PokéNews (September 30): Pokémon anime / Pokémon GO
Today’s Pokémon news: latest Pokémon anime series revealed, but also…
- Pokémon GO
- Pokémon Sun and Moon (anime)
Pokémon anime
Yesterday, it was announced that the latest Pokémon anime series (simply called Pokémon) will debut on November 17th at 5.30PM JST with a 1h special. Here’s the second teaser trailer for it:
The anime series will have two protagonists: Satoshi / Ash (voiced by Rica Matsumoto) and Go (voiced by Daiki Yamashita).
And here’s the list of key staff working on this anime series:
- General Director: Daiki Tomiyasu (replacing Kunihiko Yuyama)
- Director: Kodaira Maki (who was Deputy Director for Pokémon Sun and Moon. Replaces Daiki Tomiyasu)
- Creative Supervisor: Kunihiko Yuyama
- Series Construction: Shouji Yonemura (replacing Aya Matsui)
- Character Design: Shuhei Yasuda
- Scenario Writers: Reiko Yoshida, Shouji Yonemura, Deko Akao, Junichi Fujisaku, Michihiro Tsuchiya, Douka Machida, Yuka Miyata, Aya Matsui, Tomioka Akihiro, Akemi Mende, and more
- Music: Yuki Hayashi (replacing Shinji Miyazaki, who has been the sole composer of the Pokémon anime series and movies for more than 20 years)
- Animation: OLM
The new Pokémon anime series debuts on November 17th in Japan.
Source: Gamer
Pokémon GO
Trainer Battles
Niantice have announced some more changes for Trainer Battles in the upcoming weeks, with:
- Updates to the combat system
- Exciting updates to existing attacks in Pokémon GO!
- More attacks will also be coming to Pokémon GO!
- Additional moveset updates
Click here to check out all the details about those changes!
Adventure Sync: Nearby
Heads up for players outside the United States: the Adventur Sync: Nearby feature is now live in Europe, Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico, the Philippines, and more.
Source: Serebii
Backpacks
The following items have been added to the Style Shop (200 Coins each):
- Bulbasaur’s bulb backpack
- Squirtle’s shell backpack
- Charmander-themes hoodie
Source: Niantic (Twitter)
Lapras (Japan)
As part of a special event, there will be increased spawns of Lapras in Japan, and more precisely the Miyagi Prefecture. Said event will take place from October 19th to November 4th.
Pokémon Sun and Moon (anime)
Here’s the latest videos for the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime series, with:
- preview for the next episode, airing this Sunday in Japan
- the latest video clip