Battle Frontier (song)
- If you were looking for the English song of the same name, see Battle Frontier (dub).
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The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name. |
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Japanese opening themes |
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AG OP 4
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Battle Frontier (Japanese: バトルフロンティア lit. Batoru Furontia) is the fourth opening theme song of the Japanese Advanced Generation series of the Pokémon anime, and the ninth total opening for the Pokémon television anime.
It debuted in AG135, replacing Pokémon Symphonic Medley. Its singer, 髙屋亜希那 Akina Takaya, is a relatively unknown artist. It debuted at the same time as a new ending, Pokémon Counting Song. The instruments-only version replaced the instrumental version of Advance Adventure in episode 135 in the Japanese preview of the next episode. It was replaced by Spurt!.
It was also used as the Pokémon Sunday ending from PS053 to PS059 and was then replaced by YEAH!.
Opening animation
OP Text
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Synopsis
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Ash and Pikachu are in a field running toward the sun and they jump. The gang are in a forest playing happily, except May. There are flashbacks of Mimey, Delia Ketchum, Professor Oak, Professor Birch, Tracey, and Misty holding an Azurill. Ash's Pokémon are seen using their attacks and they all take a photo. Scott appears in a car and the Frontier Brains, except for Brandon, appear. Then, it showcases the characters' Pokémon. Team Rocket waves. The rest of the opening has been changed multiple times.
Pokémon Sunday ending animation
The first animation sequence in this version is Ash, May, and Brock calling out their Pokémon to attack. Those Pokémon are Combusken, Grovyle, and Mudkip.
The next group of animations are the same as in the main opening (Ash and Pikachu running through the field, through the pan shot of Ash and all of his Pokémon). However, the differences in these animations are that ending credits replace the ones used in the opening. Also, the scene of Scott waving while driving past is replaced by a pan shot of all of the Frontier Brains. The animation sequence following this include portions of the first Frontier Brain battle between Ash and Noland, which involved Charizard and Noland's Articuno. After this, the normal animations resume, starting from the sequence involving Brock chopping up lettuce and cooking rice, and May throwing a Poké Ball. The Team Rocket sequence prior to AG152 (with Weavile) remains intact. This is followed by the Mew and Lucario flyby animation, as was the case in the first version of this opening. Unlike the original ending though, the group silhouette is replaced with the Frontier Brain reveal.
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Misty
- May
- Brock
- Tracey
- Max
- Jessie
- James
- Drew
- Professor Oak
- Delia Ketchum
- Professor Birch
- Scott
- Harley
- Noland
- Greta
- Tucker
- Lucy
- Spenser
- Anabel (silhouette)
- Brandon (silhouette)
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Charizard (Ash's) (Pokémon Sunday Variant)
- Articuno (Pokémon Sunday Variant)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Chimecho (James's)
- Phanpy (Ash's) → Donphan (Ash's)
- Swellow (Ash's)
- Grovyle (Ash's) → Sceptile (Ash's)
- Corphish (Ash's)
- Azurill (Misty's)
- Combusken (May's)
- Munchlax (May's)
- Squirtle (May's)
- Eevee (May's)
- Forretress (Brock's)
- Mudkip (Brock's) → Marshtomp (Brock's)
- Bonsly (Brock's, new, debut)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Dustox (Jessie's)
- Cacnea (James's)
- Mime Jr. (James's, new, debut)
- Mr. Mime (Delia's; nicknamed "Mimey")
- Mew AG135-AG151
- Weavile AG135-AG151
- Lucario AG135-AG151
- Gengar AG152-AG165
- Alakazam AG152-AG165
- Tyranitar AG152-AG165
- Murkrow AG152-AG165
- Magnemite AG152-AG165
- Charmander AG152-AG165
- Cyndaquil AG152-AG165
- Torchic AG152-AG165
- Medicham AG152-AG165
- Ekans AG152-AG165
- Charizard AG152-AG165
Lyrics
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| 光る大地に立ち 永遠のバトル誓う 笑顔 ちょっぴり涙 みんな忘れないよ 想いは 距離を飛び越え 今 君に届く きっと ウーイエ!! GANGAN 進め 風切って GANGAN 行くぜ 最後まで 完全・燃焼 YES, I'm OK!! ウーイエ!! DONDON パワー盛り上がって DONDON 勇気湧いてくる 限りない力を信じよう |
Standing on the shining land... I vow to battle eternally I smile... with some tears I won't forget any of you My feelings leap the distance And reach you even now, I'm certain Oh yeah!! Intensely move ahead, and cut through the wind Intensely I'm going, all the way to the end Perfect combustion - YES, I'm OK!! Oh yeah!! Steadily my power rises Steadily my courage boils over Let's believe in unlimited strength |
Full version
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| 光る大地に立ち 永遠のバトル誓う 笑顔 ちょっぴり涙 みんな忘れないよ 想いは 距離を飛び越え 今 君に届く きっと ウーイエ!! GANGAN 進め 風切って GANGAN 行くぜ 最後まで 完全・燃焼 YES, I'm OK!! ウーイエ!! DONDON パワー盛り上がって DONDON 勇気湧いてくる 限りない力を信じよう つなぐ手があるから そうさここまで来た 強さ それはやさしさ 少しずつわかったよ 想いは 時を飛び越え 今 僕ら結ぶ もっと ウーイエ!! ZENZEN ヘッチャラ 大丈夫 ZENZEN 心配いらないさ 完全・無欠だ Are you OK? ウーイエ!! SOZORYOKU 無限大 SOSO 僕らいい調子 限りないチャンスをつかもう ウーイエ!! GANGAN 進め 風切って GANGAN 行くぜ 最後まで 完全・燃焼 YES, I'm OK!! ウーイエ!! DONDON 作戦 ひらめいて DONDON 攻撃 止まらない 完全・無欠だ Are you OK? ウーイエ!! GUNGUN パワー盛り上がって GUNGUN 勇気湧いてくる 輝くゴールを駆け抜けろ |
Standing on the shining land... I vow to battle eternally I smile... with some tears I won't forget any of you My feelings leap the distance And reach you even now, I'm certain Oh yeah!! Intensely move ahead, and cut through the wind Intensely I'm going, all the way to the end Perfect combustion - YES, I'm OK!! Oh yeah!! Steadily my power rises Steadily my courage boils over Let's believe in unlimited strength Because we're holding hands Yes, that's why we've come so far Strength is kindness I've come to understand that little by little My feelings leap over time And now we'll be connected more! Oh yeah!! Nothing will ever go wrong Nothing will ever worry me Everything is perfect, are you OK? Oh yeah!! My imagination's forever strong We're all in high spirits! Let's catch our unlimited chances! Oh yeah!! Intensely move ahead, and cut through the wind Intensely I'm going, all the way to the end Perfect combustion - YES, I'm OK!! Oh yeah!! Our strategy dazzles everyone Never letting the attacks stop Everything is perfect, are you OK? Oh yeah!! Steadily my power rises Steadily my courage boils over Run through the dazzling goal! |
Anime episodes in which this song was used as background music
- Caterpie's Big Dilemma!
- Tactics Theatrics!!
- Reversing the Charges
- King and Queen for a Day!
- Talking a Good Game!
- All That Glitters is Not Golden!
- Overjoyed!
- Gathering the Gang of Four!
- Pace - The Final Frontier!
- The Bells Are Singing!
- Staging a Heroes' Welcome!
- Pruning a Passel of Pals!
- Another One Gabites the Dust!
- Challenging a Towering Figure!
Variants
There are 10 variants of the opening animation:
- AG135 - AG148: The original animation (from AG146 onwards, the opening text introducing Pocket Monsters is added).
- AG149: Animation updated to include Marshtomp.
- AG150 - AG151: Animation updated to reveal Greta.
- AG152: Animation updated to include Dustox; the scenes featuring Weavile and Mew with Lucario are replaced by a scene based on the boxart illustrations of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, which were released on the same day.
- AG153 - AG154: Animation updated to reveal Tucker.
- AG155 - AG157: Animation updated to include Donphan.
- AG158: Animation updated to include Eevee.
- AG159 - AG161: Animation updated to reveal Lucy; director 日高正光 Masamitsu Hidaka is removed.
- AG162 - AG163: Animation updated to include Sceptile.
- AG164 - AG165: Animation updated to reveal Spenser.
Gallery
Group shot
Ash's team
Frontier Brains
Brock's scene
Team Rocket scene
Trivia
- The movie version of this song has an alternate lead-in.
- The track on the Perfect Best 2 album has a slightly different audio mix compared to the original single. Said album also includes a ballad version of the song.
- Oddly, in episodes before AG152, during the shot of Team Rocket and their current Pokémon waving, Jessie's Dustox is missing from the lineup.
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This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician. |
