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'''Pokémon Sunday''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン☆サンデー''') is a Japanese Pokémon television show that debuted on the TV Tokyo network on October 3, 2004. The show is the successor to the [[Pocket Monsters Encore]] and the [[Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station]]. Like the shows before it, Pokémon Sunday is a sort of variety show featuring reruns of old episodes as well as a number of 'Research' episodes involving live-action elements. The show started out in the 8:00-8:30AM timeslot and was moved to the 7:30-8:30AM timeslot in October 2006.   
'''Pokémon Sunday''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン☆サンデー''') was a Japanese Pokémon television show that ran on the [[TV Tokyo]] network from October 3, 2004 to September 26, 2010. The show was the successor to the [[Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station]] and was succeeded by ''[[Pokémon Smash!]]''. Like the shows before it, Pokémon Sunday was a sort of variety show featuring reruns of old episodes as well as a number of 'Research' episodes involving live-action elements. The show started out in the 8:00-8:30AM timeslot and was moved to the 7:30-8:30AM timeslot in October 2006.   


Unlike the [[Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station]], the live action episodes of Pokémon Sunday actually have a sort of common structure among them. Pokémon Sunday features a group of people called the Pokémon Research Team.  During each new episode, the team goes out and investigates questions submitted to them through the show's website. From October 2004 to September 2006, the regular hosts of Pokémon Sunday were [[Becky]], TIM, and ロバート ''Robert''. When Pokémon Sunday expanded to an hour show in October 2006, 中川翔子 ''[[Shōko Nakagawa]]'', nicknamed しょこたん ''Shokotan'', joined the cast and Becky left the cast.
Unlike the [[Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station]], the live action episodes of Pokémon Sunday actually had a sort of common structure among them. Pokémon Sunday featured a group of people called the Pokémon Research Team.  During each new episode, the team goes out and investigates questions submitted to them through the show's website. From October 2004 to September 2006, the regular hosts of Pokémon Sunday were [[Becky]], TIM, and ロバート ''Robert''. When Pokémon Sunday expanded to an hour show in October 2006, 中川翔子 ''[[Shōko Nakagawa]]'', nicknamed しょこたん ''Shokotan'', joined the cast and Becky left the cast.


==Opening animations==
==Opening animations==
===Synopsis===
===Synopsis===
[[Image:PokemonSunday1.jpg|right|thumb|Variant 1]]
[[File:Pokémon Sunday logo variant 1.png|right|thumb|Variant 1]]
[[Image:PokemonSunday2.jpg|right|thumb|Variant 2]]
[[File:Pokémon Sunday logo variant 2.png|right|thumb|Variant 2]]
[[Image:PokemonSunday3.jpg|right|thumb|Variant 3]]
[[File:Pokémon Sunday logo variant 3.png|right|thumb|Variant 3]]
The original opening animation was about 24 seconds long and only lasted a few episodes. It featured {{Ash}} throwing a [[Poké Ball]] which would then transition into two film strips showing episode clips. {{p|Pikachu}} stands on the horizontal film strip with pom-poms and acts like a cheerleader. {{p|Plusle}} and {{p|Minun}} then replace the cheerleading {{p|Pikachu}}. It then transitions to clouds and the Pokémon Sunday logo.
The original opening animation was about 24 seconds long and only lasted a few episodes. It featured {{Ash}} throwing a [[Poké Ball]] which would then transition into two film strips showing episode clips. {{p|Pikachu}} stands on the horizontal film strip with pom-poms and acts like a cheerleader. {{p|Plusle}} and {{p|Minun}} then replace the cheerleading {{p|Pikachu}}. It then transitions to clouds and the Pokémon Sunday logo.


The second opening was a lot more elaborate and completely done in CGI. It was slightly longer then the original opening, clocking in at approximately 26 seconds. It starts off with the announcer shouting, "Are you ready?" and what looks to be the Kanto region in the background. The Pichu Brothers Rascal Railway PokéPark locomotive crosses the screen and it then transitions to a {{p|Pikachu}} ride with one of the positions as a car. {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Wobbuffet}} and {{p|Treecko}} are in the car which motors off the screen and then transitions to another ride. A ferris wheel and three hot-air balloons featuring {{p|Skitty}}, {{p|Mudkip}} and {{p|Pichu}} are shown while the train reappears and crosses the screen again. Finally, it transitions to clouds and the Pokémon Sunday logo.
The second opening was a lot more elaborate and completely done in CGI. It was slightly longer than the original opening, clocking in at approximately 26 seconds. It starts off with the announcer shouting, "Are you ready?" and what looks to be the Kanto region in the background. The Pichu Brothers Rascal Railway PokéPark locomotive crosses the screen and it then transitions to a {{p|Pikachu}} ride with one of the positions as a car. {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Wobbuffet}} and {{p|Treecko}} are in the car which motors off the screen and then transitions to another ride. A ferris wheel and three hot-air balloons featuring {{p|Skitty}}, {{p|Mudkip}} and {{p|Pichu}} are shown while the train reappears and crosses the screen again. Finally, it transitions to clouds and the Pokémon Sunday logo.


The third variant of the Pokémon Sunday intro debuted in EP053. It starts off with a crowd shouting, "Let's Go!" and then the announcer stating that Pokémon Sunday is about to begin. This is the shortest intro ever used for any Pokémon related television show and only lasts 8 seconds. It is a mix of traditional animation and CGI. A bunch of Pokémon are standing on balloons in the sky and are dancing and cheering. The Pokémon Sunday logo appears and quickly transitions to the title card or research episode. The shortened intro was introduced to allow for more research content and more preview/commercials at the end of the show. A title card is shown twice in the later Pokémon Sunday anime rerun episodes, one introduced by the Pokémon Sunday announcer and the standard episode title card usually announced by {{Ash}}.
The third and last variant of the Pokémon Sunday intro debuted in EP053. It starts off with a crowd shouting, "Let's Go!" and then the announcer stating that Pokémon Sunday is about to begin. This is the shortest intro ever used for any Pokémon related television show and only lasts 8 seconds. It is a mix of traditional animation and CGI. A bunch of Pokémon are standing on balloons in the sky and are dancing and cheering. The Pokémon Sunday logo appears and quickly transitions to the title card or research episode. The shortened intro was introduced to allow for more research content and more preview/commercials at the end of the show. A title card is shown twice in the later Pokémon Sunday anime rerun episodes, one introduced by the Pokémon Sunday announcer and the standard episode title card usually announced by {{Ash}}.


===Characters===
===Characters===
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[[File:Gsball.jpg|thumb|right|220px|An episode of ''Pokémon Sunday'' leading up to the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|Gold and Silver remakes]]]]
[[File:Gsball.jpg|thumb|right|220px|An episode of ''Pokémon Sunday'' leading up to the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|Gold and Silver remakes]]]]
[[File:PSGEN5.png|thumb|right|220px|An episode of ''Pokémon Sunday'' with [[Junichi Masuda]] himself revealing the first silhouette of a [[Generation V]] Pokémon, {{p|Zoroark}}]]
[[File:PSGEN5.png|thumb|right|220px|An episode of ''Pokémon Sunday'' with [[Junichi Masuda]] himself revealing the first silhouette of a [[Generation V]] Pokémon, {{p|Zoroark}}]]
[[File:PokéSun May09 10.png|thumb|The silhouettes of the {{p|Snivy|three}} {{p|Tepig|Unova}} {{p|Oshawott|starters}} revealed on Pokémon Sunday]].
* The structure of the Research episodes (2004/10 to 2006/9):
* The structure of the Research episodes (2004/10 to 2006/9):
*# Opening theme
*# Opening theme
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*# Next Pokémon Sunday episode teaser
*# Next Pokémon Sunday episode teaser
*# Next AG episode preview
*# Next AG episode preview
*# Next reseach episode teaser
*# Next research episode teaser
*# Ending theme
*# Ending theme
*# Pokémon Trivia Quiz answer
*# Pokémon Trivia Quiz answer
*# Sponsor listing & commercials
*# Sponsor listing & commercials
* In [[AG133|''The Right Place and the Right Mime'']], Team Rocket's disguise has Jessie, James, Meowth and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} dress up as characters from the show, with Jessie dressed up as [[Becky]], James as Red-Hakase, Meowth as Golgo-Sachou, and Wobbuffet as a human cameraman.


==Ending theme songs==
==Ending theme songs==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:PokemonSundayed1.jpg|[[Type: Wild]]
File:TypeWildSunday.png|[[Type: Wild]]
Image:PokemonSundayed2.jpg|?
File:SundayEnd2.png
Image:PokemonSundayed3.jpg|[[Face Forward Team Rocket!]]
File:FaceForwardTeamRocketSunday.png|[[Face Forward Team Rocket!]]
Image:PokemonSundayed4.jpg|[[To My Best Friend]]
File:ToMyBestFriendSunday.png|[[To My Best Friend]]
Image:PokemonSundayed5.jpg|[[Hello! Thank You!]]
File:HelloThankYou.png|[[Hello! Thank You!]]
Image:PokemonSundayed6.jpg|{{OBP|Battle Frontier|song}}
File:BattleFrontierSunday2.png|{{OBP|Battle Frontier|song}}
Image:PokemonSundayed7.jpg|{{OBP|Battle Frontier|song}}
File:BattleFrontierSunday3.png|{{OBP|Battle Frontier|song}}
Image:PokemonSundayed8.jpg|[[YEAH!]]
File:YEAH!.png|[[YEAH!]]
Image:spurtps4.jpg|[[Spurt!]]
File:Spurt1.png|[[Spurt!]]
Image:PokemonSundayed10.jpg|[[Spurt!]]
File:Spurt2.png|[[Spurt!]]
Image:PokemonSundayed11.jpg|[[Big Meowth Day]]
File:BigMeowthDay.png|[[Big Meowth Day]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_sunday/ Pokémon Sunday official TV Tokyo website] (Japanese)
*[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_sunday/ Pokémon Sunday official TV Tokyo website] (Japanese)


[[Category:Anime]]
==See also==
*[[Pocket Monsters Encore]]
*[[Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station]]
*[[Pokémon Smash!]]
*[[Pokémon Get☆TV]]


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Revision as of 01:06, 7 August 2015

Pokémon Sunday logo

Pokémon Sunday (Japanese: ポケモン☆サンデー) was a Japanese Pokémon television show that ran on the TV Tokyo network from October 3, 2004 to September 26, 2010. The show was the successor to the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station and was succeeded by Pokémon Smash!. Like the shows before it, Pokémon Sunday was a sort of variety show featuring reruns of old episodes as well as a number of 'Research' episodes involving live-action elements. The show started out in the 8:00-8:30AM timeslot and was moved to the 7:30-8:30AM timeslot in October 2006.

Unlike the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station, the live action episodes of Pokémon Sunday actually had a sort of common structure among them. Pokémon Sunday featured a group of people called the Pokémon Research Team. During each new episode, the team goes out and investigates questions submitted to them through the show's website. From October 2004 to September 2006, the regular hosts of Pokémon Sunday were Becky, TIM, and ロバート Robert. When Pokémon Sunday expanded to an hour show in October 2006, 中川翔子 Shōko Nakagawa, nicknamed しょこたん Shokotan, joined the cast and Becky left the cast.

Opening animations

Synopsis

Variant 1
Variant 2
Variant 3

The original opening animation was about 24 seconds long and only lasted a few episodes. It featured Ash throwing a Poké Ball which would then transition into two film strips showing episode clips. Pikachu stands on the horizontal film strip with pom-poms and acts like a cheerleader. Plusle and Minun then replace the cheerleading Pikachu. It then transitions to clouds and the Pokémon Sunday logo.

The second opening was a lot more elaborate and completely done in CGI. It was slightly longer than the original opening, clocking in at approximately 26 seconds. It starts off with the announcer shouting, "Are you ready?" and what looks to be the Kanto region in the background. The Pichu Brothers Rascal Railway PokéPark locomotive crosses the screen and it then transitions to a Pikachu ride with one of the positions as a car. Pikachu, Wobbuffet and Treecko are in the car which motors off the screen and then transitions to another ride. A ferris wheel and three hot-air balloons featuring Skitty, Mudkip and Pichu are shown while the train reappears and crosses the screen again. Finally, it transitions to clouds and the Pokémon Sunday logo.

The third and last variant of the Pokémon Sunday intro debuted in EP053. It starts off with a crowd shouting, "Let's Go!" and then the announcer stating that Pokémon Sunday is about to begin. This is the shortest intro ever used for any Pokémon related television show and only lasts 8 seconds. It is a mix of traditional animation and CGI. A bunch of Pokémon are standing on balloons in the sky and are dancing and cheering. The Pokémon Sunday logo appears and quickly transitions to the title card or research episode. The shortened intro was introduced to allow for more research content and more preview/commercials at the end of the show. A title card is shown twice in the later Pokémon Sunday anime rerun episodes, one introduced by the Pokémon Sunday announcer and the standard episode title card usually announced by Ash.

Characters

Live action hosts

  • ロバート
  • TIM
  • ベッキー(Left Cast on 2006/9)
  • 中川翔子(Joined Cast on 2006/10)

Pokémon

Live action
First OP animation
Second OP animation
Third OP animation

Trivia

An episode of Pokémon Sunday leading up to the Gold and Silver remakes
An episode of Pokémon Sunday with Junichi Masuda himself revealing the first silhouette of a Generation V Pokémon, Zoroark
The silhouettes of the three Unova starters revealed on Pokémon Sunday

.

  • The structure of the Research episodes (2004/10 to 2006/9):
    1. Opening theme
    2. Part A
    3. Sponsor listing & commercials
    4. Part B
    5. Ending theme
    6. Next Pokémon Sunday episode teaser
    7. Next AG episode preview
    8. Pokémon Trivia Quiz question
    9. Pokémon Trivia Quiz answer
    10. Sponsor listing & commercials
  • The structure of the anime rerun episodes (2004/10 to 2006/9):
    1. Opening theme
    2. Title Card (Pokémon Sunday Title Card introduced in later episodes)
    3. Anime Episode Part A
    4. Title Card
    5. Sponsor listing & commercials
    6. Anime Episode Part B
    7. Pokémon Trivia Quiz question
    8. Next Pokémon Sunday episode teaser
    9. Next AG episode preview
    10. Next research episode teaser
    11. Ending theme
    12. Pokémon Trivia Quiz answer
    13. Sponsor listing & commercials
  • In The Right Place and the Right Mime, Team Rocket's disguise has Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet dress up as characters from the show, with Jessie dressed up as Becky, James as Red-Hakase, Meowth as Golgo-Sachou, and Wobbuffet as a human cameraman.

Ending theme songs

External links

See also


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