The episode was originally set to air in Japan on November 4 , 2004 , between episode 376 , " Solid as a Solrock " , and episode 378 , " Vanity Affair " , but was skipped due to the episode 's similarities to the Chūetsu earthquake on October 23 , 2004 . The episode was later postponed , but was skipped in rotation order and eventually discontinued . While most of the other episodes were either not dubbed for English-language release or taken out of English-language syndication rotations , this episode of '' Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation '' was the second episode not to air outside of Japan , and the first episode not to air in Japan . Since then the move Earthquake alongside similar moves such as Fissure and Magnitude have not been used in the anime . The episode did not end up as a DVD exclusive
Chūetsu earthquake
2004 Chūetsu earthquake
Pokémon episodes removed from rotation