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October 31st: PM2023 115 - Tera Shine! Blueberry Academy (w/Shinya Owada)

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Liko and the others travel to Blueberry Academy, a school where Pokémon battles are extremely popular, in order to train! There, they meet Taro from the Bluebereague Elite Four, who gives them a tour of the Terarium Dome inside the academy. They also meet Anne and Nemo again, and Roy ends up getting his first battle with Nemo in quite a while......?!

Screenplay 佐藤大 (Dai Sato)
Storyboard 燕謙太郎 (Kentaro Tsubame)
Episode Director 奥野浩行 (Hiroyuki Okuno)
Animation Director 柳原好貴 (Koki Yanagihara)
Animation Director 大西雅也 (Masaya Ōnishi)
Animation Director 真田さな (Sana Sanada)
Animation Director えりある (A-Real)

A comment from Seiran Kobayashi, the voice of Taro:
My name is Seiran Kobayashi, and I've been given the opportunity to play Taro. Taro was one of my favorite characters when I played Pocket Monsters Scarlet/Violet, with her "Sou iu no yokunai to omoimasu!" line making a particularly lasting impression on me, so it's a true honor to be assigned the duty of bringing these words crafted by Taro to life through sound. The more I played the character, the more strongly I felt that her charm lies in how her idea of "cute" is built on a wealth of amassed knowledge, and I also had a lot of fun relearning all these things about battling and individual Pokémon characteristics as I played the role. I hope I've been able to support Liko, Roy, Dot and Uruto to the best of my ability during this crucial period of growth for them! Thank you for your support as we enter the Rising Again arc. Best regards!

A comment from Hiroyuki Yoshino, the voice of Kakitsubata:
I will be taking part in the anime as the voice of Kakitsubata. Make sure to check out the episodes live to learn how he'll be interacting with the protagonists, okay? Everyone at Blueberry Academy look forward to your support! Please continue to enjoy the Pokémon anime in the Rising Again arc as well!


We've received comments from Shinya Owada-san, the voice of Principal Cyano! While joined by Pero-san the Kuwassu, Chiko-san the Zenigame and Chiro-san the Waninoko, he talked about how he felt when he got cast, his thoughts on playing Principal Cyano, and more.

Hello everyone. This is Shinya Owada. This time I will be playing Cyano, the principal of Blueberry Academy, who's going to appear in the Rising Again arc of the Pocket Monsters TV show. "Welcome to my grand Blueberry Academy!"
How did you feel when you you got cast?
How I felt? It made me very happy. The beautiful... you know, scenery, of Blueberry Academy, this place that's floating in the sea, or should we maybe say submerged in the sea, it's going to appear in the anime exactly the way it's like in the video game, you know. Me getting to enter, or be a part of, that place sounded really fun.
What were your initial impressions of Cyano, and how did they change after you got to play him?
When I played the game, I thought Principal Cyano came across as a real dandy, though one with a slightly humorous side to him. Now that I've personally played him in the animation though, I've realized that he's not just charming and stylish, but that he genuinely loves the students of Blueberry Academy and has this passionate desire to shape their futures.
How did you feel about the dubbing sessions? Do you have any behind-the-scenes stories to share?
Coming into such a group of amazing voice actors and acting alongside them made me a little... nervous actually. However, I put a lot of thought into how to, you know, express Principal Cyano's idiosyncrasies as I played him. I gave him an excited voice that's a bit higher than my normal one, so I'm wondering what you'll think of it.
Finally, do you have something you want to tell to the viewers?
This series will feature new and really wonderful characters, as well as really wonderful Pokémon. Make sure to watch.
A status report from my dubbing session will be shown on Pokédoko Sunday October 26th at 7:30am, so please watch that as well. The Pocket Monsters TV show airs every Friday at 6:55pm on the TV Tokyo Network. The Rising Again arc, which also features my character Principal Cyano, premieres Friday October 31st. Please watch the start of this new adventure. This has been Shinya Owada. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye.



Here we have Shinya Owada-san, who played Principal Cyano, talking about his favorite Pokémon. We couldn't fit it into the comment video:

Are there any Pokémon you started to like after playing this role?
You know, believe it or not, this time my dear friend Kuwassu has evolved and turned into a Welkamo. Welkamo is really cool too, so that made me fall in love with it all over again. We have it over here... Yeah, here it is. This is Welkamo. In the anime, it grows up and becomes a Welkamo. "Isn't that right?" "Yeah, it is." "That's great, isn't it?" "It really is, isn't it?" That's the two of them talking, see?

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WE THEN PLUNGE INTO A NEW CHAPTER! IT'S OFF TO BLUEBERRY ACADEMY!! LET "RISING AGAIN" BEGIN!!!
Roy, Liko and the others head to Blueberry Academy to train! Keep an eye out for what kind of training awaits them!!
LIKO: Protagonist. Heads to Blueberry Academy to get stronger!
*The gigantic academy's founder, Principal Cyano, makes an appearance.
*It seems the academy puts emphasis on Pokémon battling.
KAKITSUBATA & TARO
*How will the training with Elite Four members Kakitsubata and Taro go...?!

THE RISING AGAIN ARC STARTS FRIDAY OCTOBER 31ST!!
 
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Lord Godwin

The Lord of Darkness
The summary lead to BB either being a short or long Arc itself.
I am getting the feeling Friede might somehow turn out evil/brainwashed...

What's interesting we just got a new Lacey unit in MastersEx with a Terra Dark Whimsicott. With the Ex move named: Spinel Tera Blast.

I am probably looking too much into it but BB turning out as bad guys would be epic.
 

1rkhachatryan

Call me Robert guys
So there's going to be some sort of battle here.

Ironically the only tera we see in the trailer is a random Normal Tauros which has a fighting tera type.

Could also be that battle between Roy and Liko from the trailer.
 

Bronzy

Biggest Paul fan right here
So there's going to be some sort of battle here.

Ironically the only tera we see in the trailer is a random Normal Tauros which has a fighting tera type.

Could also be that battle between Roy and Liko from the trailer.
We see Lacey battling with her Plusle and Minun like she does in her first battle in the DLC so it could be her vs one of the RVT or Ann
 
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1rkhachatryan

Call me Robert guys
We see Lacey battling with her Plusie and Minuie like she she does in her first battle in the DLC so it could be her vs one of the RVT or Ann
True, I imagine it's a double battle to introduce the way battling is done at the academy lol.
 

ShadowForce720

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So Terastal will be playing a bug part during this. Now, to find out if we'll be staying here as long as Naranja or not.
Umm I think you have a typo there because I think you meant big part not bug part, because I honestly I don’t know how Terastal could play a big part or what playing a big part even means.

The summary lead to BB either being a short or long Arc itself.
I am getting the feeling Friede might somehow turn out evil/brainwashed...

What's interesting we just got a new Lacey unit in MastersEx with a Terra Dark Whimsicott. With the Ex move named: Spinel Tera Blast.

I am probably looking too much into it but BB turning out as bad guys would be epic.
Well it could wind up being revealed that Spinel actually does have a Mega Malamar, which would make it easy to brainwash a Friede or another character or Pokemon and turn them evil.

Heck Pokemon has never really shied away from brainwashing even in Horizons Spinel had no problem with brainwashing Liko and her Sprigatito and erasing/making them forget some of their memories.

I don’t know how well this would work but could you imagine if one plot twist we get is that it turns out that the reason why Chalce/Agate has been so loyal to Spinel so far is because she was brainwashed by him and his Mega Malamar.


I mean heck we don’t even why don’t even know why she is so loyal to Spinel in the first place so it leaves the door open for quite a few possibilities.
 

345ash-greninja

Auto-Memories Doll
Interesting. Uroto will most likely get terastal then
Both of his Pokemon are capable of Mega Evolving so I highly doubt that. In the poster for this arc, Sableye is in its Mega Evolved form which suggests that Sableye would continue to use Mega Evolution in the future despite Uruto now having another powerful Pokemon capable of Mega Evolving.
 

DuskAstral

Well-Known Member
Both of his Pokemon are capable of Mega Evolving so I highly doubt that. In the poster for this arc, Sableye is in its Mega Evolved form which suggests that Sableye would continue to use Mega Evolution in the future despite Uruto now having another powerful Pokemon capable of Mega Evolving.
I don't understand this part. While I also don't think Uruto will get a Tera Orb, why would having two Mega Evolutions prevent him from accessing Terastalization?

As we know, a Trainer can have multiple gimmicks.
 

AuraChannelerChris

(You just said something so weird.)
That's like Roy Terastalizing his Lucario, who will probably protest to it.

...Though I probably could see Sableye doing it since it's about gems. And let's be honest, that thing isn't Mega Evolving much with Dragonite taking that role.
 

DragonKahuna

Dragon Master
Umm I think you have a typo there because I think you meant big part not bug part, because I honestly I don’t know how Terastal could play a big part or what playing a big part even means.


Well it could wind up being revealed that Spinel actually does have a Mega Malamar, which would make it easy to brainwash a Friede or another character or Pokemon and turn them evil.

Heck Pokemon has never really shied away from brainwashing even in Horizons Spinel had no problem with brainwashing Liko and her Sprigatito and erasing/making them forget some of their memories.

I don’t know how well this would work but could you imagine if one plot twist we get is that it turns out that the reason why Chalce/Agate has been so loyal to Spinel so far is because she was brainwashed by him and his Mega Malamar.


I mean heck we don’t even why don’t even know why she is so loyal to Spinel in the first place so it leaves the door open for quite a few possibilities.

Mega Malamar does fit him but I feel like it could Chalce the one to showcase it while Spinel comes with Mega Mewtwo (if the dlc will introduce a new one). This is just wishful thinking.
 

CelestLibra99

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Looking at the poster, It makes me think two things:

-They didn't put too much effort into it? XD

-What if the division actually means Liko, Roy, Dot and Uruto are going to be separated to have each one a particular training?
That would increase the chance for ALL (literally all) of their Pokémon have space to shine in the doubles battles, as they don't have to share it with other trainer's Pokémon...

If that's the case, I would love to see a Charcadet-Terapagos and later Meowscarada-Hattrem tag battle.
 
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