7 bits of trivia about the new movie from director Kunihiko Yuyama

>>33092080
>"The Onisuzume flock is 20 times larger than it was in the TV series"
>In the first episode of the TV series, the flock consisted of about 50 Onisuzume, but in the movie there are 1000 of them. When we made the first episode, everything was hand drawn, so we were limited in what we could do, but since we used CG this time, I wasn't satisfied with having 500 and doubled it to 1000. Yes, I know the exact number (laughs).

>"Satoshi's outfit was made fashionable."
>Satoshi's clothes look similar to how they did in the first episode of the anime, but they've been modernized. The design was done by Ken Sugimori, the man that designs the characters for the game series. The symbol on the cap he wears in slightly different, and 20 years ago his shirt had a large collar, his pants were baggy, and he even had his shirt tucked into his pants (laughs). I had to compare the two designs myself to actually notice, but they really are quite different from each other.

>"The Trainers having a Pokémon battle at the start of this year's movie are... them!"
>The battle is between a Fushigibana and a Kamex. Even though this is a parallel world, I thought about when these events were taking place and figured it would make sense for the skilled Trainers that appeared in the first movie, "Mewtwo Strikes Back" (from 1998), to meet each other in a tournament, so I had Sorao and Sweet appear.

>>33092087
>"The person symbolizing the 20th anniversary of Pokémon is Shoko Nakagawa"
>Joy, the nurse that heals Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, is a character everyone playing the games is truly indebted to. Much like how there are children that admire their teachers who end up becoming teachers themselves, I imagine there are children (in the Pokémon world) that admire Joy who grow up and start working at Pokémon Centers. For this reason, I thought casting Nakagawa, who grew up on Pokémon, as Joy would be a nice symbol of the 20th anniversary."

>"Satoshi is eternally 10 years old."
>The truth is that no time has passed since Satoshi set off on his journey. He's eternally 10 years old. I've feel like I've always aimed the show at my 10 year old self, focusing on things that I assume children Satoshi's age will like or find enjoyment in when they watch it. There are things I liked when I was 10 that I still like even after becoming an adult, and if I truly think about it, I feel that at the very core of my being, I haven't changed that much since I was 10, I've just gained a lot of extra bells and whistles.

>>33092100
how does this guy justify traversing 7regions in less than a year?

>>33092145
Same way Bill Watterson justifies Calvin celebrating 10 Christmases while still being 6.
"It's a cartoon".

>>33092145
It's a cartoon

>>33092087
>the characters from the Mewtwo movie were in the opening sequence
That's pretty cool.

I guess this also confirms that Cross was the one who picked Charmander in both timelines, since the feather and hat were the only things different.

>Damien's Charmander died in the rain in the movie timeline
>Cross's Charmander died in the rain in the main anime timeline

>>33092444
>That's pretty cool.
Yeah, but it's not news, they've shown that scene on TV to promote the movie several times at this point.

>>33092087
>since we used CG this time, I wasn't satisfied with having 500 and doubled it to 1000. Yes, I know the exact number (laughs).
Absolute madman.

>>33092087
>The design was done by Ken Sugimori
Wait what

>>33092145
It's a cartoon, faggot.

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>>33092080
>This is thanks to Pikachu's characteristics keeping the series on air.Pikachu really is amazing.
>Implying Pokemon only stays on because Pikachu
Yeah,how about no?

>>33097629
Is he really wrong, though? Pikachu is crazy popular.

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>>33096126
He does a fair bit of movie designs.

>>33097728
I was under the impression that those were just promo art based on existing designs. Yuyama says the new Ash outfit was done by him from scratch.