

Yung, who has invited Ash to his laboratory, the Mirage Mansion, for an exhibition and test of a new battle system Yung developed.

Ash reads out loud a letter from a researcher named Dr. Somewhere in Kanto, Ash and his friends are traveling through a forest. However, he is kidnapped by a mysterious stranger who wishes to use the system to produce Pokémon with absolutely no weaknesses, and is enraged by the sudden presence of Mew. Yung, a Pokémon scientist who has developed a machine to create Pokémon. In the special, Ash, Misty, and Professor Oak are invited to the mansion of Dr.
#Mirage voice actor trial#
In Japan, the special was aired as a trial of delivering animated episodes over broadband. The special was the first aired appearance of the English dub's new voice actors. The director of the special, Kunihiko Yuyama, said that their goal was to "convey the growth and evolution of Pokémon over the past 10 years". It was first broadcast in the United States on April 29, 2006, and was broadcast as streaming video from the TV Tokyo Anitele website from October 13 to October 31, 2006.Īccording to The Pokémon Company International, the company wanted to give a special to American fans for Pokémon's 10th anniversary. Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (Japanese: 戦慄のミラージュポケモン The Terrifying Mirage Pokémon, officially Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon in Japan) is a special episode of the Pokémon anime. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
