New opening and ending start October 2nd!

[Kairyu]

They'll start with DP 96-97 (The Galactic episodes), airing october 2.

The opening translates to "High Touch" and the ending to "I'm Sure Tomorrow".

Opening sung by Satoshi's and Hikari's VA's, ending by some random person.

Source: Habunake who found it on PokeAni (I haven't found it on PokeAni yet though..)

 

[PDL]

Aw man, I wanted to see another version of "Together" D:

 

[Kairyu]

I found it on PokeAni now, here's google's translation:

"
TV Tokyo's wish ANI "Diamond & Pearl" from the home page information.
October 2nd opening theme and the theme will change.
Opening what is the first Pokemon in a duet song hikari (Megumi Toyoguti's) and SATOSHI (Shigeki Matsumoto's) song.

Opening a new "high touch" / Uta: SATOSHI (Shigeki Matsumoto's) & hikari (Megumi Toyoguti's)

Outro "I'm sure tomorrow" / Uta:奈's song

ANI wish more information on the "diamond and pearl", please view the website

I do not, but now the opening "Together2008" Ending the opening of the new songs on them, along with the record?
Then, "I stand by the theme to hikari ~ (Winter Version.) HAITSU a sound?"

 

[QuietDragon]

Awesome, really?! That sounds lovely. x333

New animation kudasaaaaai~

 

[Duque]

Aw man, I wanted to see another version of "Together" D:

-_-

Are you REALLY kidding, right...?

Thank God, we will have some new animations (with evo/capture spoilers, I hope)!

Sorry, but Ash's VA is Rica Matsumoto, isn't it?

 

[Pikapi]

Yes. Google Translator just sucks at translating.

EDIT: And here's the actual source: http://pokeani.com/cbbs/cbbs.cgi?mode=al2&namber=2203&rev=&no=4

 

[Jukain]

I hope this means that they will use different visuals for the opening as well.

 

[Kasumi]

About damn time they changed the opening.

 

[Maxim Posthumus]

Don't get excited as long as official sources don't confirm/deny this.

 

[AtoMan]

I think it's a very reliable information.

 

[Snake Bandage]

Ugh, Ash and Hikari duet.

Yes, it's awesome that the opening won't be Together anymore, and I do dig character songs, and I love Matsumoto Rika... but ugh, Hikari.

 

[Dogasu]

Official confirmation.

The opening theme will be a duet with Satoshi and Hikari singing.

A better translation of ハイタッチ！ would be "High Five," actually. "High Touch" is wasai-eigo, similar to words like "viking" (which, in Japan, means "buffet"), "back mirror" (what we'd call "rear-view mirror"), and "cherry boy" ("male virgin").

The ending theme will feature "lots of cute scenes with Hikari, Potchama, and all the others."

 

[Cybersai]

The ending theme will feature "lots of cute scenes with Hikari, Potchama, and all the others."

LOL, lots of Dawn and Piplup scenes, huh? As if all the other openings/endings aren't already filled with those?

 

[Scizorhands]

If it's true, I hope the new opening and ending will have some spoilers about new evolutions and captures. Don't you think so?.

 

[Cybersai]

If it's true, I hope the new opening and ending will have some spoilers about new evolutions and captures. Don't you think so?.

We'll probably see Grotle in the new opening at least, its going to evolve soon.

 

[Snake Bandage]

The ending theme will feature "lots of cute scenes with Hikari, Potchama, and all the others."

EWW. God, like Hikari fans need encouragement... and how about they stuff Pochama somewhere where we don't see its smug face?

As much as I like "Watashi, Makenai", it seems to have started an ending theme trend I really don't approve of.

 

[Maxim Posthumus]

Huh? So, that addition of Platinum was just a rumour. But still, it looks very interesting. The Torn World, Lakemons and of course the new opening theme. So far so good. I just hope they actually improve the correspondence to the games and decide to show some game characters in the new episodes.

The ending theme will feature "lots of cute scenes with Hikari, Potchama, and all the others."

But this, is a fail.

 

[Nando]

Why am I not surprised that people aren't happy with it being something besides Together?

I did a Picard facepalm the moment I moment I saw the Hikari/Pochama thing, knowing what was going to happen...

 

[Cybersai]

Watch Dawn wear a lot of different dresses in this ending that she'll never wear in the actual show, just like the previous endings.

 

[Kairyu]

If there's as much as one scene with Hikari cuddling with Pochama in the new ending, then I'm never gonna watch it again~.

Wh**ed out plushie-pokemon. So tired of it.