There’ve been over a thousand episodes of the Pokémon anime since its premiere in 1997. In that point, a number of episodes (eight, based on Wikipedia) have been pulled for numerous causes, like giving kids seizures or a frequent use of firearms. Different instances, an episode has been pulled for having occasions be much like modern disasters like Hurricane Katrina or 9/11.
Following 2011’s earthquake and tsunami within the Tōhoku area of Japan, the anime’s “Workforce Rocket vs. Workforce Plasma!” two-parter (from the Pokémon Black & White season) was pulled from rotation. At first, the episodes had been postponed as a result of large-scale occasion, then it was postponed completely as a result of the town of Castelia would’ve been destroyed through the brief arc. However just lately, a member of the Bulbagarden group realized somebody bought the scripts to these episodes in 2013. After the Pokémon group raised $,4000 to purchase the scripts, the proprietor elected to simply share the scripts free of charge, which has since been compiled right into a single Google Drive folder for all to see.
“The historical past has been made as we speak,” wrote Bulbagarden member Akilvers on Twitter. “Large thanks to everybody who believed in it and supported it! It got here nearer to actuality because of everybody’s help and the noise that was made collectively. This contribution to the historical past of the Pokémon anime is really invaluable.”
Within the Drive folder housing scripts for the “Workforce Rocket vs. Workforce Plasma” arc, round 100 whole images had been taken of the Japanese script. (Episode 23 involves 48 pages, whereas episode 24 reaches 51.) The episodes had been then translated to English in a single 37-page doc that’s heavy on dialogue and comprises some minimal descriptions of what’s occurring within the scene. There’s not a lot to be gleaned from it in any other case, as scenes from this arc had been later repurposed for 2 separate episodes in late 2012. However their existence is a win for historians of Pokémon and video video games, and one other fascinating footnote in Nintendo’s long-running collection.
[through IGN]
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