The latest issue of Pokemon Fan magazine has revealed Heracross, Darmanitan, Azumarill, Venipede, and Rattata from Freeze Bolt and Scyther, Electabuzz, Croagunk, Gurdurr, and Skitty from Cold Flare. The two sub-sets will be released in Japan on July 13th and will feature 59 cards each (excluding secret rares). Thanks goes to Gin for the magazine photo and Puddizzle from our forums for the card translations!

Heracross - Grass - HP100
Basic Pokemon

[G] Horn Attack: 20 damage.
[G][G][C] Giga Horn: 80 damage. Flip 2 coins. If both of them are tails, this attack does nothing.

Weakness: Fire (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

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Darmanitan - Fire - HP110
Stage 1 - Evolves from Darumaka

[C] Continuous Tumble: 20x damage. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
[R][C][C] Enraged Punch: 60+ damage. If this Pokemon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 60 more damage.

Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

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Azumarill - Water - HP90
Stage 1 - Evolves from Marill

[C][C] Submerge: Flip 2 coins. For each heads, heal 40 damage from this Pokemon.
[W][W][C] Aqua Sonic: 70 damage. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Venipede - Psychic - HP70
Basic Pokemon

Ability: Poison Point
If this Pokemon is damaged by an opponent's attack, the Attacking Pokemon is now Poisoned.

[P][C] Bug Bite: 20 damage.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

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Rattata - Colorless - HP30
Basic Pokemon

[C] Paralyzing Gaze: Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokemon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Scyther - Grass - HP70
Basic Pokemon

[C] Slash: 10 damage.
[C][C] Sharp Scythe: 20 damage.

Weakness: Fire (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 0

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Electabuzz - Lightning - HP70
Basic Pokemon

[L][C] Low Kick: 20 damage.
[L][C][C] Magnetic Blast: 50 damage.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

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Croagunk - Psychic - HP70
Basic Pokemon

[P][C] Poison Jab: 20 damage. The Defending Pokemon is now Poisoned.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Gurdurr - Fighting - HP90
Stage 1 - Evolves from Timburr

[F][C][C] DynamicPunch: 40+ damage. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage and the Defending Pokemon is now Confused.
[F][F][C][C] Hammer In: 80 damage.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3

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Skitty - Colorless - HP60
Basic Pokemon

[C] Tackle: 10 damage.
[C][C] Double Slap: 20x damage. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

If you watched Cartoon Network between 1997 and 2008, you undoubtedly know what Toonami is. For those of you who don't, it was a popular programming block on Cartoon Network that would show action-oriented Japanese anime like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Outlaw Star, The Big O, Rurouni Kenshin, Inuyasha, YuYu Hakusho, Naruto, and even Pokemon, as well as American cartoons like Justice League, Powerpuff Girls, and Teen Titans. It was an "anime hub" for Americans and one of the few places you could go to watch anime on television.

Unfortunately, in the mid-2000s, Cartoon Network decided that it wanted to move away from foreign-produced anime and focus more on its own original programming (more $$$ for them). There were also complaints from parents that Toonami's shows were too "loud" (action-packed and violent). Thus, in 2004, Cartoon Network moved Toonami from weekdays to Saturday nights and refocused its target demographic to a much younger audience. However, its ratings slowly declined and it was ultimately cancelled in 2008.

On April Fools Day, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim revived Toonami for the night and showed many of the block's past anime. Toonami's CGI host, TOM 3.0, was re-rendered for HDTV and his original voice actor, Steven Blum, reprised the role. There was a huge online response to the event, and the following day, Adult Swim posted to its Twitter, "Want [Toonami] back? Let us know." A few days later, they posted, "We've heard you. Thank you for your passion and interest - stay tuned." Then on April 8th, Adult Swim aired a few bumpers stating "we're listening" and "we're looking into it." Finally, on May 16th, Adult Swim announced on its Facebook that Toonami would be returning on May 26th (which is tonight!).

The schedule for Toonami is as follows. As when Toonami was last on Cartoon Network, it will only air on Saturday nights for now.

• 12:00 AM: Bleach
• 12:30 AM: Deadman Wonderland
• 1:00 AM: Casshern Sins
• 1:30 AM: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
• 2:00 AM: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
• 2:30 AM: Cowboy Bebop
• (schedule repeats from 3:00 to 6:00 AM)

This past week, Jason DeMarco, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's recently promoted vice president of strategic marketing and promotions and Toonami's former producer, stated on his Twitter that "Something you should know about THIS Toonami: We have very, very little $$. This experiment will need ratings success to receive more funding for new shows, more Tom animation, etc. I'm thankful for the $$ we've gotten, but it isn't a lot." He also stated "We will not be showing Naruto, DBZ, etc for now. The rights to those shows are owned by our competition or are out of our price range." He hinted that they are looking into bringing other anime to the block, such as Garterbelt, Fairy Tail, and Inuyasha: The Final Act, but this will of course depend on Toonami's success. So if you love anime, you should support it by watching Toonami again!

August's English set will be named Dragons Exalted and will feature Giratina, Rayquaza, Gyarados, and Terrakion on its booster packs. This will be the first English set to feature the new Dragon-type, which was first introduced in Japan this past January in the Dragon Selection mini-set. Along with the aforementioned mini-set, Dragons Exalted will be comprised of cards from BW5 Dragon Blade / Dragon Blast. The set will be released in America on August 15th, with prereleases taking place the weekends of August 4th and 11th. Thanks goes to PokeCollection for the news!

I ate McDonalds for the first time in quite some time yesterday. About an hour after finishing the food, I felt like I had been poisoned - it's so salty and unhealthy! Luckily, you can still buy their toys separately if you go inside and ask.

Starting June 15th, McDonalds Happy Meals will come with a Pokemon toy and a reprinted TCG card. The six toys are Pikachu, Servine, Pignite, Dewott, Woobat, and Axew while the confirmed cards thus far are Servine, Pignite, Dewott, Scraggy, Axew, and Dwebble. There could be up to 12 cards, but only nine are confirmed so far - the others will probably be Pokemon from Ash and crew's team. Like the first U.S. McDonalds promotion, which took place last June, the cards will probably be printed on special holofoil paper. Will this be a new yearly trend at McDonalds?

The booster box promo for BW6 Freeze Bolt and Cold Flare is Flygon. As with all Black and White sets, the box promo is an alternate artwork version of a card that will appear in the set that you can get if you buy the set's booster box. Thanks goes to roast_reveal for the image and Viper.Fox and Gin for the translation! The Pokedex description is blurred out like the BW6 cards from yesterday because it comes from Black 2 and White 2.

Flygon - Dragon - HP140
Stage 2 - Evolves from Vibrava

Ability: Sand Prison
As long as this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Pokemon between turns.

[G][F][C][C] Flying Beat: 80 damage. You may discard a Grass Energy and Fighting Energy attached to this Pokemon. If you do, the Defending Pokemon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness: Dragon (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

The fall 2012 tins will feature promos of Mewtwo-EX, Darkrai-EX, and the upcoming Rayquaza-EX, all with new artwork. Considering that all three of these cards are (or will be) extremely popular, this will make it much easier to obtain them for deck use and should also lower their secondary market prices. The tins will be released in mid-September. Thanks goes to PokeCollection for the news!

The official Japanese Pokemon TCG blog has revealed that Charmander (#010/059) and Charmeleon (#011/059) will be in Freeze Bolt while Squirtle (#012/059) and Wartortle (#013/059) will be in Cold Flare. This obviously means Charizard and Blastoise will appear in BW6 as well (the Venusaur line was already in BW4 Dark Rush). Translations of the cards are below thanks to Bangiras and you can click the thumbnails to enlarge them. The Pokedex entries on the images were blurred out by the blog most likely because they come from Black 2 and White 2.

Charmander - Fire - HP70
Basic Pokemon

[R] Suck Up: Choose 2 Fire Energy cards from your discard pile and attach them to this Pokemon.
[R][C] Flare: 20 damage.

Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

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Charmeleon - Fire - HP90
Stage 1 - Evolves from Charmander

[R] Flare: 20 damage.
[R][C][C] Rage Claws: 50+ damage. Does an additional 10 damage times the number of damage counters on this Pokemon.

Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

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Squirtle - Water - HP60
Basic Pokemon

Ability: Shell Shield
As long as this Pokemon is on the Bench, it takes no damage from attacks.

[W][C] Water Spray: 10 damage. Flip a coin, if heads this attack does an additional 20 damage.

Weakness: Grass (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Wartortle - Water - HP80
Stage 1 - Evolves from Squirtle

[C] Withdraw: Flip a coin, if heads this Pokemon takes no damage from attacks during your opponent's next turn.
[W][W][C] Waterfall: 60 damage.

Weakness: Grass (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

Thanks to a known YouTube hack, we have obtained the trailer for the new Black 2 and White 2 promotional trailer that is supposed to be revealed tomorrow on Pokemon's official YouTube channel. As of right now, we don't know anything else about it other than it is supposed to promote Black 2 and White 2 and is called a "promotional movie."

The trailer exhibits characters from the new games, including N, the male character, his rival, Bianca, Achroma, Elesa, Cheren, Team Plasma, and the Shadow Triad. It starts out with N at Dragonspiral Tower saying, "What sort of path are you and your Pokemon aiming for?" We see the silhouette of either Reshiram or Zekrom flying overhead. We then see the new B2W2 male character and his rival meeting Bianca, whom they have never met, to receive their Starter Pokemon. Achroma, the mysterious man who was featured in CoroCoro last month, is sitting in the dark and says he doesn't agree with Team Plasma's stance on liberating Pokemon (who is he affiliated with?). Next, we meet Elesa (sporting black hair) - she wonders whose Pokemon will shine on the stage. We next see Cheren joining the male character and the rival to battle Team Plasma, then chasing after them. A town in Unova appears to be frozen over for unknown reasons. The Shadow Triad member they chase holds out some sort of capsule and gloats that he will achieve his mission no matter who the opponent is. Thanks goes to Gin for the translations!

And wow - this seems to be a much more mature take on Pokemon than the regular anime! The Pokemon do not talk, but make sounds, and the action seems to be a little more extreme. The animation is also more fluid and the art is more detailed, so perhaps the short was outsourced to a different company or they just chose to change the style to distinguish it from the regular show. Now if only the regular show could be more like this - a real anime! We'll just have to wait for my live-action Pokemon movie one day. :p

Nintendo has sent out a press release revealing that Pokedex 3D Pro and Pokemon Dream Radar, originally named Pokemon AR Searcher, will be released in America through the Nintendo 3DS eShop this fall. This will probably be around the same time Black 2 and White 2 are released.

The English box art for Black 2 and White 2 was also revealed, as you can see below. The press release revealed that Hiougi City, the city where the games start, will be localized to Aspertia City.

The official Japanese Pokemon website has released clear images of the screenshots and artwork that were in CoroCoro magazine. Translations of the dialogue and information are below thanks to Gin!

Meeting Bianca, Cheren, Alder, and a Plasma Sage

Bianca says that she's here on behalf of Professor Juniper and that she remembers her first time on a route. Cheren says to Bianca, "It's been two years." To the player, he says, "This is my first Pokemon battle as a Gym Leader!" Alder asks you to come with him - he wants to share his message of walking step-in-step with Pokemon. The Sage says, "N is a person who's gone beyond just understanding the hearts of Pokemon." We can see the two Team Plasma females from the opening of Black and White, Anthea and Concordia, watching from afar in the same screenshot.

PokeWood

PokeWood (Pokemon+Hollywood) is a new feature to create movies - you pick a scenario (such as battling a mecha Tyranitar) and then record those battles to make the movie (including one step where you're on a green screen stage). You get to pick from an assortment of pre-programmed lines for your film. You are even encouraged to choose lines that don't match up with your movie to create gag films. The better your movie, the more points you'll get and the more popular it will be in-game.

Brycen, the Ice-type Gym Leader from Black and White, stars in PokeWood films. The father of Homika, the new Poison-type Gym Leader with the guitar, wants to be in movies too and battles Brycen in one of the screenshots.

World Tournament

You get to battle previous Gym Leaders and Elite Four members, whom you download through Wi-Fi (apparently the characters themselves and their teams). You can participate in either single or double battles against them.

Artwork