New opening theme: "1, 2, 3" by After the Rain and others (starts November 17th)

[Spider-Phoenix]

IDK about them, but since people here are saying good things about them, then things seem pretty good (though I hope Rica gets to sing an opening here too)

I'm confident we'll. Rica always gets at least one opening per series. And the bar is only one because DP only had High Touch (which she sang alongside Megumi "Dawn" Toyoguchi).

I think it's highly likely we'll get a version sang by Rica and Daiki at some point.

 

[WaterShuriken]

Meanwhile Ash catches a Grubbin in the opening but only gets a pinch on the nose in the actual anime

He didn't catch it in the opening though. Those were two different scenes.

 

[Rock Captain 99]

what kind of capture spoilers should we expect?

Spoilers are the best part of any opening imo. These spoilers are the only thing I care about in any opening or closing theme!!

 

[Dephender]

Missed this earlier. The song won't JUST be performed by After the Rain, but by a variety of others as well, After the Rain are just the first ones out:

https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pocketmonster/news/index.html#217572

We're Revealing Info on the Opening Theme!!

The opening theme for the new series "Pocket Monsters"
is produced, written, composed and arranged by music creator "Mafumafu",
who is extremely popular online on sites such as YouTube.

The official Mafumafu website

A variety of artists and singers will be rearranging and singing this Mafumafu song, one after another!
The first to sing this song is "After the Rain (Soraru x Mafumafu)", a duo Mafumafu formed with "Soraru", another artist extremely popular online!
This opening theme that's being performed by a duo whose biggest fans consider the "ultimate duo"
will no doubt liven up this new series featuring double protagonists!!

The official After the Rain website

We'll announce more intriguing info in the future, including the song's title!
Don't miss out on the news!

 

[Spider-Phoenix]

It'd be great if they could get more former singers who worked on Pokémon. I'm strongly confident Shokotan, Tomohisa Sako and Taiiku Okazaki will be certain to be there.

Wonder what's Fumie Akiyoshi is up to? Is she still active? I'd love to have her doing a PokéAni OP again.

 

[Dephender]

Wonder what's Fumie Akiyoshi is up to? Is she still active? I'd love to have her doing a PokéAni OP again.

Akiyoshi retired in late 2013 after becoming a mother.

 

[satopi]

I’m looking forward to it! I hope they mean that Ash and Go are going to have a strong friendship. I don’t think we had a male duo singing the opening yet.

 

[Redstar45]

Akiyoshi retired in late 2013 after becoming a mother.

That nice to hear....

 

[Spider-Phoenix]

Akiyoshi retired in late 2013 after becoming a mother.

Thanks.

And to be honest, that doesn't really surprised me lol

 

[lolipiece]

A variety of singers? Considering this series has a globetrotting theme, that's really fitting.

I have to wonder: will they alternate every few episodes or will each version of the song be tied to a specific region they're in. It's hard to speculate since we don't really know how Ash and Gou's travel pattern will be.

Hopefully we get a Rica Matsumoto and Daiki Yamashita version, too.

 

[TheWanderingMist]

A variety of singers? Considering this series has a globetrotting theme, that's really fitting.

I have to wonder: will they alternate every few episodes or will each version of the song be tied to a specific region they're in. It's hard to speculate since we don't really know how Ash and Gou's travel pattern will be.

Hopefully we get a Rica Matsumoto and Daiki Yamashita version, too.

Even if the theme is good, I really hope it doesn't stick around as long as Alola! did. Even if they are switching singers.

 

[mehmeh1]

Even if the theme is good, I really hope it doesn't stick around as long as Alola! did. Even if they are switching singers.

Alola stuck around for around 47 episodes, which isn't really that much for pokemon openings tbh

 

[JC317]

Alola stuck around for around 47 episodes, which isn't really that much for pokemon openings tbh

Yea... Pose on the other hand, boy did that ED overstay its welcome...

Wait, I just had a mind-blowing revelation! The first line of Pose was literally "おーっす！みらいのチャンピオン", which in English is referring to Ash as "Future Champion" or " Champ-in-the-Making".

Now this, this is foreshadowing. Not that balloon bull**** that was so popular a few weeks ago

 

[Dephender]

I have to wonder: will they alternate every few episodes or will each version of the song be tied to a specific region they're in. It's hard to speculate since we don't really know how Ash and Gou's travel pattern will be.

Considering they've only announced the first singers, I don't thnik we can expect the next ones until a while into the series.

 

[Bortgreen]

Yea... Pose on the other hand, boy did that ED overstay its welcome...

Wait, I just had a mind-blowing revelation! The first line of Pose was literally "おーっす！みらいのチャンピオン", which in English is referring to Ash as "Future Champion" or " Champ-in-the-Making".

Now this, this is foreshadowing. Not that balloon bull**** that was so popular a few weeks ago

"Champ in the making" is a reference to the guy who gives you tips in the gyms

But well, you do become a champion in the end

 

[Spider-Phoenix]

Yeah, I was going to ask just that. Most likely a reference to the tip guy in front of the gym lol

 

[Dephender]

Yeah, I was going to ask just that. Most likely a reference to the tip guy in front of the gym lol

It is. It's literally word-for-word that line.

 

[Henry's Journey]

Hoping for an opening with spoilers and a nice song of course.

 

[Dephender]

The new trailer gives us a quick preview of the song and reveals it's titled "1, 2, 3":

 

[Xeogran]

The song sounds real nice. I, for one, am very hyped!