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Fathom Events and The Pokémon Company International have posted on the Fathom Events website that they have added two more dates to the theatrical release of the English dub of Pocket Monsters: I Choose You!. Those who attend the showings on November 11th, 2017 and November 14th, 2017 will only get to see the film. No Pikachu TCG promo card will be distributed on those dates.
This special event explores Ash and Pikachu’s first meeting and their adventures as they search for the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh. The pair encounter familiar faces along the way, new characters including Trainers Verity and Sorrel, and even a mysterious new Mythical Pokémon, Marshadow.
November 5 and 6: Cinema audiences who attend the showings on November 5 and 6 will have a chance to receive a never-before-seen card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game featuring Pikachu wearing its Trainer’s hat. (while supplies last, quantities are limited).
November 11 and 14: Cinema audiences who attend the showings on November 11 and 14 will see the film only (no card available).
Source: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/pokemon-the-movie
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! - In Theaters Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 11, Nov 14
Fathom Events and The Pokémon Company International bring the highly anticipated new animated feature film Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! to movie theatres on November 5, 6, 11 and 14.This special event explores Ash and Pikachu’s first meeting and their adventures as they search for the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh. The pair encounter familiar faces along the way, new characters including Trainers Verity and Sorrel, and even a mysterious new Mythical Pokémon, Marshadow.
November 5 and 6: Cinema audiences who attend the showings on November 5 and 6 will have a chance to receive a never-before-seen card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game featuring Pikachu wearing its Trainer’s hat. (while supplies last, quantities are limited).
November 11 and 14: Cinema audiences who attend the showings on November 11 and 14 will see the film only (no card available).
Source: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/pokemon-the-movie
The following Opinion Editorial was written by JolteonJordan, a regular visitor of this site. It discusses the English dub release of Pocket Monsters: I Choose You! and why it is lacking in overall production value. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff of PocketMonsters.net.
It should be made clear that not all anime dubs are inherently bad and it is entirely possible for them to be adapted well—with English adaptions of anime such as Cowboy Bebop commonly being commended for being superior to its original Japanese counterpart. The overall treatment of anime dubs has improved in recent years, following closer to the original material and working off bigger budgets. Yet even anime that depart from their original source material such as the cult hit Samurai Pizza Cats and the notorious Ghost Stories are successful in their own rights. Sadly, the current treatment of the Pokémon anime does not improve upon the original but rather waters down the experience.
To fully understand this, let’s look over five reasons why investing into an overly hyped theatrical release isn’t worth the price of admission.
Not only are the locations limited, but rather than show the film for a few weeks, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! will only be running for just two days—one day being a Monday. The distribution of screenings also lacks balance, with the state of Hawaii having a single participating theater and other major cities having up to six theaters screening the movie.
Even Pokémon Heroes in 2003—the last Pokémon movie to have a major theatrical release, opened with 200 theaters and remained in theaters for nearly two months. With The Pokémon Company International reaching retail sales of $3.3 Billion in 2016, lack of finances isn’t a proper excuse for having such a poor and limited release.
While people who see the film will receive a serial code for the special I Choose You! Cap Pikachu for the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon video games as well as a rather cheap promotional trading card, these extras simply aren’t worth seeing a poorly put-together dub with locations being so few and far between.
Even when its theatrical run ends, the film will likely only see a DVD release and perhaps a digital distribution over online stores such as iTunes. However, Japan has continued to release its latest Pokémon films on Blu-ray without hesitation and simply shows how the distribution of the Pokémon anime internationally goes out of its way to cut as many corners as possible.
However, the Pokémon anime dub, especially in its 4Kids days, saw lots of script and paint edits, such as forced moral messages in the film Mewtwo Strikes Back and paint-editing riceballs into sandwiches or even calling them “jelly-filled donuts”. While the current dub of the Pokémon anime handled by DuArt Film and Video usually doesn’t make as many changes to force the show to be more “Americanized”, they certainly don’t do a much better job.
Much of the staff from TAJ Productions, responsible for the dub of the Pokémon Battle Frontier series and earlier episodes of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl moved to work with DuArt. This is apparent with the dub’s often childish scripts, forcing modernized lines like calling Ash a “noob” and rewriting Team Rocket to advertise the then-upcoming Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl in the movie Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. The writing team is also incapable of being consistent with titling episodes, sometimes using puns, making strange pop culture references, or even accurately translating Japanese episode titles.
Though 4Kids Entertainment was notorious for its extreme and painfully obvious paint edits, DuArt Film and Video instead chooses to take the lazy route. In Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, any and all special Z-Move text from the Japanese version is completely removed and not replaced with any sort of proper English text to even attempt mimicking the source material of the video games. Additionally, while Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! had already prepared a proper English logo in Japan, The Pokémon Company International opted to put together a logo with bland white text when simply editing in Japan’s English logo would have not only been easier but much more appealing to the eye. While these edits seem minor at first glance, it’s these poor choices that will likely be reflected in the film’s presentation and script.
Ed Goldfarb not only composes music for the Pokémon anime dub, but has taught at Foothill College, is part of a band called The Sad Truth, and has composed for a number of nature documentaries as well as obscure films such as Hard Scrambled. While it’s clear he is a passionate musician, his compositions simply don’t compare to the original works of Shinji Miyazaki.
The Pokémon anime dub is no stranger to replacing soundtracks, with 4Kids replacing the soundtracks of the first three films and occasionally throughout the show, but nowhere near to the degree DuArt Film and Video has in recent years. 4Kids has managed to not only keep most of the show’s music throughout its run and began to retain the musical scores of films starting with Pokémon 4Ever, the company managed to license full English songs from the original source material such as “Secret Garden” from Pokémon Heroes and kept half of the Japanese ending theme for Jirachi: Wish Maker, “Chiisaki Mono” and adapted it into its own song, “Make A Wish”. In comparison, DuArt failed to license an entirely English song for The Rise of Darkrai known as “I Will Be With You (Where the Lost Ones Go)” and replaced it with two original songs known as “I’ll Always Remember You” and “Living in the Shadow”.
The Japanese musical score of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is particularly important due to its heavy reliance and basis on past compositions of songs in the Pokémon anime, especially from the Indigo League series. Many of these songs are nostalgic and well-known by fans across the world and work off of the film’s intent to give off nostalgic vibes—an intent that will be completely lost by using Goldfarb’s original music, which was already confirmed by a post on his Twitter account. In a time where more obscure anime receive exposure from both children and adults and still manage to keep their original soundtracks, it’s simply inexcusable for The Pokémon Company International to cut down costs on the anime and replace this music other than to be lazy and cheap while having little to no respect for the original work.
The general consensus of whether or not the actors from the 4Kids dub were good or not is a muddled subject, but many agree that the actors that replaced them with TAJ Productions are worse—with the SOVA (Save Our Voice Actors) movement that ran rampant during this transition. It’s entirely possible that fans held up high expectations for these actors when first entering their roles, yet despite that these voice actors have now been in position for some characters longer than their 4Kids counterparts, their performances and their voice direction continues to be quite poor. Many voices for characters come off as passable at best, but typically bland and otherwise insufferable at worst. Actors such as James Carter Cathcart makes the famous Professor Oak sound like a senile old man, while Sarah Natochenny continues to strain her voice as Ash Ketchum to painfully obvious degrees.
Once DuArt Film and Video took over for TAJ Productions, this allowed for some actors from 4Kids Entertainment to participate in the dub, but most did not return to their more notable roles. Despite the notorious reputation 4Kids Entertainment has, many of its actors are beloved by fans of the series, with many voicing their disappointment of The Pokémon Company International failing to recast them for Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! on social media. With actors like Veronica Taylor not reprising her role as Ash, the intended nostalgic appeal of the upcoming movie is lost for many long-term fans.
Even ignoring the nostalgia factor, the anime dubs for other Pokémon anime series such as Pokémon Origins and Pokémon Generations—while not universally loved—clearly have a higher production budget with many more well-known anime actors and directors involved. But when it comes to the main anime series The Pokémon Company International goes out of its way to promote, the amount of budget and care put into it is far inferior and would simply be unbearable for an hour and a half long film.
The film’s director, Kunihiko Yuyama, confirmed that the movie is meant to be a parallel universe from the original anime series, where instead one of Ho-Oh’s feathers falls and Ash pursues a different adventure. This includes him meeting new friends along the way such as Verity and Sorrel, as well as the new Mythical Pokémon Marshadow.
While Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! tries to be a different story, it does still have many nods and pays several homages to the main anime series, with multiple characters across multiple generations making cameo appearances, the aforementioned use of older songs from the Indigo League series of the anime, and the return of familiar characters like Ash’s Charmander and Butterfree.
It’s true that many would have wanted a retelling of the original Indigo League series rather than a reimagining, but at the same time the film would have still been inferior to the original series due to it simply being impossible to squeeze over 80 episodes into a feature length film. There was also word of the film involving an all-star cast of Ash’s past companions from previous seasons, but fitting so many characters into one movie could have led to a complicated and chaotic plot with a poor balance that would fail to satisfy all fans of the series.
Whether or not Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a good film is completely subjective to one’s tastes. However, based on the past history of DuArt’s work with lazy editing, poor script writing, poor voice direction, and heavily replacing the show’s original score, it’s not difficult to see that the English dub will be a second-rate product that simply won’t compare to the original source material. It isn’t worth anyone’s time or money, and having a theatrical release certainly isn’t any promise of quality.
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Opinion Editoral - 5 Reasons You Shouldn't See Pokémon I Choose You Dubbed
In honor of the Pokémon anime’s 20th anniversary, OLM released the commemorative movie Pocket Monsters: I Choose You!—a reimagining of the beginning of Satoshi’s adventure with Pikachu. In a surprising twist of fate, the film will be having a limited theatrical premiere in theaters across America as Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! on November 5th and 6th. The Pokémon Company International has not given Pokémon films a theatrical premiere since Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. While the movie gives off a nostalgic appeal, there are a number of reasons to skip this theatrical screening due to some drastic changes to the handling of the series’ dub over the years.It should be made clear that not all anime dubs are inherently bad and it is entirely possible for them to be adapted well—with English adaptions of anime such as Cowboy Bebop commonly being commended for being superior to its original Japanese counterpart. The overall treatment of anime dubs has improved in recent years, following closer to the original material and working off bigger budgets. Yet even anime that depart from their original source material such as the cult hit Samurai Pizza Cats and the notorious Ghost Stories are successful in their own rights. Sadly, the current treatment of the Pokémon anime does not improve upon the original but rather waters down the experience.
To fully understand this, let’s look over five reasons why investing into an overly hyped theatrical release isn’t worth the price of admission.
The Theatrical Release Itself
While this issue isn’t really a problem with the dub, it does lie as a problem with its distribution outside of Japan. When it was announced this movie was going to be a limited screening, the word “limited” was not to be underestimated. The initial listing of theaters participating consisted of about 100 nationwide. While the numbers have since increased, there isn’t an exact number available, with no single list of all participating theaters. Rather, consumers have to look up the nearest location through zip codes or city names and hope a participating theater is nearby.Not only are the locations limited, but rather than show the film for a few weeks, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! will only be running for just two days—one day being a Monday. The distribution of screenings also lacks balance, with the state of Hawaii having a single participating theater and other major cities having up to six theaters screening the movie.
Even Pokémon Heroes in 2003—the last Pokémon movie to have a major theatrical release, opened with 200 theaters and remained in theaters for nearly two months. With The Pokémon Company International reaching retail sales of $3.3 Billion in 2016, lack of finances isn’t a proper excuse for having such a poor and limited release.
While people who see the film will receive a serial code for the special I Choose You! Cap Pikachu for the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon video games as well as a rather cheap promotional trading card, these extras simply aren’t worth seeing a poorly put-together dub with locations being so few and far between.
Even when its theatrical run ends, the film will likely only see a DVD release and perhaps a digital distribution over online stores such as iTunes. However, Japan has continued to release its latest Pokémon films on Blu-ray without hesitation and simply shows how the distribution of the Pokémon anime internationally goes out of its way to cut as many corners as possible.
The Inevitable Editing
Any dub of any anime will inevitably run into changes, be it through the script or sometimes paint edits, usually the former. That’s just how localization works—direct translations from Japanese to English can either lead to jokes or references that don’t make sense to an outside audience or stilted and boring dialogue. There is no “pure” way to translate certain works into different languages.However, the Pokémon anime dub, especially in its 4Kids days, saw lots of script and paint edits, such as forced moral messages in the film Mewtwo Strikes Back and paint-editing riceballs into sandwiches or even calling them “jelly-filled donuts”. While the current dub of the Pokémon anime handled by DuArt Film and Video usually doesn’t make as many changes to force the show to be more “Americanized”, they certainly don’t do a much better job.
Much of the staff from TAJ Productions, responsible for the dub of the Pokémon Battle Frontier series and earlier episodes of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl moved to work with DuArt. This is apparent with the dub’s often childish scripts, forcing modernized lines like calling Ash a “noob” and rewriting Team Rocket to advertise the then-upcoming Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl in the movie Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. The writing team is also incapable of being consistent with titling episodes, sometimes using puns, making strange pop culture references, or even accurately translating Japanese episode titles.
Though 4Kids Entertainment was notorious for its extreme and painfully obvious paint edits, DuArt Film and Video instead chooses to take the lazy route. In Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, any and all special Z-Move text from the Japanese version is completely removed and not replaced with any sort of proper English text to even attempt mimicking the source material of the video games. Additionally, while Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! had already prepared a proper English logo in Japan, The Pokémon Company International opted to put together a logo with bland white text when simply editing in Japan’s English logo would have not only been easier but much more appealing to the eye. While these edits seem minor at first glance, it’s these poor choices that will likely be reflected in the film’s presentation and script.
The Music
Starting around Pokémon the Series: XY, the dub began to heavily cut the show’s original music and replaced it with its own original music. The also applied to all of the movies of the XY series. This replacement music has since been composed by a man named Ed Goldfarb.Ed Goldfarb not only composes music for the Pokémon anime dub, but has taught at Foothill College, is part of a band called The Sad Truth, and has composed for a number of nature documentaries as well as obscure films such as Hard Scrambled. While it’s clear he is a passionate musician, his compositions simply don’t compare to the original works of Shinji Miyazaki.
The Pokémon anime dub is no stranger to replacing soundtracks, with 4Kids replacing the soundtracks of the first three films and occasionally throughout the show, but nowhere near to the degree DuArt Film and Video has in recent years. 4Kids has managed to not only keep most of the show’s music throughout its run and began to retain the musical scores of films starting with Pokémon 4Ever, the company managed to license full English songs from the original source material such as “Secret Garden” from Pokémon Heroes and kept half of the Japanese ending theme for Jirachi: Wish Maker, “Chiisaki Mono” and adapted it into its own song, “Make A Wish”. In comparison, DuArt failed to license an entirely English song for The Rise of Darkrai known as “I Will Be With You (Where the Lost Ones Go)” and replaced it with two original songs known as “I’ll Always Remember You” and “Living in the Shadow”.
The Japanese musical score of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is particularly important due to its heavy reliance and basis on past compositions of songs in the Pokémon anime, especially from the Indigo League series. Many of these songs are nostalgic and well-known by fans across the world and work off of the film’s intent to give off nostalgic vibes—an intent that will be completely lost by using Goldfarb’s original music, which was already confirmed by a post on his Twitter account. In a time where more obscure anime receive exposure from both children and adults and still manage to keep their original soundtracks, it’s simply inexcusable for The Pokémon Company International to cut down costs on the anime and replace this music other than to be lazy and cheap while having little to no respect for the original work.
The Voice Acting
In 2006, The Pokémon Company International—known as Pokémon USA at the time—decided they would begin dubbing the Pokémon anime in-house and that 4Kids Entertainment would no longer hold the rights. This included replacing nearly the entire original voice cast that had been working on the dub for nearly a decade and were then replaced with what the company called “sound-alikes”.The general consensus of whether or not the actors from the 4Kids dub were good or not is a muddled subject, but many agree that the actors that replaced them with TAJ Productions are worse—with the SOVA (Save Our Voice Actors) movement that ran rampant during this transition. It’s entirely possible that fans held up high expectations for these actors when first entering their roles, yet despite that these voice actors have now been in position for some characters longer than their 4Kids counterparts, their performances and their voice direction continues to be quite poor. Many voices for characters come off as passable at best, but typically bland and otherwise insufferable at worst. Actors such as James Carter Cathcart makes the famous Professor Oak sound like a senile old man, while Sarah Natochenny continues to strain her voice as Ash Ketchum to painfully obvious degrees.
Once DuArt Film and Video took over for TAJ Productions, this allowed for some actors from 4Kids Entertainment to participate in the dub, but most did not return to their more notable roles. Despite the notorious reputation 4Kids Entertainment has, many of its actors are beloved by fans of the series, with many voicing their disappointment of The Pokémon Company International failing to recast them for Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! on social media. With actors like Veronica Taylor not reprising her role as Ash, the intended nostalgic appeal of the upcoming movie is lost for many long-term fans.
Even ignoring the nostalgia factor, the anime dubs for other Pokémon anime series such as Pokémon Origins and Pokémon Generations—while not universally loved—clearly have a higher production budget with many more well-known anime actors and directors involved. But when it comes to the main anime series The Pokémon Company International goes out of its way to promote, the amount of budget and care put into it is far inferior and would simply be unbearable for an hour and a half long film.
You May Not Even Like This Movie
This is a prevalent issue with Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!—regardless of whether choosing to watch the original Japanese version or the English dub. With the way the film has been promoted as well as some false assumptions by internet outlets before the film’s release, many assumed the Pokémon anime’s 20th anniversary film would be a remake of the original anime series, complete with close retellings of certain episodes and the inclusion of Misty and Brock. But that’s simply not what Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is trying to be.The film’s director, Kunihiko Yuyama, confirmed that the movie is meant to be a parallel universe from the original anime series, where instead one of Ho-Oh’s feathers falls and Ash pursues a different adventure. This includes him meeting new friends along the way such as Verity and Sorrel, as well as the new Mythical Pokémon Marshadow.
While Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! tries to be a different story, it does still have many nods and pays several homages to the main anime series, with multiple characters across multiple generations making cameo appearances, the aforementioned use of older songs from the Indigo League series of the anime, and the return of familiar characters like Ash’s Charmander and Butterfree.
It’s true that many would have wanted a retelling of the original Indigo League series rather than a reimagining, but at the same time the film would have still been inferior to the original series due to it simply being impossible to squeeze over 80 episodes into a feature length film. There was also word of the film involving an all-star cast of Ash’s past companions from previous seasons, but fitting so many characters into one movie could have led to a complicated and chaotic plot with a poor balance that would fail to satisfy all fans of the series.
Whether or not Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a good film is completely subjective to one’s tastes. However, based on the past history of DuArt’s work with lazy editing, poor script writing, poor voice direction, and heavily replacing the show’s original score, it’s not difficult to see that the English dub will be a second-rate product that simply won’t compare to the original source material. It isn’t worth anyone’s time or money, and having a theatrical release certainly isn’t any promise of quality.
TV Tokyo has launched a mini-website called the: TV Anime "Pocket Monsters" 1000 Episodes Broadcast Celebration (テレビアニメ「ポケットモンスター」1000回放送記念). SM49 marks the 1000th aired episode of the main series Pocket Monsters anime. Translations of the first news post follow:
■ Date: Saturday November 11th, 2017
■ Venue: Sunshine City Fountain Square (Alpa B1)
※ We will post detailed information, such as event holding time, in the future.
Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon1000/#171012_b
TV Anime "Pocket Monsters" 1000 Episodes Broadcast Celebration Special Event
To celebrate the TV Animation "Pocket Monsters" 1000th broadcast on Thursday, November 9th, 2017, on Saturday, November 11th, 2017, Sunshine City will hold a special event! Rica Matsumoto, the voice of Satoshi will appear as a special guest! Other guests will also be announced.■ Date: Saturday November 11th, 2017
■ Venue: Sunshine City Fountain Square (Alpa B1)
※ We will post detailed information, such as event holding time, in the future.
Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon1000/#171012_b
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Details are also available in our DVD/Bluray database. Translations follow:
"Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!", have already been determined! They will go on sale Wednesday December 20th!
*Blu-ray, limited edition: 6480 yen + tax (price including tax: 6998 yen)
*Blu-ray, regular edition: 4980 yen + tax (price including tax: 5378 yen)
*DVD, regular edition: 3980 yen + tax (price including tax: 4298 yen)
Content:
*The feature film "Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!" (with Japanese subtitles)
*Creditless opening
*Creditless ending
*Collection of reference illustrations
*Collection of idea sketches
*Visuals gallery
*Collection of trailers
Limited edition bonus material:
*Episode 1 of the "Pocket Monsters" anime TV series: Digitally remastered version
*Special giant-size post card set
*New version of the miniature theater pamphlet
*Special 20th anniversary slipcase
Sales agency: Shogakukan
Distributor: Sony Music Marketing
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=3146
The "Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!" Blu-ray & DVD go on Sale Wednesday December 20th!
The release details for the blu-ray and DVD for the 20th anniversary movie,"Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!", have already been determined! They will go on sale Wednesday December 20th!
*Blu-ray, limited edition: 6480 yen + tax (price including tax: 6998 yen)
*Blu-ray, regular edition: 4980 yen + tax (price including tax: 5378 yen)
*DVD, regular edition: 3980 yen + tax (price including tax: 4298 yen)
Content:
*The feature film "Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!" (with Japanese subtitles)
*Creditless opening
*Creditless ending
*Collection of reference illustrations
*Collection of idea sketches
*Visuals gallery
*Collection of trailers
Limited edition bonus material:
*Episode 1 of the "Pocket Monsters" anime TV series: Digitally remastered version
*Special giant-size post card set
*New version of the miniature theater pamphlet
*Special 20th anniversary slipcase
Sales agency: Shogakukan
Distributor: Sony Music Marketing
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=3146
Oct 03 2017
Voice Actor Ryūji Saikachi Dead at 89
Japanese voice actor Ryūji Saikachi (槐柳二) died on September 29th, 2017 at age of 89 due to congestive heart failure. He was best known for his roles as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables and Rafiki in the video game Kingdom Hearts II.
He was best known to Pocket Monsters anime fans as the Japanese voice of the Merriep Farmer who appeared in Hellgar and Togepi!.
Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2098240/full/
He was best known to Pocket Monsters anime fans as the Japanese voice of the Merriep Farmer who appeared in Hellgar and Togepi!.
Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2098240/full/
The official website for the Sun & Moon anime has updated in preparation for the new direction the series will take starting October 5th:
The place that acts as the setting of their new adventure is the Alola Region, which is bustling with nature.
What lies in wait for Satoshi and Pikachu in the Alola Region,
where you are surrounded by the blue sky and the blue sea wherever you go...?
New Pokémon, new friends, and new adventures...
This adventure filled with all kinds of new things finally begins!
Let's go! Let's give it our all! It's an adventure!!
Director: Daiki Tomiyasu
Series Construction: Aya Matsui
Character Design: Satoshi Nakano and Shuhei Yasuda
Art Director: Masatoshi Muto
Color Keys: Noriyuki Yoshino
Director of Photography: Yuko Orikasa
Editor: Jin Nogawa
Music: Shinji Miyazaki
Sound Recording Director: Masafumi Mima
Pikachu: Ikue Ohtani
Rotom Zukan: Daisuke Namikawa
Lilie: Kei Shindo
Kaki: Kaito Ishikawa
Mao: Reina Ueda
Suiren: Hitomi Kikuchi
Māmane: Fumiko Takekuma
Professor Kukui: Keiichi Nakagawa
Principal Okido: Unsho Ishizuka
Musashi: Megumi Hayashibara
Kojiro: Shinichiro Miki
Nyarth: Inuko Inuyama
Sonansu: Yuji Ueda
Gladio: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Lusamine: Sayaka Kinoshita
Wicke: Chika Fujimura
Sauboh: Mitsuaki Madono
Burnet: Sachi Kokuryu
Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_sunmoon/
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZVE-aCZEI
Poster
Story
Satoshi and Pikachu's new adventure begins!The place that acts as the setting of their new adventure is the Alola Region, which is bustling with nature.
What lies in wait for Satoshi and Pikachu in the Alola Region,
where you are surrounded by the blue sky and the blue sea wherever you go...?
New Pokémon, new friends, and new adventures...
This adventure filled with all kinds of new things finally begins!
Let's go! Let's give it our all! It's an adventure!!
Characters
| Characters | |
|---|---|
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Satoshi & Pikachu Satoshi: A 10 year old young boy that aims to become a Pokémon Master. He's experiencing school life for the first time in the Alola Region! Pikachu: Satoshi's first partner Pokémon and his greatest companion. |
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The Rotom Zukan Leave everything Pokémon knowledge-related to it. This is a groundbreaking Pokémon Zukan which finishing touch was having a Rotom enter it. It speaks human language and assists Satoshi on his adventure. |
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Starcloud A mysterious Pokémon Satoshi picked up. Not even the Rotom Zukan has any data on it. It loves konpeito. |
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Lilie A girl that loves Pokémon, but is unable to touch them for some reason. Her knowledge of Pokémon is top notch. |
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Kaki He likes Fire type Pokémon. His family runs a farm, so he helps out there while also attending school. |
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Mao She likes Grass type Pokémon. She's an active girl who's also a bit of a scatterbrain. She helps out at the Aina Cafeteria her family runs by attracting customers to come in and eat. |
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Suiren She likes Water type Pokémon. While she's usually quiet, she's actually a girl of action. She's the oldest of the three daughters of a fisherman. |
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Māmane He likes Electric type Pokémon. A science nerd with a vast knowledge of technology. When he gets into something, he analyzes the subject very thoroughly. |
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Professor Kukui A professor that studies Pokémon battling and moves. He is also the class' homeroom teacher. Satoshi lives at his house during his stay. |
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Principal Okido The school's principal. The cousin of Professor Okido from the earlier series. He researches Pokémon that evolve in unique ways in Alola. |
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The Rocket Gang Musashi, Kojiro, Nyarth and Sonansu An evil organization which goal is to get rare Pokémon, strong Pokémon, as well as Satoshi's Pikachu. |
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Gladio Lilie's older brother. He left his house and is currently training to become stronger as a Trainer. |
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Lusamine She represents the Aether Foundation, and is also an excellent researcher. Lilie and Gladio's mother. She lives in Aether Paradise, the Aether Foundation's headquarters. |
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Wicke An Aether Foundation admin. In charge of the Pokémon protection program. |
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Sauboh An Aether Foundation admin. Chief of the research department. |
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Professor Burnet A professor researching the Ultra Holes. She's a close friend of Lusamine, and as such works with the Aether Foundation. She's also an acquaintance of Professor Kukui. |
The New Pokémon
| New Pokémon | |
|---|---|
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Ashimari Sea Lion Pokémon Water type |
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Mokuroh Grass Quill Pokémon Grass/Flying type |
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Nyabby Fire Cat Pokémon Fire type |
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Lugarugan (Dusk Form) Wolf Pokémon Rock type |
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Togedemaru Roly-Poly Pokémon Electric/Steel type |
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Mimikkyu Disguise Pokémon Ghost/Fairy type |
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Kiteruguma Strong Arm Pokémon Normal/Fighting type |
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Nassy (Alola Form) Coconut Pokémon Grass/Dragon type |
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Kapu-Kokeko Land Spirit Pokémon Electric/Fairy type |
Staff:
Executive director: Kunihiko YuyamaDirector: Daiki Tomiyasu
Series Construction: Aya Matsui
Character Design: Satoshi Nakano and Shuhei Yasuda
Art Director: Masatoshi Muto
Color Keys: Noriyuki Yoshino
Director of Photography: Yuko Orikasa
Editor: Jin Nogawa
Music: Shinji Miyazaki
Sound Recording Director: Masafumi Mima
Cast:
Satoshi: Rica MatsumotoPikachu: Ikue Ohtani
Rotom Zukan: Daisuke Namikawa
Lilie: Kei Shindo
Kaki: Kaito Ishikawa
Mao: Reina Ueda
Suiren: Hitomi Kikuchi
Māmane: Fumiko Takekuma
Professor Kukui: Keiichi Nakagawa
Principal Okido: Unsho Ishizuka
Musashi: Megumi Hayashibara
Kojiro: Shinichiro Miki
Nyarth: Inuko Inuyama
Sonansu: Yuji Ueda
Gladio: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Lusamine: Sayaka Kinoshita
Wicke: Chika Fujimura
Sauboh: Mitsuaki Madono
Burnet: Sachi Kokuryu
Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_sunmoon/
Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon Promotional Video
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZVE-aCZEI
Sep 19 2017
Pikachu Dons a Classic Chapeau
The official Pokémon website has revealed the code to get one of six exclusive Pikachu. The code is: PIKACHU20 but it can only be used once.
With the 20th Pokémon film, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, making a limited theatrical run, we're celebrating by giving Trainers the opportunity to receive one of six exclusive Pikachu into their copy of Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon. These Pikachu are unique as they are wearing one of Ash's hats—each one reflecting the hat Ash wore in the various regions that the famous duo has explored in the twenty years of Pokémon TV and movies.
The first of these Pikachu is wearing a hat in the style of Ash's first adventures in the Kanto and Johto regions. Ash's simple and iconic original hat is instantly recognizable by Pokémon fans, and looks perfect on Pikachu, too. Enter your code by September 25, 2017, to get a Pikachu wearing this hat.
In addition to wearing Ash's original hat, this Pikachu is equipped with a set of moves inspired by the attacks it would frequently use in the Kanto and Johto regions. This Pikachu also, amusingly, comes inside a Poké Ball, a nod to the one that the Pokémon constantly refuses to travel within in the animated adventures.
PLEASE NOTE: Although there are six different behatted Pikachu to choose from, you will only be able to get one of them via this special code. The Pikachu you get will vary depending on when you enter this code. To receive Pikachu wearing Ash's original hat from the Kanto and Johto regions, you must enter the code between 0:00 UTC on September 19 and 23:59 UTC on September 25, 2017.
To get original hat Pikachu via a special code:
Nature: Hardy
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Moves: Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Thunder, Agility
Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pikachu-dons-a-classic-chapeau/
Pikachu Dons a Classic Chapeau
This exclusive Pokémon distribution grants Trainers a Pikachu wearing Ash’s original hat.With the 20th Pokémon film, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, making a limited theatrical run, we're celebrating by giving Trainers the opportunity to receive one of six exclusive Pikachu into their copy of Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon. These Pikachu are unique as they are wearing one of Ash's hats—each one reflecting the hat Ash wore in the various regions that the famous duo has explored in the twenty years of Pokémon TV and movies.
The first of these Pikachu is wearing a hat in the style of Ash's first adventures in the Kanto and Johto regions. Ash's simple and iconic original hat is instantly recognizable by Pokémon fans, and looks perfect on Pikachu, too. Enter your code by September 25, 2017, to get a Pikachu wearing this hat.
In addition to wearing Ash's original hat, this Pikachu is equipped with a set of moves inspired by the attacks it would frequently use in the Kanto and Johto regions. This Pikachu also, amusingly, comes inside a Poké Ball, a nod to the one that the Pokémon constantly refuses to travel within in the animated adventures.
PLEASE NOTE: Although there are six different behatted Pikachu to choose from, you will only be able to get one of them via this special code. The Pikachu you get will vary depending on when you enter this code. To receive Pikachu wearing Ash's original hat from the Kanto and Johto regions, you must enter the code between 0:00 UTC on September 19 and 23:59 UTC on September 25, 2017.
To get original hat Pikachu via a special code:
- Open your Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon game.
- Select Mystery Gift on the main menu.
- Select Receive Gift.
- Select Get with Code/Password, then Yes, then Yes again to connect to the internet.
- Enter the code PIKACHU20.
- Watch as you receive your Pokémon.
- Speak to the delivery person in any Pokémon Center to receive your Pokémon.
- Be sure to save your game.
Pikachu Details:
Level: 1Nature: Hardy
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Moves: Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Thunder, Agility
Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pikachu-dons-a-classic-chapeau/
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow:
Tv Shows:
Sunday September 17th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Video Message (from Nicole Fujita)
Sunday September 24th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Message (from Louis Kurihara)
*Note that these are the scheduled air dates, and as such are subject to change without notice.
*Broadcast dates will vary depending on where you live. (some areas exempt)
For details, please see the website of your local TV station.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=3140
Media Information
Tv Shows:
Sunday September 17th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Video Message (from Nicole Fujita)
Sunday September 24th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Message (from Louis Kurihara)
*Note that these are the scheduled air dates, and as such are subject to change without notice.
*Broadcast dates will vary depending on where you live. (some areas exempt)
For details, please see the website of your local TV station.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=3140
Sep 15 2017
Build-A-Bear - Online Exclusive Meowth Set
Build-A-Bear has revealed an Online Exclusive Meowth Set for purchase. The Team Rocket Meowth bear costs $60 USD. Images of the product have been added to an Imageboard thread.
Price includes:
This item cannot be purchased unstuffed.
Source: http://www.buildabear.com/shopping/store/Online-Exclusive-Meowth-Set/productId=prod12230025
Product Description - Build-A-Bear - Online Exclusive Meowth Set
Add Meowth to your Pokémon team! A playful Pokémon with human-like intelligence, Meowth is known for its love of shiny coins and for being a member of Team Rocket. With exclusive outfits and sounds that are only available online, this complete set will delight Pokémon Trainers of all ages! © 2017 Pokémon. © 1995?2017 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK Inc. TM, ©, and character names are trademarks of Nintendo.Price includes:
- Meowth
- Meowth Quickball Hoodie
- Meowth Team Rocket Hoodie
- 6-in-1 Meowth Sound
- Build-A-Bear Workshop Exclusive Pokémon TCG Card
This item cannot be purchased unstuffed.
Source: http://www.buildabear.com/shopping/store/Online-Exclusive-Meowth-Set/productId=prod12230025
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow:
Tv Shows:
Sunday September 10th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Message (from Taiiku Okazaki)
Sunday September 17th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Video Message (from Nicole Fujita)
*Note that these are the scheduled air dates, and as such are subject to change without notice.
*Broadcast dates will vary depending on where you live. (some areas exempt)
For details, please see the website of your local TV station.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=3137
Media Information
Tv Shows:
Sunday September 10th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Message (from Taiiku Okazaki)
Sunday September 17th: "The Pocket Monsters Anime Premium 10" on TV Tokyo - Video Message (from Nicole Fujita)
*Note that these are the scheduled air dates, and as such are subject to change without notice.
*Broadcast dates will vary depending on where you live. (some areas exempt)
For details, please see the website of your local TV station.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=3137
