Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies is the fifteenth season of the Pokémon anime series and the second season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White known in Japan as . It originally aired in Japan from September 22, 2011 to October 4, 2012, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from February 18, 2012, to January 26, 2013, on Cartoon Network.
The season follows Ash Ketchum as he continues travelling across the Unova region with Iris and Cilan.
In Japan, the episodes comprising this season aired as part of the Best Wishes!, under two subtitles. The first thirty-six episodes were aired as the second half of Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes!, having their initial run in Japan from September 22, 2011 until June 14, 2012. The next thirteen episodes were broadcast under the subtitle Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2, first airing in Japan on June 21 through October 4, 2012. __TOC__
Episode list
Music The Japanese opening songs are "Best Wishes!" (ベストウイッシュ!, Besuto Uisshu!) and "Be an Arrow!" (やじるしになって!, Yajirushi ni Natte!) by Rica Matsumoto. The ending songs are "Can You Name All the Pokemon? BW" (ポケモン言えるかな? BW, Pokémon Ierukana? BW) by Takeshi Tsuruno, "Seven-colored Arch" (七色アーチ, Nanairo Āchi) by the Pokémon BW Choral Gang (Aki Okui, Toshiko Ezaki, and Fumie Akiyoshi), "Look Look☆Here" (みてみて☆こっちっち, Mite Mite☆Kotchitchi) by Momoiro Clover Z, "Team Rocket Forever" (ロケット団よ永遠に, Roketto-dan yo Eien ni) by the Team Rocket Gang, and the English opening song is "Rival Destinies" by Alex Nackman and Kathryn Raio. Its instrumental version serves as the ending theme.
Home media releases Viz Media and Warner Home Video have released the series on DVD in the United States.
The first volume was released on September 10, 2013, and the second was released on December 3, 2013, both releases were two-disc boxsets containing 12 episodes each. The third volume, released on March 18, 2014, was a four-disc boxset containing 25 episodes.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video released Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies – The Complete Season on DVD on March 15, 2022.
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References
External links Pokémon anime website at TV Tokyo Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! website at TV Tokyo Pokémon TV Anime at Pokémon JP official website
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