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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 Yasuharu 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

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.

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.

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.

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 AG135-AG151
• Weavile AG135-AG151
• Lucario AG135-AG151
• Gengar AG152-AG165
• Alakazam AG152-AG165
• Tyranitar AG152-AG165
• Murkrow AG152-AG165
• Magnemite AG152-AG165
• Charmander AG152-AG165
• Cyndaquil AG152-AG165
• Torchic AG152-AG165
• Medicham AG152-AG165
• Ekans AG152-AG165
• Charizard AG152-AG165

Lyrics

TV Size

Full version

Anime episodes in which this 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!

Variants

There are 10 variants of the opening animation:

1. AG135 - AG148: The original animation (from AG146 onwards, the opening text introducing Pocket Monsters is added).
2. AG149: Animation updated to include Marshtomp.
3. AG150 - AG151: Animation updated to reveal Greta.
4. AG152: Animation updated to include Dustox; the scenes featuring Weavile and Mew with Lucario are replaced by a scene based on the boxart illustrations of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, which were released on the same day.
5. AG153 - AG154: Animation updated to reveal Tucker.
6. AG155 - AG157: Animation updated to include Donphan.
7. AG158: Animation updated to include Eevee.
8. AG159 - AG161: Animation updated to reveal Lucy; director 日高正光 Masamitsu Hidaka is removed.
9. AG162 - AG163: Animation updated to include Sceptile.
10. AG164 - AG165: Animation updated to reveal Spenser.

Gallery

Group shot

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  From AG135 to AG148; the original group shot

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  From AG149 to AG157; Mudkip replaced with Marshtomp

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  From AG158 to AG161; Eevee added to the group shot

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  From AG162 to AG165; Grovyle replaced with Sceptile

Ash's team

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  From AG135 to AG154; the original shot

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  From AG155 to AG161; Phanpy replaced with Donphan

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  From AG162 to AG165; Grovyle replaced with Sceptile

Frontier Brains

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  From AG135 to AG149; Factory Head Noland revealed

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  From AG150 to AG152; Arena Tycoon Greta revealed

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  From AG153 to AG158; Dome Ace Tucker revealed

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  From AG159 to AG163; Pike Queen Lucy revealed

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  From AG164 to AG165; Palace Maven Spencer revealed

Brock's scene

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  From AG135 to AG148; the original shot

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  From AG149 to AG165; Mudkip replaced with Marshtomp

Team Rocket scene

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  From AG135 to AG151; the original shot

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  From AG135 to AG151; a Weavile passes by, surprising Team Rocket

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  From AG135 to AG151; the following scene featuring Mew and Lucario, in honor of the eighth movie

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  From AG152 to AG165; Dustox added to the group

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  From AG152 to AG165; reference to the boxart of PMD: Blue Rescue Team

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  From AG152 to AG165; reference to the boxart of PMD: Red Rescue Team

Trivia

• The movie version of this song has an alternate lead-in.
• The track on the Perfect Best 2 album has a slightly different audio mix compared to the original single. Said album also includes a ballad version of the song.
• Oddly, in episodes before AG152, during the shot of Team Rocket and their current Pokémon waving, Jessie's Dustox is missing from the lineup.

This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician.