First episode for July 2011 revealed

Don George, Shooty to appear

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Kamitsure, the Gym Leader of Raimon City

The 41st episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! has been entitled 「全員集合！ドンバトル！！」 Everyone Gathers! Don Battle!!, which is scheduled to premiere on July 7, 2011.

The episode will feature a tournament called "Don Battle" hosted by Don George, the owner of the Battle Clubs across the Isshu (Unova) region and the gang including Luke, a Trainer they met in the previous episode, is expected to encounter Shooty (Trip).

According to the episode summary:

「ドン・ジョージ主催の「ドンバトル」に参加するため、サトシたちはルークとともに ライモンタウンにやってきていた。会場には、ライバルのシューティーをはじめ、今までの 旅で出会ったたくさんのトーレナーたちが集結。 デントやアイリス、ルークも参加することになり、やる気満々なサトシの対戦相手は…」

Translation: In order to participate in the "Don Battle", a tournament hosted by Don George, Satoshi (Ash Ketchum) and his friends have come to Raimon City (Nimbasa City) along with Luke. In the stadium, not only Shooty, but many other Trainers they met on their journey so far are assembled.

Dent (Cilan), Iris and Luke decide to participate as well. A motivated Satoshi faces off against...

Kamitsure (Elesa), the Gym Leader of Raimon City, is also expected to make her anime debut in this episode, as revealed earlier in a post by Masaaki Iwane on his blog.