V (Volt)

(Japanese: Volt) is the first Japanese opening theme of Pokémon the Series: XY. It debuted with XY001, replacing Summerly Slope of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. The full version of the song was also used as an insert song near the end of XY140.
A remixed version, Mega V (Japanese: メガ Mega Volt), was introduced into the credits at XYS01, and ultimately replaced the opening song of the series starting from XY029.
==Opening animation: Version 1 (XY001 – XY028)==
===OP text===
! Japanese
! English
|-
| <ab>こののなき
ポケットモンスター・・・
ちぢめてポケモン！
、サトシとポケモンたちの
いとといの
がはじまる！</ab>
| <ab>The mysterious creatures of this planet
Pocket Monsters...
"Pokémon" for short!
Now, the story of and Pokémon,
Their meetings, adventures, and battles
Are about to begin!</ab>
|}
|}
===Synopsis===
===Characters===
* 
* 
* 
* 
* Jessie
* James
* Wulfric (silhouette)
* Viola (silhouette)
* (silhouette)
* Grant (silhouette)
* Valerie (silhouette)
* Olympia (silhouette)
* Ramos (silhouette)
* 
====Pokémon====
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ('s)
* ('s)
* 
* (female)
* 
* (Elegant Pattern)
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* (Mega Lucario)
* 
* 
===Lyrics===
====TV Size====
! Japanese
! English
|-
| <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>, , , 
, , , , , , 
, , , 
, , 
Come on, from here on out it's an adventure and there's only light ahead
The sky overflows with a rain of tears but we push through
Come on, use your courage to be better than you were yesterday
Treasure any encounter
Heart's pounding, Challenger!
Someday, my dream will be fulfilled
That's what you have taught me, and that's why I travel
As the red ring of bonds spreads far and wide
I'll definitely reach out to everyone with this energy I suddenly feel
This blue planet of ours is shining with hope
The yellow flowers bloom
Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy</ab>
|}
|}
====Full version====
! Japanese
! English
|-
| <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy
Come on, from here on out it's an adventure and there's only light ahead
The sky overflows with a rain of tears but we push through
Come on, use your courage to be better than you were yesterday
Treasure any encounter
Heart's pounding, Challenger!
Someday, my dream will be fulfilled
That's what you have taught me, and that's why I travel
As the red ring of bonds spreads far and wide
I'll definitely reach out to everyone with this energy I suddenly feel
This blue planet of ours is shining with hope
The yellow flowers bloom
Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy
Come on, this adventure continues ahead even through the darkness
Just shine like a shooting star and don't hesitate
Come on, use your will power to be better than yesterday
On the way there's sure to be something
Super exciting and dangerous!
Someday I'll become proud of myself
That's what you taught me, and that's why I fight on
Once you've packed the power of a dream into your heart
It's certain that someone will call out your name
When the wind laughs through the trees of the green forest
The yellow flowers open
Someday, my dream will be fulfilled
Yesterday I shouted it, and that's why I travel
As the red ring of bonds spreads far and wide
I'll definitely reach out to everyone with this energy I suddenly feel
This blue planet of ours is shining with hope
The yellow flowers bloom
Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy</ab>
|}
|}
===Opening animation spoilers===
* capturing a and a .
* obtaining a .
* having a , capturing a for to care for, and capturing a .
===Videos===
===Trivia===
* During one scene, the main characters are seen standing on a bridge looking at the Palais de l'Isle in .
* In the preview shown on Pocket Monsters XY Pre-Start Special: Road to Kalos, the opening had several differences to the version aired with XY001.
** The camera rises to the sky much faster than in the preview version during the beginning scene.
** Two Elegant Pattern are added to the scene where are flying behind some grapes.
** In the scene where the main characters run across a street, 's body and ponytail are redrawn.
*** Also, a minor coloration error regarding the right strap on 's backpack is fixed.
** When the main characters are standing in the hills, more hair is added on Ash's head, and his hat is slightly redrawn.
*** During Ash's face shot scene, more grass is added beneath his feet, his nose, eyes and cheek birthmarks are redrawn, and a white stripe is added to the background.
*** During Serena's face shot scene, the image of her face moves across the screen instead of being still, her nose and eyes are redrawn, and colored dots are added to the background.
*** During and 's face shot scene, the images of their heads are slightly relocated, their eyes, noses and backpacks are redrawn, and a blue decoration is added to the background.
*** During the transitions between these face shots, the characters now appear blurred when they move.
** After falls off 's balloon, the camera zooms out in the preview version. However, this isn't the case in the final opening.
** When Ash is seen running in a field, sunlight and motion blur effects are added.
*** The scenery and camera angle have changed as well; due to this, Ash is also slightly redrawn during some frames.
** The rocky outcrop appearing before Ash is remodeled, and the shading is changed.
** The Gym Leaders' order was changed so that it matches the order they are fought in Pokémon X and Y.
** Motion blur is added throughout the battling scene between and , along with other animation changes.
*** The scenery is remodeled, the sky being recolored and some trees being relocated.
*** Pikachu is redrawn in some frames, and more motion blur effects are added to him when he is using .
*** When Pikachu hits Pangoro with , the latter is given a yellow coloration during the impacts in the preview version, like if Pikachu was using an Electric attack. This is corrected in the final version.
*** Lighting effects are added to Pangoro and the rocks Pikachu hit with . A shadow is also added to Pangoro.
** During the scene where the protagonists' Pokémon are seen using their moves, the background scenery is less blurry and now features a rocky outcrop in the forest, along with relocated mountains.
*** The mud drops appearing when Clemont's Bunnelby uses are changed to white flashing dot effects.
*** Ash's nose is given a shadow, which was not fully colored in the preview version.
*** Ash's Froakie now has a sphere in each of his hands, and he aims the move much closer to the camera.
** The Mega Evolution logo effects are slightly remodeled.
** When the ground breaks during 's appearance, the camera shakes differently.
** The effects on the and scene are slightly different.
** The Y in Pokémon the Series: XY logo is given a brighter coloration.
** The effects during the final group shot are changed. In the preview version, the group is drawn normally and the art style changes vastly after they pose; while in the final version, the art style is different and is present during the whole scene.
* This song was often used in the animated series whenever a main character's Pokémon evolved.
* Although appears in this opening, it did not make its debut until Performing with Fiery Charm!, where V had since been replaced by Mad-Paced Getter.
====Errors====
* During the scene with a rainy town, a female has the tails of a male Meowstic.
* During the scene when a rocky outcrop appears in front of Ash and the camera shakes, his legs are seen cut off in one frame.
* During Pikachu's battle against a and a , Pikachu used on Honedge and it worked despite Pokémon being immune to moves.
OPJ17 error 1.png|Meowstic coloring error
OPJ17 error 2.png|Ash's legs error
===Staff===
Animation supervisor作画監督 	
* 
*	
* 志村泉
* 松永香苗
Storyboard絵コンテ 	
*	
* 矢嶋哲生
Key animators原画 	
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*	
* 黒石崇裕
* 岩根雅明
* 小川智樹
* 緒方厚
* 松本昌代
* 泉保良輔
* 難波功
* 樋口靖子
* 堤舞
Director演出 	
*	
* 矢嶋哲生
==Opening animation: Version 2 (XY029 – XY054)==
===OP text===
! Japanese
! English
|-
| <ab>こののなき
ポケットモンスター・・・
ちぢめてポケモン！
、サトシとポケモンたちの
いとといの
がはじまる！</ab>
| <ab>The mysterious creatures of this planet
Pocket Monsters...
"Pokémon" for short!
Now, the story of and Pokémon,
Their meetings, adventures, and battles
Are about to begin!</ab>
|}
|}
===Synopsis===
===Characters===
* 
* 
* 
* 
* Jessie
* James
* Diantha
* 
* 
* 
* (XY029-XY044)
* Mabel (XY029-XY044)
* Gurkinn (XY029-XY044)
* (XY045-XY054)
* (XY045-XY054)
====Pokémon====
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* (; Mega Lucario) (XY029-XY044)
* (; Mega Gardevoir)
* ()
* ()
* ()
* (Mabel's) (XY029-XY044)
* (Gurkinn's; Mega Lucario) (XY029-XY044)
* (Mega Absol)
* (Mega Garchomp)
* (×2; Mega Charizard X and Y)
* (Mega Venusaur)
* (Mega Blastoise)
* (Mega Blaziken)
* (Mega Gengar)
* (Mega Scizor)
* () (XY045-XY054)
* ('s) (XY045-XY054)
* ('s) (XY045-XY054)
* ('s) (XY045-XY054)
===Lyrics===
====TV Size====
! Japanese
! English
|-
| <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy
Come on, this adventure continues ahead even through the darkness
Just shine like a shooting star and don't hesitate
Come on, use your will power to be better than yesterday
On the way there's sure to be something
Super exciting and dangerous!
Someday I'll become proud of myself
That's what you taught me, and that's why I fight on
Once you've packed the power of a dream into your heart
It's certain that someone will call out your name
When the wind laughs through the trees of the green forest
The yellow flowers open
Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy
The yellow flowers open</ab>
|}
|}
====Full version====
! Japanese
! English
|-
| <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy
Come on, from here on out it's an adventure and there's only light ahead
The sky overflows with a rain of tears but we push through
Come on, use your courage to be better than you were yesterday
Treasure any encounter
Heart's pounding, Challenger!
Someday, my dream will be fulfilled
That's what you have taught me, and that's why I travel
As the red ring of bonds spreads far and wide
I'll definitely reach out to everyone with this energy I suddenly feel
This blue planet of ours is shining with hope
The yellow flowers bloom
Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy
Come on, this adventure continues ahead even through the darkness
Just shine like a shooting star and don't hesitate
Come on, use your will power to be better than yesterday
On the way there's sure to be something
Super exciting and dangerous!
Someday I'll become proud of myself
That's what you taught me, and that's why I fight on
Once you've packed the power of a dream into your heart
It's certain that someone will call out your name
When the wind laughs through the trees of the green forest
The yellow flowers open
Someday, my dream will be fulfilled
Yesterday I shouted it, and that's why I travel
As the red ring of bonds spreads far and wide
I'll definitely reach out to everyone with this energy I suddenly feel
This blue planet of ours is shining with hope
The yellow flowers bloom
Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting
Steel, Psychic, Fairy
The yellow flowers open</ab>
|}
|}
===Opening animation spoilers===
* obtaining a .
* Ash's evolving into a .
===Variants===
#XY029 - XY044: The original animation.
#XY045 - XY054: replaces Korrina and her Lucario in some scenes, a , , , , , and replace Mabel, , Gurkinn and .
Besides these variants, from XY037 through XY041, clips from Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction were used, replacing all the footage from the regular sequence, but only for the first airings on TV Tokyo. Also, a Mega Ring that appears during the first scene of the regular sequence gets its color constantly changed, as explained below.
XY 	029	030	031	032	033	034	035	036	037	038	039	040	041	042	043	044	045	046	047	048	049	050	 	051	052	053	054	
Variant 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	2 	2 	2 	2	2 	2 	2 	2 	
Mega Ring color	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
M17 clips used 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
OPJ17 Mega Ring black.png|The black Mega Ring
OPJ17 Mega Ring blue.png|The blue Mega Ring
OPJ17 Mega Ring red.png|The red Mega Ring
OPJ17 2 Disguised Diantha.png|A disguised Diantha in the first variant
OPJ17 2 Korrina and Lucario.png|Korrina reading a book in the first variant
OPJ17 2 Ash battling Korrina.png|Ash VS Korrina in the first variant
OPJ17 2 Mabel and Mawile.png|Mabel and her Mawile in the first variant
OPJ17 2 Gurkinn and Lucario.png|Gurkinn and his Lucario in the first variant
OPJ17 2 Diantha and Gardevoir.png|Diantha and her Gardevoir in the first variant
OPJ17 2.png|The final shot in the first variant
OPJ17 2 Sorrowful Serena.png|A sorrowful Serena in the second variant
OPJ17 2 Serena and her friends.png|Serena looking at her friends in the second variant
OPJ17 2 Serena looking at the sunrise.png|Serena at the sunrise in the second variant
OPJ17 2 Sunglasses Pancham.png|The Pancham that would become Serena's in the second variant
OPJ17 2 Aria and Braixen.png|Aria and her Braixen in the second variant
OPJ17 2 Grace and Rhyhorn.png|Grace and her Rhyhorn and Fletchling in the second variant
OPJ17 2 V2.png|The final shot in the second variant
===Videos===
===Trivia===
* This opening was not updated after Clemont's Luxio's capture nor Ash's Froakie's evolution.
===Staff===
Animation supervisor作画監督 	
*	
* 堤舞
Storyboard絵コンテ 	
*	
* 鎌倉由実
Key animators原画 	
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*	
* 岩根雅明
* 西谷泰史
* 古橋聡
* 横山隆
* 田中修司
* はせがわしんや
* 藤本雄一朗
* 樋口靖子
2nd key animators第2原画 	
*	
* 大槻ちえ
Chief animation supervisor総作画監督 	
* Toshihito Hirooka	
* 広岡トシヒト
Director演出 	
* Yumi Kamakura	
* 鎌倉由実
==External links==
* Sony Music (Japanese)
==Related articles==
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