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ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル!!(前編) Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 1)
Broadcast dates
Japan	March 20, 2008
USA
Theme songs
Opening
Japanese theme songs
Opening	Together
Ending	風のメッセージ
Credits
Animation	Team Iguchi
Screenplay	藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard	浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director	古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga
Animation director	玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa
Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル!!(前編) Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 1)) is the 71st episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan in a one-hour special on March 20, 2008, the day that Pokémon Ranger Batonnage was released. It and DP072 will be released on DVD in Japan on June 20, 2008.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Major events 2.1 Debuts 3 Characters 3.1 Humans 3.2 Pokémon 4 Trivia 4.1 Errors 4.2 Dub edits

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn meets Solana.
• Ash and co. meet Hajime.
• Dawn learns that Ash can use Aura.

Debuts

• Hajime
• Riolu
• Floatzel

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Hajime (Seiyū: 坂口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi)
• Solana
• Officer Jenny
• J
• J's Henchmen
• Client
• Client's Henchmen

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Salamence (J's)
• Drapion (J's)
• Crobat (J's henchmen's)
• Sharpedo (J's henchmen's)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Fearow (Client's)
• Aggron (Client's)
• Tyranitar (Client's henchman's)
• Nidoking (Client's henchman's)
• Graveler (Client's henchman's)
• Golem (Client's henchman's)
• Rhyhorn (Client's henchman's)
• Floatzel
• Riolu (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Staraptor
• Nincada
• Ariados
• Dodrio
• Hoppip
• Skiploom
• Donphan
• Blastoise
• Trapinch

Trivia

• Riolu uses Aura Sphere in this episode, an attack that Riolu are not normally able to learn, a fact which is realized by almost everyone in the episode. It is probably the reason why it was so desired.
• This is also only the third time blood has been seen in the anime, seen when Riolu blasts out the back of the truck and hurts its arm in the process.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew can be heard
• The Japanese name is a reference to an alternate translation of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew: Mew and the Wave Guiding Hero: Lucario.

Errors

Dub edits