BW001

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Best Wishes series
BW002
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BW001   EP658
イッシュ地方へ!ゼクロムの影!!
To the Isshu Region! Zekrom's Shadow!!
First broadcast
Japan September 23, 2010
United States
English themes
Opening
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening
Ending
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard
Assistant director
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
No additional credits are available at this time.

(Japanese: イッシュ地方へ!ゼクロムの影!! To the Isshu Region! Zekrom's Shadow!!) is the first episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 658th episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan, as part of a one-hour special along with BW002, on September 23, 2010.

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Synopsis

A new journey begins, Ash and Pikachu arrive in the Isshu region. They are headed to the lab of Professor Araragi, the authority of research of this region's Pokémon. On the way there, lightning is shot from black clouds, and Zekrom's shadow appears over Pikachu, making it unable to use Template:Type2 moves.

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