Anabel

Anabel リラ Lila
[[File:File:Anabel.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Art from Emerald
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn*/Kanto*
Trainer class	Frontier Brain
Generation	III
Games	Pokémon Emerald
Brain of	Battle Tower
Symbol	Ability Symbol
Anime debut	Talking a Good Game
English voice actor	Hilary Thomas
Japanese voice actor	Akiko Kimura

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Anabel blushing after shaking hands with Ash.

Salon Maiden Anabel (Japanese: タワータイクーン リラ, Tower Tycoon Lila) is the Frontier Brain in charge of running the Battle Frontier's Battle Tower.

In the anime

Anabel appears in the episodes Talking a Good Game and Second Time's the Charm. She is voiced by 木村亜希子 Akiko Kimura in Japanese, Hilary Thomas in English, Mariana Ortiz in Latin-American Spanish, and Gilmara Sanches in Brazilian Portuguese.

Anabel has the empathic ability to sense the emotions of her Pokémon and give them telepathic commands, posessing powers similar to Yellow of Pokémon Special, although the other characters do not seem to regard these as psychic abilities but rather a honed sense of empathy. Nevertheless, she is still portrayed as something of a Template:Type2 specialist.

She tries to teach her empathetic abilities to Ash, but he is unable to learn. Ash and his friends are surprised to learn that Anabel is a girl when the group arrives to her house and she declines to change her wet clothes in front of them; Ash asks if it's because of May's presence, but she says it's because she's female.

Ash lost his first match to Anabel after her powerful Alakazam managed to defeat two of his Pokémon in a row, outmatching both Ash's Corphish and Tauros. In a rematch, Ash beats them by using the same strategy as before.

Anabel has a crush on Ash. When Ash leaves, Anabel thinks, "You weren't able to read my heart after all, were you, Ash." (Japanese: 最後までボクの気持ちは読めなかったね、サトシ。).

The Battle Tower is located somewhere near the Tohjo Falls.

Pokémon

Anabel has these Pokémon in the anime:

Alakazam

Metagross

Espeon

In the games

Anabel's heard rumors of Brendan/May's rankings in the Battle Tower, but isn't impressed. She wants to see their talent in battle for herself. When defeated, she awards the Ability Symbol onto the Frontier Pass.

On the second match, Anabel commends Brendan/May's progress, and is grateful for the chance to battle without holding anything back; to battle to her fullest.

In the games and manga she is considered the leader of the Frontier Brains. In the anime this role is given to Brandon instead.

She is one of the two known Tower Tycoons, the other one being Palmer of the Battle Tower in the Sinnoh region.

Pokémon

In Pokémon Emerald, Anabel has these Pokémon when she is challenged for the silver Ability symbol:

In Pokémon Emerald, Anabel has these Pokémon when she is challenged for the gold Ability symbol:

In the Pokémon Special manga

Almost nothing is known except that Anabel has a Raikou and she is the most powerful Frontier Brain. Anabel is also aware of the Pokédex and keeps the central villain busy while Emerald attempts to capture Jirachi.

Pokémon

This listing is for Anabel's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

• Raikou

Trivia

• Straight after Pokémon Emerald was released, there was some debate regarding Anabel's gender. However, after revealing of her Sugimori Artwork and anime and manga appearances, there is no doubt about it. She's female. However, in Japanese version she has strange first-person preference. She uses ボク boku, which is typical to males.
• Based on the way Anabel looks, it is possible that her design is based off of the design of the female Psychic. This theory is further supported by the fact that Anabel uses all Psychic type Pokémon in the anime.

Names

Language	Name	Reference to
Japanese	タワータイクーン リラ, Tower Tycoon Lila
English	Anabel	ability.
French	Capucine	capacite.
German	Anabel	Anlage
Italian	Alberta	abilità.
Spanish	Destra	destreza.
Chinese (Taiwan)	莉拉 Lì Lā	Translation of Lila.
Korean	리라 Li-ra	From Japanese name Lila

External links

• Lila's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)