Pokémon trainers, get ready! On June 18th and 19th, 2011, for those two days, Mirabilandia amusement park in Savio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy will be completely transformed into a Pokémon resort!


Now in its seventh edition, this year the Pokémon Day in Italy brings you into the new region of Unova, where visitors can play and have fun with the fantastic Pokémon from Pokémon Black and White.

During the two days, there will be many activities:

• Learn to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game and then venture into the tournaments being held!
• Test yourself with your video game Pokémon in a battle!
• Sit back in the Cinema 4D theater to watch the movie Pokémon - Zoroark Il Re Delle Illusioni on a big screen!
• Get the special Zoroark for your Pokémon Black or White game! (Be sure to bring your Nintendo DS and Black or White game)
• Enter the draw to win great prizes everyday!

In addition, you can meet Pikachu Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott live just like many other Pokémon trainers! A full PDF is available with the details on each event as well as a map of the amusement park where events will be held. The PDF has also been posted on the Imageboard thread.
The Pokémon Day is organized by Gedis Editions in collaboration with Nintendo Italy and with the participation of K-2 and Universal Pictures Italy.

For information on how to get to Mirabilandia Italy, visit www.mirabilandia.it.

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/it/news/op_pokemon_day_it-2011-06-09/

Pokémon Smash Episode 36, Okido's Lab! Gathering of the Whole Crew!! / The Original Card Battles Debut the 'Victini' Battle Theme Deck / BW News: Group Member Akiyama has Produced a PokéSma Musical! (オーキド研究所！　全員集合！！ / オリジナルカードバトルにバトルテーマデッキ「ビクティニ」登場 / BW情報では秋山隊員がポケスマミュージカルをプロデュース！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The announcer introduced the items for this episode and then said: "Hello! It's Sunday morning! It's time for Pokémon Entertainment Show! Pokémon Smash! Here we go!". Golgo just started off the show with a standard 'PokéMorning' when Shoko-tan wonders what Akiyama is wearing on his eyes. He then takes off his jacket to show that he has wings but won't tell them what they are for and says they should introduce the Pokémon Library episode.


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Professor Red introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Home Sweet Home!(ふるさとはあたたかい！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was Okido's Lab! Gathering of the Whole Crew!! (オーキド研究所！　全員集合！！) from the Advanced Generation series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Professor Red said his go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the Pokémon Library Victini Akiyama showed up and Yamamoto was a bit annoyed because the wings kept hitting him in the face. They then decided to play a game of Janken. The teams were Victini Akiyama and Yamamoto vs Baba, Shoko, Red and Golgo. Round one, Yamamoto beat Golgo. Round 2, Yamamoto beat Shoko-tan. Round 3, Yamamoto beat Professor Red. Finally in round 4, Baba beat Yamamoto and Victini Akiyama started snapping Yamamoto's neck which was obviously making him mad. Just then the International divison girls show up as well as a full sized Victini like Zoroark and Mijumaru. Yamamoto and Akiyama then introduce the Pokémon Card Game Battle will be using the new Victini expansion being released on June 17th, 2011.


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Pokémon Card Game BW Battle Theme Deck: Victini (ポケモンカードゲームBW バトルテーマデッキ 「ビクティニ」) was reintroduced by the announcer and Team Zekrom consisting of Robert used the Coin Toss Deck (コイントスデッキ) while Team Reshiram consisting of the International Division girls used the Formation Deck (フォーメーションデッキ). Teacher Takashima returned once again to help out with the battle.


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Teacher Takashima started off by talking about the two Victini cards that are featured in the theme deck. The first one from the Coin Toss Deck: Victini (009/021 BTV), knows the move V-Blast (Vブラスト) which deals 120 damage but two coins must be tossed and both must be heads for the attack to work. The second Victini card from the Formation Deck: Victini (001/021 BTV) has V-Generate (Ｖジェネレート) which does 100 damage but it requires that there are 5 Pokémon on the players bench.

Victini Akiyama used wore the Coin Toss Deck: Victini (009/021 BTV) to start the match while Misaki started the match on her side by wearing Formation Deck: Ligray (012/021 BTV). Yamamoto was on the bench with Deathmas (010/021 BTV). Hana would be the player for her team while Baba was the player for Robert's team. Hana's team won Janken and got to draw first. She drew Emonga (006/021 BTV) and put it in her hand. She then gave Misaki Ligray a Psychic energy to use Contact (コンタクト) which allows the player to search their deck to find 2 Pokémon to on their bench. She got Shibishirasu (007/021 BTV) and Victini.

Baba picked up a Psychic energy card and then applied it to Victini and then used the Trainer card Crush Hammer (クラッシュハンマー) (015/021 BTV) which requires the player to flip a coin. If the coin toss is heads, the player can choose 1 Energy card attached to 1 of their opponent's Pokémon and discard it. Baba flipped heads and removed the Psychic energy card from Misaki Ligray. Baba then played the Supporter card Bel (021/021 BTV) while allowed him to draw cards from the deck until they had 6 cards in their hand. Baba picked up 3 cards: Psychic energy, Baoppu (バオップ 002/021 BTV) and Pokémon Substitution (ポケモンいれかえ 018/021 BTV). Baba then flipped two coins and got heads both times allowing them to use V-Blast. To emulate the V-Blast move, styrofoam walls were created with a trolley track. Misaki as Ligray sat on a board and was propelled through the walls to emulate the attack.


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With Misaki Ligray knocked out as it dealt double the damage (240HP) due to Psychic weakness, Baba picked up the prize card Deathkarn. Maria wearing Shibishirasu was sent into play as Hana picked up another Ligray card. Hana then used Super Ball (スーパーボール 017/021 BTV) which allows the player to search their deck for a Pokémon and put it on their bench. The girls selected Tabunne. Hana then applied a Fire energy card to Victini on their bench.


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Baba picked up the card Pokémon Catcher (ポケモンキャッチャー) and then evolved Yamamoto Deathmas(010/021 BTV) into Deathkarn (011/021 BTV) and added a psychic energy to it. Baba decided to use V-Blast again but only got heads on the first toss. Hana's team picked up Cheren and they immediately used it to pickup 3 cards: a Psychic energy, another Emonga (006/021 BTV), and Merarva (メラルバ 004/021 BTV). They now had 5 Pokémon on their bench so they switched out Maria wearing Shibishirasu and Misaki came out wearing Formation Deck: Victini (001/021 BTV). They then applied a Psychic energy card to Misaki Victini and used V-Generate (Ｖジェネレート) which required 2 energy and 5 Pokémon on the bench. To emulate the attack, 5 guys got into a V formation and pushed a large ball at Akiyama Victini into a hot pool. Akiyama quickly went to a nearby bucket of ice. The move was enough to knock out Akiyama Victini. Hana picked up a Fire Energy card as their prize.


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Yamamoto Deathkarn was sent out to battle and Baba picked up Muggyo (マッギョ 008/021 BTV) and put it on the bench. Baba then attached a Fire energy to Yamamoto Deathkarn and used the move Ambush (おそいかかる) which deals upto 60 damage if they get a heads to raise the base attack damage from 40. Formation Deck: Victini (001/021 BTV) has 70HP though. Baba decided to use the Pokémon Catcher (ポケモンキャッチャー 019/021) Trainer's card which allows the player to choose 1 of their opponent's benched Pokémon and switch it their active Pokémon. Baba switched Victini (001/021 BTV) with their second Ligray (012/021 BTV). Baba did a coin toss and got heads which gave Ambush (おそいかかる) enough damage to knock out Ligray. Maria got slimed by Ambush (おそいかかる) 'Sticky Version' which was emulated with two big hands. Baba picked up a Fire energy card as a prize and Misaki Victini was sent out as the active battle Pokémon again.


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Hana applied an Lightning Energy to Emonga and since they had 5 Pokémon on the bench again they used V-Generate (Ｖジェネレート). To emulate the attack on Yamamato, the 5 guys got into a V formation again and pushed a large ball at Yamamoto Deathkarn into a hot pool. It was enough damage to knock Deathkarn out it as the Ability "Body that doesn't decay"(くちないからだ) which allows the player to flip a coin and if its heads, the Pokémon is not knocked out but only has 10 HP remaining. Baba got heads and Yamamoto was kept in play. Baba then picked up Revive (げんきのかけら 016/021 BTV) and used it to revive Akiyama Victini.

If this Pokémon would be Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, you may flip a coin. If heads, this Pokémon is not Knocked Out, and has 10 HP remaining. Akiyama gets up off the floor where he had been lying down since he was knocked out. He's more than happy to be back in the battle and gives a very funny but evil laugh. Akiyama Victini goes into battle and Baba tosses 2 heads and once again Misaki is subjected to the V-Blast move. Team Zekrom won the battle and 100 points were added to the running total. As of the airing of this episode, Team Zekrom had 67,509 points while Team Reshiram was in the lead with 67,954 points.


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PokéSma Musical!

Akiyama consulted Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda about the Pokémon Musical and as a present a Pokémon Smash Musical was created. It even has its on original tune which was has people shouting 'Pokémon Smash' during it. Pokémon Smash members Mijumaru, Zoroark as well as a Victini are all featured in the musical. The cast decided to dress up Mijumaru, Zoroark and Victini just like people can do in game for the musical.


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Players of the Japanese versions of Pokémon Black and White can download the PokéSma Musical from Pokémon Global Link from Monday June 13th, 2011 at 1pm until August 30th, 2011. The password to unlock the musical is: 「ポケスマ！ミュージカル」

As a reminder for the upcoming CD release of Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW) which will be released on June 22nd, 2011, the Pokémon Smash cast members all took part singing the song for the ending.


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Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl voice actor Tomoko Kawakami (川上倫子) died on June 9th, 2011 of ovarian cancer. She had been sick for quite a while and unfortunately she was unable to recover. She was most known for her roles as: Hikari's Mimirol (ヒカリのミミロル), Momoan (モモアン) and the Zukan (ポケモン図鑑) in DP1 to 100. She was 41.

Source: http://baobab.dreamlog.jp/archives/4981754.html

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 38 - Dent the Sommelier Detective! The Case of the Missing Tabunne!! (ソムリエ探偵デント！タブンネ失踪事件！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they encounter Tabunne. Suddenly, Junsa-san appears as the fog clears and accuses Satoshi and friends of being criminals! Will they be able to sort it out with Junsa or will they be heading to the big house for the rest of their lives?!

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

To promote the upcoming Pocket Monsters Best Wishes movies: Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム), McDonald's Japan has announced a new Happy Set promotion. Starting Friday, June 17th, 2011, participating McDonald's location in Japan will be distributing the 'Playing in the Water Pokémon! (ポケモンと水遊び！)' toys with Happy Set's. Each of these toys are waterproof and can be played with in the water. McDonald's America will also be doing a Happy Meal promotion starting on June 17th, 2011 but the toy distribution is different. Pictures of all the toys can be found on the Imageboard thread.

There are 8 different toys to collect:

Pikachu with Shiny Surfboard (ピカチュウの光るサーフボード)
Zekrom Vehicle (ゼクロム ビークル)
Reshiram Vehicle (レシラム ビークル)
Play in the Water Mijumaru (ミジュマルの水あそび)
Bubbles and Water Gun Pikachu (ピカチュウのシャボン玉と水でっぽう)
Victini Beach
Leaf Boat Tsutarja (ツタージャの木の葉ボート)
Fruit Boat Pokabu (ポカブのフルーツボート).

Source: http://www.terrafor.net/news_e5yWsj4TQ2.html

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 37 - Dangoro! Fire the Flash Cannon!! (ダンゴロ！ラスターカノン発射せよ！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they encounter a distressed Dangoro. Satoshi is unaware of the distress it's in and mistakes it for excitement and decides to battle the Dangoro to get it. Will Satoshi be victorious and get Dangoro?

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

The official Every Little Thing website has updated and has posted details for the upcoming Sora / Koe (宙 -そら- / 響 -こえ-) CD's which will now be released on July 13th, 2011 in Japan. Sora (宙 -そら-) will be the ending theme for Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) while Koe (響 -こえ-) will be the ending theme for Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム). Below are the covers for the CD. Click on the images for more information.

CD+DVD/Jacket A	Limited Edition / Jacket B	Pokémon Limited Edition / Jacket C

Source: http://www.avexnet.or.jp/elt/news/110516_01.html

On June 1st, 2011, the yearly Pocket Monsters press conference reading for the current movie took place. For this years 14th Pocket Monsters movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム), Hideki Takahashi (高橋英樹) the voice of Zekrom, Shōsuke Tanihara (谷原章介) the voice of Reshiram, Satomi Ishihara (石原さとみ) the voice of Carlita (カリータ), Shōko Nakagawa the voices of Shade and Aude, Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一) the voice of Momont, Mao Daichi (大地真央) the voice of Janta, and director Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦) were all in attendance. Shoko-tan is participating in her 5th consecutive Pocket Monsters movie.


Pictures from the event have been added to the imageboard.

Source: http://eiga.com/news/20110601/14/

Pokémon Smash Episode 34, Pochama Runs Away! / A Special Supporter Joins the Black-White Cheering Battle / Will Zebraika Win in Maria's First Pokémon Battle? (ポッチャマはぐれる！ / 黒白おうえん合戦にスペシャルサポーターが登場 / ポケモンバトルはマリアが初バトル、ゼブライカで勝てるか？), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The episode started off with Golgo allowing Maria to do the weekly greeting gesture which she briefly thought about and ended up doing a full spin with a thumbs up at the end while saying 'PokéMoring!'. The rest of the cast joined in and mimicked her greeting.

Akiyama introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Be aware of other people's feelings as their feelings are important! (相手を気づかう気持ちが大事！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was Pochama Runs Away! (ポッチャマはぐれる！) from the Diamond and Pearl series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Professor Red said his go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the Pokémon Library rerun episode, Akiyama introduced a 'Special Supporter' for Team Zekrom and the movie Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム). Gari-kun (ガリ君), the popular ice cream and Popsicle mascot showed up and Team Zekrom got 5 points added to their total score. The whole cast sang the popular catch song Gari Gari-kun(ガリガリ君 ガリガリ君 ガリガリ君). Realizing that Team Zekrom might have the advantage going on, Misaki used her idol skills on Gari-kun to see if he would be willing to support Team Reshiram and Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム). Hana and Maria all tried to help out but then Yamamoto and Baba objected and tried to tell Gari-kun not to listen to them and that he was their 'Special Supporter'.


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The Adventure Division and the International Division arrived at Akagi Ice Factory 5S, Saitama Prefecture, Honjo City (埼玉県本庄市　赤城乳業本庄千本くら「５ｓ」工場) where they met Gari-kun and Yuka Minowa, a representative for the company. Suddenly, Bobby Ologun appears and since Maria wasn't around the last time he was on the show, she wondered who he was and why he was there.

Everyone entered the factory and got dressed in clean suits and began their tour of the plant. They noticed that the sofa backs were shaped as flavored bars and that the floors were very clean an shiny. Then then checked out a machine that crushed large blocks of ice and mixed them. a 135kg block of ice is able to make 5000 flavored ice bars.


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They then had a Gari Gari-kun quiz. Below are the questions that were asked.

#	Question	Answer
1	Is Gari Gari-kun's sibling... (ガリカリ君のきょうだいは？) A. Elder Brother (兄)　B. Elder Sister (姉)　C. Younger Brother (弟) D. Younger Sister (妹)	D. Younger Sister (妹) Spoiler: Click to show!
2	Over 30 years, how many different flavors have there been? (３０年で何種類の味が登場している？)	60 Spoiler: Click to show!

Maria got the first question right while Yamamoto got the second one right. They continued the tour and watched the Popsicles being made where they were frozen at -35C. Akiyama loaded some of the popsicle sticks into the machine. After their tour of the factory was complete, they announced there would be Movie 14 Gari Gari-kun treat. The treat would be a Gari Gari-kun Choco Rich Popsicle and would go on sale on June 1st, 2011.


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Baba also showed that a few Popsicle sticks would have a special marking with a Victini which would give people a t-shirt as a prize.


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In the Marketing Department segment, a Double Battle between 10 year old Moeto Niino(新野萌登) and Maria took place. This was Maria's first battle on the show but unfortunately she lost and had to trade her Enbuoh (エンブオー) for his Kuitaran (クイタラン).

As a reminder for the upcoming CD release of Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW) which will be released on June 22nd, 2011, they filmed various kids singing the song for the ending.

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 36 - Enter the Dragon Buster! Iris and Doryuzu!! ( ドラゴンバスター登場！アイリスとドリュウズ！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they encounter Dragon Buster Langley who challenges Iris to a battle. Taunted into the battle, Iris sends out her Kibago to battle. Will Iris and Kibago be victorious?

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.