Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain

Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain

鉱国のプリンセス ディアンシー Diancie, Princess of the Ore Country

First broadcast Japan July 17, 2014 United States November 6, 2014

English themes Opening None Ending

Japanese themes Opening None Ending None

Credits Animation OLM Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 山口健太郎 Kentarō Yamaguchi Assistant director 山口健太郎 Kentarō Yamaguchi Animation director 池田裕治 Yūji Ikeda No additional credits are available at this time.

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Pokémon: Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain (Japanese: 鉱国のプリンセス ディアンシー Diancie, Princess of the Ore Country) is a short that serves as a prologue to Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. It first aired in Japan on July 17, 2014. In the United States, it was added to the official Pokémon website on November 6, 2014.

Blurb

While on a journey to search for Xerneas, Diancie is awakened by a cry for help and goes to investigate. When Diancie's loyal Carbink subjects discover that their princess has wandered off and decide to follow, all four of them find themselves in a sticky situation!

Plot

The short begins with Diancie sitting quietly inside a small house. She begins to hear a cry, and looks out from the deck to listen more closely to the sound. She realizes that it is a Pokémon that needs help, and she jumps off the deck and goes to find the Pokemon in question. Meanwhile, a trio of Carbink are on their way with food. One of them, named Merrick, tells the other two, Bort and Allotrope, to hurry as Diancie must certainly be hungry. When they enter Diancie's room the trio realize that Diancie is gone. Merrick notices Diancie and tells Bort and Allotrope to go after her and then jumps off the deck and attempts to sustain his balance, though Bort and Allotrope fall on top of him. In the midst of following Diancie, they soon find themselves surrounded by a group of Ariados.

Meanwhile, Diancie reaches a river and uses her instincts to locate the cry, where she finds a Pangoro stuck in a log. She tries to pull it out but to no avail. Merrick, Bort, and Allotrope reach Diancie, and much to their dismay, as they are being attacked, Diancie instructs them to make a hole in the log for Pangoro to see. When Pangoro's face is revealed, Diancie happily greets Pangoro, but Merrick, Bort, and Allotrope are further dismayed. When the Ariados attack, the three vow to defend themselves, but Pangoro swings itself (inside the log) at the Ariados, scaring them away. It crashes onto the ledge, breaking the log and freeing Pangoro. Diancie and the Carbink thank Pangoro. A Pancham appears out of the broken log, dizzy and fainting and Diancie realizes Pangoro must have been trying to save Pancham, and got stuck in the process, which the two confirm. They part ways with Pancham and Pangoro to continue on their quest to find Xerneas. Meanwhile, a Honedge appears and helps a mysterious girl spy on Diancie and the Carbink.

Major events

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Humans

• Millis Steel

Pokémon debuts

• Honedge
• Carbink (Carbink servants)
• Xerneas (M17)
• Diancie (anime)

Characters

Humans

• Millis Steel

Pokémon

• Honedge (Argus Steel's; debut)
• Diancie (anime; debut)
• Carbink (Carbink servants; ×3; Merrick, Bort, and Allotrope; debut)
• Xerneas (M17; fantasy; debut)
• Ariados (×3)
• Pangoro
• Pancham

Cast

Cast
Millis Steel	Brittney Lee Hamilton	Millis Steel	Shōko Nakagawa	ミリス·スティール	中川翔子
Diancie	Caitlin Glass	Diancie	Marika Matsumoto	ディアンシー	松本まりか
Merrick	David Wills	Majima	Kensuke Satō	マジマ	佐藤健輔
Bort		Knight	Kiyotaka Furushima	ナイト	古島清孝
Allotrope		Joke	Kenta Miyake	ジョーク	三宅健太

Trivia

• This special aired between XY035 and XY036 in Japan.
• The special leads directly into Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
• There is no To Be Continued screen at the end of the special.
• Music from Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction is used in this special.
• This special marks the first appearance of an Ariados in the anime since its cameo in Historical Mystery Tour!, nearly five years ago.

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Diancie, la Princesse du Royaume des Diamants
German		Diancie: Die Prinzessin des Diamantenreichs
Italian		Diancie - Principessa del regno dei Diamanti
European Spanish		Diancie, la Princesa del Reino de los Diamantes

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