PT02

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The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero

PT02   ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム The Yancham Who Wants to Be a Hero

Web release Japan May 5, 2021 United States June 24, 2022

English themes Opening N/A Ending

Japanese themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Credits Animation パンケーキ Pancake Screenplay 山元隼一 Jun’ichi Yamamoto Storyboard 山元隼一 Jun’ichi Yamamoto Assistant director 山元隼一 Jun’ichi Yamamoto Animation director 可否 kapi No additional credits are available at this time.

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The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero (Japanese: ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム The Yancham Who Wants to Be a Hero) is the second episode of POKÉTOON. It was first released in Japan on the official Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel on May 5, 2021 and was released on Pokémon TV on June 24, 2022, and on the official English Pokémon YouTube channel on August 25, 2022.

Blurb

Pancham dreams of becoming a hero, so it trains every day. When some people and Pokémon are in trouble, does Pancham have what it takes to be the hero they need?

Plot

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A young Pancham who trains in the mountains is able to destroy rocks, however while it wants to be like Arcanine, it doesn't want to evolve to a Pangoro because it thought that if it evolves into Pangoro it wouldn't be seen as a hero of justice and might be instead seen as a big, scary looking pokémon that makes all pokémons run away from it, so he put a everstone on itself in a attempt to prevent it evolving. It was caught by a young boy trainer.

Characters

Humans

• Boy
• Boy's father
• Red (flashback)
• Trainers
• Workers

Pokémon

• Arcanine (Red; flashback)
• Pancham (Boy's; new; evolves)
• Pangoro (Boy's; newly evolved)
• Charmander
• Pikachu
• Growlithe
• Nuzleaf
• Wingull (×3)
• Rowlet
• Impidimp
• Pangoro (fantasy)

Cast

Cast
Narration	Lanessa Tremblett	Narration	Asaco Nasu	ナレーション	南壽あさ子

Staff

Director/Screenplay/Storyboard/Boy Trainer Concept/Sound Director/Editor/Title Logo Design 監督・脚本・絵コンテ・少年トレーナー原案・音響監督・編集・タイトルロゴデザイン	Junichi Yamamoto	山元隼一
Assistant Director/3D Technical Leader/Photography 助監督・3Dテクニカルリーダー・撮影	Takashi Ishikawa	石川剛史
Character Design/Animation Director キャラクターデザイン・作画監督	kapi	可否
Stage Director/Production ステージ監督・制作	Takashi Ishikawa	石川剛史
Stage Supervisor/Color Coordinator/Celestial Sphere Production ステージ監修・カラーコーディネート・天球制作	Oswaldo Katō	加藤オズワルド
3D Layout 3Dレイアウト	Takashi Ishikawa Oswaldo Katō Junichi Yamamoto	石川剛史 加藤オズワルド 山元隼一
Character Illustration Production キャラクターイラスト制作	Junichi Yamamoto kapi Oswaldo Katō Tatsuya Hakata Maiku Matsumura Takuto Katayama Ami Imai Tsuji Kasuga Takashi Ishikawa Chihaya Tanaka	山元隼一 可否 加藤オズワルド はかたてつや 松村麻郁 片山拓人 今井アミ 春日辻 石川剛史 田中千駿
Background Art Production 背景美術制作	Oswaldo Katō kapi	加藤オズワルド 可否
Music 音楽	Yuri Habuka	羽深由理
Sound Effects 音響効果	Yasunori Ogata (SOUNDBOX)	緒方康恭（サウンドボックス）
Sound Recording Coordination 録音調整	Sayaka Ninomiya (AOI STUDIO)	二宮沙矢花（アオイスタジオ）
Sound Recording Assistant 録音助手	Kōhei Tsutsumi (AOI STUDIO)	堤航平（アオイスタジオ）
Sound Recording Studio 録音スタジオ	AOI STUDIO	アオイスタジオ
Sound Production Manager 音響制作担当	Kyoko Shimamura	嶌村京子
Sound Production 音響制作	TECHNO SOUND Akifumi Takefushi	テクノサウンド 竹節章史
Project Cooperation 企画協力	TWIN ENGINE Kōji Yamamoto Sara Matsuyama	ツインエンジン 山本幸治 松山紗良
Music Cooperation 音楽協力	Fuji Pacific Music	フジパシフィックミュージック
Executive Director 総監督	Shingo Yamashita	山下清悟
Producer プロデューサー	Yuuki Sakoda	迫田祐樹
Assistant Producer アシスタントプロデューサー	Fumie Seki	関史恵
Animation Production アニメーション制作	Pancake	パンケーキ

Video

By ポケモン Kids TV

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Trivia

• This episode's art style is inspired by stop motion.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		想成为英雄的顽皮熊猫
Dutch		De Pancham wil een held worden
European French		Le rêve de Pandespiègle
German		Das Pam-Pam, das ein Held sein will
Italian		Il Pancham che vuole essere un eroe
Brazilian Portuguese		O Pancham que quer ser um herói
Spanish	Latin America	Pancham quiere ser un héroe
	Spain	Pancham quiere ser un héroe

The Pangoro Who Became a Hero

Language		Title
Japanese		ヒーローになったゴロンダ
Mandarin Chinese		成为了英雄的霸道熊猫
Dutch		Pangoro werd een held
European French		Le Pandarbare devenu héros
German		Das Pandagro, das ein Held wurde
Italian		Il Pangoro che è diventato un eroe
Brazilian Portuguese		O Pangoro que se tornou um heròi
Spanish	Latin America	El Pangoro que se convirtió en héroe
	Spain	El héroe Pangoro

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