During the airing of Pocket Monsters XY 1 and 2, two commercials revealed that the TV size versions of Yusuke's (遊助) opening theme Volt (ボルト) and J☆Dee'Z ending theme The X Strait and the Y Scenery (Ｘ海峡Ｙ景色) will both be released in Japan in Chaku-Uta ringtone format on October 30th, 2013. In addition, it was mentioned during the recent Nico Farre event that Volt would be released on CD in late 2013. Full details on this CD and any CD release of The X Strait and the Y Scenery are currently not available but our CD database will be updated as soon as information is available.

The Get TV crew celebrated the launch of the latest games Pocket Monsters X and Y which were released the day before on October 12th, 2013. Clips from the game were shown followed by clips from the new anime. The announcer then showed upcoming scenes from this episode.

This episodes special guests were then revealed as Mikie Hara (原幹恵), a Japanese gravure idol and actress who is best known for her debut role in Cutie Honey: The Live as Honey Kisaragi. Joining her was the trio comedy group Panther (パンサー) which consists of Ryotaro Kan (菅良太郎), Satoshi Mukai (向井慧), Takahiro Ogata (尾形貴弘). Yukito Nishii then began explaining about this episode main segment which was about the Mysterious Organization "FPI". He explained that FPI stood for FUSHIGINA POKEMON NO NAZO IROIROSHIRABETAI (The Bureau of Investigation of Various Strange Pokémon Mysteries)（不思議な ポケモンの謎 いろいろ調べ隊）, basically a play on the FBI. He then said the FPI had investigated the new Pocket Monsters XY anime that was airing on October 17th, 2013.


The FPI Special Agent was introduced and their role to investigate Pokémon in all aspects was explained. The Special Agent went to visit OLM, the animation company responsible for the Pocket Monsters anime. The special agent met "reporter" Eiji Kotoge (小峠英二) from the comedy duo Viking (バイきんぐ) outside and the two of them came to an agreement to work together.


The FPI Special Agent began his investigation by seeing what the staff does at OLM. He then spotted artwork from the new XY anime, specifically the main city, Miare City. A clip from the first episode was then shown which featured Satoshi and Pikachu exploring the city. The FPI special agent then spotted an artist drawing something and he wanted to know what it was. The artist then explained that it was a Keromatsu (ケロマツ). The FPI agent had not seen it before and wanted the artist make it move. The artist then took him to another artist who had a hand drawn flipbook and she showed Keromatsu move by flipping the pages. The narrator then explained the process of taking the handrawn images and then coloring them on the computer. The finalized clip of Keromatsu was then showcased and it was revealed that Keromatsu would make its anime debut in XY episode 1. Citron (シトロン ), Eureka (ユリーカ) and Serena (セレナ) were also showcased.


The FPI Special Agent then showed a picture of a person he was looking for. He then asked a staff member who indicated who it was and they finally found Tetsuo Yajima (矢嶋哲生), who has been the director of the anime since Best Wishes. The FPI special agent asked him the following questions in English which Kotoge translated into Japanese and Yajima answered.

When does Satoshi become a Pokémon Master? I can't answer that question. (それは内緒です)
Would you make animation of me. My daughter is a huge fun[sic] of Pokémon. That can be arranged. (それは大丈夫です)


Yajima then talked about Satoshi arriving in the Kalos region. The FPI agent then heads off to the next spot.

After the commercial break, This episode's installment of the PokéTV Challenge (ポケ☆テレ チャレンジ！！！) started. The first challenge activity was another installment of "Brainbuster Quiz! PokéRiddle" (頭お目覚めクイズ！ポケナゾ) , with a set of Pikachu, Hitokage, Zenigame and Fushigidane MonColle figures being given out as a prize to a viewer at home if all the hosts got the correct answer.

Question	Hint	Answer
After Satoshi had cleaned up his toys from the floor, Pikachu took them out and put them back. But when Satoshi came in and saw the room, he didn't get angry. Why not? （サトシが部屋を片付けた後ピカチュウはオチチャをちらかしてしまいましたしかし部屋を見たサトシはまったく怒りません一体なぜでしょう？）	(...) and put them back. (しまいました) Spoiler: Click to show!	Because it had put them back. （しまったから） Spoiler: Click to show!

Unfortunately, Ogata never got the answer right before time ran out. Another riddle was presented instead.

Question	Hint	Answer
Satoshi got two flower bouquets, then three more bouquets. When he put them together, how many bouquets did he have in total? （サトシが２束の花束と３束の花束を持っていまあ合わせると何束になるでしょう？）	(...) put them together (...) (合わせると) Spoiler: Click to show!	1　（１束） Spoiler: Click to show!

The next challenge activity was "Read in Reverse! Nmokepo-rap" (逆から読んで！ンモケポラップ). Contestants were given the name of a Pokémon and they had 3 seconds to say the name as written in the reverse order (in Japanese, with katakana). For example: Hitokage (ヒトカゲ) would be Gekatohi (ゲカトヒ). If the participants made it through two Pokémon each without failing more than once, a Nymphia plushie would be given away to a viewer.

Pokémon Picture	Pokémon Name Answer	Reverse Answer
	Yayakoma (ヤヤコマ) Spoiler: Click to show!	Makoyaya (マコヤヤ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Meguroko (メグロコ) Spoiler: Click to show!	Korogume (コログメ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Erikiteru (エリキテル) Spoiler: Click to show!	Rutekirie (ルテキリエ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Karamanero (カラマネロ) Spoiler: Click to show!	Ronemaraka (ロネマラカ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Kireihana (キレイハナ) Spoiler: Click to show!	Nahaireki (ナハイレキ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Yanyanma (ヤンヤンマ) Spoiler: Click to show!	Manyanya (マンヤンヤ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Yamikarasu (ヤミカラス) Spoiler: Click to show!	Surakamiya (スラカミヤ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Soonansu (ソーナンス) Spoiler: Click to show!	Sunnaaso (スンナーソ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Abusoru (アブソル) Spoiler: Click to show!	Rusobua (ルソブア) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Chirutarisu (チルタリス) Spoiler: Click to show!	Suritaruchi (スリタルチ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Haganeeru (ハガネール) Spoiler: Click to show!	Ruunegaha (ルーネガハ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Herakurosu (ヘラクロス) Spoiler: Click to show!	Surokurahe (スロクラヘ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Magukarugo (マグカルゴ) Spoiler: Click to show!	Gorukaguma (ゴルカグマ) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Warubiaru (ワルビアル) Spoiler: Click to show!	Ruabiruwa (ルアビルワ) Spoiler: Click to show!

Ogata failed on the Yanyanma question, but the group managed the rest of the Pokémon without any further mistakes, thus winning a lucky viewer a plushie.

After the commercial break, the FPI segment continued at 55 Barbizon, Shibuya where the voice acting recording takes place for the anime. Rica Matsumoto (松本梨香), the voice of Satoshi, Yuki Kaji (梶裕貴), the voice of Citron (シトロン), Mariya Ise (伊瀬 茉莉也), the voice of Eureka (ユリーカ) and Mayuki Makiguchi (牧口真幸), the voice of Serena (セレナ役) were there for a recording session for the XY anime.


A live recording of XY episode 1 was conducted by the voice actors. The Special Agent and Kotoge part ways as 'brothers' having completed their investigation on the XY anime.

Pokémon Morning News (ポケモン モーニングニュース)

In this Shoko Nagagawa segment, she reports on the latest news in the Pokémon world. She is dressed up as a news reporter and wears glasses as she informs viewers. In this segment, she reminds viewers of the Achamo distribution that is holding the Bursyamonite.

The viewer ratings for last weeks anime episodes have been released and the two Pocket Monsters OVA's placed in the top 10. Surprisingly the Dent and Takeshi! Gyarados' Outrage!! had an average household rating of 5.5 while Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN had an average of 4.7.

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

The official Japanese Pocket Monsters movie website has updated and they have posted the first 17th Pocket Monsters movie teaser trailer. It is the same trailer that aired in theaters at the end of the 16th movie Extremespeed Genesect: The Awakening of Mewtwo (神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒). It featured the two new legendaries from X and Y: Xerneas and Yveltal.


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

To commemorate the launch of the TV Tokyo anime series Pocket Monsters XY (ポケットモンスター ＸＹ), a special live broadcast titled Songs! Talks! Pokémon Battles! A Super Pre-Screening of the Pokémon XY Anime & a Live Broadcast Festival @ Nico Farre (歌に！トークに！ポケモンバトル！ ポケモンアニメＸＹ超試写会＆生ＬＩＶＥ祭り＠ニコファーレ) will be available on NicoNico Monday October 14th, 2013 starting at 18:30JST.

The live broadcast will include the special edition of the first episode, time dedicated to talking to the special guests, performances of the new openings and ending themes and Pokémon X and Y battles. For anime fans and game fans it's a must-see broadcast! The special edition anime episode is also being broadcasted at various malls in Japan.

Speical guests include:

Rica Matsumoto (松本梨香), the voice of Satoshi
Yuki Kaji (梶裕貴), the voice of Citron (シトロン)
Mariya Ise (伊瀬 茉莉也), the voice of Eureka (ユリーカ)
Mayuki Makiguchi (牧口真幸), the voice of Serena (セレナ役)
Yusuke (遊助), singer of the opening theme: Volt （ＯＰテーマ担当）
Ｊ☆Ｄｅｅ’Z, singers of the ending theme: （ＥＤテーマ担当）

Pocket Monsters XY Launch Festival

To celebrate the debut of the latest Nintendo 3DS games Pocket Monsters X and Y, Pocket Monsters XY Launch Festival: Game Tips Part 2 (『ポケットモンスター Ｘ・Ｙ』発売記念祭り～ゲームのすゝめ 二編) will be broadcasted on NicoNico. Game Freak employees Shigeki Morimoto (森本 茂樹) and Takao Unno (海野 隆雄) will be guests on the show to demonstrate the new battle system. There will also be special appearances by Hiroshi Watanabe (渡辺浩弐) and model Yui.

Sources: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv154719066/, http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv154717510 and https://wwws.toho-ad.com/poke_xy_nico/pc/

The official Japanese website has announced that there will be an O-Power distribution in Japan from October 12th, 2013 until October 14th, 2013. When O-Powers (Oパワー) are used, it allows players the ability to temporarily power up Pokémon in their party and provides other benefits such as making it easier to catch wild Pokémon or increase the Experience Points gained in battle. Three different O-Powers will be distributed.

O-Powers Being Distributed (配信するOパワーのご紹介)

O-Power	Description	Image
HP Recovery Lv.2 (HPかいふくパワー　Lv.2)	Pokémon HP restoration rate increases by 50%. (手持ちの先頭のポケモンのHPが、50回復するパワー。)
PP Recovery Lv.2 (PPかいふくパワー　Lv.2)	The first 4 Pokémon on-hand receive a 10 PP increase in the amount they recover. (手持ちの先頭のポケモンの4つのわざのPPが、それぞれ10回復するパワー。)
Prize Money Lv.2 (おこづかいパワー　Lv.2)	Doubles the amount of Prize Money received from Trainer battles for three minutes. (トレーナーとのバトルでもらえるおこづかいが、通常の2倍になるパワー。一度パワーを受け取ると、効果は3分間続くぞ！)

O-Power Distribution Locations/Times (Oパワーの配信場所)

October 12th, 2013 - All 7 Pokémon Centers (ポケモンセンター7店舗)

October 12th, 2013 to October 14th, 2013 (10am to 5pm)
Aeon Lake Town kaze (Saitama) [イオンレイクタウンkaze（埼玉県）]
Aeon Mall Musashimurayama (Tokyo) [イオンモールむさし村山（東京都）]
Aeon Mall Okazaki (Aichi) [イオンモール岡崎（愛知県）]
Aeon Mall Itami (Hyogo) [イオンモール伊丹（兵庫県）]
Aeon Mall Fukuoka (Fukuoka) [イオンモール福岡（福岡県）]
Aqua City Odaiba (Tokyo) 11am to 5pm only [アクアシティお台場（東京都）　※アクアシティお台場のみ、11～17時]

October 14th, 2013 (10am to 5pm)
Aeon Mall Natori (Miyagi) [イオンモール名取（宮城県）]
Aeon Mall Uchihara Mito (Ibaraki) [イオンモール水戸内原（茨城県）]
Aeon Mall Chiba New Town (Chiba) [イオンモール千葉ニュータウン（千葉県）]
Aeon Mall Hamamatsushitoro (Shizuoka Prefecture) [イオンモール浜松志都呂（静岡県）]
Aeon Mall Hiroshimafuchu (Hiroshima) [イオンモール広島府中（広島県）]

Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2013/09/130927_g01.html

Pocket Monsters XY Episode 1 Special Version [ポケットモンスター ＸＹ 第1話（特別版）]

The official Japanese XY anime TV Tokyo website has announced that a special version (特別版) of We've Come to the Kalos Region! The Beginning of the Dream and the Adventure!! (カロス地方にやってきた！ 夢と冒険のはじまり！！), the first episode of the new series, will be shown at various Aeon Mall locations on Monday, October 14th, 2013. The episode will premiere later in the week on October 17th, 2013.

Venue Locations (開催予定会場)

Aeon Mall Natori (Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture) [イオンモール名取（宮城県名取市）]
Aeon Mall Uchihara Mito (Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture) [イオンモール水戸内原（茨城県水戸市）]
Aeon Lake Town Kaze (Saitama Koshigaya) [イオンレイクタウンKaze（埼玉県越谷市）]
Aqua City Odaiba (Minato-ku, Tokyo) [アクアシティお台場（東京都港区）]
Aeon Mall Musashimurayama (Tokyo) [イオンモールむさし村山（東京都武蔵村山市）]
Aeon Mall Chiba New Town (Chiba Inzai) [イオンモール千葉ニュータウン（千葉県印西市）]
Aeon Mall Hamamatsushitoro (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) [イオンモール浜松志都呂（静岡県浜松市）]
Aeon Mall Okazaki (Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture) [イオンモール岡崎（愛知県岡崎市）]
Aeon Mall Itami (Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture) [イオンモール伊丹（兵庫県伊丹市）]
Aeon Mall Hiroshimafuchu (Hiroshima) [イオインモール広島府中（広島県安芸郡府中町）]
Aeon Mall Fukuoka (Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka) [イオンモール福岡（福岡県糟屋郡粕屋町）]

Source: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_xy/news/index.html#153373

The official Pokémon website has revealed that Pokémon Origins will be coming to Pokémon TV on November 15th, 2013. Pokémon Origins is the English dubbed version of Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN (ポケットモンスター THE ORIGIN). The Japanese version of the special airs on October 2nd, 2013. The 4 part serious tells the story of the very first English Pokémon video games, Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version. The hero Red sets off from Professor Oak’s laboratory and as he explores the Kanto region, he’ll encounter the nefarious Team Rocket, battle his rival Blue (Green in the Japanese original), and challenge the Pokémon League.

The first episode of Pokémon Origins be available on November 15th, 2013 but then over the following days, the remaining episodes will be added to Pokémon TV. Viewers can also watch it on the mobile app as well.

Pokémon Origins Trailer

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/anim_pokemon_origins_announce-2013-09-25/

Episode 153 of Pokémon Smash, Mijumaru! Meguroco! Close Call!! / Pokémon XY Lab Special: Presenting the Newest Info on Mega Evolution Together with Masuda / A Report on the 'Pocket Monsters XY' Anime! (ミジュマル！ メグロコ！ 危機一髪！！ / 「ポケモンXY研究所スペシャル」増田さんと一緒にメガシンカの新情報を紹介 / アニメ「ポケットモンスターXY」を大特集！) aired last Sunday.

After greeting the audience with a "PokéMorning!", Golgo introduced the "You Choose! The Pokémon Anime Requests" segment. Golgo says he himself had chosen today's request, and shows off 4 postcards he has received requesting a Mijumaru episode, from Haito Akiba and Kokone Hori, Hokkaido, and Yosuke Watanabe and Sota Tamura, Saitama. Golgo's chosen episode is the episode telling the story of Satoshi and Mijumaru's meeting and budding friendship, Best Wishes episode 3, Mijumaru! Meguroco! Close Call!! (ミジュマル！メグロコ！危機一髪!!). He then told Takei that Mijumaru's final evolution is Daikenki, and asked how he would catch one. Replying "Super Easy", Takei demonstrated how he wuld pick up a small rock, rub it against his hair to create static electricity, and toss it at Daikenki to weaken it, then get on top of it, pull one of its swords off, and whip it with it. Super Easy indeed. After this episode, Professor Red started the episode with "Ok! Poké We GO!"

Pokémon XY Lab Special

As we return from the rerun episode, Professor Akido is ready with a new batch of exiting Pokémon XY news. Despite his attempts to stop them, however, Yamamoto and Baba accidentally reveal that Masuda is on his way to reveal news on Mega Mewtwo, which catches everyone's interest, but Akido soon steers the topic back onto his own information. Turning on the TV screen near him, he shows the rest of the group the three XY starter Pokémon, Harimaron, Fokko and Keromatsu, and tells them he will reveal their evolutions.


Harimaron evolves into Haribogu, the Spiny Armor Pokémon, which is a Grass type with the Ability Overgrow, and is 0.7 m tall and weighs 29.0 kg.
Fokko evolves into Tailenard, the Fox Pokémon, which is a Fire type with the Ability Blaze, and is 1.0 m tall and weighs 14.5 kg.
Keromatsu evolves into Gekogashira, the Bubble Frog Pokémon, which is a Water type with the Ability Torrent, and is 0.6 m tall and weighs 10.9 kg.

Next, he shows the group the three original starter Pokémon from Pocket Monsters Red and Green, Fushigidane, Hitokage and Zenigame, and reveals that the player will get to choose one of these as well. This greatly excites Shoko-tan, and Yamamoto explains that this was done so people can use their old, nostalgic favorites in these new games as well.


Akido says it's still too early to be surprised, though, and reveals that their final evolutions Fushigibana, Lizardon and Kamex can Mega Evolve, becoming Mega Fushigibana, Mega Lizardon and Mega Kamex. He then tells the others he will demonstrate exactly how awesome these new Mega Evolutions are, seguing into a video clip he's prepared.

In the clip, Akido says he'll have his two assistants Yamamoto and Baba show just how great the new Mega Evolutions are. First up is Fushigibana, which is Grass/Poison type, and thus weak against Fire and Ice attacks. When it Mega Evolves into Mega Fushigibana, however, its Ability changes from Overgrow to Thick Fat, making it strong against these types instead. To give us a visual explanation, he has Baba play the part of a regular Fushigibana, and makes two other assistants toss buckets of both hot water and ice water at him, making him recoil in pain at the "hot-coldness". Then, to demonstrate the Mega Evolution, he has Yamamoto play the part of the added protection, making Baba hold him up before him. Once again, the assistants toss buckets of hot water and ice water at them, but as the water hits Yamamoto rather than Baba, Baba ends up unaffected. And as such, it's demonstrated that after Mega Evolving, Mega Fushigibana's Thick Fat make it strong against Fire and Ice moves.


Next is Lizardon, which changes its Ability from Blaze to Drought upon Mega Evolving, thus increasing the power of its Fire moves. To demonstrate, Baba is put in a makeshift plastic greenhouse together with two other assistants, making the air inside hot and stuffy to simulate a regular Lizardon's Heat Wave move. The other two assistants are then sent out and replaced with two huge sweaty sumo wrestlers, making him almost burn up from the produced heat, thus simulating the increased power a Mega Lizardon's Heat Wave has. And thus, it's demonstrated that Sunny weather increases the power of Fire moves.


Finally, we have Kamex, which Ability changes from Torrent to the new Ability Mega Launcher upon Mega Evolution. Mega Launcher increases the damage of "pulse" type moves. To demonstrate this, Yamamoto is first doused with the water from a regular garden hose, simulating a Water Pulse attack from a normal Kamex. Next, Akido pulls out a pressure washer to simulate a Water Pulse attack from a Mega Kamex, spraying Yamamoto with a powerful and quite painful stream of water. Thus, we see how Mega Kamex' Pulse type moves greatly increase in power.


As we cut back to the studio, Akido announces Masuda's arrival, and sure enough, the "God of Pokémon" walks in shortly after. Akido says Masuda will tell them about Mega Mewtwo, but Golgo points out that they've already been shown a lot about it. Masuda says this time he'll show them during actual gameplay, and challenges Shoko-tan to a battle, which she happily accepts. The battle starts, with Shoko-tan using Mewtwo and Masuda using Zoroark, and Masuda tells her to Mega Evolve. As Shoko-tan does, however, Mewtwo transforms into an as of yet unseen form, before defeating Masuda's Zoroark with a single Giga Impact! Shoko-tan is shocked, having no idea what just went on, and Masuda explains that what they just saw was "Mega Mewtwo X". He further explains that the Mega Mewtwo they've been shown previously is actually named "Mega Mewtwo Y". Mewtwo Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo X with the Mewtwonite X Mega Stone, found in Pocket Monsters X, and into Mega Mewtwo Y with the Mewtwonite Y Mega Stone, found in Pocket Monsters Y. Golgo thanks Masuda for this amazing piece of news, and Masuda signs off by reminding everyone to please buy Pocket Monsters X and Y when they get released in October.

Pocket Monsters XY Anime Preview

Next, Shoko-tan has some news on the anime for us. First, she shows off "the Pokémon the anime will introduce in the Kalos region", and pulls a cover off a giant poster, revealing a promotional poster for the Pocket Monsters XY anime series. The poster shows Satoshi alongside many new Pokémon like Onvern, and Golgo points out the giant figures of Mega Lucario and Mega Burshamo standing in the distance. Shoko-tan points out the Fairy type Pokémon on the poster, like Nymphia and a very small Flabebe.


Following that, she goes on to introduce the new characters Satoshi and Pikachu will encounter. First up are Citron (シトロン) and Eureka (ユリーカ), which she explains are two siblings Satoshi meets in Niare City, and which are his opponents in the very first battle he has in the Kalos region, a battle he won't forget soon. Next is Serena (セレナ), a young girl who is just starting on her journey as a Pokémon trainer, and which Professor Red and Shoko-tan point out have a fashionable set of thigh-high socks and excellent zettai ryouiki. Shoko-tan wonders which of the three starter Pokémon she will choose, and mentions that she appears to have met Satoshi before, making the others ask where. They get no answer, though, as Shoko-tan introduces the next character, Viola (ビオラ), an active woman with a nice body and a great waist, and the Gym Leader of Hakudan City, which Satoshi will be challenging. And finally, she shows us the ones everyone were waiting for: Rocket Gang members Musashi, Kojiro and Nyarth, which will of course be appearing this series as well.


Next, Shoko-tan tells us she has information on the Mega Bursyamo that will be appearing right at the beginning of the new anime, and shows a video clip from the 1-hour premiere special of Pocket Monsters XY that will air October 17th. The clip shows Satoshi arriving in Kalos, walking through the city, encountering Citron and Eureka, and getting to see the the new Pokémon Harimaron, Fokko and Keromatsu... as well as a mysterious Mega Bursyamo that jumps down from a rooftop, lands imposingly behind him, then quickly jumps away again.


Finally, Shoko-tan mentions that the release of Pocket Monsters X and Pocket Monsters Y will be celebrated with an anime titled "Pocket Monsters the Orgin", which will air Tuesday October 2nd at 7PM, and which is based on the original Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green. She shows a promotional trailer for this, the one that has been available online for a while already, which shows Pokémon trainer Red receiving a Hitokage as his first Pokémon, and setting out on a journey.

Finally, Golgo has an announcement to make. This show, which started out as Pokémon Sunday, and has run 9 years now, will end in 2 episodes. To commemorate this, they will give out a Pokémon related to the show to all their viewers. As he gets ready to announce which Pokémon this will be, the studio door opens, and Director Zoroark, Leader Kimori and Hikozaru walk in to join Mijumaru and Director Lucario. The cast members line up before them, each holding a numbered poster they'll remove to reveal either an X mark or an O mark, the Pokémon getting the O mark being the one that will be distributed. As they reveal their posters, though, it turns out they all have X marks. As they wonder what this means, the door again opens, and Golgo's Yamirami walks in with the O poster. Golgo is about to scold it, but finds it too cute to yell at, so he decides that Yamirami will be the distributed Pokémon instead.


He goes on to explain that his Yamirami has undergone special training, and thus knows moves normal Yamirami can't learn: Octazooka and Tickle. The Pokémon will be available at all Pokémon Centers in Japan between September 15th and 28th, and can be downloaded for Pocket Monsters Black, White, Black 2 and White 2.

Full details of the Yamirami distribution are available in the Event Database.

Finally, ending the episode, Golgo announces that the next episode will be a commemoration special looking back at the earlier episodes of the show, while the very last episode will be another Pokémon Smash Champion Position Match tournament.

TV Tokyo has released a special press release for its 50th Anniversary that is completely dedicated to the Pocket Monsters franchise. The press release highlight 3 new Pocket Monsters related shows that will be airing on the television station in October of 2013.

1. Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN (ポケットモンスター THE ORIGIN) will air on October 2nd, 2013 from 7pm until 8:49pm. The anime special is to commemorate the upcoming Pocket Monstrs X and Y games, and is aimed at fans both fans currently playing the games, and adult fans who played back in the early days of the franchise when Pocket Monsters Red and Green were released.

2. Pocket Monsters is celebrating its 16th year with the 5th animated series called Pocket Monsters XY (ポケットモンスター Ｘ Ｙ). The series once again features Satoshi and Pikachu on a new journey. The series will air on Thursdays at 7pm.

3. As a tie-in to the upcoming release of Pocket Monsters X and Pocket Monsters Y, TV Tokyo is ending their Pokémon variety show Pokémon Smash, relaunching it as Pokémon Get TV (ポケモンゲット☆TV). Details on the new show are still vague, but like Pokémon Smash, it will be a 1 hour Pokémon-themed variety show running Sunday mornings at 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM. Pokémon Smash host Shoko Nakagawa is confirmed to stay on as a new host, and will be joined by actor and TV personality Yukito Nishii and the popular comedian duo Taka and Toshi. Details on whether TIM and Robert will stay on after Pokémon Smash are still unclear. Pokémon Get TV will premiere October 6th, 2013

Japanese Press Release

放送開始から満 16 年を迎えたアニメ「ポケットモンスター」が 3 年ぶりにモデルチェンジします。このアニメ新シリーズのキックオフをはじめ、テレビ東京の開局 50 周年キャンペーンに合わせて様々な特別企画を展開します。

① 『ポケットモンスター ジ・オリジン』放送！ 10 月 2 日（水）よる 7 時～8 時 49 分放送 ポケモンのすべての原点である 1996年に発売されたゲームボーイソフト「ポケットモンスター 赤・緑」をアニメ化。当時ゲームを楽しんでいた子供達も今や、大人になっていますが、そうした大人の皆さんにも楽しんでいただける作品になっています。

② アニメ新シリーズ「ポケットモンスター Ｘ Ｙエックスワイ」スタート！10月17日（木）よる7時～毎週木曜日よる 7 時から放送中のレギュラー番組では、3 年ぶりの新シリーズ「ポケットモンスター Ｘ Ｙエックスワイ』が 10 月 17 日から始まります。この作品は、テレビアニメシリーズ第 5 弾となり、サトシとピカチュウの新たな旅を描きます。

③ ポケモンゲット☆TV」 スタート！10月6日（日）～ あさ7時30分～毎週日曜日、あさ 7 時 30 分から放送のポケモン情報番組が内容を新たにスタート！タカアンドトシや、ポケモンが大好きな中川翔子さん、若手俳優・西井幸人（ゆきと）さんらがレギュラー出演いたします。『ポケットモンスター』は開局 50 周年特別企画として、来年度も様々な施策を実施予定！

Source: Official press release

An official presentation of the show lists its main starring voice actors as:


Rica Matsumoto (松本梨香): voice of Satoshi
Ikue Ohtani (大谷育江): voice of Pikachu
Megumi Hayashibara (林原めぐみ): voice of Musashi
Shinichiro Miki (三木眞一郎): voice of Kojiro
Inuko Inuyama (犬山イヌコ): voice of Nyarth
Yuji Ueda (うえだ ゆうじ): voice of Sonansu
Unsho Ishizuka (石塚運昇): voice of the Narrator
Mayuki Makiguchi (牧口真幸): (Prior voice of Yaoki and Taka)
Yuki Kaji (梶裕貴): (Prior voice of Virgil)
Mariya Ise (伊瀬 茉莉也)

Source: nanamaru