Alongside various other news on the 16th Pokémon movie, news on this year's illustration contest were revealed last Friday. Like earlier years, entries will be submitted via participating magazines. Entry forms and a black-and-white picture to be used as the base for your colorized entry will be found in the following issues of the participating magazines:

Corocoro Comic (コロコロコミック) March 2013 issue, on sale February 15th
Corocoro Ichiban (コロコロイチバン) April 2013 issue, on sale February 21st
Pokémon Fan (ポケモンファン) issue 28, on sale February 20th
Weekly Shonen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー) issue 13/2013, on sale February 27th
TV-kun (てれびくん) April 2013 issue, on sale March 1st
Kindergarten (幼稚園) April 2013 issue, on sale March 1st
First Grader (小学一年生) April 2013 issue, on sale March 1st
Second Grader (小学二年生) April 2013 issue, on sale March 1st
Cíao (ちゃお) April 2013 issue, on sale March 1st
Pucchigumi (ぷっちぐみ) April 2013 issue, on sale March 15th


Each issue will come with one of two base pictures, featuring either Genesect or Eievui. After the magazine has gone on sale, that magazine's entry form and picture can also be downloaded on the official movie site. All entries must be submitted before April 19th.


Like before, each magazine will select one main winner each, all 10 of which will have their entry shown during the movie's ending credits. These winners will also receive a Pikachu Yellow Nintendo 3DSLL. In addition, each magazine will select an additional 5 winners each who will receive a Pokémon Tretta Collection Briefcase and a Tretta Report, as well as an additional 100 winners each who will receive 4 booster packs from the upcoming Pokémon Card Game expansion Megalo Cannon.

New this year is the addition of a special Grand Prize. Out of the 10 main winners, a single entrant will be selected to receive a very special prize: A role in the movie itself, dubbing a side character.


In addition to this, Pokémon Smash will be hosting its own "Director Shoko-tan Awards". Out of the various entrants, Shoko Nakagawa will select her personal favorite pictures - one from the magazines using the Genesect picture, and one from the magazines using the Eievui picture. These two winners will each receive a drawing of the Eievui Friends custom-made by Nakagawa herself (The winner of the Grand Prize is not eligible for these awards).

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

Pokémon Radio Show! Secret Live (Pokémon Radio Show! ロケット団ひみつ帝国」 シークレットライブ) has been announced on the Animate website. The event will take place on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 from 2:00pm until 3:00pm at the Grande Shibuya. The Rocket Gang Japanese voice actors: Megumi Hayashibara (Musashi), Shinichiro Miki (Kojiro) and Inuko Inuyama (Nyarth) will be in attendance and will be performing in character. A screen will be put in front of them as they do their performance to obscure the audiences view though.


Tickets are limited to those that receive one in the mail after a raffle lottery is completed. To enter the lottery, people need to pre-order a copy of one of the four Pokémon Radio Show CD's from February 15th, 2013 until March 5th, 2013. Those that pre-order will then receive an entry form at the time of purchase to fill out and mail into the following address.

Address	Translation
〒173-0021　　東京都板橋区弥生町77-3 株式会社アニメイト 「Pokemon Radio Show! ロケット団ひみつ帝国」 シークレットライブ　応募係	〒 173-0021 Yayoi-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 77-3 Animate Company Limited Pokemon Radio Show! Rocket Gang Secret Empire Live Show Application

Tickets are only valid for the person that applied for the ticket and cannot be transferred and event staff have the right to refuse a ticket holder entrance to the event if they believe that it is fraudulently transferred. Recording devices such as a camera and camcorder are not allowed at the event to prevent recording but the event will be recorded by event staff. The event may be cancelled due to weather or other reasons.

Our Rocket Gang Secret Empire section has been updated with the details as well.

Source: http://www.animate.co.jp/event/event_e20130323pokemonradio/

The official Pokémon website has revealed a new Pokémon TV app for Google Android and Apple iOS. The app allows fans to watch episodes of the Pokémon anime on their compatible Android or iOS devices. The English dub of the 15th anime short Meloetta’s Moonlight Serenade will debut on the app.

Watch Pokémon episodes on the new Pokémon TV app!

Download the Pokémon TV application today and start watching amazing Pokémon animated adventures starring Ash, Pikachu, and all their friends anywhere you can go online! Don’t miss exciting special features, movies, and trailers for upcoming Pokémon movie events, too. It’s the perfect app for Pokémon fans to keep up with Pokémon TV episodes!

The Pokémon TV app is available now at no charge for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the App Store and for Android at the Google Play website.

This Friday, visit Pokémon TV on Pokemon.com or via the Pokémon TV mobile app to watch two amazing Pokémon specials! Don’t miss the animated short feature Meloetta’s Moonlight Serenade, showing in English for the very first time. You can watch this short on Pokémon TV through March 24th. Be sure to look for a sneak peek of Meloetta in its awesome Pirouette Forme!

And don’t miss the latest full-length Pokémon film, Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice, starring the Mythical Pokémon Keldeo and a host of cool Legendary Pokémon! The movie will be on Pokémon TV only through February 18th so catch it while you can!

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/anim_pokemontv_mobile_app-2013-02-12/

Trailer

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPG3hdGwW4

Images and information from the March 2013 issue of Corocoro have begun to leak and the much hinted at 6th Generation Eevee evolution has been revealed. Nymphia (ニンフィア) is an evolved form of Eevee but its type and evolution method have yet to be revealed. Nymphia is 1.0m high and weighs 23.5kg.


The full title of this years 16th Pocket Monsters movie was also revealed as: Extremespeed Genesect: The Awakening of Mewtwo (神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒)

Further details will be posted as they are revealed.

To 'celebrate' the Super Bowl on February 3rd, 2013, Cartoon Network aired their own 'Pokémon Battle Bowl'.

Cartoon Network News Posting

The most important sporting event on television tomorrow is…the Pokémon Battle Bowl! (What? What did you think we were going to say?) Check out epic battle episodes, Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice, AND an instant replay of today's season premiere of Pokémon: Black and White Adventures in Unova, all starting tomorrow morning at 11a/10c on Cartoon Network!

Commercial

The official Pokémon YouTube page has posted a trailer for the upcoming new English dub season Pokémon BW: Adventures in Unova which will begin airing on Cartoon Network on February 2nd, 2013. Below is the trailer and a season description. The trailer contains spoilers.


Ash and his friends Iris and Cilan have foiled Team Rocket's latest evil plan, but a new danger lurks on the horizon! But first, with eight Gym badges in hand, Ash is ready to take on the region's ultimate challenge: the Unova League, where he'll face familiar rivals and new opponents in his ongoing quest to become a Pokémon Master.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/pokemon

Momoclo no Kodomo Matsuri 2012 ~Yoiko no Minna Atsumare!~ (ももクロ子供祭り2012～良い子のみんな集まれーっ！) DVD and Bluray were released in Japan on January 23rd, 2013. They feature the Momoiro Clover Z event "Momokuro no Kodomo Matsuri dayo!" held at Toda-shi Bunka Kaikan on May 5th, 2012. The disc features a live performance of the Best Wishes ending theme Mitemite kotchitchi (みてみて☆こっちっち).


The Bluray and DVD are being distributed by King Records. The Bluray has a catalog number of KIXM-68 and retails for 5,040yen while the 2 disc DVD set has the catalog numbers KIBM-333～334　and retails for 3,990yen. Both the DVD and Bluray have been added to our disc database.

Source: http://www.momoclo.net/pub/pc/information/?id=103

It has been revealed that Kyurem VS The Sword of Justice will be available to view in select Hoyts Cinemas in Australia for at least the weekends of February 16th/17th and February 23rd/24th, 2013. The DVD and Bluray will then be released by Beyond Home Entertainment the following week on March 6th, 2013. The DVD's and Bluray have been added to our database and more information about them can be found there.

Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice in select Hoyts Cinemas

Hoyts Plus presents... Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice

During a train trip, Ash and friends spot an injured Pokémon they don ’t recognize. They’re planning a rescue when the train is attacked by the Legendary Kyurem! Ash and the others manage to get the unfamiliar Pokémon to safety, and they learn its story...

The Mythical Pokémon Keldeo is on a mission to rescue its friends - Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, the Swords of Justice - from Kyurem’s icy clutches. But Kyurem has other ideas, and when it transforms into Black Kyurem or White Kyurem for greater power, things look grim!

Can Keldeo find the courage to stand up to this menace? Find out at selected Hoyts cinemas from 16 February!

Saturday 16 February and Sunday 17 February - Banter Pokémon Trading Card Demonstrations

Banter will be offering Pokémon Trading card demonstrations 1 hour prior to the Pokémon screenings at the following locations:

NSW - Blacktown
ACT – Woden
VIC – Eastland
QLD – Stafford
SA – Tea Tree Plaza
WA – Garden City

Sources: http://www.hoyts.com.au/Movies/Events/Pokemon_Movie_Kyurem.aspx and http://www.hoyts.com.au/Movies/details/Pokemon_Kyurem_vs_Sword.aspx

The Sword of Justice DVD and Bluray / Rival Destinies - Collection 1 DVD

Movie 15 DVD	Movie 15 Bluray	Rival Destinies - Collection 1
Release Date: 2013-03-06 DVD DB Link: Click Here	Release Date: 2013-03-06 DVD DB Link: Click Here	Release Date: 2013-02-06 DVD DB Link: Click Here

Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice DVD and Bluray Info

During a train trip, Ash and friends spot an injured Pokémon they don’t recognize. They’re planning a rescue when the train is attacked by the Legendary Kyurem! Ash and the others manage to get the unfamiliar Pokémon to safety, and they learn its story. The Mythical Pokémon Keldeo is on a mission to rescue its friends - Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, the Swords of Justice - from Kyurem’s icy clutches. But Kyurem has other ideas, and when it transforms into Black Kyurem or White Kyurem for greater power, things look grim! Can Keldeo find the courage to stand up to this menace?

Pokémon Season 15: Rival Destinies - Collection 1

New foes, new friends, and dozens of never-before-seen Pokémon await Ash and Pikachu as they continue to explore the Unova region! It won’t be long before Ash finds himself up against the ultimate battle challenge: Alder, the Champion Master of Unova! Ash’s friends face their own trials as one fights for the right to continue her travels, and another confronts a returning challenge from the past. And it will take the combined strength of Ash, Cilan, and Iris to save an island from the clashing forces of three powerful and mysterious Legendary Pokémon! All that and Ash still has Gym badges to earn if he hopes to make it to the Unova League—can he prevail against Gym Leaders like the electrifying Elesa and no-nonsense Clay?

Source: http://www.beyondhomeentertainment.com.au

The opening and ending themes for the new series Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Season 2 Episode N (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ シーズン2 エピソードN) have been announced. On Pokémon Smash 118, it was revealed that a renewed version of Become an Arrow! (やじるしになって！) sung by Rica Matsumoto will be the opening theme for the series.

Sakura-go-round (サクラ・ゴーラウンド)

A new ending theme has been announced and Sakura-go-round (サクラ・ゴーラウンド) by Shiritsu Ebisu Chūgaku (私立恵比寿中学) will be the song. The group consists of the following members: Mizuki (瑞季), Rika Mayama (真山 りか), Natsu Anno (杏野 なつ), Ayaka Yasumoto (安本 彩花), Aika Hirota (廣田 あいか), Mirei Hoshina (星名 美怜), Hirono Suzuki (鈴木 裕乃), Rina Matsuno (松野 莉奈) and Hinata Kashiwagi (柏木 ひなた).


Sources: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130114-00000048-dal-ent and http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20130114-1071974.html

Coasters featuring quotes of famous lines spoken by N in the video games will be given away with each purchase over 1500 yen made in the listed periods at the Pokémon Centers in Japan. There are 15 different coasters, each featuring a different N line from the games. There will also be Episode N quizes held in the store for 5 consecutive weeks. If patrons answer correctly, they will win a sticker.

During each of the following periods, patrons get to choose one of these from a set of 5 available coasters every time they make a purchase of over 1500 yen: January 17th, 2013 until January 27th, 2013, January 28th until February 11th, 2013, and February 12th, 2013 until February 24th, 2013. Then, during the period February 25th, 2013 until March 3rd 2013, patrons can choose between all 15. During the entire period, January 17th, 2013 until March 3rd, 2013, there'll also be a photo spot with Satoshi and N and a showing of a special N anime short in the Pokémon Centers.


Finally, starting January 18th, 2013, there'll be a quiz question available in the Pokémon Centers. The answer to the quiz can be found in the next anime episode to air. Then, through the next week, viewers can go to the Pokémon Center and give their answer to the quiz to a staff member there. If it's correct, they get a sticker as a prize.

Pokémon Center Schedule for Sapporo, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka

Week #	Store Period of the Video Quiz Questions	Airing of Answer on Anime Episode	Sticker Prize
Week 1	2013/01/18 to 2013/01/24	BWS2N-2 - 2013/01/24	2013/01/25 to 2013/01/31
Week 2	2013/01/25 to 2013/01/31	BWS2N-3 - 2013/01/31	2013/02/01 to 2013/02/07
Week 3	2013/02/01 to 2013/02/07	BWS2N-4 - 2013/02/07	2013/02/08 to 2013/02/14
Week 4	2013/02/08 to 2013/02/14	BWS2N-5 - 2013/02/14	2013/02/15 to 2013/02/21
Week 5	2013/02/15 to 2013/02/21	BWS2N-6 - 2013/02/21	2013/02/22 to 2013/02/28

Pokémon Center Schedule for Tohoku

Week #	Store Period of the Video Quiz Questions	Airing of Answer on Anime Episode	Sticker Prize
Week 1	2013/01/27 to 2013/022/02	BWS2N-2 - 2013/02/02	2013/02/03 to 2013/02/09
Week 2	2013/02/03 to 2013/02/09	BWS2N-3 - 2013/02/09	2013/02/10 to 2013/02/16
Week 3	2013/02/10 to 2013/02/16	BWS2N-4 - 2013/02/16	2013/02/17 to 2013/02/23
Week 4	2013/02/17 to 2013/02/23	BWS2N-5 - 2013/02/23	2013/02/24 to 2013/03/02
Week 5	2013/02/24 to 2013/03/02	BWS2N-6 - 2013/03/02	2013/03/03 to 2013/03/09

Pokémon Center Posters

memories of N Merchandise

Metal Keyholder N (メタルキーホルダー　N)　500yen
A4-size clear files with N (A4クリアファイル　N)　210yen
File Box N's Reshiram (ファイルボックスPG「Nのレシラム」)　600yen
File Box N's Zekrom (ファイルボックスPG「Nのゼクロム」)　600yen
Mug N's Reshiram (箱つきマグPG「Nのレシラム」)　1,500yen
Mug N's Zekrom (箱つきマグPG「Nのゼクロム」)　1,500yen
A4 N's Reshiram and N's Zekrom design clear file set (A4クリアファイルPG「Nのレシラム」「Nのゼクロム」セット)　420yen

Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2013/01/130111_p01.html