Best Album of "Pokemon" Anime's 25th Anniversary Sells Unprecedentedly! The huge 40-centimeter-square package is also a hot topic!

Pokemon TV Anime Theme Songs BEST OF BEST OF BEST 1997-2023," released on February 1, has been selling exceptionally well.

The anime "Pokemon" (Anipoke) is currently airing "Pokemon Mezase Pokemon Master" from January 13 (Fri.), prior to the broadcast of the new series from April 2023.

⇒ The TV anime "Pokémon: Mezase Pokémon Master " has been airing since January 13 (Fri.), prior to the airing of the new series on Anipoke! Pikachu flew away with the Rockettes⁉

⇒Click here for the list of winter 2023 anime.

Pokémon TV Anime Theme Songs BEST OF BEST OF BEST 1997-2023" is the best album of OP and ED theme songs from the TV anime "Pokémon" series, released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its broadcast in 1997. It contains 79 songs including "Mezase Pokemon Master -with my friends-" sung by Satoshi (CV: Rika Matsumoto), which was used as the new opening theme.

The limited editions (two forms) were sold out at all CD stores and online stores even before their release, and on January 30 (Mon.), it was announced that additional production would be started on February 10 (Fri.). The CDs will be shipped to CD shops and online stores nationwide on or after February 10 (Fri.), but they too are almost sold out due to pre-orders.

Due to orders exceeding expectations, Sony Music Labels announced on February 7 (Tue.) that it had decided to produce the album again for a second time. The second additional production run is scheduled to begin shipping in early March or later.

The limited edition disc will feature a 40-centimeter-square super-sized package and a disc surface with a design of a monster ball and other items. The Blu-ray and DVD bonus features include 37 tracks of "TV anime non-credit videos," including the opening video of "Mezase Pokémon Master -with my friends-.

Enjoy "Pokémon TV Animation Theme Songs BEST OF BEST OF BEST 1997-2023" filled with classic songs along with the TV animation that is reaching its climax.

The following items will be available for re-release.
Pokemon TV Animation Theme Songs BEST OF BEST OF BEST 1997-2023" to be released on February 1 (Wed.)
Limited Edition (8CD+Blu-ray+Luxury Package)
SRCL-12380-89 / 9,980 yen (tax included)
Limited Edition (8CD+DVD+Luxury Package)
SRCL-12390-99 / 9,980 yen (including tax)

Product shipping date
Shipment to CD stores and online stores nationwide will begin in early March or later.

Product Information and Songs Included

Pokemon TV Animation Theme Songs BEST OF BEST OF BEST 1997-2023
Release date: February 1, 2023 (Wednesday)
Limited Edition (8CD+Blu-ray+Luxury Package)
SRCL-12380-89 / 9,980 yen (tax included)

② Complete Production Limited Disc (8CD+DVD+Luxury Package)
SRCL-12390-99 / 9,980 yen (including tax)

Normal Edition (8CD)
SRCL-12400-07 / 4,980 yen (including tax)

<Contents
Disc 1 (CD, common for all formats): "Pokemon" theme song collection (17 songs in total)
Mezase Pokemon Master / Rika Matsumoto
02. Rival! /Rika Matsumoto
OK! /Rika Matsumoto
Mezase Pokemon Master/Whiteberry
05.Ready Go!
06.One Hundred and Fifty-One / Dr. Orchid and the Pokemon Kids
Song of Meowth / Meowth(InuYama Inuko)
Pocket ni Fantasy/Sachi & Juri
09.Pokemon Ondo/Garula Kobayashi
10.Type:Wild/Rika Matsumoto
11.Ride on Laplace/Kasumi(Masayumi Iizuka) & Laplace(Rikako Aikawa)
12. Meowth's Party / Song: Meowth (InuYama Inuko) Guest: Musashi and Kojiro
13.ポケモンはらはらリレー/愛河里花子
Takeshi's Paradise/Takeshi(Yuuji Ueda)
15.To My Best Friend / Hiromi Iwasaki
Positive Rockettes! /Rocketeer Squad(Musashi, Kojiro, Meowth)
17.Pocketari Monsterari/Kana

▼Disc 2 (CD/all forms common): "Pokémon Advance Generation" TV anime theme song collection (12 songs in total)
01. Advance Adventure/GARDEN
02. Challenger! ! /Rika Matsumoto
03.POKEMON SYMPHONIC MEDLEY ~POKEMON SYMPHONIC MEDLEY~/Pokémon Symphony Orchestra
Battle Frontier/Akina Takaya
05.Spurt! /Satoshi(CV:Rika Matsumoto)
06.Because the sky is there/Toshiko Ezaki
07.Polka o dolka / Meowth(InuYama Inuko) & Norsol Choir
Smile/Toshiko Ezaki
09.Summer Full of Summer! ! / Naomi Tamura and Himawari Choir
10.GLORY DAY ~Shining That Day~/GARDEN
Pokemon Kazue Uta/Akiko Kanazawa
I won't lose! ~Haruka's Theme/Haruka(KAORI)

Disc 3 (CD, common to all formats): "Pokemon Diamond Pearl" theme song collection (9 songs)
01.Together/Akiyooshi Fumie
02.High Touch! /Satoshi & Hikari(CV:Rika Matsumoto & Megumi Toyoguchi)
03.Psycho Everyday! /Fumie Akiyoshi
04.By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~/Gurin
05.Message from the Wind/Mai Mizuhashi
06.Ashita wa kitto / Utako
Moe yo, Gizamimi Pichu! /Gizami Pichu starring Shokotan
Docci~nyo? /Moo Moo Milk and Araki
09.Kimi no Mune ni LaLaLa/MADOKA.

▼Disc 4 (CD/all forms common): "Pokémon Best Wishes" TV animation theme song collection (11 songs)
01. Best Wishes! /Rika Matsumoto
02.Yajirushi ni natta! /Rika Matsumoto
2013/Rika Matsumoto
04.Natsu mo mekuru sakamichi/Daisuke
Heart Fanfare/Aki Okui
Can you say Pokemon BW/ Takeshi Tsuruno
07.Seven Color Arch/Pokemon BW Choir(Aki Okui, Toshiko Ezaki, Fumie Akiyoshi)
08.Mite mite ☆ Kocchi Kocchi / Momoiro Clover Z
09.Rockettes Forever/Rockettes (Musashi, Kojiro, Meowth)
Sakura Go Round / Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
Let's get our hands together / Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku

▼Disc 5 (CD, common to all formats): "Pokémon XY" theme song collection (7 songs in total)
01.V (Volt)/Yusuke
02.Mega V (Mega Volt)/Yusuke
03.Getta Bang Bang / Tomohisa Sako
04.X strait Y scenery/J☆Dee'Z
05.Peace Mile! /J☆Dee'Z with Pikachu
Doridori Dori /Shoko Nakagawa
07.Gao Gao All Star/Little Glee Monster

▼Disc 6 (CD/all forms common): TV anime "Pokémon XY & Z" theme song collection (7 songs in total)
01.XY&Z/Satoshi (CV: Rika Matsumoto)
02. Punichan no uta / Eureka (CV: Mariya Ise)
03.Rocketdan Dan Song/Rocketdan
Doridori / Serena(CV:Masayuki Makiguchi)
05.Kira Kira / Citron（CV：Hiroki Kaji)
Pikachu's Song / Pikachu（CV：Ikuue Otani)
07.Ballad of Meowth / Meowth（CV：Inuko Inuyama)

▼Disc 7 (CD/all forms common): "Pokémon Sun & Moon" theme song collection (9 songs in total)
01. Alola! / Satoshi with Pikachu (CV: Rika Matsumoto/ Ikue Otani)
02.Mezase Pokemon Master -20th Anniversary- / Rika Matsumoto
03. Future Connection/ЯeaL
Kimi no Bouken / Tetsu Okazaki
05.Pause/Tsuyuki Okazaki
Jari Boy Jari Girl / Tetsu Okazaki
Breath / Porno Graffiti
08.Heart's Notebook /Tatsuyuki Okazaki feat.Tokyo Hino City Nanao Midori Elementary School Chorus
09. Type: Wild / Shoko Nakagawa

▼Disc 8 (CD/all forms common): "Pokémon" TV animation theme song collection (7 songs in total)
01.1, 2, 3/After the Rain (Soraru×Mafumafu)
02.1, 2, 3/Nishikawa-kun to Kirisho
03.1, 2, 3/Karaage Sisters (Erika Ikuta & Sayuri Matsumura from Nogizaka46)
04. 1, 2, 3/Satoshi & Gou (CV: Rika Matsumoto & Daiki Yamashita)
05. Pokemon Shiritori / Pokemon Music Club (Junichi Masuda / PC Music Club / Pokemon Kids 2019)
06.Batsugun Type/Pokemon Music Club (Junichi Masuda/PC Music Club/Pokemon Kids 2019)
07.Mezase Pokemon Master -with my friends- / Satoshi (CV: Rika Matsumoto)

▼Disc 9: TV Animation Non-Credit Footage Collection (Blu-ray and DVD/ Limited Edition only)
1. "Mezase Pokemon Master" (opening footage of TV animation "Pokemon") / Rika Matsumoto
2. "Rival! (TV animation "Pokemon" opening footage) / Rika Matsumoto
3. "Spurt! (TV animation "Pokémon: Advance Generation" opening movie) / Satoshi (CV: Rika Matsumoto)
Together" (opening video for the TV animation "Pokémon: Diamond Pearl") / Fumie Akiyoshi
5. "High Touch! (TV animation "Pokémon: Diamond Pearl" opening movie) / Satoshi & Hikari (CV: Rika Matsumoto & Megumi Toyoguchi)
6. "Psycho Everyday! (TV animation "Pokémon: Diamond Pearl" opening movie) / Fumie Akiyoshi
7. "Best Wishes! (TV animation "Pokémon: Best Wishes" opening movie) / Rika Matsumoto
8. "Mite mite mite☆kocchi"(TV animation "Pokémon: Best Wishes" ending video) / Momoiro Clover Z
Sakura Go Round" (TV animation "Pokémon: Best Wishes" ending video) / Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
10. "Let's get our hands together"(ending image of TV animation "Pokémon: The Best Wishes") / Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
V (Volt)" (TV animation "Pokémon XY" opening video) / Yusuke
Mega V (Mega Volt)" (TV animation "Pokémon XY" opening image) / Yusuke
Getta Bang Bang" (TV animation "Pokémon XY" opening image) / Tomohisa Sako
Doridori" (TV animation "Pokémon XY" ending image) / Shoko Nakagawa
Gao Gao All Star" (TV anime "Pokémon XY" ending video) / Little Glee Monster
XY&Z" (TV animation "Pokémon XY&Z" opening movie) / Satoshi (CV: Rika Matsumoto)
17. "Punichan no uta"(TV animation "Pokémon XY&Z" ending movie) / Eureka (CV: Mariya Ise)
18. "Rocketdan Dan Uta" (TV Animation "Pokémon XY&Z" Ending Movie) / Rocketdan
Doridori" (TV animation "Pokémon XY&Z" ending image) / Serena (CV: Masayuki Makiguchi)
20. "Kira Kira" (TV animation "Pokémon XY&Z" ending movie) / Citron (CV: Kaji Yuki)
21. "Pikachu no Uta" (TV animation "Pokémon XY&Z" ending movie) / Pikachu (CV: Ikue Otani)
22. "Ballad of Meowth" (TV animation "Pokémon XY&Z" ending image) / Meowth (CV: Inuko Inuyama)
23. "Alola! (TV animation "Pokémon Sun & Moon" opening movie) / Satoshi with Pikachu (CV: Rika Matsumoto/ Ikue Otani)
24. "Mezase Pokemon Master -20th Anniversary-" (TV animation "Pokemon Sun & Moon" opening movie) / Rika Matsumoto
25. "Mirai Connection"(TV Animation "Pokémon Sun & Moon" Opening Movie) / ЯeaL
Kimi no Bouken (TV animation "Pokémon Sun & Moon" opening video) / Tetsu Okazaki
27. "Pose" (TV animation "Pokémon Sun & Moon" ending image) / Okazaki Tetsu
Jari Boy Jari Girl" (TV animation "Pokémon Sun & Moon" ending video) / Okazaki Tetsu
Heart's Note (TV animation "Pokémon: Sun & Moon" ending) / Tetsu Okazaki feat.
Type: Wild" (Special Music Video for the TV animation "Pokémon Sun & Moon") / Shoko Nakagawa
31. "1・2・3"(TV Animation "Pokémon" Opening Video) / After the Rain (Soraru×Mafumafu)
32. "1,2,3"(TV animation "Pokémon" opening video) / Nishikawa-kun and Kirisho
33. "1,2,3" (opening video for TV animation "Pokémon") / KARAAGE Sisters (Erika Ikuta and Sayuri Matsumura from Nogizaka46)
34. "1,2,3" (opening animation of the TV animation "Pokémon") / Satoshi & Gou (CV: Rika Matsumoto and Taiki Yamashita)
35. "Pokemon Shiritori" (TV animation "Pokemon" ending footage) / Pokemon Music Club (Junichi Masuda / PC Music Club / Pokemon Kids 2019)
36. "Batsugun Type" (TV animation "Pokémon" ending image) / Pokémon Music Club (Junichi Masuda/PPC Music Club/Pokémon Kids 2019)
37. "Mezase Pokemon Master -with my friends-" (TV animation "Pokemon Mezase Pokemon Master" opening video) / Satoshi (CV: Rika Matsumoto)

Notes.
The following is the original text of the release.
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Program Outline
TV animation "Pokémon: Mezase Pokémon Master
Broadcasting every Friday from 6:55 p.m. on TV Tokyo.
Broadcasting time and date may differ in some areas.

General Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Director: Daiki Tomiyasu
Series Construction: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Character Design: Shuhei Yasuda
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Music: Yuki Hayashi
Opening theme: "Mezase Pokemon Master -with my friends-" / Satoshi (CV: Rika Matsumoto)

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