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'''"Oomisoka da yo! Poketto Monsutaa"''' (''It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore'') was an hour-long New Year's special for the popular anime series ''Pokémon'' that was set to air on December 31st, 1997 between episodes 39 and 40. It likely would have been a simple recap of all of the show's most notable events up to that point, but was ultimately cancelled due to the fallout of the infamous "Pokémon seizure incident" that occurred earlier that month due to "Computer Warrior Porygon". It also likely used footage from the said episode.


Set to air on the morning of December 31, 1997 in Japan was an hour long Pokemon New Year's special titled "Oomisoka da yo! Poketto Monsutaa" or '''"It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore"'''. The episode was cancelled during the fallout brought on by the infamous "Pokemon seizure incident" that had occurred earlier in the month and that would ultimately lead to Pokemon taking a four month hiatus. As the title suggests, the episode would have been a recap one, going over the previous events of the anime; the special was scheduled to air between episodes 39 and 40.<ref>[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Unaired_New_Year's_Eve_Special Bulbapedia article on the episode.] Last retrieved 04 Mar 2015.</ref>
While the episode was never aired, another two-hour New Year's special, "It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special", aired two years later and may have used material originally created for the 1997 special. Other than that, no footage of the special has surfaced.


While this episode was ultimately never put to air, a 2 hour New Year's special (with an almost identical title, "It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special") ''did'' air two years later, and it is largely assumed that material previously created for the intended 1997 episode would have been recycled for the 1999 one.
This episode shares the reputation of being one of four Pokémon episodes to have never been released, the other three being "Battle of the Quaking Island! Barboach VS Whiscash!!" and "Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan!" two-part episode.


This episode shares the reputation of being one of four Pokemon episodes to have never been released, the other three being [[Pokemon "Battle of the Quaking Island! Barboach VS Whiscash!!" (partially found episode; 2004)|"Battle of the Quaking Island! Barboach VS Whiscash!!"]] (a 2004 episode that was cancelled as a result of the Chuetsu earthquake of the same year) and "Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan!" (a two part 2011 episode that was cancelled shortly after the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami).
==See Also==
*[[Pokémon "Computer Warrior Porygon" (lost unaired English dub of anime episode; 1998)]]
*[[Pokémon "The Legend of Dratini" (non-existent unaired English dub of anime episode; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" (found first American broadcast version of anime episode; 1998)]]
*[[Pokémon "Battle of the Quaking Island! Barboach VS Whiscash!!" (partially found unaired episode of anime; 2004)]]
*[[Pokémon "Cream of the Croagunk Crop" (found original "Hiroki version" of anime episode; 2008)]]
*[[Pokémon "Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan!" (partially found unaired two-part episode of anime; 2011)]]
*[[Pokémon 3: The Movie (lost first draft of script of anime film; late 1990s)]]
*[[Pokémon 3D Adventure: Mew o Sagase! (lost 3D short of anime; 2005)]]
*[[Pokémon 4D: Pikachu's Ocean Adventure (partially found 4D short of anime; 2006)]]
*[[Pokémon! I Choose You! (found original Japanese airing of anime series pilot; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon "Pocket Monsters, Fall Special!" (found "clip show" episode of anime series; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon "Pocket Monsters, Winter Special!" (lost unaired "clip show" episode of anime series; 1998)]]
*[[Pokémon Live! (partially found professional recording footage of musical; 2000-2001)]]


== References ==
==External Links==
<references />
*[https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=851720678174794&permPage=1 Opening and closing credits of the 1999 New Year's special (Japanese, unsubtitled).] Retrieved 04 Mar '15
*[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/It%27s_New_Year%27s_Eve!_Pocket_Monsters_Encore Bulbapedia page on "It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore".] Retrieved 04 Mar '15
*[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Clip_show Bulbapedia page on the clip show episodes of the series.] Retrieved 16 Feb '20


== External links ==
[[Category:Lost animation|It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore]]
*[https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=851720678174794&permPage=1 Opening and closing credits of the 1999 New Year's special (Japanese, unsubtitled), via Facebook; 11 May 2014.] Last retrieved 04 Mar 2015.
[[Category:Lost TV|It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore]]
[[Category:Completely lost media|It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore]]

Revision as of 00:18, 7 May 2020

PokemonNewYearsEve-1999TitleCard.png

Title card of the 1999 New Year's special.

Status: Lost

"Oomisoka da yo! Poketto Monsutaa" (It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore) was an hour-long New Year's special for the popular anime series Pokémon that was set to air on December 31st, 1997 between episodes 39 and 40. It likely would have been a simple recap of all of the show's most notable events up to that point, but was ultimately cancelled due to the fallout of the infamous "Pokémon seizure incident" that occurred earlier that month due to "Computer Warrior Porygon". It also likely used footage from the said episode.

While the episode was never aired, another two-hour New Year's special, "It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special", aired two years later and may have used material originally created for the 1997 special. Other than that, no footage of the special has surfaced.

This episode shares the reputation of being one of four Pokémon episodes to have never been released, the other three being "Battle of the Quaking Island! Barboach VS Whiscash!!" and "Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan!" two-part episode.

See Also

External Links