#jn041

October 9th: JN040 - VS Thunder! Legendary Raid Battle!!

A thunderstorm draws close to Satoshi and the others as they are enjoying some snowcones. They establish it's possible the Legendary Pokémon Thunder might be nearby. Satoshi and Go encounter Thunder at the location they went to after Go got a sudden flash of insight and   immediately challenge it to a battle, but...

2nd summary

It's a nice day. The sky is blue and filled with white clouds. But as Satoshi and the others are enjoying some snowcones at the Sakuragi Laboratories, a huge thunderstorm suddenly draws close. And once they sense the presence of powerful biological energy, they realize it's possible the Legendary Pokémon Thunder might actually be nearby! And as the areas surrounding the Sakuragi Laboratories keep losing power, Go gets a sudden flash of insight, and the duo succeeds in encountering Thunder at the location he thought of. They immediately challenge it to a battle, but Thunder proves to be way too much for them. However, they decide to have a raid battle against it, working together with some "helpers" they truly didn't expect to be there!! 

And we know by preview the helpers are Rocket Gang! Real hyped for this episode purely for the TRUCE plot!

THEN, JN041 summary!

October 16th: JN041 - Operation: Dub Pikachu / Half Numacraw

Musashi and Kojiro, who have thus far been relying on Nyarth's interpretations to understand what Satoshi and Pikachu talk about, decide to train themselves so they can understand it on their own. This airing will also include "Half Numacraw".

This is god damn amazing asfjhskfjhfsjfsh I think I’ll enjoy this episode lololol

This is the story of "Satoshi", a boy who wants to be the best at Pokémon battling, and "Go", a boy who dreams of getting every Pokémon. Let's Go! To the Pokémon World! With our dreams and adventures! Summary: The Rocket Gang Nyarth is laid up with a cold.  Musashi and Kojiro, who have thus far been relying on his interpretations to understand what Satoshi and Pikachu talk about, decide to take the opportunity to train themselves so they can understand it on their own! They watch video footage of Pikachu that they've secretly recorded and dub over it, but...?!

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In a forest after a rainfall, Satoshi and Go meet a Numacraw that's stuck in the ground! And while they're trying to do something to help it, a group of Runpappa appears?! Voice Cast: Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi Daiki Yamashita: Go Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth Yuji Ueda: Sonansu Kenta Miyake: Runpappa Sayaka Senbongi: Messon Marina Aicholtz: Go's Smartphone Rotom Kenyu Horiuchi: Narration

As the title says. Let’s get started, source is serebii.net forums, as always!

October 16th: JN041 - Operation: Dub Pikachu! / Half Numacraw

a)The Rocket Gang Nyarth is laid up with a cold. Musashi and Kojiro from the Rocket Gang, who have thus far been relying on his interpretations to understand what Satoshi's Pikachu talks about, decide to take the opportunity to train themselves so they can understand it on their own! To do this, they watch video footage of Pikachu that they've secretly recorded and dub over it...?! b) In a forest after a rainfall, Satoshi and Go encounter Numacraw that are stuck in the ground! And while the duo is doing its best trying to do something to help them, a Runpappa appears before them?! Screenplay     赤尾でこ (Deko Akao) Storyboard     湯山邦彦 (Kunihiko Yuyama) Storyboard     樋口香里 (Kaori Higuchi) Episode Director     牧野吉高 (Yoshitaka Makino) Animation Director     岡昭彦 (Akihiko Oka) Animation Director     柳原好貴 (Koki Yanagihara)

What’s new is the staff list, which is why I’m including it!

October 23rd: JN042 - Sword & Shield I: Slumbering Weald

One night Satoshi spots the "Daimax Band" he got from Dande, the strongest Pokémon Trainer in the Galar region, suddenly starting to glow on its own. Meanwhile, the Galar region has been experiencing a phenomenon where Pokémon are Daimaxing in places where it's normally impossible for them to do so. To solve the Daimax mystery, Satoshi and Go decided to visit the Galar region and see Professor Magnolia, the leading authority on Daimax research, but on their way there the duo got separated while in a forest shrouded in thick mist, where they encountered some mysterious Pokémon. Screenplay     米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura) Storyboard     齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director     上野史博 (Fumihiro Ueno) Animation Director     篠原隆 (Takashi Shinohara)

MAGNOLIA MAGNOLIA MAGNOLIA AAAAHHHH!! Also I, find it weird that the daimax band seems to be reacting in Kanto? It shouldn’t? Hmmmm.

For the next two episodes we only have title and staff list, no summaries. Possibly to avoid spoilers.

October 30th: JN043 - Sword & Shield II: Black Night

Screenplay     土屋理敬 (Michihiro Tsuchiya) Storyboard     齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director     門田英彦 (Hidehiko Kadota) Animation Director     谷澤泰史 (Yasushi Tanizawa) Animation Director     日置正志 (Masashi Hioki)

November 6th: JN044 - Sword & Shield III: Mugendaina

Screenplay     米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura) Storyboard     樋口香里 (Kaori Higuchi) Episode Director     又野弘道 (Hiromichi Matano) Animation Director     新城真 (Makoto Shinjō) Animation Director     升谷有希 (Yuki Masutani)

Intriquing to see that Yonemura is writing parts 1 and 3 but not 2. Hmm. Part 4 is still to be revealed, possibly will take til end of this month to learn more.

October 16th: JN041 - Operation: Dub Pikachu / Half Numacraw

This is another one of those “2-in-1“ episodes. Will probably be similar to JN026 epidodes.

October 23rd: JN042 - Sword & Shield I: Slumbering Weald

and

October 30th: JN043 - Sword & Shield II: Black Night

are both most likely tentative titles, but we now have an idea of how the Darkest Day Arc will go. First episode will introduce the legendaries in the Slumberin Wealds, and second episode will give us more lore on the Darkest Day, which in japanese is called Black Night.

Like the gist of the episode was actually easy to understand, only thing I didn’t understand is how Musashi and Kojiro dubbed Pikachu before the emotional bit where they suddenly see Pikachu being so tender lol (judging Meowth it’s EVIL smile askfjhskfjhs I love u Pikachu).

The Numacraw half was just, real easy to understand without subtitles as well, as it was VERY well shown with just the animation and showing what’s done. For that, I appreciate the episode a ton, as I like it when the episode is able to tell a story well without needing to understand every bit of dialogue. But I think I did understand most anyway XD