The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Falling in Love with Kucheat! Hasubrero's Runway!! / Who is Phantom Champion Z!? / Jun'ichi Masuda reveals an important message! (恋するクチート！ハスブレロの花道!! / 幻影の覇者Ｚってダレだ！？/ 増田順一重大メッセージが明かされる！), aired today in Japan.

The anime rerun episode for this week was 'Falling in Love with Kucheat! Hasubrero's Runway!!' which originally aired as part of Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation.

At the end of last weeks show, Director Lucario runs into the room with a package from Game Freak director Jun'ichi Masuda in his hands. The crew went crazy and wanted to open the package immediately but before they could the show ended leaving a cliff hanger for this weeks weeks episode. After the rerun episode, Professor Red reminds the viewers of the package and shows it to the audience. Robert display pictures featuring them and Akiyama shows his love for HootHoot by showing his bed with a HootHoot bedspread.

Shoko joins the rest of the crew and then the trailer for the latest movie is shown. During the Pokémon Daisuki Project, Robert tries to find out "Who Phantom Champion Z is!?" (幻影の覇者Ｚってダレだ！？).

The Pokémon Sunday News segment announced the new Pokéwalker course Event (イベント) that was previously announced on the official Japanese website. The course is available from January 29th, 2010 till February 28th, 2010 at Pokémon Centers in Japan. Players can will find the Yellow Flute item, as well as a Yamirami that can be transferred over to HeartGold or SoulSilver.


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During the new Pokémon Yadon News segment, Yadon Akiyama reported a live Pokémon Sunday event that took place on January 24th, 2010 at the Next Generation World Hobby Fair 2010 (次世代ワールドホビーフェア) held at the Makuhari Messe (幕張メッセ) convention center just outside of Tokyo. The crew were up on stage performing and were accompanied by a special guest, MooMooMilk singing and dancing Dotchi Nyo.


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Jun'ichi Masuda, Game Freak director was on the show to reveal an important announcement which was promoted on the Game Freak directors blog last week as well as last weeks preview clip which showed him with a card revealing new information but a big question marked covered the card.

The crew finally played the video which featured Jun'ichi Masuda discussing the Pocket Monsters Series Latest Developments (ポオケットモンサター シリーズ 最新作開発中). The on screen message stated: Completely new after 4 years! A new setting and new Pokémon will appear!! (４年ぶりの完全新作！ 新しい舞台・ポケモンが登場！！).

Jun'ichi Masuda continues by saying, "...The Pocket Monsters (game) we're producing right now is so entirely new, you might even think 'Is this really Pocket Monsters?', so please look forward to it. Finally, today, as a special treat for the viewers of this program, we'll show a glimpse of a new Pokémon which will appear in the new setting of the new game. This Pokémon will hold the key in the Pokémon Movie to be released this summer, 'The Ruler of Illusions: Z'." He ended up revealing a new Pokémon silhouette which was behind the question mark in last weeks preview. More information will be announced on the February 21st episode of Pokémon Sunday.


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The preview announced that the new Ranger segment would air next week and that the anime special would be airing soon. Screenshots from the preview are posted below.


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