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A recent data breach at Pokmon developer Game Freak has revealed for the first time the existence of the 24th Pokmon movie, which would've seen a new protagonist take the wheel from Ash, even before Pokmon Horizons. This film seems to have been caught up in development hell, and looks to have been very different from any Pokmon movie released before.

Over the weekend of October 13, 2024, a hacker who managed a successful phishing attempt uploaded nearly 1 TB of information taken from Game Freak's servers. Included among the information is development tools for prior generations of Pokmon, beta Pokmon designs, and even full source code for some of the games. Surprisingly, however, there is also some information related to the Pokmon anime, and part of this anime-related information involves the 24th movie in the franchise, which was set to radically shake up everything fans know about Pokmon movies.

Pokmon's Lost Movie...

BBC has unveiled a new Pokémon-themed live-streaming channel on its video-on-demand service, BBC iPlayer.

This dedicated channel will offer non-stop 24/7 live stream of the Pokémon anime, and will stream over 600 episodes, which is roughly half of the entire Pokémon anime library.

Included in the line-up is the original series, which follows the adventures of Ash Ketchum, as well as the latest series, titled Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

The new Pokémon channel will exclusively be available to viewers in the United Kingdom. Due to regional restrictions, the BBC iPlayer service won’t be available elsewhere.

Pokémon is a Japanese anime television series, part of The Pokémon Company’s Pokémon media franchise, which premiered on TV Tokyo in April 1997.

The anime franchise consists of eight sequential series in Japan, each based on a main installment of the Pokémon video game series. In the international broadcasts, these series are split across 26 seasons,...

Pikachu and Ash are back in an all-new Pokémon movie next month, and the first trailer has just been released. Called Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, the feature pits the two on a new adventure as they encounter the Mythical Pokémon Zarude and overcome the danger that threatens the jungle. It's set to be released on Netflix on Oct. 8, and you can check out the official trailer below.

The logline reads: "Deep in the jungle, far from any human settlement, you'll find the Forest of Okoya-a Pokémon paradise forbidden to outsiders. In this jungle lives Koko, a human boy who has been raised as a Pokémon by the Mythical Pokémon Zarude. Koko has grown up never doubting that he is a Pokémon. But one day, a chance meeting with Ash and Pikachu leaves Koko with his first human friend. Is he truly a Pokémon? Or is he, in fact,...

Features the voices of: James Carter Cathcart, Laurie Hymes, Michele Knotz, Eddy Lee, Sarah Natochenny, Lisa Ortiz, Ikue Ôtani, Jake Paque, Haven Paschall, Billy Bob Thompson | Written by Aya Takaha, Eiji Umehara | Directed by Tetsuo Yajima

Directed by Tetsuo Yajima, Pokémon The Movie: The Power of Us is the second film in the rebooted anime film series and the 21st Pokémon released in total. Brightly animated and filled with upbeat messages, it’s safe to say that fans of the franchise won’t be disappointed, though newcomers may find themselves a little lost.

The plot centres on Risa (Laurie Hymes), a schoolgirl who visits her younger brother in hospital and agrees to attend an island-based Wind Festival on his behalf, in order to catch a rare Pokémon. On arrival, Risa meets a number of other characters, including: heroic Pokémon trainer Ash (Sarah Natochenny) and his adorable sidekick Pikachu (Ikue Ôtani...