The official Pokémon website has announced that Pokémon: The First Movie and the first movie short Pikachu's Vacation will be shown in select Cinemark theaters on Saturday, October 29th, 2016 and Tuesday, November 1st, 2016. Tickets for both cost $5 USD.


Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/watch-pokemon-the-first-movie-on-the-big-screen/

On Friday, October 14th, 2016, the official Japanese Pocket Monsters Sun and Moon website updated with information about the series.

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
	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.
	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.
	Lilie A girl that loves Pokémon, but is unable to touch them for some reason. Her knowledge of Pokémon is top notch.
	Kaki He likes Fire type Pokémon. His family runs a farm, so he helps out there while also attending school.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.

The New Pokémon

New Pokémon
	Ashimari Sea Lion Pokémon Water type
	Mokuroh Grass Quill Pokémon Grass/Flying type
	Nyabby Fire Cat Pokémon Fire type
	Iwanko Puppy Pokémon Rock type
	Togedemaru Roly-Poly Pokémon Electric/Steel type
	Mimikkyu Disguise Pokémon Ghost/Fairy type
	Kiteruguma Strong Arm Pokémon Normal/Fighting type
	Nassy (Alola Form) Coconut Pokémon Grass/Dragon type
	Kapu-Kokeko Land Spirit Pokémon Electric/Fairy type

Staff:

Executive director: Kunihiko Yuyama
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

Cast:

Satoshi: Rica Matsumoto
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

Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_sunmoon/

Japanese voice actor Kazunari Tanaka (田中一成) died on October 10th, 2016 at the age of 49 due to brain stem hemorrhaging. Talent agency Aoni Production confirmed his death with a post on the front page of their website on Tuesday, October 11th, 2016. He voiced the character Soya (ソウヤ) in AG94 and he was also one the narrators for Pokemon Get TV.


Source: http://www.aoni.co.jp/index.html

During the Thursday, September 15th, 2016 broadcast of XY&Z, a teaser trailer was shown officially revealing the new anime series Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon (ポケットモンスター サン＆ムーン). The series will once again feature Satoshi and Pikachu on their journey in the Alola Region. The official website also launched on TV Tokyo's website but details on the series will be revealed at a later date. The series will air on TV Tokyo in Japan starting in November of 2016.

Pocket Monsters Sun and Moon Anime Poster

Pocket Monsters Sun and Moon Teaser Trailer

Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_sunmoon/story/index.html

The Pokémon Company International announced a new series called Pokémon Generations which will begin airing on YouTube starting on Friday, September 16th, 2016. Images from the press release including concept art have been added to our Imageboard thread.

POKÉMON GENERATIONS TO PREMIER ON YOUTUBE (sic)

The Pokémon Company International is excited to announce Pokémon Generations, an all-new Pokémon animated series of shorts, launching on the official Pokémon YouTube channel this Friday, 16 September, at 5pm BST. A first-look trailer revealing the series and giving a sneak peek at the animation has just gone live.

Pokémon Generations looks back at each generation of the Pokémon video game series, diving into the stories of the games more deeply and getting to know characters and Pokémon better. Visit each region, from Kanto to Kalos, to relive the world of Pokémon like never before! Pokémon Generations consists of 18 episodes, each running between three and five minutes in length, with the first two episodes launching on 16 September 2016.

You can also watch episodes of Pokémon the Series and movies starring Ash and Pikachu on your iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, or Android device with the Pokémon TV app or on Pokemon.com.

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/see-the-world-of-pokemon-in-a-new-way/

Pokémon Generations Trailer

The Pokémon Go Tie-in campaign site on the official Pokémon movie website has updated with the answer to the question asked. Translations follow:

GO to the movies! A "Search for Pokémon" Quiz Campaign

If you go see the movie and answer the quiz,
you can enter a lottery and win merchandise for "Pokémon Go" which is currently the talk of the town!
And if you retweet the campaign on Twitter, you get an extra chance to win!

Entry deadline: Wednesday August 31st, 11:59PM



Out of those who send in the answer for the quiz,
100 winners will receive a
Pokémon GO Plus!

Extra chance: Out of those who retweet this on Twitter,
an additional 10 will win one as well!

There will be 110 winners in total!

Pokémon GO Plus is planned for release September 2016.
*prizes will be shipped out after the release date

For further information on "Pokémon GO Plus", go here

THE QUESTION:
Which Pokémon that appear in this summer's Pokémon movie "Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna" can you catch in the popular Smartphone app "Pokémon GO"?
Give your answer in the form of Pokémon names!

THE ANSWER:


































Entry deadline:

Wednesday August 31st, 11:59PM

About entries and winner announcements:

About the question:
The Pokémon asked about are those that appear in the feature film "Pokémon the movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna" (including the announcement of next year's movie).
However, this does not include the scene shown right before the movie begins.



About entries:
Automated submissions made via programs etc. may make you ineligible for the lottery.
If we receive your entry via a Twitter retweet, note that you will be ineligible for the lottery if you have your posts' privacy setting set to ON.

About announcements of winners:
*We will not respond to individual inquiries about winners.
*You will not be able to transfer or sell your status as winner.
*One person can only win once.

If we receive your entry:
Winners will be notified once prizes are ready to be shipped.

If we receive your Twitter retweet entry:
Out of those who enter via a Twitter retweet, only the winners will be notified about them winning via a direct message.

Note that if you're not following "@pokemon_movie" at this point, you will be disqualified as a winner since we will be unable to send you a direct message.

Once you have received the winner announcement direct message, please contact us with the required contact information, prize shipping address, etc by the given deadline.
If you do not contact us within 7 days, you will be disqualified as a winner.

Winners will not be contacted via other means.
We will also not respond to individual inquiries about winners.

We do not assume responsibility for failure to enter this campaign or for information leaks or other damages to the applicant or third parties caused by defects or bugs in the services proved by Twitter or defects in the services provided by the communication device or telecom operator utilized by the applicant.

We do not assume responsibility for the content of tweets made on Twitter by applicants nor for any trouble between applicants or third parties caused by this content, including the content of tweets concerning this campaign.

The correct answers to the quiz will be announced on this page in early September.

For further information on "Pokémon GO", see the official "Pokémon Go" website
To download "Pokémon GO", go here:
Download via the App Store
Get via Google Play

©2016 Niantic, Inc.
©2016 Pokémon. ©1995-2016 Nintendo/Creatures Inc. /GAME FREAK inc.

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/eiga-go/

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

Playback the XY&Z #015: The Alternately Colored Mega Metagross

This year's Pokémon movie is the final chapter in the XY&Z series.
Many battles have been fought with the Kalos region as its setting,
so let us do a playback of those emotions and those battles!!



First broadcast March 19th, 2015:
"Pocket Monsters XY Special: The Strongest Mega Evolution Act III"
The partner of Daigo, the Houen Region's Champion!
It battled Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza!
Together with Mega Lizardon X, it saved the Houen Region from its crisis!

The next episode of "Pocket Monsters XY&Z" is
"Attack on Miare Gym! The Citroid Forever!!", airing Thursday September 8th
The Alternately Colored Mega Metagross will appear!



Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=3057

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

Playback the XY&Z #014: Squishy

This year's Pokémon movie is the final chapter in the XY&Z series.
Many battles have been fought with the Kalos region as its setting,
so let us do a playback of those emotions and those battles!!



First broadcast December 24th, 2015:
"Terminus Cave! The Mystery of Z is Set in Motion!!"
Having been cornered by the Flare Gang, Squishy unleashes its power!
It blows the Flare Gang back with a single hit from Land's Wrath!!
But then, Squishy ran off somewhere...

The next episode of "Pocket Monsters XY&Z", where Squishy will be playing an active role as well, is
"The Shocking Zygarde VS Zygarde! The Breaking World!!", airing Thursday September 1st



Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=3042

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

Pokémon Q #8 Answer

The answer to question #8:



The answer is: Volcanion

If you read the character in the middle of each Pokémon's name, you get ボルケニオン ("Volcanion")!

This week's gift goes to
"Minto" from Saitama
Congratulations! You will receive a specially made Pokémon movie clear file folder!

Quote Central: Memorable Lines from Pokémon Movies #27

Hoopa tells Satoshi that once its powers return, it'll grant any wish he may have.
After Satoshi says "I know exactly what my wish is: Pokémon Master!", he then tells Hoopa this line.

This quote was submitted by "Phantom", who included the following comment:
I really like this line, where Satoshi-kun gets across how he thinks that if you want to be something, you should get there through your own hard work.
Thank you for your contribution!

"Phantom" from Kyoto will receive a specially made Pokémon movie clear file folder.

If we use your submission, you will receive a specially made Pokémon movie clear file folder!
We want to hear your "Memorable Lines from Pokémon Movies"
We are now taking suggestions for "Memorable Lines" from past Pokémon movies!
We want your favorite "wise words", "inspired sayings"... or even utter nonsense.
To send in a suggestion, choose "Quote Central" from the Apply page and list the following:
"Movie title" - "Name of character or Pokémon that said the line" - "The line itself"
In addition, please also list "Roughly when in the movie the line is spoken" if you know this before submitting.

Submitted content will be chosen for publication by the official Pokémon movie site. Not all submissions will be published.
In addition, please understand we may edit the submitted text to make it easier to read.

Sources: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=3031 and http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=3018

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

Playback the XY&Z #013: The Rocket Gang

This year's Pokémon movie is the final chapter in the XY&Z series.
Many battles have been fought with the Kalos region as its setting,
so let us do a playback of those emotions and those battles!!



First broadcast February 11th, 2016:
"The Explosive Land's Wrath! Operation: Capture Zygarde!!"
A lifeform that looks just like Squishy appears before the Rocket Gang!?
And it's a clash! The Rocket Gang VS the Flare Gang!!
Even though they were defeated, they showed the pride of their evil organization!!

The next episode of "Pocket Monsters XY&Z", where Gekkouga will be playing an active role as well, is
"The Flare Gang Attacks! The Zygarde at the Prism Tower!!", airing Thursday August 25th



Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=3010