Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness

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ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊・闇の探検隊 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Time Expedition & Darkness Expedition

First broadcast Japan September 9, 2007 United States

English themes Opening

Japanese themes Opening Ending

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 湯山邦彦 Kunihiko Yuyama Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa

Screenshots on Filb.de This is one of the few episodes storyboarded by executive producer Kunihiko Yuyama.

? (Japanese: ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊・闇の探検隊 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Time Expedition & Darkness Expedition) is a special episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 9, 2007, as part of Pokémon Sunday. It was also streamed online on September 13, 2007.

Unlike previous special episodes, this does not take place in any continuity of the main storyline. Instead, the plot is based on the spinoff games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

Debuts

• Gabite

Characters

• Team Pokédance
  • Piplup
  • Chimchar
  • Sunflora
• Wigglytuff Guild
  • Wigglytuff
  • Chatot
  • Corphish
  • Diglett
  • Loudred
  • Bidoof
  • Chimecho
  • Croagunk
  • Dugtrio
• Team Razor Wind
  • Zangoose
  • Scyther
  • Sandslash
• Treasure Town
  • Shinx (brother)
  • Shinx (sister)
  • Kecleon brothers
  • Duskull
• Gabite
• Thieves
  • Grovyle
  • Drowzee
  • Sharpedo
  • Weavile
  • Gyarados

Comparison with the game

• The Time Gear Grovyle steals is actually the second one he steals in the game.
• The opening scenes at the beach and at the guild are very similar to the game.
  • However, the part where Chimchar's stone gets stolen by Koffing and Zubat is omitted.
• The visions do not start so early in the game.
• Sunflora is not a member of the player's team.
• The guild does not take items given as payment, though it does take 90% of money received.
• The Japanese Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 website revealed a code that allows players to obtain a mission that is similar to the special, with Gabite being the boss of the dungeon.

Cast

English		Japanese		出演
Piplup		Pochama	Kurumi Mamiya	ポッチャマ	間宮くるみ
Chimchar		Hikozaru	Kappei Yamaguchi	ヒコザル	山口勝平
Sunflora		Kimawari	Hiroki Emori	キマワリ	江森浩子
Corphish		Heigani	Nobutoshi Kanna	ヘイガニ	神奈延年
Chatot		Perap	Daisuke Sakaguchi	ぺラップ	阪口大助
Diglett		Digda	Akio Suyama	ディグダ	陶山章央
Chimecho		Chirean	Kimiko Koyama	チリーン	こやま　きみこ
Wigglytuff		Pukurin	Yū Kobayashi	プクリン	小林ゆう
Grovyle		Juptile	Masaki Terasoma	ジュプトル	てらそま　まさき
Gabite		Gabite	Kenta Miyake	ガバイト	三宅健太
Kecleon brothers		Kecleon brothers	Kiyotaka Furushima	カクレオン兄弟	古島清孝
Zangoose		Zangoose	Tsutomu Densaka	ザングース	伝坂　勉
Scyther		Strike	Yōhei Nishina	ストライク	仁科洋平
Sandslash		Sandpan	Chikara Ōsaka	サンドパン	逢坂　力
Shinx (brother)		Kolink (brother)	Yuka Nishigaki	コリンク（兄）	西墻由香
Shinx (sister)		Kolink (sister)	Nanako Sasaki	コリンク（妹）	佐々木日菜子

Staff

Executive producers エグゼクティブプロデューサー	Tsunekazu Ishihara Kōichi Nakamura	石原恒和 中村光一
Animation supervisor アニメーション監修	Yōichi Kotabe	小田部羊一
Planning 企画	Takaaki Kii Kenjirō Itō	紀伊高明 伊藤憲二郎
Producers プロデューサー	Takemoto Mori Kunimi Kawamura	盛　武源 川村久仁美
Associate producer アソシエイトプロデューサー	Masakazu Kubo Chōji Yoshikawa	久保雅一 吉川兆二
Animation producers アニメーションプロデューサー	Toshiaki Okuno Shūkichi Kanda	奥野敏聡 神田修吉
Assistant producers アシスタントプロデューサー	Yūko Shimamura Masami Tanaka Takeshi Nomoto	島村優子 野本岳志
Coordinators コーディネーター	Hizuki Misono Aya Ozawa	御園日月 小澤　綾
Director 監督	Kunihiko Yuyama	湯山邦彦
Screenplay 脚本	Aya Matsui	松井亜弥
Storyboard 絵コンテ	Kunihiko Yuyama	湯山邦彦
Assistant director 演出	Yūji Asada	浅田裕二
Animation director 作画監督	Akihiro Tamagawa	玉川明洋
Pokémon created by 「ポケットモンスター」原案	Satoshi Tajiri Jun'ichi Masuda Ken Sugimori	田尻　智 増田順一 杉森　建
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Time Expedition and Darkness Expedition original staging 「ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊・闇の探検隊」オリジナル設定	Seiichirō Nagahata Shin'ichirō Tomie Hironori Ishigami Emiko Tanaka Fuyuhiko Koizumi Hisashi Nagai Misako Okibe	長畑成一郎 冨江慎一郎 石神宏紀 田中絵美子 小泉冬彦 永井　壽 沖邊美佐紀
Staging assistance 設定協力	Game Freak, inc. The Pokémon Company Chunsoft	GAME FREAK inc. The Pokémon Company 株式会社チュンソフト
Colorist 色指定	Kayo Ōshima	大島嘉代
Special effects 特殊効果	Yūji Asada	浅田裕二
Art director 美術監督／設定	?	?
Director of photography 撮影監督	?	?
CGI	OLM Digital	OLM Digital
CGI director CGI監督	Minoru Tokushige	徳重　実
Editor 編集	Toshio Henmi	辺見俊夫
Music 音楽	Moririn Tada	モリリン多田
Sound recording producer 音響プロデューサー	Michiyoshi Minamisawa Takeshi Nishina	南沢道義 西名　武
Sound director 音響監督	Masafumi Mima	三間雅文
Recording studio 録音スタジオ	HALF H·P STUDIO	HALF H·P STUDIO
Production manager 制作担当	Shōji Ōta	大田昌二
Animation production アニメーション制作	OLM Team Ota	OLM Team Ota
Production 制作	Shōgakukan Production	小学館プロダクション
Executive production & writing 製作・著作	Shōgakukan Production Chunsoft The Pokémon Company	小学館プロダクション 株式会社チュンソフト The Pokémon Company

Trivia

• Daisuke Sakaguchi also played a Chatot in AG183.
• Kiyotaka Furushima reprises his role as the Kecleon brothers from the the previous special.
• The episode is animated by Team Ota, which had not worked on the Pokémon anime since AG172.
• The episode is storyboarded by Kunihiko Yuyama, who usually handles the movies.
• The episode has music producers, which are usually only found in the movies, both short and long.
• Most of the background music in the episode was taken from the game score, which was composed by Arata Iiyoshi and others. Unusually for the Pokémon anime, the music was not arranged by Miyazaki Shinji.
• Since the previous Mystery Dungeon special ended with To be continued, this sequel may have started as a direct sequel to the previous special, but that idea may have been scrapped.
• As with the previous Mystery Dungeon special, the episode ends with To be continued. It is unknown if further specials in this theme will be produced.

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