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Mezase Pokemon Master

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CD Art
Artist
Matsumoto Rica
Single
Mezase Pokémon Master (めざせポケモンマスター)
Released
1997.06.28
Catalog Number
TGDS-98
Price
¥1,000
Tracklist
  1. Mezase Pokémon Master (めざせポケモンマスター; Aiming to Be a Pokemon Master)
  2. Okido-hakase (Ishizuka Unsho), Pokemon Kids - Hyaku Gojuuichi (ひゃくごじゅういち; One Hundred and Fifty-One)
  3. Imakuni? - Pokemon Ieru ka na? (ポケモン言えるかな; Can the Pokemon Say?)
  4. Oyasumi Boku no Pikachu (おやすみ ぼくのピカチュウ; Rest My Pikachu)
  5. Mezase Pokémon Master (Original Karaoke)



Single Cover
Artist
Matsumoto Rica
Album
Mezase Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary- (めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary-)
Released
2017.11.29
Catalog Number
SECL-2227
Price
¥2,500
Tracklist
  1. Mezase Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary- (めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary-; Aiming to Be a Pokemon Master)
  2. Oyasumi Boku no Pikachu -2017 ver.- (おやすみ ぼくのピカチュウ; Rest My Pikachu)
  3. Mezase Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary Ballad ver.-
  4. Alola!! (アローラ!!)
  5. XY&Z
  6. Getta Bang Bang -Satoshi with Pikachu ver.- (ゲッタバンバン)
  7. Mezase Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary- (Instrumental)
  8. Oyasumi Boku no Pikachu -2017 ver.- (Instrumental)
  9. Mezase Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary Ballad ver.- (Instrumental)


Information

"Mezase Pokémon Master" is the fifth single released by Matsumoto Rica. All the songs on the single had tie-in's with the first season of the anime Pokemon. The title track was used as the opening theme song, "Hyaku Gojuuichi" was used as the ending theme song, and the other two songs were used as insert songs in the series. The single reached #7 on the weekly Oricon chart, and stayed on the chart for a total of 56 weeks. The single sold a total of 1,127,760 copies and is the best selling single released by a seiyuu. It is also the only single released by a seiyuu to sell over a million copies, and the best selling anison single. Because the single sold 580,560 copies in 1997 and 547,200 copies in 1998, the single reached #51 and #44 on the yearly Oricon charts for 1997 and 1998 respectively.

The single was also released in 2017 due the 20th Anniversary of the title track. Because of the amount of the track, it's counted as an album. This version released #17 on the Oricon weekly charts, charted for five weeks, selling 7,775 copies. And because it sold 6,293 copies in 2017, it became the #643 single of the year.

Song Information

Lyrics
Todaware Akira
Music
Tanaka Hirokazu
Other Information
Arrangement: Watanabe Chiru

20th Anniversary Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 17 12 15 29 12 8 17 4,925
26 - 68 80 58 61 24 62 1,368
55 - - 93 - 68 - 114 669
- - - - - - - 170 530
- - - - - - - 246 283

Total Reported Sales: 7,775

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