Pokémon: The Distant Blue Sky (ポケットモンスター 遥かなる⻘い空) is an anime special produced by OLM Incorporated, taking place in an alternative universe. In Japan it aired in December 23, 2022.
In the dub, it's simply titled as Distant Blue Sky! and is counted as episode 148 (or 144 in the dub's case) of Pokémon Journeys: The Series and episode 12 of Aim To Be A Pokémon Master.
The episode/special aired on July 29, 2023 on Cartoon Network in Canada and was released on September 8, 2023 in Netflix in America.
Cast[]
Image | Character | Original Name | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ash Ketchum | Satoshi | Rika Matsumoto | Sarah Natochenny | |
Pikachu | Ikue Ōtani | |||
Sunny | Haruto | Arisa Sekine | Brina Palencia | |
Sue | Sae | Akemi Okamura | Colleen Clinkenbeard | |
Sunny's Father | So | Satoru Inoue | Aaron Phillips | |
Jessie | Musashi | Megumi Hayashibara | Michele Knotz | |
James | Kojiro | Shinichirō Miki | Edward Bosco | |
Meowth | Nyarth | Inuko Inuyama | Mick Wingert | |
Wobbuffet | Sonans | Yūji Ueda | Erica Schroeder | |
Delia Ketchum | Hanako | Masami Toyoshima | Sarah Natochenny | |
Len | Ren | Wakana Minami | Casey Mongillo | |
Narrator | Unshō Ishizuka | Rodger Parsons |
Additional Voices[]
- James Carter Cathcart
- Megan Hollingshead
- Michele Knotz
- Cherami Leigh
- Sarah Natochenny
- Lisa Ortiz
- Aaron Phillips
- Bill Rogers
- Marc Thompson
Transmission[]
Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
2023 | Cartoon Network (formerly Teletoon) | Canada |
Notes[]
- Dallas-based voice actresses Colleen Clinkenbeard and Brina Palencia make guest appearances in this special.
- Edward Bosco and Mick Wingert replaced James Carter Cathhart as James and Meowth in this special as he retired from voice acting due to his diagnosis with throat cancer, though he did the script translation.
- This is the last TV special of the series to feature Ash Ketchum as the main character.