With nearly 1,100 episodes to its name, the original Pokemon series ended last year and things were set up for the new series that began on November 17th, 2019. It’s been moving along since then – picked up on Netflix US in English along the way – and came back on June 7th, 2020 after taking some time off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a new cast member has been announced with Marina Inoue coming on board with the July 5th, 2020 episode as Sonia. She’s been in some of the games and made a previous appearance in the Pokemon: Twilight Wings project where she was voiced by Lynn. Check out a visual below!
Daiki Tomiyasu serves as the chief director with Maki Odaira directing based on the series composition by Shoji Yonemura. Shuhei Yasuda is working on the character designs with OLM again producing the animation.
The Japanese cast so far includes:
- Daiki Yamashita as Gō
- Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi
- Kana Hanazawa as Koharu
- Yūichi Nakamura as Professor Sakuragi
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Plot Concept: In a forest somewhere in Kanto, there once was a lonely Pichu. This Pichu – who was still quite young – had a certain encounter and farewell. This took place shortly before Ash and his partner Pikachu started travelling together. This is the beginning of the anime “Pocket Monster.”
