Best Wishes! (song)

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Best Wishes! (Japanese: ベストウイッシュ！ lit. Besuto Uisshu!) is the first Japanese opening theme of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. It debuted in BW001. Best Wishes! (Movie Edit) (Japanese: ベストウイッシュ！ (Movie Edit)) was used in the double-feature fourteenth film. It was replaced by Be an Arrow! in BW085.
==Opening animation==
===OP Text===
! Japanese
! English
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| <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 the boy and Pokémon,
Their meetings, adventures, and battles
Are about to begin!</ab>
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===Synopsis===
 is running on a black and white checkerboard. He jumps and the series logo appears from above. Pikachu passes by different Pokémon in a forest. Then, he is on top of followed by . After that, he briefly flies along with them. Pikachu passes by several more Pokémon and jumps on several buildings. Next, a flies over Pikachu as he's walking. The Unova first partner Pokémon (, , and ) are seen and Pikachu waves by to each of them. He then passes by more Pokémon on a grassy field. Pikachu is floating in the air along with the other Pokémon. The opening ends with a group shot of Pikachu and the other Pokémon.
===Characters===
====Pokémon====
All Pokémon are listed in order of when first revealed.
* ()
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW002)
* (revealed in BW003)
* (revealed in BW004)
* (revealed in BW005)
* (revealed in BW005)
* (revealed in BW006)
* (revealed in BW006)
* (revealed in BW006)
* (revealed in BW007)
* (revealed in BW007)
* (revealed in BW007)
* (revealed in BW007)
* (revealed in BW007)
* (revealed in BW009)
* (revealed in BW009)
* (revealed in BW010)
* (revealed in BW010)
* (revealed in BW011)
* (revealed in BW011)
* (revealed in BW012)
* (revealed in BW013)
* (revealed in BW014)
==Lyrics==
===TV size===
! Japanese
! English
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| lang="ja" | <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>At a place for the first time
The smell of the wind for the first time, mm...
But what isn't for the first time
Is this throbbing of my heart!
When this brand-new map
Gets all crumpled
Hey, I wonder how far we should go?
Keep this between us;
I have one or two or three worries
But there are countless things I'm looking forward to!
If I listen closely, I hear a nostalgic voice
A voice from the future
It's always praying for me
"You'll be all right!
Somehow it'll be all right!
Everyone will be all right!"
Yeah-he-he-hey, let's start walking!
Yeah-he-he-hey, should we run?
The throbbing of my heart instantly changes
To an itching desire!
There's just no way I can calm down!</ab>
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===Full version===
! Japanese
! English
|-
| lang="ja" | <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>At a place for the first time
The smell of the wind for the first time, mm...
But what isn't for the first time
Is this throbbing of my heart!
When this brand-new map
Gets all crumpled
Hey, I wonder how far we should go?
Keep this between us;
I have one or two or three worries
But there are countless things I'm looking forward to!
A calm morning
The calm flow of time, mm...
But what isn't calm
Is what comes right after this!
When our path has been cut off
By some unexpected trouble
Well, now what should we do?
It's pretty pitiful to say
My knees are shaking, I'm dripping with sweat
But no way am I thinking of going back!
If I listen closely, I hear a nostalgic voice
A voice from the future
It's always praying for me
"You'll be all right!
Somehow it'll be all right!
Everyone will be all right!"
Yeah-he-he-hey, let's start walking!
Yeah-he-he-hey, should we run?
The throbbing of my heart instantly changes
To an itching desire!
There's just no way I can calm down!
An endless road
A journey of endless encounters, mm...
But what I want to have end
Is this flurrying anxiety!
Even so, I wonder
If we've somehow realized
That's right, it's the beginning of a friendship!
This is frequently said
At first was a forced smile somewhere......
But soon it will be full of genuine smiles!
Wind, carry my voice
Carry my feelings
To that person in a distant town
"I'll be all right!
I'll be totally all right!
I'm not alone, I have my friends, so I'll be all right!
Yeah-he-he-hey, let's start walking!
Yeah-he-he-hey, should we run?
Yeah-he-he-hey, what we're aiming for
Yeah-he-he-hey, is always shining!
The throbbing of my heart instantly changes
To a pounding excitement!
There's just no way I can calm down!</ab>
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==Trivia==
* Best Wishes! was used consistently as the opening song across 84 episodes with no remixes, more than any other opening.
** If counting remixes as the same opening song, this record goes to One, Two, Three (136 episodes).
* This is the first opening theme since Spurt! not to have any remixes.
* This is the only opening theme in the to not feature any human characters.
** This is also the first opening not to feature .
* This is the only opening to be composed completely of .
* The lyrics in this opening are black and have white borders. This is the first opening in which this happens, as lyrics for all other openings (excluding High Touch!) were white with black borders up until Mad-Paced Getter.
* Pokémon silhouettes are revealed in the episode following their debut in the series.
** is the only Pokémon who has a white silhouette. However, it is given a black silhouette when it appears at the end.
* Among the first opening songs of all series, this is the only one not to use terms of the franchise, such as any location names or moves.
* This is the only Japanese opening theme to be named after its corresponding anime series.
==Variants==
In the first episode, all Pokémon (except Pikachu) were shown in silhouettes. Whenever a Pokémon made its debut, its silhouette was transformed into its revealed form in the episode following their debut in the series. Every episode after that showed that Pokémon without any transformation. By BW014, all the silhouetted Pokémon had been unveiled.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
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