ANA 'Pokemon' jet to make overseas debut

Kindergarten children in a bus see off an airplane emblazoned with the popular ''Pocket Monsters (Pokemon)'' cartoon characters which will make its first overseas flight on Feb. 24 from Narita airport to New York. All Nippon Airways (ANA) launched three ''ANA Pokemon Jets'' on domestic routes last July. ==Kyodo

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