Battle Frontier (song): Difference between revisions

If you were looking for the English song of the same name, see Battle Frontier (dub).

バトルフロンティア
Batoru Furontia Battle Frontier
AG OP 4 Artist 髙屋亜希那 Akina Takaya Lyrics Rie Composer Rie Arrangement 高梨康治 Kōji Takanashi (?)
Pikachu Records single Title バトルフロンティア Battle Frontier Catalog no. ZMCP-2302
This song debuted in the eighth Pokémon movie the week before its television debut.

Battle Frontier (Japanese: バトルフロンティア lit. Batoru Furontia) is the fourth opening theme song of the Japanese Advanced Generation series of the Pokémon anime, and the ninth total opening for the Pokémon television anime.

It debuted in AG135, replacing Pokémon Symphonic Medley. Its singer, 髙屋亜希那 Akina Takaya, is a relatively unknown artist. It debuted at the same time as a new ending, Pokémon Counting Song. The instruments-only version replaced the instrumental version of Advance Adventure in episode 135 in the Japanese preview of the next episode. It was replaced by Spurt!.

It was also used as the Pokémon Sunday ending from PS053 to PS059 and was then replaced by YEAH!.

Opening animation

OP Text

Synopsis

Ash and Pikachu are in a field running toward the sun and they jump. The gang are in a forest playing happily, except May. There are flashbacks of Mimey, Delia Ketchum, Professor Oak, Professor Birch, Tracey, and Misty holding an Azurill. Ash's Pokémon are seen using their attacks and they all take a photo. Scott appears in a car and the Frontier Brains, except for Brandon, appear. Then, it showcases the characters' Pokémon. Team Rocket waves. The rest of the opening has been changed multiple times.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• May
• Brock
• Tracey
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Drew
• Professor Oak
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Birch
• Scott
• Harley
• Noland
• Greta
• Tucker
• Lucy
• Spenser
• Anabel (silhouette)
• Brandon (silhouette)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's) (Pokémon Sunday Variant)
• Articuno (Pokémon Sunday Variant)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Phanpy (Ash's) → Donphan (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's) → Sceptile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Azurill (Misty's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's) → Marshtomp (Brock's)
• Bonsly (Brock's, new, debut)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Mime Jr. (James's, new, debut)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's; nicknamed "Mimey")
• Mew
• Weavile
• Lucario

Mystery Dungeon

• Gengar
• Alakazam
• Tyranitar
• Murkrow
• Magnemite
• Charmander
• Cyndaquil
• Torchic
• Medicham
• Ekans
• Charizard

Lyrics

TV Size

Full version

Anime episodes in which song was used as background music

• Caterpie's Big Dilemma!
• Tactics Theatrics!!
• Reversing the Charges
• King and Queen for a Day!
• Talking a Good Game!
• All That Glitters is Not Golden!
• Overjoyed!
• Gathering the Gang of Four!
• Pace - The Final Frontier!
• The Bells Are Singing!
• Staging a Heroes' Welcome!
• Pruning a Passel of Pals!
• Another One Gabites the Dust!
• Challenging a Towering Figure!

Trivia

• Oddly, in episodes before AG152, during the shot of Team Rocket and their current Pokémon waving, Jessie's Dustox is missing from the lineup.

Pokémon Sunday ending animation

The first animation sequence in this version is Ash, May, and Brock calling out their Pokémon to attack. Those Pokémon are Combusken, Grovyle, and Mudkip.

The next group of animations are the same as in the main opening (Ash and Pikachu running through the field, through the pan shot of Ash and all of his Pokémon). However, the differences in these animations are that ending credits replace the ones used in the opening. Also, the scene of Scott waving while driving past is replaced by a pan shot of all of the Frontier Brains. The animation sequence following this include portions of the first Frontier Brain battle between Ash and Noland, which involved Charizard and Noland's Articuno. After this, the normal animations resume, starting from the sequence involving Brock chopping up lettuce and cooking rice, and May throwing a Poké Ball. The Team Rocket sequence prior to AG152 (with Weavile) remains intact. This is followed by the Mew and Lucario flyby animation, as was the case in the first version of this opening. Unlike the original ending though, the group silhouette is replaced with the Frontier Brain reveal.

Variants

There are 12 variants of the opening animation:

1. AG135 - AG145, Perfect Best 2 DVD: The original animation.
2. AG146 - AG148: The two paragraphs of text introducing Pocket Monsters is re-added.
3. AG149: Animation updated to include Marshtomp.
4. AG150 - AG151: Animation updated to include Greta.
5. Pokémon Sunday: Includes Charizard and Noland's Articuno.
6. AG152: Animation updated to include Dustox. Weavile is removed, as is the Mew & Lucario scene, and is replaced by a scene based on the boxart illustration of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, which was released on the same day.
7. AG153 - AG154: Animation updated to include Tucker.
8. AG155 - AG157: Animation updated to include Donphan.
9. AG158: Animation updated to include Eevee.
10. AG159 - AG161: Animation updated to include Lucy; director 日高正光 Masamitsu Hidaka is removed.
11. AG162 - AG163: Animation updated to include Sceptile.
12. AG164 - AG165: Animation updated to include Spenser.

There are also variants of the music itself:

• The movie version has an alternate lead-in.
• The track on the Perfect Best 2 album has a slightly different audio mix compared to the original single.
• The Perfect Best 2 album also includes a ballad version of the song.

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  Variant 1: AG135 - AG145

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  Variant 2: AG146 - AG148

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  Variant 3: AG149

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  Variant 4: AG150 - AG151

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  Variant 5: Pokémon Sunday

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  Variant 6: AG152

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  Variant 7: AG153 - AG154

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  Variant 8: AG155 - AG157

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  Variant 9: AG158

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  Variant 10: AG159 - AG161

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  Variant 11: AG162 - AG163

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  Variant 12: AG164 - AG165

External links

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