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(Japanese: Pokémon Radio Show! ロケット団ひみつ帝国 Pokémon Radio Show! Rocket-dan's Secret Empire) is a radio program that aired on 76.1 interFM in Japan. It aired on Sunday evenings between 7:00 and 7:30 beginning July 1, 2012 and ending December 23, 2012.

The radio show was hosted by Megumi Hayashibara, Shin'ichirō Miki and Inuko Inuyama in character as Jessie, James and Meowth. The premise of the radio show is that in order to recruit as much of Earth's population to Team Rocket as possible, the Team Rocket trio decide to broadcast a radio show in secret. Other voice actors from the Pokémon anime—such as Yūji Ueda and Ikue Ohtani—appeared on the show as guests.

Development

In 2011, Megumi Hayashibara, voice of Jessie and other characters, proposed to Pokémon's sound director Masafumi Mima that she wanted him to prepare "Team Rocket's Late Nights Radio" for the Team Rocket trio to appear in. Masafumi Mima, who is a great fan of Team Rocket himself, agreed to the idea, and posted to his Twitter on May 6, 2012: