AKB48‘s Watanabe Mayu will be the narrator in Pokemon‘s upcoming short movie Pikachu, What’s this Key for? (ピカチュウ、これなんのカギ？).
The short movie will be screened at the same time as Pokemon XY The Movie : Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (ポケモン・ザ・ムービーＸＹ「破壊の繭とディアンシー」).
Former AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko will be the narrator for the upcoming Pokemon (ポケモン) short film titled Pikachu to Eevee☆Friends (ピカチュウとイーブイ☆フレンズ).
The film is set to premiere alongside the movie Pokemon Best Wishes!: Shinsoku no Genosect – Mewtwo Kakusei (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ 神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒).
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku perform the ending theme song for the 17th season of Pokemon (ポケモン) anime.
The ending theme song is titled Sakura Go Round (サクラ・ゴーラウンド). The new season of Pokemon started airing on TV Tokyo on January 17.
To celebrate this collaboration, Pikachu made an appearance at Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku’s concert held on January 14 at Zepp Tokyo.
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku’s 3rd single Ume (梅) was released on January 16.