#jn043

i just want to talk about this scene, because it’s clear that ash is so uncomfortable here while talking to chairman rose. he barely knows anything about the man, and despite leon telling him about how he owes a lot to him and that he ‘raised him’, he still immediately is thrown off by rose because of the way he introduces himself. it’s not often we see ash being shy or uncomfortable in front of strangers, especially ones that know people he knows or idolises. he somewhat curls in on himself here, stuttering as he speaks and tensing up. pikachu can clearly sense that rose isn’t all that good, and that ash is really uncomfortable. while he’s trying to be polite with his words and expression, you can see the fear and doubt in his eyes.

ROSE GET YOUR HANDS OFF SATOSHI I SWEAR-

Krhm.

We’ve got some translations for a two-pager related to upcoming Sword & Shield Chapter in Pokémon (2019)/Journeys, from latest Corocoro magazine! Translations below, done by Dephender, I’ll link the source of the forum post to source tag!

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Now that the Pokémon anime is moving to the golden time on the golden day... IT BREAKS INTO ITS POCKET MONSTERS SWORD & SHIELD CHAPTER!! Satoshi and Go have gone to the Galar region! Their biggest adventure ever, which is centered around Daimax, now begins!! ON OCTOBER 23RD, IT'S OFF TO THE ONE AND ONLY... "SLUMBERING WEALD"!! The "Slumbering Weald", where the beginning of the adventure in "Pokémon Sword/Shield" takes place, appears!... does that mean Satoshi and Go will meet a certain duo of legendary Pokémon?!

Two mysterious Pokémon appear in a forest shrouded in thick mist. Could they be...?!

Satoshi and Go have gotten separated from each other in the forest. Oh no!

Sonia, Professor Magnolia's granddaughter AND assistant, appears as well!

There's hints of a scheme in Rose and the others' tale?!

The battles between the Kyodaimaxed Pokémon is a must see as well!

Considering the synopsis we’ve had for these episodes, I think either Sonia is borrowing hers to Gou during this moment, or she’s giving a spare to him. Sonia IS a past challenger, so she would have the dynamax band of her own, right? Of course, this is based on the games, we’re still not sure of Sonia’s past in Pokeani. But I’m hoping for similar past, as Kibana and Dande definitely are still the same kind of rivals and Sonia’s debut implied heavily that she knows Dande personally.

Sonia’s been on top of my favourite characters of gen 8, and I’m excited to see more of her, and how she’ll be exploring the Darkest Day lore with Gou alongside her. Should be fun to see, I can imagine Rabbifoot’s ears being played with again thou, asjhgjshfg. Also looking forward to seeing how she’ll be acting around Kibana, hehee. Oh, this post was originally about Gou’s dynamax band, whooops!

Is Pikachu feeling suspicious of Rose just because of vibes,

or is it because he has a bad feeling about adults who act all friendly with Satoshi after what happened in Kalos with Fleur-de-lis/Lysandre?

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.