Furuya Tohru (古谷徹) announced on his website that he will be the voice actor for Arti, the Hiun City Gym Leader in the Japanese version of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes. Furuya Tohru is one of the biggest names in the Japanese voice acting arena, having played major roles in some of the most popular anime ever made. This will be his second role in the Pocket Monsters anime as he played Sorao (ソラオ) in the first movie.

Furuya is most known for his roles as Amuro Ray in the original Gundam series and its direct sequels, Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya, Yamucha in Dragon Ball and of course Mamoru Chiba from Sailor Moon, as well as Kyosuke in Kimagure Orange Road, Hyuma in Kyojin no Hoshi and Ribbons Almark in Gundam 00. He also portrayed the voice of Mario in some early Japanese productions.

He announced that he would be in three of the upcoming episodes of Best Wishes: Yaguruma Forest! Kurumil and Arti!! (ヤグルマの森！クルミルとアーティ！！) airing on January 27thm 2011, Hiun City - Fushide Panic! (ヒウンシティ・フシデパニック！) airing on February 24th, 2011 and 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！) which airs on March 17th, 2011.

Update: Furuya Tohru's website has been update with revised airdates that better fall inline with the currently revealed episodes. The numbers stated are internal production numbers are are skewed by two because of the Hikari and Takeshi specials that aired on February 2nd, 2011.
★【TVアニメ】『ポケットモンスター　ベストウィッシュ　#22～ヒウンシティ・フシデパニック！』2/24（木）予定19：00-19：30/TV東京/アーティ役
★【TVアニメ】『ポケットモンスター　ベストウィッシュ　#25～ヒウンジム戦純情ハートの虫ポケモンバトル！』3/17（木）予定19：00-19：30/TV東京/アーティ役

Source: http://www.torushome.com/topics.html

Pokémon Smash Episode 14, Fushigidane's Mysterious Flower Garden / The TM Professor Teaches Zoroark a Move & A present from that Person Who Knows All Pokémon / Professor Red's Television Viewer Battle! (フシギダネのふしぎのはなぞの / ワザマシン教授がゾロアークに技を伝授＆ポケモンのすべてを知っているあの人からプレゼント / 視聴者バトルにはレッド博士が登場！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

This was the first episode to air in 2011 and Golgo wants to know what some of the members expectations and resolutions for this year are. Yamamoto reveals a scroll to everyone which states: "Undefeated champion" (無敗の王者). Shoko-tan brings up the point that Yamamoto isn't undefeated anymore as he lost his Mijumaru, Chibipero (チビペロ) in a battle last year in a Pokémon Battle against 8 year old Oguro Reina-chan (小黒玲奈ちゃん). Yamamoto explains that it wasn't really a loss though as he received her Mijumaru in exchange, so he still has a Mijumaru.

Shoko-tan then reveals her own scroll that states: Pokémon and Hormone (ポケモンとホルモン) which confuses everyone. She is then asked to explain herself and she says that her banner statement is not a pun and that her New Year's resolution is to love Pokémon and Hormone(-yaki) with all her might. Hormone-yaki is broiled pieces of pig innards. Red then reveals his scroll which states: Nobel Prize this year (今年こそ　ノーベル賞). Obviously Red has high expectations but Yamamoto notices that its signed 'Alfred' (アルフレッド) and he wonders if its correct. Yamamoto believes this is 'new evidence' (新事実) in determining Professor Alf'red's real name.


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Baba reveals his banner which states: Defeat Hiroshi Yamamoto (打倒　山本博). Baba states the obvious that he wants to reclaim his position as the champion. Baba tells them he's got his eyes on Yamamoto as he is the current champion and that one of their resolutions wouldn't be fullfiled this year as they conflict. Golgo goes next and reveals his banner which states: Good fortune and happiness will come to Poké (笑う門にはポケ来たる).

Golgo introduces this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and Baba announces this weeks theme, Don't rely on force alone! (まわりの力をあてにしないでがんばろう！). This weeks rerun episode was Fushigidane's Mysterious Flower Garden (フシギダネのふしぎのはなぞの) from the original Japanese 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.

The International Division girls arrive after the repeat episode and Hana greets everyone by saying "Happy New Year". Each of the girls also had a banner to reveal. Misaki was first and her banner stated: High School Graduation (高校卒業). As she is turning 18 this year, she will be finishing high school. Hana was next and her banner stated: Always Smile! (いつもSmile!). Maria's stated: Keep on working at kanji (漢字を頑張る). Still young, she is still learning many of the Japanese characters.


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Zoroark also had a banner which revealed stated: Learn a new move (あたらしいわざをおばえる). Robert decides that that will be willing to help and they 'reveal' its newly learned move, Sleep (ねむる). Baba states that it recovers HP. Professor Red though states that Zoroark already knows how to Sleep, so it didn't learn a new move. Robert decides they need to show off another 'new' move and this time Zoroark uses Leer (にらみつける) with a pair of modified glasses on but Red and Shoko quickly state it isn't really using that move. Finally Robert gets Zoroark to show off their final move they have prepared for it, Attract (メロメロ) but once again Professo Red isn't fooled by the fake hearts in Zoroark's eyes that were used to emulate a real Attract move. Maria gets mad at Robert for trying to fool them with fake moves. Golgo then tells them to go help Zoroark learn a new real move.


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Robert and Zoroark then head out to meet the TM Professor to see if they can get him to teach Zoroark a new move. The TM Professor pulls out what looks like a Record Player to Yamamoto from his bag. He pulls out an Agility (こうそくいどう) TM but Yamamoto thinks its just a record and wonders if TM Professor is actual a D.J. They hook Zoroark up to the TM machine, insert the TM and begin to teach it to it. When they try to get him to use Agility it becomes apparent that even though Zoroark learned the move, his Agility was a bit slow still as its side to side movements were a bit lacking. The TM Professor decides to enlist Baba to test out a theory to improve Agility's speed. He also gets the Rope Pull Game Team - Wai Wai Women of Tokyo (つな引きチーム ワイワイレディース東京のみなさん) to help carry out his theory. He attaches Baba to two ropes and splits the team in half, 3 team members grabbing hold to one rope. He hopes by alternatively pulling the ropes, Baba's side to side Agility speed will be increased and they can use the technique on Zoroark to increase his Agility speed. Unfortunately the only thing it really accomplished was almost ripping Baba appart.

The TM Professor dig out another TM disk from his bag, this time its Hone Claws (つめとぎ). They then send Zoroark to a 'Nails' shop and it comes out 20 minutes later its nails done and hearts and jewels all over it. Robert are all confused until they realize that 'Nails' translates to tsume (つめ) in Japanese and that Zoroark had gone to a Nail Salon.


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The TM Professor goes at it again, this time they decide to teach it Detect (みきり). Detect enables the Pokémon to evade all attacks and its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. They decided to test it out by setting up a bamboo practice sword to a pulley system to see if Yamamoto could catch it before it hit him. The test proved to be a failure as it always hit Yamamoto on the head when he wasn't paying attention but luckly he had a helmet on. They decided see if Baba was any better but he got hit on the head as well but without a helmet on. Finally they decide to see how Zoroark would do with its newly learned Detect move. Unfortunately it couldn't reach above its head high enough to catch it before getting hit on the head.


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Zoroark gets a bit mad at the fact that none of the new TM moves it learned were working out as they should and just as that happened it started using a new move which caused Robert and the TM Professor to fall on the ground. They are all amazed by the power of the move that Zoroark just used but they didn't have clue what move it was. They decide to go visit Jun'ichi Masuda to see if he could figure out what move Zoroark learned. He asks Zoroark to try to use the move again so he can see what it is and Zoroark uses it again. Robert, the TM Professor and Jun'ichi Masuda all fall to the ground. He then realizes that the move Zoroark learned was Bark Out (バークアウト). He explains that Bark Out deals damage and lowers the target's Special Attack by 1 stage as well as hitting all opponents in double battles and all adjacent opponents triple battles. Jun'ichi Masuda then states they will be giving out a present. It will be a Zoroark that knows Bark Out, a move no other Pokémon can learn or use.

The official Japanese Pokémon Website posted more detailed information about the Smash Zoroark event just after the episode finished airing. The Smash Zoroark will be available via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection from February 15th, 2011 until March 14th, 2011. Below are the full details.

Pokémon	Info
Zoroark (ゾロアーク)	Level: 50
	OT: PokéSma! (ポケスマ！)
	ID: 01161
	Poké ball: Cherish Ball
	Ribbon: Classic Ribbon
	Ability: Illusion
	Attack 1: Agility (こうそくいどう)
	Attack 2: Embargo (さしおさえ)
	Attack 3: Punishment (おしおき)
	Attack 4: Bark Out (バークアウト)

11 year old Taka Erika-chan was this weeks in-studio battler. She faced off against Professor Red and was able to defeat him. For winning she asked to trade his Kokoromori (ココロモリ). She gave him her Lowbushin (ローブシン) in exchange.

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Rica Matsumoto (松本梨香), the voice actor who play Satoshi in the Japanese animated series of Pocket Monsters, made two appearances on KINGRUN Anisong Kouhaku 2010 (アニソン紅白 2010). Anisong Kouhaku is a yearly broadcast in Japan that features live singing of songs from many of the popular animated series in Japan. On December 31st, 2010, New Years Eve, the show was broadcast in Japan at New Pier Hall (ニューピアホール) located in central Tokyo.


This years Anisong Kouhaku 2010 featured two songs sung by Rica Matsumoto. The first song she sang was "Alive a Life" from Kamen Rider Ryuki (仮面ライダー龍騎). The second song was Best Wishes! (ベストウイッシュ！), the current opening theme for the Japanese Pocket Monsters anime, also called Best Wishes! (ベストウイッシュ！). Last year, Rica was also on the show and sang two Pocket Monsters songs.


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Related link: http://anisonkouhaku.jp/

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 15 - Shippo Gym Match! VS Gym Leader Aloe!! (シッポウジム戦！VSジムリーダー・アロエ！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

After having solved Kidachi's mystery at the Shippo Museum, Satoshi asked Aloe for a gym battle which she agreed to. Will Satoshi be able to defeat Aloe to get his 2nd badge in the Isshu region?

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.

This article intends to evaluate the visual properties of Pocket Monsters movie 13 DVD. Content such as story, extras and other non-technical elements will not be discussed in this document. For episode specific information, the episode guide entry for this movie provides more detail on the non-technical aspects of the movie. Below are the basic stats of the reviewed retail DVD from the DVD databases entry for this movie.

DVD Information
Title 劇場版ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド・パール 幻影の覇者ゾロアーク English: Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark Audio Track(s) Japanese Publisher Media Factory / ShoPro Catalog # ZMBS-6060 Release Date 2010-12-17 Release Lang Japanese Aspect Ratio 16:9 Region Code Video Format NTSC DVD Size DVD9 Closed Caption? Yes Rental Only? No DVD DB Entry: Click here

Interlacing

No interlace artifacts were observed throughout the movie.

Frame fill

Unfortunately not the entire usable video area is covered by the film transfer. There are black borders around at least two edges and an edge enhancement artifact is visible on the right. While this is not visible on most CRT TVs, it may frustrate PC viewers or those who prefer the to disable overscan on their flat screen televisions or projectors.


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DVD vs HD TV trailer. While the HD trailer has a narrow black bar on the right, it also shows that a slight cropping on the DVD would have avoided the top/bottom black bars.

Encoder Performance / Transfer Quality

Video bitrate is very high throughout the entire feature. Scene changes and high-motion scenes do not exhibit visible block artifacts. Most dark scenes have visible banding which become especially visible whenever a fade in involved. Brightness levels are balanced, none of the scenes show signs of over/underexposure.

Bitrate Distribution

Edge Enhancement

The film transfer is plagued by the ever popular edge enhancement. While this video filter is intended to enhance viewing experience, it merely tricks the viewer’s eyes into seeing an image that appears sharper while actually certain image details are lost in the process. This technology also introduces ringing artifacts around contour lines. The movie being animation makes this effect a lot more pronounced. The effect is literally present on every single scene, resulting in a rather unpleasant viewing experience, especially on a large display/screen.
A comprehensive explanation here.


The left picture is taken from the DVD and magnified so the ringing artifacts become more visible on a PC monitor. The picture on the right is taken from a HD TV trailer, downscaled to DVD resolution, then magnified again for easier viewing. This is how the DVD would look like if edge enhancement was not applied.

Red Shift / Color Accuracy

The disc also exhibits a red shift which is intended to compensate white balance for certain Japanese TV sets which have a very high white point of 9300 Kelvin (the industry standard white point for DVDs and television broadcasts is 6500 K). While this red shift will make the movie appear warmer or more cinema-like on these legacy sets, the red tone is apparent on all other modern displays, further discomforting the viewer. This also impacts how colors are reproduced upon playback: reds are overblown and white surfaces appear reddish.


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The picture on the left is straight from the DVD, while the picture on the right was taken from a HD TV trailer. Note the red shift is not present on the HD trailer.

Conclusion

A good transfer, ruined. This is how this DVD release could be characterized. While it seems the involved company possesses the technology to produce a decent film transfer, the disc is simply ruined by the application of edge enhancement and red shift.

Future Outlook

The recent boom of flat screen displays demands movies to be released on high definition media, such as Blu-Ray. The publisher (Shogakugan) has currently no intentions to release anything in this format, so the chance to get Pocket Monsters movies in high definition is bleak.

Equipment Used

Dune HDI Smart B1 multimedia terminal with internal Blu-Ray drive set to 24fps@1080p, with deinterlacing disabled.
Panasonic TX-P50V20E plasma display on ‘Professional 1’ setting, sharpening turned all the way down, overscan disabled.

The newest Pocket Monsters anime series Best Wishes has been announced in Taiwan and it will begin airing in 2011. The official Pokémon Taiwanese site announced the series on December 24th and it will keep the 'Best Wishes' title that the Japanese original includes but also localizes it to Chāojí Yuànwàng (超級願望).

Also announced earlier in the month was the latest Diamond and Pearl DVD set, Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl III Suite (神奇寶貝鑽石與珍珠套裝BOX-III) and it picks up where the last set left off at DP106 and includes the episodes up to DP132. Like the previous sets, the DVD's are dual audio containing the original Japanese audio and a Mandarin Chinese track.

Source: http://www.my-cartoon.com.tw/pokemon/bw/

The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) had the 10th highest box office sales in Japan for 2010. It grossed 4.16 billion yen (approx $51 million USD) in theaters across Japan. It debuted in second place in Japanese theaters during its first weekend of release as it was up against Toy Story 3 which also came out the same week. The DVD for the 13th Pocket Monsters movie, which was released last week in Japan, was 12th in overall animated DVD sales for its first week of sales with less than 10000 units sold.

Avatar had the highest grossing box office totals amassing 15.5 billion yen, followed by Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3. Movie 13 though was the 5th highest Japanese domestic film as The Borrowers (借りぐらしのアリエッティ) directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi was the highest domestic grossing film.

Sources: http://movie.goo.ne.jp/special/ranking/boxoffice.html & http://www.oricon.co.jp/

Pokémon Smash Episode 13, The Jungle Trio! Hot Spring Battle!! / Delivering Presents to Those who Sent in 'Cosplay Pictures' / AAA Perform the PokéSma ED Tune / Presents: Trade Pokémon with the PokéSma Members (ジャングルのさんびき！　おんせんバトル！！ / 「なりきり写真」を送ってくれた方にプレゼントを届ける / AAAがポケスマ！ED曲を披露 / プレゼント・ポケスマメンバーのポケモンと交換), aired today in Japan.

Todays's episode started with two walls of pictures featuring kids dressed up as Tsutarja, Pokabu and Mijumaru. Shoko-tan announces that the results for the Pokémon Library vote were in and that 91,823 votes were cast. The Pokémon Library vote allowed viewers to choose between two episodes. Golgo suggested viewers vote for Bivouac by Iwark (イワークでビバーク) which received 43,556 votes while Professor Red suggested The Jungle Trio! Hot Spring Battle!! (ジャングルのさんびき！おんせんバトル！！) and it received 48,267 votes.


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Since Professor Red one the vote for this weeks Pokémon Library episode, The Jungle Trio! Hot Spring Battle!! (ジャングルのさんびき！おんせんバトル！！) aired. The episode is from the original Japanese series. A full summary is available in the episode guide. Red said the go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the repeat episode, the International division girls show up with another board of pictures. Everyone reviews the pictures that had been sent in and comments on them. 548 pictures in total were sent in. Golgo then introduces the Christmas Present Surprise Video Tape Recording.

At 5:45am, Golgo, Misaki, and Professor Red all dressed up in Santa outfits make their first stop at 6 year old Yuusaku Mukaida (向井田勇作) home, as he submitted a picture dressed up as a Tsutarja. He was sleeping when they arrived but then he got dressed up in his Tsutarja outfit to show them. They gave him a signed Pokémon Smash poster, a calendar and a Tsutarja plushie.


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At 6:00am, Robert also dressed up in Santa outfits make their first stop at 8 year old Saki Mukaiyama's (向山咲希) home, as she submitted a picture dressed up as a Mijumaru. She was also sleeping when they arrived. Her parents are also fans of Pokémon as their house has many goods related to the series throughout their home. Her mom has logged 101 hours on BW and her father has logged 193 hours on a separate　cart. True fans of the series! Saki got dressed up in her Mijumaru costume and sang Fanfare of the Heart, the first ending theme for Best Wishes. Robert gave her a Mijumaru plushie, as well as a signed Pokémon Smash poster and calendar.

Golgo, Misaki, and Professor Red head off to Kyūshū where they make their next stop at 8 year old Takuya Tsushima's (對間拓哉) home, as he submitted a picture dressed up as a Mijumaru. He comes home from school to see Golgo dressed up in a Santa outfit with his Futachimaru paper mache head on so he couldn't tell who it was. He takes off the head to see who it was and recognizes Golgo. Takuya gets full dressed up in his costume to show them and his brother also got dressed up as Mijumaru.

Robert head off to their next location in Chiba where they make their next stop at 9 year old Yuuji Nakamura's (中村悠士) home, as he submitted a picture dressed up as Pokabu. Yuuji was out when Robert arrive but when he returned he was quite stunned to see Robert and the camera crew around his kitchen table. Akiyama and Yuuji come out dressed as Pokabu which gets a lot of laughs. They give him a Pokabu plushie.


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Golgo, Misaki, and Professor Red make a stop in Fukuoka to the Okamoto Family (岡本さん親子). The family dressed up as all three starter Pokémon. The did a quick show before they had to leave quickly. Each of them received a plushie.


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Osaka Pokémon Center

During Mijumaru's Tweet Corner, the Osaka Pokémon Center new location on the 13th floor of the Daimaru Umeda department store (大丸梅田店) was shown. It opened on November 26th, 2010 and features a Black and White theme throughout the store.

The new Osaka Pokémon Center carries over 2500 different Pokémon items as well as a few exclusive ones to commemorate the new location. There is also a Union Room where fans can meet and will also serve as an excellent location for Pokémon Card Game and Pokémon Video Game tournament events.


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AAA - Endless Fighters

Endless Fighters is the first ending theme for Pokémon Smash that plays during the ending credits. AAA was on set during the episode to perform the song and to promote the special PARADISE / Endless Fighters (Cover D) "Pokémon Smash!" (PARADISE / Endless Fighters (ジャケットD) 「ポケモンスマッシュ！」) CD which has a different cover compared to the other versions of the CD. It features Zoroark and Mijumaru on the Pokémon Smash set instead of AAA. Endless Fighters is also the first track on this CD instead of PARADISE which was the first track on every other variant of this CD release. AAA also signed a few CD's to give out as presents to viewers.

The Pokémon Smash crew is also giving out Pokémon as presents to a few lucky viewers. Below are the Pokémon that they will be giving out.


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Pokémon Smash Episode 12, Pokémon the Movie! / The International Division and the Adventure Division's Pokémon Card Searching Showdown! / Director Shoko-tan's Pokémon Battle / Goods Present Project! (ポケモン・ザ・ムービー！ / インターナショナル部とアドベンチャー部がポケモンのカード探しで対決！／ポケモンバトルはしょこたん部長／グッズプレゼント企画), aired today in Japan.

The episode begins Shoko-tan holding a present and Zoroark and Mijumaru looking on. TIM and Robert walk in and notice that Shoko-tan is attempting to deliver a present. They ask her about the present and she says that she cooked it herself. This brings back bad memories of the previous food she has cooked.

Golgo decides to quickly change the topic of conversation and introduces this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and Yamamoto announces this weeks theme 'Put your mind to it!' （みんなちゃんと寝ろよ）. This weeks rerun episode was Pokémon the Movie! (ポケモン・ザ・ムービー！) from the original Japanese series. A full summary is available in the episode guide. Red said the go-to line 'Okay! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.


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After the repeat episode, the International girls show up and say 'PokéMorning!" to everyone. Shoko-tan had hidden the present and Misaki manages to find it behind the cardboard cutout of the President of Pokémon Enterprise. They open the present to find out that it is Carrot Jelly (にんじんぜりー). Misaki is the first to try it thinking that it would be good but she quickly realizes that it doesn't taste very good. Hana tries it and almost faints and says 'Oh my god!". As they take Hana back to her seat Yamamoto notices that Mijumaru got a present from Shoko and Yamamoto wanted to protect Mijumaru so he quickly took the present, opened it and began eating it so that Mijumaru would be spared. It turned out that it was a Wasabi Rolls (わさびたっぷり チュロス) and it caused Yamamoto to faint onto the floor.

Baba introduced the Video tape recording of the International and Adventure Division's Pokémon Card Searching Showdown. The two teams were sent into the house to find hidden cards from the newest Pokémon Card Game BW set. The cards were hidden throughout the house. The teams were trying to find cards that had a lot of hit points and were related to get double the points from the combined HP.


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At the end of the searching, the International Division found 25 cards for a total of 3130 points with 8 pairs of cards. The Adventure Division found 23 cards for a total of 2400 points and 4 pairs of cards.

The next round, the two teams played the game Concentration with Pokémon Cards. The teams needed to match 3 evolution cards to collect them. The Adventure Division did quite well matching up the cards and increased their score to 3560 points whereas the International group only increased to 3140 points.

During Mijumaru's Tweet Corner, the ANA Darkrai was announced. Even though it's winter, the Phantom Pokémon Darkrai will be distributed as a special gift! Participating stores and shops which includes: Aeon Group Shopping Malls (Jusco, Aeon SuperCenter, Saty, Posful), Apita, Piago, Ito Yokado, Toys 'R US, Daiei, Al Plaza, and Heiwado will be distributing the Darkrai from December 27th, 2010 until January 11th, 2011.


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At the same time, Darkrai will also be distributed at Haneda Airport Terminal 2 to celebrate the renovation of the International terminal that opened at the end of October. This Darkrai is exactly the same as the one distributed at shops except for the OT name. The OT is (ＡＮＡ) for the Terminal 2 Darkrai and the shop Darkrai's OT is (ふゆやすみ) but both Darkrai's will have the ID No: 12270. The Darkrai are level 50 and it is stored in a Cherish Ball. They know the following moves: Ominous Wind, Dark Void, Faint Attack and Nightmare. The ANA Darkrai will be distributing from December 27th, 2010 until January 10th, 2011, one day less than the shop Darkrai.

During the Marketing Department segment, Director Shoko-tan had a Pokémon Battle with 9 year old Seiya Shishido. His parents and 8 siblings were in the audience to cheer him on. It was a 4-on-4 double battle. In the end, Seiya won against Shoko-tan and he traded his Muhland (ムーランド) for her Ononokus (オノノクス)


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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 14 - Shippo City! The Great Museum Adventure!! (シッポウシティー！博物館で大冒険！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

The trio of Satoshi, Iris and Dent are traveling together and have finally arrived at Shippo City for Satoshi's second Gym Battle but today they have encountered Kidachi, a curator at the Shippo City Museum where he specializes in Egyptian like artifacts and archeology. Kidachi closed the Museum while he tried to investigate the reason for a mysterious poltergeist that had begun to scare him in the museum since the exhibit arrived. Will Iris and Dent be able to help him figure out what the mysterious poltergeist is?

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