Pikachu, Reshiram, Mijumaru, Golugh, Gothiruselle, Dageki, Shikijika, Kumasyun.

Baba dressed up as a Lanculus and Hana dressed up as a a Gothiruselle.


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New Movie 14 Trailer

A new trailer aired during the Marketing Division segment which was also shown earlier in the week on Oha Suta and Best Wishes. The trailer shows new scenes from the movies as well as reveals the subtitle for the movies as 'The First Movie'. The ending theme song from the movies, Air -The Sky- (宙 -そら-) sung by Every Little Thing can also be heard in the trailer. The trailer can also be viewed on the official movie website.


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Pre-order Victini

As announced earlier, this years pre-order Pokémon download gift was revealed on the show. Players of Pokémon Black and White who pre-order a ticket for one of this years 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) will be able to receive a Victini that knows V-generate (Vジェネレート). The Victini will be available for download for those that present the ticket sub section on the pre-order ticket from April 16th, 2011 until August 31st, 2011. The full details of the Victini have now been announced.


As it was announced earlier in the month, pre-order tickets can be purchased from: 7-11 (セブン-イレブン)、Ito-Yokado (イトーヨーカドー)、Aeon (イオン)、Toys"R"Us (トイザらス)、Apita (アピタ)、Piago (ピアゴ)、Al-Plaza (アル・プラザ)、Heiwado (平和堂)、Daiei (ダイエー)、Pokémon Centers (ポケモンセンター) and various movie theater locations throughout Japan. Pre-order ticket can only be purchased from April 16th, 2011 until July 15th, 2011. Full details of the Victini that will be distributed have now been announced.


The Victini also comes with a Fire Gem item and a Wish Ribbon. It knows: Searing Shot (かえんだん), Fusion Flare (クロスフレイム), Fusion Bolt (クロスサンダー) and V-create (Vジェネレート), a special move as it normally cannot be learned by any Pokémon.


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 30 - The Road to Dragon Master! Kibago VS Crimgan!! (ドラゴンマスターへの道!キバゴVSクリムガン!!) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City until a raging Crimgan shows up and stops their training. Why is Crimgan raging and will Satoshi and his friends be all right?

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.

New Movie 14 Trailer

A new trailer aired at the end of Best Wishes 30 and it was also shown earlier in the day on Oha Suta. The trailer shows new scenes from the movies as well as reveals the subtitle for the movies as 'The First Movie'. The ending theme song from the movies, Air -The Sky- (宙 -そら-) sung by Every Little Thing can also be heard in the trailer. The trailer can also be viewed on the official movie website.


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Source: http://www.avexnet.or.jp/elt/news/110413.html

The official Pokémon website has announced that participating Toys"R"Us will be distributing an event egg that will hatch into 1 of 3 Pokémon. This same event was available over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in Japan at the beginning of the year. Players of Pokémon Black and White can receive the egg at Toys"R"Us from April 27th, 2011 to May 31st, 2011. Below is the full press release.

Press Release

Get a Secret Egg, pick up special Pokémon TCG packs, and discover new Pokémon at a special Toys“R”Us event beginning April 27th!

Coming up in the Pokémon: Black & White animated TV series, Ash is given a great responsibility—he must care for a delicate Pokémon Egg until it hatches. Watch episodes every Saturday through May 21st on Cartoon Network to find out which Pokémon will hatch!

You can follow in Ash's footsteps with your own Pokémon Egg! Visit participating Toys"R"Us stores from April 27th to May 31st to receive a Secret Egg distribution for your Pokémon Black Version or Pokémon White Version game. Carry the Secret Egg with you in your game until it hatches to find out which one of three secret Pokémon you'll get!

While at Toys"R"Us, look for a special Pokémon Trading Card Game offer: you can purchase Pokémon TCG: Black & White booster two-packs that include a secret promo card featuring one of the three Pokémon that may hatch from your Secret Egg!

Head to Toys"R"Us starting April 27th with your Nintendo DS™ system and a copy of your game for the Secret Egg distribution, and check out all the other amazing Pokémon products, including special packs of Pokémon TCG cards!

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/vg_bw_secretegg-2011-04-11/

Pokémon Smash Episode 27, Hiun Gym Match! Purehearted Bug Pokémon Battle!! / Black-white Cheering Showdown! Who Will Watch the Black Pokémon Movie? How About the White One? (ヒウンジム戦！　純情ハートの虫ポケモンバトル！！ / 黒白応援対決！ポケモン映画は黒をみる？白をみる？), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The narrator started by announcing all the segments that would be on today's show and then said: "Okay! It's time for a Pokémon Entertainment Show! Pokémon Smash!". Golgo started the show by asking Shoko-tan which she you choose: Black or White? Shoko-tan chose 'White' and Professor Red chose 'Black'.

This week was a Special Edition of the Pokémon Library (ポケモンライブラリー特別編). Pokémon Smash! rebroadcast Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 25 - Hiun Gym Match! Purehearted Bug Pokémon Battle!! (ヒウンジム戦！　純情ハートの虫ポケモンバトル！！) due to the Sendai Earthquake and tsunami that disrupted many people's schedules and as a result they were unable to see the original airing of the episode. The episode originally aired on March 17th, 2011 only a few days after the Sendai Earthquake and tsunami. There was no episode theme this week and Professor Red did his usual "OK! Pokémon Library" go-to line.


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After the Pokémon Library episode, the Internation Division girls showed up. The Black-white Cheering Showdown! Who Will Watch the Black Pokémon Movie? How About the White One? was introduced and the VTR was then shown. Robert of the Adventure Division decided they would promote Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) while the International Division girls decided they would promote Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム).


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They started off at Mejiro Station (目白駅) where the two groups argued which one was better. Hana ends up telling them in English: "No Black! White!". Their objective was to: "Find a store or person associated with black or white, between the Mejiro and Meguro stations on the Yamanote Line!" (山手線の目白駅から目黒駅までの範囲で黒か白に関係したお店や人を探す！)


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The teams would each receive points for finding a store or person associated with black or white and getting them to do something. Below is a list of the tasks they would have to do and how many points they would get for doing so.

Task	Points
Make a supporter of a store that relates to black or white! (黒か白に関係のあるお店がサポーターに！)	1 Point
Put movie poster up in the store (お店に映画のポスターをはってもらう)	10 Points
Make a supporter of a person whose name relates to Black or White! (黒か白が名前につく人かサポーターに！)	5 Points

To help the two teams, some of the SKE48 members joined the teams. Akiyama made fun of Yamamoto by saying his 'group' name was HiRoShi32歳. Hiroshi Yamamoto is 32 years old. SKE48 is a Japanese Idol group who was previously on Pokémon Smash #22 to promote their new track "Banzai Venus" (バンザイ　Venus). Yuria Kizaki (木﨑ゆりあ), Rumi Katō (加藤るみ), Sawako Hata (秦佐和子) went on Team Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) with Robert while Akane Takayanagi (高柳明音), Anna Ishida (石田安奈) and Shiori Kaneko (金子栞) went on Team Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム) with the International Division girls.


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Team Reshiram found their first store Mejiro Pharmacy (目白薬局). The managed to get 11 points out of it as they were able to get the store to support the movie as well as put a poster up by the register. The continued walking and Hana spotted another store and they were able to get another 11 points. They then visited the shop 'quiche quiche' that sold 'White Devil' and 'Black Angel' quiche and they got yet another 11 points from that store. They met a girl Shiroishi(白石) and they got her to support them giving Team Reshiram another 5 points.

Team Zekrom was at the Rokugo-dori Shopping Center where they got one point for getting the support of the Sweet Bar because they had croissants(クロワッサン). They got 1 point for that. The started walking again and they found another store called Kagoshima Kurobuta where they were able to get the store to support the movie as well as put a poster up on the wall to give them 11 points.

Team Reshiram found another store called White Cloud Tokyo that did Yoga where they got another 11 points. The got another shop to also put up the poster for another 11 points. Team Zekrom found a shop called Silk Road (シルクロード) and they were able to get support of the store but no poster so they only got 1 point. The teams then met up to compare scores. Team Zekrom had 13 points while Team Reshiram had 60 points. They ended up getting an extra 15 points for the ramen name. They all decided to go out to see if they could get some more points.

During Mijumaru's tweet corner they announced the new ending theme for Pocket Monsters Best Wishes: Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) which aired at the end of Thursday's episode replacing Fanfare of the Heart (心のファンファーレ). The song has a very fast tempo song like the previous naming songs. It is sung by Shōgo Toda (戸田昭吾).



The two teams continued finding shops and then met up at the end to see if they managed to improve their scores at all. Team Reshiram ending up winning with 86 points while Team Zekrom had only 52 points.

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 29 - The Scaaary Stories of Hitomoshi Mansion! (ヒトモシ屋敷のこわ～いお話！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City and as they walk it begins to rain. They quickly rush to a nearby mansion for cover. Little do they know that the mansion is haunted and strange things happen there.

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.

Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ)

The ending new ending called Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) aired at the end of today's episode replacing Fanfare of the Heart (心のファンファーレ). The song has a very fast tempo song like the previous naming songs. It is sung by Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの剛士). A couple screenshots from the ending were posted on the official site and can be seen below.

BW25 & 27 Re-Airing Announcement

Midway through today's episode, it was announced that the Sunday morning variety show Pokémon Smash! (ポケモンスマッシュ！) will be rebroadcasting Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 25 - Hiun Gym Match! Purehearted Bug Pokémon Battle!! (ヒウンジム戦！　純情ハートの虫ポケモンバトル！！) on Smash episode #27 which airs April 10th, 2011. They will also be rebroadcasting Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 27 - Beware of the Cute Face! Paralyzed by Emonga!! (かわいい顔に要注意！エモンガでシビレビレ！！) on Smash episode #28 which airs April 17th, 2011. Both episodes are being rebroadcast due to the Sendai Earthquake/tsunami that disrupted many people's schedules and as a result they were unable to see the original airings of those episodes. No information was revealed about the first airings of BW23, 24 or 26 which were skipped.

The Sunday morning variety show Pokémon Smash! (ポケモンスマッシュ！) has announced that they will be rebroadcasting Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 25 - Hiun Gym Match! Purehearted Bug Pokémon Battle!! (ヒウンジム戦！　純情ハートの虫ポケモンバトル！！) on Smash episode #27 which airs April 10th, 2011. They will also be rebroadcasting Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 27 - Beware of the Cute Face! Paralyzed by Emonga!! (かわいい顔に要注意！エモンガでシビレビレ！！) on Smash episode #28 which airs April 17th, 2011. Both episodes are being rebroadcast due to the Sendai Earthquake/tsunami that disrupted many people's schedules and as a result they were unable to see the original airings of those episodes. No information was revealed about the first airings of BW23, 24 or 26 which were skipped.

Source: http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2011/04/05/48304.html

Pokémon Smash Episode 26, A New Land! A New Adventure!! / Robert's and the International Division's Spring-themed Pokémon Charaben-making Showdown / If Director Shoko-tan Loses This Pokémon Battle, She's Fired?(新たなる大地！新たなる冒険!! / ロバートとインターナショナル部が春にピッタリのポケモンのキャラ弁作りで対決！ / しょこたん部長がポケモンバトル、負けたらクビ？), aired on Sunday in Japan.

A new opening was revealed in this episode. It features the current Best Wishes main characters Pokémon as well as a Monmen. Even though the opening shows a Monmen and the anime's main character Pokémon, it is *possible* that the Monmen is Akiyama's as he seems to have taken a liking to Monmen in Smash just like he did with HootHoot in Sunday. It is also possible that the Monmen is one of the main character Pokémon. It is currently unknown at this time what significance the Monmen in the opening plays or if its just a wild Pokémon.


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Golgo introduces this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, The first step is a big step!(はじめの１歩は大きな１歩！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was A New Land! A New Adventure!! (新たなる大地！新たなる冒険!!) from the Advanced Generation series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Red said the go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the Pokémon Library episode aired, the Internation Division girls showed up. Shoko-tan opened a box of rice cakes that she made that looked like Golgo. Everyone was impressed with how good they resembled him. The International Division and the Adventure Division then showed their combined VTR video.


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In the VTR clip, the Internation Division girls and Robert from the Adventure Division went off to have a Spring-themed Pokémon Charaben-making Showdown. Head Judge Yukio Hattori(審査院長　服部幸應先生) who is best known from being on the Japanese television show Iron Chef met the cast and would be judging their creations. Oda Kinuko (審査員 尾田衣子) was also a judge.

Yummy! Cute! Nutritionally Balanced! Make Nutritional Recipes! Pokémon Bento Box Book(おいしい！かわいい！栄養バランスよし！　食育レシピでつくる！ポケモンお弁当BOOK) is newly released book that was being promoted during this episode. Yukio Hattori and Oda Kinuko both collaborated to write the book.


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Hana made a bento box based off of Shikijika, Maria based her's off of Munna and Mamanbou and Misaki based her's off of Pokabu, Chaoboo and Enbuoh.


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Baba made a whole scene in his larger box that was based of the Isshu region map. It also featured Herderrier, Emonga, Tunbear, Swanna, Hahakomori, Crimgan, Waruvile and Yanappu.


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Akiyama made a Darumakka who was facing away. Obviously everyone didn't know what it was until Akiyama explained it to them. He also made Nageki by wrapping a paper towel around a red pepper and a Dageki by wrapping a paper towel around an eggplant. He also showed his Vanipeti which was just an ice cream cone with Black Beans(黒まめ) for eyes. Misaki though was crowned the winner by the judges.


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In this weeks in-studio viewer battle, if Director Shoko-tan Loses this Pokémon Battle, will she's Fired? Shoko-tan faced 10 year old Sudō Atsushi (須藤篤志). Shoko-tan defeated him without loosing a Pokémon. She said she tried to apply the things she learned from Game Freak Game Designer Shigeki Morimoto who visited the Smash cast in episode #21.

A segment that was supposed to air during Pokémon Smash Episode #23 which showcased the launch of Pokémon BW in New York was shown at the end of this episode. Footage from the London March 4th launch event was also shown. Game Freak director Junichi Masuda (増田順一) and artist Ken Sugimori (杉森建) were both on hand during the London launch to sign games. They also visited New York on March 5th for the launch of the games in the United States.


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April 2011 Calendar

The April 2011 Pokémon Smash Calendar was posted on the official website. The wallpaper was first showcased on Pokémon Smash #11 and features Robert.


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