Pokémon the Series: Black & White
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File:PokémonBWlogo.png File:Pokémon Black and White logo.png Japanese title logo for the Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! series (top)
English title logo from the Pokémon: Black & White season (bottom) |
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Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 48 + 2 unaired episode |
Release | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original release | September 23, 2010 | – September 15, 2011
Pokémon: Black & White is the fourteenth season of the Pokémon anime series and the first and titular season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ Poketto Monsutā Besuto Uisshu!?). It covers the continuing adventures of series protagonist Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu as they travel to the new region of Unova. It originally aired in Japan from September 23, 2010, to September 15, 2011, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from February 12, 2011, to January 7, 2012, on Cartoon Network. Brock and Dawn have left the series, and Ash is joined by a new female trainer named Iris and a new male trainer named Cilan. The evil syndicate Team Rocket has a part to play in this season, and Jessie, James, and Meowth have been promoted.
The Japanese opening song is "Best Wishes!" (ベストウイッシュ!, Besuto Uisshu!) by Rika Matsumoto. The first 2 episodes in Japan did not have the ending song, instead, the instrumental songs from Pokémon: Black & White Japanese Anime Sound Collection serve as ending songs during the original broadcast. The ending songs are "Fanfare of the Heart" (心のファンファーレ, Kokoro no Fanfāre) by Aki Okui starting in episode 3 during the original broadcast, and starting in episode 1 on DVD, "Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW" (ポケモン言えるかな? BW ビーダブリュー, Pokémon Ierukana? BW) by Takeshi Tsuruno, and the English opening song is "Black and White" by Erin Bowman and Joe Philips. Its instrumental version serves as the ending theme.
Overview
To promote the series and the episode where Ash obtains an egg, Pokémon Black and White players were able to obtain an egg containing either an Axew, a Pansage or a Pidove exclusively at US Toys "R" Us stores between April 27, 2011, and May 31, 2011. Each one contained their moves like anime counterparts (Ash's Pidove, Cilan's Pansage and Iris' Axew). Players were only able to get one egg and which of the Pokémon the egg hatched into was random.[1]
Episodes
J# | E# | English title Japanese title |
Original air date[2][3][4] | English air date |
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660 | 654 | "In the Shadow of Zekrom!" (To the Isshu Region! Zekrom's Shadow!!) | September 23, 2010 | February 12, 2011 |
661 | 655 | "Enter Iris and Axew!" (Iris and Kibago!) | September 23, 2010 | February 12, 2011 |
662 | 656 | "A Sandile Gusher of Change" (Mijumaru! Meguroco! Critical Moment!!) | September 30, 2010 | February 19, 2011 |
663 | 657 | "The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!" (Battle Club! A Mysterious Pokémon Appears!!) | October 7, 2010 | February 26, 2011 |
664 | 658 | "Triple Leaders, Team Threats" (San'yō Gym! Vs. Baoppu, Hiyappu and Yanappu!!) | October 14, 2010 | March 5, 2011 |
665 | 659 | "Dreams by the Yard Full" (Former Building Site of Dreams! Munna and Musharna!!) | October 21, 2010 | March 12, 2011 |
666 | 660 | "Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!" (Get the Tsutarja That Knows Attract!?) | October 28, 2010 | March 19, 2011 |
667 | 661 | "Saving Darmanitan from the Bell!" (Darumakka and Hihidaruma! Secret of the Clocktower!!) | November 4, 2010 | March 26, 2011 |
668 | 662 | "The Bloom Is on Axew!" (Out of Control Pendror! Rescue Kibago!) | November 11, 2010 | April 2, 2011 |
669 | 663 | "A Rival Battle for Club Champ!" (Rival Battle! Tough Enemy Pururiru!!) | November 18, 2010 | April 9, 2011 |
670 | 664 | "A Home for Dwebble" (Ishizumai! Take Back Your Home!!) | December 2, 2010 | April 16, 2011 |
671 | 665 | "Here Comes the Trubbish Squad" (The Yabukuron Squad and a Secret Base!?) | December 9, 2010 | April 23, 2011 |
672 | 666 | "Minccino–Neat and Tidy" (Chillarmy is Clean!?) | December 16, 2010 | April 30, 2011 |
673 | 667 | "A Night in the Nacrene City Museum" (Shippō City! Museum Adventure!!) | December 23, 2010 | May 7, 2011 |
674 | 668 | "The Battle According to Lenora" (Shippō Gym Battle! Vs. Gym Leader Aloe!!) | January 6, 2011 | May 14, 2011 |
675 | 669 | "Rematch at the Nacrene Gym" (Shippō Gym Rematch! The Explosive New Moves!!) | January 13, 2011 | May 21, 2011 |
676 | 670 | "Scraggy–Hatched to Be Wild" (The Wild Child That Hatched From the Egg!) | January 20, 2011 | May 28, 2011 |
677 | 671 | "Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest" (Yaguruma Forest! Kurumiru and Arti!!) | January 27, 2011 | June 4, 2011 |
N/A | N/A | "Hikari – A New Journey!/Nibi Gym – The Greatest Danger!" | February 3, 2011 | N/A |
678 | 672 | "A Connosseur's Revenge!" (Sommelier Showdown! Ishizumai vs. Futachimaru!!) | February 17, 2011 | June 11, 2011 |
679 | 673 | "Dancing with the Ducklett Trio!" (Pikachu vs. Meguroco vs. Koaruhie!!) | February 24, 2011 | June 18, 2011 |
680 | 674 | "The Lost World of Gothitelle!" (Skyarrow Bridge and Gothiruselle!) | March 3, 2011 | June 25, 2011 |
681 | 675 | "A Venipede Stampede" (Hiun City! Fushide Panic!!) | March 10, 2011 | July 2, 2011 |
N/A | N/A | "Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma! (Part 1)" | N/A[lower-alpha 1] | N/A |
N/A | N/A | "Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma! (Part 2)" | N/A[lower-alpha 1] | N/A |
682 | 676 | "Battling for the Love of Bug-Types!" (Hiun Gym Battle! The Pure-of-Heart Bug Pokémon Battle!) | March 17, 2011 | July 9, 2011 |
683 | 677 | "Emolga the Irresistible!" (Beware Cute Faces! Paralyzing Emonga!!) | March 24, 2011 | July 16, 2011 |
684 | 678 | "Emolga and the New Volt Switch!" (Emonga vs. Tsutarja! Volt Change Chaos!!) | March 31, 2011 | July 23, 2011 |
685 | 679 | "Scare at the Litwick Mansion!" (The Scary Story of the Hitomoshi Mansion!) | April 7, 2011 | July 30, 2011 |
686 | 680 | "The Dragon Master's Path!" (The Road to Becoming a Dragon Master! Kibago vs. Crimgan!!) | April 14, 2011 | August 6, 2011 |
687 | 681 | "Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!" (The Lost Hotachi! Mijumaru's Greatest Crisis!!) | April 21, 2011 | August 13, 2011 |
688 | 682 | "Cottonee in Love!" (The Monmen in Love Rides the Wind!) | April 28, 2011 | August 20, 2011 |
689 | 683 | "A UFO for Elgyem!" (Ligray and the Unidentified Flying Object!) | May 5, 2011 | August 27, 2011 |
690 | 684 | "Ash and Trip's Third Battle!" (Rival Battle! Vanipeti and Dokkorā in the Fight!!) | May 12, 2011 | September 3, 2011 |
691 | 685 | "Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!" (Gamagaru, Maggyo! Battle at the Waterside!!) | May 19, 2011 | September 10, 2011 |
692 | 686 | "Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!" (The Dragon Buster Appears! Iris and Doryuzu!!) | May 26, 2011 | September 17, 2011 |
693 | 687 | "Gotta Catch a Roggenrola!" (Dangoro! Fire the Luster Cannon!!) | June 2, 2011 | September 24, 2011 |
694 | 688 | "Where Did You Go, Audino?" (Sommelier Detective Dent! The Case of the Missing Tabunne!!) | June 9, 2011 | October 1, 2011 |
695 | 689 | "Archeops in the Modern World!" (Fossil Revival! Ancient Mysterious Bird Archeops!!) | June 16, 2011 | October 8, 2011 |
696 | 690 | "A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!" (Fishing Sommelier Dent Appears!!) | June 23, 2011[lower-alpha 2] | October 15, 2011 |
697 | 691 | "Movie Time! Zorua in 'The Legend of the Pokémon Knight'!" (Zorua the Movie! The Legend of the Pokémon Knight!) | June 30, 2011 | October 22, 2011 |
698 | 692 | "Reunion Battles in Nimbasa!" (Everyone Gathers! Don Battle!!) | July 7, 2011 | October 29, 2011 |
699 | 693 | "Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!!" (Fierce Fighting Don Battle! Tsutarja vs. Komatana!!) | July 21, 2011 | November 5, 2011 |
700 | 694 | "The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!" (White Hot Don Battle! Emonga vs. Dageki!!) | August 4, 2011 | November 12, 2011 |
701 | 695 | "The Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome!" (Deciding Match of the Don Battle! Satoshi Against Iris!!) | August 11, 2011 | November 19, 2011 |
702 | 696 | "Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!" (Meowgotiator Nyarth! Zuruzukin Persuasion Tactics!!) | August 18, 2011 | November 26, 2011 |
703 | 697 | "Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky?" (Beware of Choroneko! Nyarth and Mijumaru!!) | August 25, 2011 | December 3, 2011 |
704 | 698 | "Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!" (Ōbemu, Daburan, and the Dream Thief!) | September 1, 2011 | December 10, 2011 |
705 | 699 | "The Beartic Mountain Feud!" (Meowgotiator Nyarth! Breaking Through Tunbear's Forest!!) | September 8, 2011 | December 17, 2011 |
706 | 700 | "Crisis from the Underground Up!" (Wild Run! Battle Subway!! (Part 1)) | September 15, 2011 | December 31, 2011 |
707 | 701 | "Battle for the Underground!" (Wild Run! Battle Subway!! (Part 2)) | September 15, 2011 | January 7, 2012 |
Home media releases
Viz Media and Warner Home Video have released the series on DVD in the United States on four two-disc volume sets that contain 12 episodes each.
The first volume was released on November 20, 2012,[5][6] The second was released on January 22, 2013,[7][8] The third was released on March 19, 2013,[9][10] and the fourth was released on May 14, 2013.[11][12]
Viz Media and Warner Home Video released Pokémon: Black & White – The Complete Season on DVD on July 27, 2021.[13]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Due to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the broadcasts of these episodes have been indefinitely postponed in Japan and the United States. The episodes were supposed to air on March 17 and 24, 2011, respectively, in Japan.
- ↑ Due to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the broadcast of this episode was postponed from its original April 7, 2011, airdate. The episode was originally titled "Hiun City Fishing Competition! Fishing Sommelier Dent Appears!!" (ヒウンシティのつり大会!釣りソムリエ・デント登場!! Hiun Shiti no Tsuri Taikai! Tsuri Somurie Dento Tōjō!!?), but to fit in with its new airdate, references to the setting of Hiun (Castelia) City were removed.
References
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External links
- Pokémon anime website at TV Tokyo Script error: No such module "In lang".
- Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! website at TV Tokyo Script error: No such module "In lang".
- Pokémon TV Anime at Pokémon JP official website Script error: No such module "In lang".
Pocket Monsters Series | Pokémon Season | No. of Episodes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Japan | Int'l | |||
Pocket Monsters | Kanto Chapter | Indigo League | 276 | 80 |
Orange Islands Chapter | Adventures on the Orange Islands | 36 | ||
Johto Chapter | The Johto Journeys | 41 | ||
Johto League Champions | 52 | |||
Master Quest | 64 | |||
Advanced Generation | Hoenn Chapter | Advanced | 192 | 40 |
Advanced Challenge | 52 | |||
Advanced Battle | 52 | |||
Battle Frontier Chapter | Battle Frontier | 47 | ||
Diamond & Pearl | Diamond and Pearl | 193 | 51 | |
DP: Battle Dimension | 52 | |||
DP: Galactic Battles | 52 | |||
DP: Sinnoh League Victors | 34 | |||
Best Wishes! | Best Wishes! | Black & White' | 84 | 48 |
BW: Rival Destinies | 49 | |||
Best Wishes! Season 2 | 24 | |||
BW: Adventures in Unova | 25 | |||
BW!S2: Episode N | 14 | |||
BW!S2: Decolora Adventure | BW: Adventures in Unova and Beyond | 22 | 20 | |
XY | XY | XY | 92 | 48 |
XY: Kalos Quest | 45 | |||
XY & Z | XYZ | On air | On air |