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バトルフロンティア

File:Battle Frontier - Brains Lineup 5.jpg

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AG OP 4

Artist	髙屋亜希那 {{{artistname_ro}}}
Lyrics	Rie
Composer	Rie
Arrangement	高梨康治 {{{arrangername_ro}}}

Pikachu Records

Title	バトルフロンティア
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 Batoru Furontia exact) is the fourth opening theme song of the Japanese Advanced Generation Pokémon anime series 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 verison 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

Japanese	English
この星の不思議な生き物	The mysterious creatures of this planet
ポケットモンスター・・・	Pocket Monsters...
ちぢめてポケモン！	"Pokémon" for short!
今、サトシとポケモンたちの	Now, the story of a boy, Satoshi, and Pokémon
出会いと冒険と戦いの物語が	Their meetings, adventures, and battles
はじまる！	Are about to begin!

Synopsis

Characters

Humans

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)
Mew
Weavile
Lucario

Mystery Dungeon

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English
光る大地に立ち永遠のバトル誓う笑顔　ちょっぴり涙みんな忘れないよ	hikaru daichi ni tachi towa no batoru chikau egao choppiri namida minna wasurenai yo	Standing on the shining land... I vow to battle eternally I smile... with some tears I won't forget any of you
想いは　距離を飛び越え今　君に届く　きっと	omoi wa kyori o tobikoe ima kimi ni todoku kitto	My feelings leap the distance And reach you even now, I'm certain
ウーイエ!! GANGAN　進め　風切って GANGAN　行くぜ　最後まで完全・燃焼　YES, I'm OK!!	Oh yeah!! gangan susume kaze kitte gangan iku ze saigo made kanzen, nenshō; YES, I'm OK!!	Intensely move ahead, and cut through the wind Intensely I'm going, all the way to the end Perfect combustion - YES, I'm OK!!
ウーイエ!! DONDON　パワー盛り上がって DONDON　勇気湧いてくる限りない力を信じよう	Oh yeah!! dondon pawā moriagatte dondon yūki waite kuru kagirinai chikara o shinjiyō	Oh yeah!! Steadily my power rises Steadily my courage boils over Let's believe in unlimited strength
つなぐ手があるからそうさここまで来た強さ　それはやさしさ少しずつわかったよ	tsunagu te ga aru kara sō sa koko made kita tsuyosa sore wa yasashisa sukoshi-zutsu wakatta yo
想いは　時を飛び越え今　僕ら結ぶ　もっと	omoi wa toki o tobikoe ima bokura musubu motto
ウーイエ!! ZENZEN　ヘッチャラ　大丈夫 ZENZEN　心配いらないさ完全・無欠だ　Are you OK?	Oh yeah!! zenzen hetchara daijōbu zenzen shinpai iranai sa kanzen, muketsu da; are you OK?
ウーイエ!! SOZORYOKU 無限大 SOSO 僕らいい調子限りないチャンスをつかもう	Oh yeah!! sōzōryoku mugendai sōsō bokura ii chōshi kagirinai chansu o tsukamō
ウーイエ!! GANGAN　進め　風切って GANGAN　行くぜ　最後まで完全・燃焼　YES, I'm OK!!	Oh yeah!! gangan susume kaze kitte gangan iku ze saigo made kanzen, nenshō; YES, I'm OK!!
ウーイエ!! DONDON　作戦　ひらめいて DONDON　攻撃　止まらない完全・無欠だ　Are you OK?	Oh yeah!! dondon sakusen hirameite dondon attaku tomaranai kanzen, muketsu da; are you OK?
ウーイエ!! GUNGUN　パワー盛り上がって GUNGUN　勇気湧いてくる耀くゴールを駆け抜けろ	Oh yeah!! gungun pawā moriagatte gungun yūki waite kuru kagayaku gōru o kakenukero

Trivia

Errors

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 May's Combusken, Ash's Grovyle, and Brock's 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 Ash's 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:

AG135 - AG145, Perfect Best 2 DVD: The original animation.
AG146 - AG148: The two paragraphs of text introducing Pocket Monsters is re-added.
AG149: Animation updated to include Brock's Marshtomp.
AG150 - AG151: Animation updated to include Greta.
Pokémon Sunday: Includes Ash's Charizard and Noland's Articuno.
AG152: Animation updated to include Jessie's Dustox. Weavile is removed, as is the Mew & Lucario scene, and is replaced by a scene based on Pokémon: Dungeon of Mystery, which was released on the same day.
AG153 - AG154: Animation updated to include Tucker.
AG155 - AG157: Animation updated to include Ash's Donphan.
AG158: Animation updated to include May's Eevee.
AG159 - AG161: Animation updated to include Lucy; director 日高正光 Masamitsu Hidaka is removed.
AG162 - AG163: Animation updated to include Ash's Sceptile.
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.

File:Battlefrontier.jpg

Variant 1: AG135 - AG145

File:Battlefrontier2.jpg

Variant 2: AG146 - AG148

File:Battle Frontier - Brock's Marshtomp.jpg

Variant 3: AG149

File:Battle Frontier - Brains Lineup 2.jpg

Variant 4: AG150 - AG151

File:Battlefrontierps.jpg

Variant 5: Pokémon Sunday

File:Battle Frontier - Dungeon of Mystery Blue.jpg

Variant 6: AG152