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New Pokemon Drama Translation

     Since appearing as a game in 1996 and expanding into other media like anime, and card games Pokemon boasts a strongly established popularity amongst both children and adults. TV Tokyo and the Pokemon Company have teamed up to make a Live Action TV drama based on Pokemon for the first time!          Everyone has heard of Pokemon and come into contact with it at least once in their life. The main character, Madoka, too was brought up playing Pokemon Red with her brother. Her life changes once she obtains a Pokemon game for the first time in ages... Nanase Nishino, the actress who plays Madoka, is a Pokemon fan and really did spend most of her childhood with the Pokemon games! A former member of the popular idol group Nogizaka 46, she has since gone on to star in many films and stage shows and enjoyed a lot of success, winning a Japanese Academy award for best supporting actress and new actress . In this drama which links the Pokemo...