http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-16/pokemon/the-origin-tv-anime-to-premiere-in-october
[size=20]Pokémon: The Origin TV Anime to Premiere in October[/size]
posted on 2013-08-16 21:41 EDT
Anime to feature Pokémon Red/Green games’ protagonist & rival, Charmander, Geodude, Blastoise
The Pocket Monsters: The Origin television anime will premiere in Japan on October 2 at 7:00 p.m. The anime was announced at the “Pokémon Game Show” event held at the Tokyo Big Site event center on Saturday.
Images from a promotional video shown at the event reveal that the anime will feature the player and rival characters from Nintendo’s original Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green (released as Pokémon Blue in North America) video games. The original games’ and television series’ first gym leader Takeshi (known as Brock in English) will also appear in the upcoming anime. The Pokémon Hitokage (Charmander), Ishitsubute (Geodude), and Kamex (Blastoise) are featured in the promotional video.
The separate Pocket Monsters XY television anime series will premiere in Japan on October 17 as a tie-in with the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games. Pre-orders for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y opened in Japan on August 10, and the games will ship for the Nintendo 3Ds worldwide on October 12.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-17/pokemon-the-origin-anime-special-video-visual-characters-unveiled
[size=20]Pokémon The Origin Anime Special’s Video, Visual, Characters Unveiled[/size]
posted on 2013-08-17 01:35 EDT
Charizard, Blastoise, Elite Four, Prof. Oak, Brock, Team Rocket appear in new TV anime
The Pokémon Company posted a promotional video, new key image, and character information for Pocket Monsters: The Origin television anime special on Saturday. The promotional video was shown at the “Pokémon Game Show” event held at the Tokyo Big Sight event center on Saturday. The Pokémon Hitokage (Charmander), Ishitsubute (Geodude), Kamex (Blastoise), Lizardon (Charizard) and Shiten’nō (Elite Four) member Wataru (Lance) are featured in the promotional video.
[video is now marked as private]
According to the website, the main character is a boy named Red with his partner Hitokage/Charmander:
His rival is named Green. (Red and Green are the default names in the original video games.)
Professor Okido (Professor Oak), Gym Leader Takeshi (Brock), Red’s mother, and Team Rocket will also appear in this special set in Kanto, the first region ever seen in the Pokémon franchise.
In the fierce battle with Team Rocket’s leader Sakaki (Giovanni), Red will encounter a strange Pokémon. The characters are based from Nintendo’s original Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green (released as Pokémon Blue in North America) video games.
The special will premiere in Japan on October 2 at 7:00 p.m.