Pokemon DP Galactic Battle starts May 9th at 9 AM

[Master Moltar]

I saw some concern about whether or not Pokemon would continue airing new episodes after this Saturday. I did some snooping around on CN's site and found this.

http://schedule.cartoonnetwork.com/servlet/ScheduleServlet?action=viewAll&showID=355709&show=Pokemon%3A+DP+Galactic+Battle

The title matches the first episode of the next season, so I'm going to guess that premieres will continue without a break.

[peterg14]

Not that I don't like this since this coming Saturday's episode isn't really all that good, but I wonder how the quality of the dub will be effected. I mean continuous episodes without breaks seems like a pretty heavy work schedule.

[chdr]

Called it.

[macattack]

I'm glad Pokemon gets to continue for all of its fans.

[CyberCubed]

Putting the villain team name in the title is a bad idea, especially since they only appear very few times.

[Mesousa]

Putting the villain team name in the title is a bad idea, especially since they only appear very few times.

Maybe it's meant to be Galactic Battles.

If this is true, this is great news.

[SuperDudeX]

Interesting...

Not that I follow the anime anymore, but good news for the fans.

[Racattack!Force]

I kinda dislike this. Not because I hate the anime, but because I'm wondering how this will affect dubbing. It's only a matter of time before CN catches up with PUSA and have to take a break that could be even longer than if they breaked between the seasons.

[yoshirider13]

Im excited to hear the new theme song!

[D Dubbs]

I kinda dislike this. Not because I hate the anime, but because I'm wondering how this will affect dubbing. It's only a matter of time before CN catches up with PUSA and have to take a break that could be even longer than if they breaked between the seasons.

Japan is making Pokemon episodes faster than Cartoon Network airs them, so that won't be a problem.

[Terror of Death]

No break? Sweet! :cool:

[Racattack!Force]

Japan is making Pokemon episodes faster than Cartoon Network airs them, so that won't be a problem.In which case, I'm happy for you guys. :D

[Light Lucario]

Putting the villain team name in the title is a bad idea, especially since they only appear very few times.

That is a good point. I actually thought that they would have gone for Platinum as the new subtitle for the season since it is the most recent game and it sold so well. Then again, Battle Dimension didn't make that much of a connection to the season's plot either.

I am honestly surprised with this news. Of course, I'm glad that they'll go right into the new episodes since I am a huge Pokemon fan. But I thought that they would take a month or two break before jumping into the next season. Besides that, there hadn't been any promotion for it so I figured that would also mean that they would take a break.

Another good thing this does provide is that people won't be questioning if Pokemon would stay on the lineup now. After going right into a new season, I don't think that CN is even considering letting go of Pokemon anytime soon. I'll be looking foreword to the new season when it airs.

[peterg14]

Putting the villain team name in the title is a bad idea, especially since they only appear very few times.

Since this next season will likely include the Galactic Finale, I guess its fitting.

But again, I hope that the dub's quality doesn't suffer, since they don't seem to have any breaks.

[Strong Suck]

Well, they can't very well call it "DP Platinum Battles," or can they?

[NewcomerDC]

Well, they can't very well call it "DP Platinum Battles," or can they?
It sounds better than calling the last DP season Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension.

[CyberCubed]

But again, I hope that the dub's quality doesn't suffer, since they don't seem to have any breaks.

According to the guys on the you-know-where forum, they seem to be keeping more of the Japanese music with each passing ep.

Also the VA's themselves are pretty much fine, so I don't see much of a problem.

[Mr. Ralph]

naruto lasted a few years of straight premiers with few breaks so there's no reason why pokemon can't do it too

[CyberCubed]

naruto lasted a few years of straight premiers with few breaks so there's no reason why pokemon can't do it too

And if this is any indication, Pokemon might be on its way out next! :sweat:

Nah, but given this is the 4th season of CN Pokemon, I wonder how much longer it'll last on this channel.

[RockmanDash]

I find it funny how you guys don't notice they are simply following a pattern

Pokemon Advance Battle
Pokemon Galatic Battle

[NewcomerDC]

I find it funny how you guys don't notice they are simply following a pattern

Pokemon Advance Battle
Pokemon Galatic Battle
Wow, so much for originality.

[CyberCubed]

So PUSA is copying 4kids' dub titles now?

[Marvin Tikvah]

I was hoping for a break honestly. It's nice to see the show continuing, but this makes catching up on missed episodes a bit harder.

I was kind of hoping the new title would be related to Platinum.

[Linkpre]

Man, I was hoping they would take a longer break and try to improve the scripts and other stuff , but it'd probably be the same old same old. Sometimes I wonder why I keep trying to stay interested in this show.


Still, this is good for the fans of the show, so please don't mind my complaining.

[CyberCubed]

Man, I was hoping they would take a longer break and try to improve the scripts and other stuff , but it'd probably be the same old same old. Sometimes I wonder why I keep trying to stay interested in this show.

The dub scripts are accurate to the Japanese version, so please stop this PUSA Vs. 4kids nonsense. Its gotten old.

[Linkpre]

^ Hey man, if people like that, then good for them, but I'm not gonna quit saying what I feel cause it "annoys" you.

Anyways, we are both grown men arguring about Pokemon, so I'm done here. I said what I wanted to say.

Good for the fans that the show is gonna keep new episodes running.

[CyberCubed]

What I find ironic is the dub scripts are translated by the same guy for PUSA as the one who did it for 4kids.

[Jack_6428]

good news i might say although the title is a bit strange..but i cant wait for the intro lol.


...but will the episodes be broadcasted in HD since from a certain episode in Japan the show will be aired in high-def ?

[J!!!]

I am going to watch to hear the new intro and maybe even post in the talkback!

[MetroSparkster]

I was hoping for a break honestly.

I agree... At least a month's wait would have sufficed...

[Mesousa]

...but will the episodes be broadcasted in HD since from a certain episode in Japan the show will be aired in high-def ?

Well, some CN-produced shows are in hi-def, but Pokemon is an acquirement, so maybe it won't do much.

[Golden Darkness]

The question is how will it handle it for the SD feed at least?

Pan and Scan or retain widescreen ratio?

[Yash]

The question is how will it handle it for the SD feed at least?

Pan and Scan or retain widescreen ratio?
I don't see why they wouldn't do widescreen... They've kept it for the movies, and even 4Kids kept widescreen for Yugioh 5Ds.

[KPTitan]

I think putting "galactic" was pretty cool...to me anyway. After playing the Spear Pillar part on Platinum last night, I'm totally psyched for how that's gonna play out in the anime, since the Team Galactic episodes so far have been pretty damn good.:anime:

[Lazerboy5000]

I had a feeling that it wasn't going to be called Platinum. But that's cool (which reminds me, I got to watch last week's episode... I've been so busy with homework recently :sweat:).

But I'm glad that Pokemon will just go right into the next season. I don't see any reason to stop, so good for CN, one of the few things they've done right recently.

[Rolling Cloud]

The dub scripts are accurate to the Japanese version, so please stop this PUSA Vs. 4kids nonsense. Its gotten old.

There are times it differs (http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showpost.php?p=810739&postcount=15)though, by a fair (http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showpost.php?p=792449&postcount=33)amount.

[Daxdiv]

Wow this fast? I was expecting them to do their little two month break and rerun some of the best episodes of the season, but whatever this works, as least that Rotom episode won't be behind the fact that you can get the key over Wi-Fi, but man I do hope that we get some Galactic action in Japan now.

[Light Lucario]

And if this is any indication, Pokemon might be on its way out next! :sweat:

Nah, but given this is the 4th season of CN Pokemon, I wonder how much longer it'll last on this channel.

I really don't see a need to worry about Pokemon's future on CN at the moment. It seems to be doing fine and CN obviously doesn't have any plans to replace Pokemon with anything else in the near future. I suggest to not worry about it until something actually happens that would indicate CN losing interest, similar to what happened with Naruto. Since that's not the case here, the fear of CN losing Pokemon doesn't feel that necessiary to me.

As much as I love the series, I have to say I was hoping for a break of a month or two. Maybe it helps that I usually expect a break after a season ends and I was pretty sure that CN wouldn't jump right into the next season. Still, I'll be happy to see how Ash handles his next gym match and all.

[CottonSwab]

I saw some concern about whether or not Pokemon would continue airing new episodes after this Saturday. I did some snooping around on CN's site and found this.

http://schedule.cartoonnetwork.com/servlet/ScheduleServlet?action=viewAll&showID=355709&show=Pokemon%3A+DP+Galactic+Battle

The title matches the first episode of the next season, so I'm going to guess that premieres will continue without a break.

Although I am not the world's biggest Pokemon fan, I am excited about this and it is really good news for CN, it also shows that CN is serious about getting good/popular animation for it's satAM block. I hope we get some more good news like this in the near future from CN, this definatly made my morning :)

[Lazerboy5000]

I really don't see a need to worry about Pokemon's future on CN at the moment. It seems to be doing fine and CN obviously doesn't have any plans to replace Pokemon with anything else in the near future. I suggest to not worry about it until something actually happens that would indicate CN losing interest, similar to what happened with Naruto. Since that's not the case here, the fear of CN losing Pokemon doesn't feel that necessiary to me.
This subject seems to be offly repetitive to me. Pokemon isn't going anywhere, so i don't see why everyone think that pokemon is in danger or something. There is no need to make this another gloom and doom thread.

[Light Lucario]

This subject seems to be offly repetitive to me. Pokemon isn't going anywhere, so i don't see why everyone think that pokemon is in danger or something. There is no need to make this another gloom and doom thread.

I totally agree with you. To be honest, it has gotten pretty old to see the argument or fear that CN would drop Pokemon when their current treatment of the series seems to point to how they're happy with airing it. Jumping right into the next season, while still a bit surprising, does show how they are content with airing new episodes and that isn't going to change anytime soon.

[KPTitan]

The day that CN drops Pokemon is when hell freezes over....'cause it isn't on Kids WB anymore, CN's pratically the only place to watch it here in the U.S., right? Correct me if I'm wrong, ever since they took all the shows I watched on Kids WB off, I haven't been paying attention to that channel at all.:sweat:

Oh yeah, the old episodes are on Boomerang too, right?

While on the subject of airing new episodes at the current pace, I wonder what'll happen after the Sinnoh saga....Japan's already or are really close to airing the episode when Ash gets his 7th gym badge.

[J!!!]

The day that CN drops Pokemon is when hell freezes over....'cause it isn't on Kids WB anymore, CN's pratically the only place to watch it here in the U.S., right? Correct me if I'm wrong, ever since they took all the shows I watched on Kids WB off, I haven't been paying attention to that channel at all.:sweat:

Oh yeah, the old episodes are on Boomerang too, right?

While on the subject of airing new episodes at the current pace, I wonder what'll happen after the Sinnoh saga....Japan's already or are really close to airing the episode when Ash gets his 7th gym badge.

Uh, Kids WB doesn't exsist anymore it is now THECW4KIDS and Boomerang hasn't aired Pokemon since 2007 so no and no.

[Light Lucario]

The day that CN drops Pokemon is when hell freezes over....'cause it isn't on Kids WB anymore, CN's pratically the only place to watch it here in the U.S., right? Correct me if I'm wrong, ever since they took all the shows I watched on Kids WB off, I haven't been paying attention to that channel at all.:sweat:

Oh yeah, the old episodes are on Boomerang too, right?

While on the subject of airing new episodes at the current pace, I wonder what'll happen after the Sinnoh saga....Japan's already or are really close to airing the episode when Ash gets his 7th gym badge.

I haven't heard of Pokemon episodes airing on Boomerang for a long time, but that would be pretty cool.

I'm pretty sure that they'll have to take a break at some point since I don't think PUSA is going to rent a studio year round. At least they won't have too small of a gap between the English and Japanese airings since they need some kind of distance if only for the games. I'm not sure what will happen after the Sinnoh saga either since it doesn't look like Japan is close to the end of the saga quite yet. It depends on the pacing though.

[CyberCubed]

The dub is roughly 22 episodes behind the Japanese version, so its not like they're going to run out of eps to dub.

Also keep in mind PUSA probably gets the episodes as soon as they're done in Japan, which is why they're dubbed so fast.

[bigddan11]

I'm pretty sure that they'll have to take a break at some point since I don't think PUSA is going to rent a studio year round. At least they won't have too small of a gap between the English and Japanese airings since they need some kind of distance if only for the games. I'm not sure what will happen after the Sinnoh saga either since it doesn't look like Japan is close to the end of the saga quite yet. It depends on the pacing though.
I wouldn't bet on that if I were you. Poke'Mon USA said Battle Frontier had roughly 10 episodes dubbed when they took the break last time. The difference between then and now is that Poke'Mon airs 1 episode a week instead of two. It takes ro8ughly 1 week to dub an episode if they don't send them in batches. As long as they stay four to five episodes ahead, there's no reason to take a break, especially since they can still air the previous seasons weekday mornings.

[Light Lucario]

I wouldn't bet on that if I were you. Poke'Mon USA said Battle Frontier had roughly 10 episodes dubbed when they took the break last time. The difference between then and now is that Poke'Mon airs 1 episode a week instead of two. It takes ro8ughly 1 week to dub an episode if they don't send them in batches. As long as they stay four to five episodes ahead, there's no reason to take a break, especially since they can still air the previous seasons weekday mornings.

That does make sense. I just feel kind of weird about the idea of PUSA never having to take another break since I've been used to series having breaks at the end of each season. I do like the idea of getting the episodes now and all, but it just feels really weird at the same time.

[Cryofalcon62]

I just hope that the season theme is longer than 30 seconds.

[Terror of Death]

I just hope that the season theme is longer than 30 seconds.

If they've been using 30 second theme songs for the past 150 episodes I see no reason for them to suddenly change their minds now.

[KPTitan]

I just hope that the season theme is longer than 30 seconds.

I think it does....I know that it has Team Galactic and Hunter J in it this time.:anime:

[Jack_6428]

I think it does....I know that it has Team Galactic and Hunter J in it this time.:anime:

well, tbh im very curious..i hope its good...if it has 30sec or more im fine with that

[Lazerboy5000]

I think it does....I know that it has Team Galactic and Hunter J in it this time.:anime:
The English version? Becuase the english theme songs always cut out some stuff and it always ends up like 30 seconds or so.

[yoshirider13]

Well just saw a commercial for next week's Crush Zone. It referred to Pokemon as "Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Galactic Battle" and showed a small clip of Ash running away from a Rotom. They referred to it as a new show.

[macattack]

Well just saw a commercial for next week's Crush Zone. It referred to Pokemon as "Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Galactic Battle" and showed a small clip of Ash running away from a Rotom. They referred to it as a new show.

Well, they referred to Battle Dimension as a new show so . . .

[Lazerboy5000]

Well, they referred to Battle Dimension as a new show so . . .
It's supposed to just be a new season. I don't see why it would be called a new show all together. I can see Pokemon Advanced, and Diamond and Pearl being called different shows even though they are all still continuious, but this is just a new season.

[Light Lucario]

Well just saw a commercial for next week's Crush Zone. It referred to Pokemon as "Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Galactic Battle" and showed a small clip of Ash running away from a Rotom. They referred to it as a new show.

While I haven't seen the promo myself yet, it would make sense for them to refer it as a new show considering how they did the same with the previous seasons.


It's supposed to just be a new season. I don't see why it would be called a new show all together. I can see Pokemon Advanced, and Diamond and Pearl being called different shows even though they are all still continuious, but this is just a new season.

Most television networks use the terms season and show as having the same basic meaning. At least CN is promoting the new season.

[Jack_6428]

did they show a logo in the commercial ??

[Lazerboy5000]

While I haven't seen the promo myself yet, it would make sense for them to refer it as a new show considering how they did the same with the previous seasons.

Most television networks use the terms season and show as having the same basic meaning. At least CN is promoting the new season.
I need to see the promo myself, but I haven't watched much TV, as I am cramming for finals. :sweat:

[NewcomerDC]

The English version? Becuase the english theme songs always cut out some stuff and it always ends up like 30 seconds or so.
Well, I'm not believing that PUSA changed their ways. Their clearly loving the way 4Kids handled the show so they'll always going to stick with making short intros. What would be great is if they decided to translate the ending but since we get the Notched-Ear Pichu a bit early before we see her in Movie 12 in it, PUSA would probably just give us the ending credits with that bland black background like all of the other shows on TV have been doing.

[Dixie_Chick89]

i can't wait:cool:

[Strong Suck]

Well, I'm not believing that PUSA changed their ways. Their clearly loving the way 4Kids handled the show so they'll always going to stick with making short intros. What would be great is if they decided to translate the ending but since we get the Notched-Ear Pichu a bit early before we see her in Movie 12 in it, PUSA would probably just give us the ending credits with that bland black background like all of the other shows on TV have been doing.

They NEVER translate the endings. They're not FUNimation, who translated endings for One Piece and Dragon Ball GT!

[Jack_6428]

so, its only less than a day away..i hope the intro is good lol

[Mr. Ralph]

the last intro was pretty good (and so was battle frontier's) so i don't think we have to worry!!

diamond and pearl's wasn't THAT bad but definitely the weakest of the PUSA openings. although i also really wish the intros were longer.

[Lazerboy5000]

the last intro was pretty good (and so was battle frontier's) so i don't think we have to worry!!

diamond and pearl's wasn't THAT bad but definitely the weakest of the PUSA openings. although i also really wish the intros were longer.
Yeah, the last intro was based off of the opening song in movie 10, and it was a good one. But I don't think there was an opening song for movie 11, so it'll be interesting so see the new theme song.

[Jack_6428]

i think it will be more fast paced... something like battle frontier, diamond & pearl, advaced battle, master quest...

[Strong Suck]

the last intro was pretty good (and so was battle frontier's) so i don't think we have to worry!!

diamond and pearl's wasn't THAT bad but definitely the weakest of the PUSA openings. although i also really wish the intros were longer.

You could've said "So, no need to worry." Then one of us would just say "THAT'S WHEN I WORRY THE MOST!"

[Lazerboy5000]

You could've said "So, no need to worry." Then one of us would just say "THAT'S WHEN I WORRY THE MOST!"
I think there is no need to worry about the new pokemon intro. PUSA is usually pretty good at them.

There, happy.

[Light Lucario]

the last intro was pretty good (and so was battle frontier's) so i don't think we have to worry!!

diamond and pearl's wasn't THAT bad but definitely the weakest of the PUSA openings. although i also really wish the intros were longer.

I thought that the opening to Diamond and Pearl was pretty bad and quite possibly the weakest Pokemon intro out of all of them. Since two out of the three intros PUSA has done have been pretty good, I'm hoping that means that the new opening will be good too. Though, as long as it isn't anywhere near as bad as the Diamond and Pearl theme, I'll be happy.

I just saw the CrushZone commercial today and it was kind of odd that they actually called it a new show. I thought that they wouldn't literally say that during the promo for some reason. Still, it's probably just to help grab more people's interest and networks often do use the terms a new season and a new series as the same thing.