#ns001

TPCi just uploaded a UK vid of the first episode of Pokémon Journeys. If you want to check it and don’t have Netflix, here’s the free option! :D

And all I really have to say is:

I love it all! More under the cut, this became a long post!

And apparently this will be the norm for this series according to official twitter???

They obviously get uploaded a day late which is not ideal but I sure as HECK am gonna support this.

Support the HELL out of this guys. Even if there’s no subtitles atm. This is the first step towards official subtitles if you ask me!

I guess I’ll be rewatching the ep TWICE today haha!

From what we’ve seen in the trailer, I think the first episode could go something along like this:

It starts with us seeing the world of Pokémon, then we get our first glimpse at Pichu. We journey through with it throughout the episode, see it evolve, be caught by Okido and then be obtained by Satoshi.

Then right as that moment arrives, Pikachu wakes up from a hit in the head by sleep-battling Satoshi.

Pikachu’s head is red, it was clearly hit by something. And considering how he’s sleeping in bed with Satoshi, and we see Satoshi throwing the clock, I’m pretty certain Satoshi was restless during his sleep, having battles and throwing ball at the end. Thus, following scene:

I could see this scene being meant as a pararrel to how Satoshi was late to his first day as a Pokémon Trainer, when now when he does this, he’ll have Pikachu to wake him up. Maybe they’ve got some place to go to, like Kuchiba City/Vermillion City!

This scene right here, where Pikachu looks at Satoshi for a bit with a cute smile while running with him, kinda gives me a vibe that this is the end of NS001, where Pikachu has been remembering its past due to dreaming about it, and then happily acknowledges how he’s glad to have met Satoshi, his best partner in life.

So yeh, watched the first episode of new Pokeani on official Pokemon Youtube channel, man did it feel great. I was meant to talk about Pichu’s story today anywho, so the official subless rewatch is good enough! No screencaps this time around, not feeling like it XD And youtube vid has imprinted japanese text on the left top corner so lol

So. Where to begin.... maybe by the fact that Pichu is freaking adorable? D: AAH krhm. So. No info was given on how Pichu came to be or whether it was recently born or anything, but it was explicitly said to be alone in the forest, with no friends and all. And then, by chance, Dogas/Koffing cause Pichu to slip down a cliff, with a softish landing to a Garura/Kangaskhan. Pichu dear was spooked thou, might have been first time he saw one? Then the baby Garura decides to have a chat with Pichu, and eventually once its time for the Garura heard to get going, Pichu at first just looks at Garura in confusion, but then the mother Garura decides to, well, basically adopt Pichu as her own lol. It’s so cute, and I’m glad Pichu ends up becoming such quick friends with the baby Garura. They skip on months ahead to the day when Gou and Koharu’s camp happens, and Pichu’s still part of the family. That is so heartwarming, to see Garura take in a Pokemon as her child without any question. Such a motherly Pokémon, I think I gained new love towards this Pokémon ♥

Pichu and the baby act like such brothers and honestly, it really reminds me off how Pikachu always took care of Togepi, Nebby and Larvitar/Yogiras for example, and how it was such a brother to the likes of Pochama, Dedenne, Kibago/Axew and ofc, Bebenom. Like, that trait seems to carry over from this life he had with Garura family and that is just so..... so awesome to see!

I find it quite amusing how Pichu did sort of meet Gou first before Satoshi, but it was in a way where both Pichu and Gou just saw the same event of Mew saving Garura’s child (which is probably why Pikachu would be protective of baby Pokémon! :D), so not like, really meeting up. But they were in the same area and Gou and Koharu most def did look in the direction of Garura’s family. Didn’t seem like Pichu ever laid eyes away from his family so, no point in thinking theories of Pikachu remembering someone like Gou from the past. :D Just neat how the fate between Pikachu, Satoshi and Gou was so close to happen all those years ago, yet didn’t. :D

Why does Pichu end up leaving the Garura family then? How did it end up becoming Satoshi’s Pokémon if it enjoyed its life with the two. Well. The time skips on ahead, saying it’s been several years, and both Pichu and Garura’s child have grown. So... Mama Garura is now having trouble carrying two big children. And it shows, Garura is visually exhausted, and it shows in Garura’s child as well, both seeming down, like the overweight is affecting them both. Pichu clearly cares for the two, and it tries to get off, but being the motherly being Garura is, just won’t let Pichu go. So Pichu then... leaves.... during the night.... while they sleep ;___; Without a word! GOSH that’s touching, he knows Garura’s health is on the line if he stays, gooooosssshhhh I love this so much.

Then it becomes so emotional and every freaking time Pichu starts evolving just as it says Pi-KA-chu is so damn beautiful, awesome, and awesome narrative. It valued the friendship it had with Garura family so much. And he seemed so freaking happy to have become a Pikachu ;V; Silently farewelling the family, as he runs off.

Then I guess weeks pass until Okido caught him and he became Satoshi’s Pokémon, it wasn’t shown so it’s still up for people to make guesses or headcanons on. A shame, but it’s fine. I do find it possible there could be another ep down the road actually focusing on how Okido ended up catching Pikachu, but I wouldn’t count on it.

Like, all in all? I loved this backstory of Pikachu, as we now know he was indeed a Pichu before becoming a Pikachu, and had a happy life until his surrogate family’s health was in line, and it decided to leave them for their own sake. Pikachu you are so wonderful AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

Sniff... I’m gonna go play some Pokemon Sword now, I think I caught Pikachu yesterday (perfectly a boy), gonna see if it’s Hardy like Satoshi’s Pikachu is because i god DAMN want to catch a Pikachu like him now... damn it lol

It’s the first episode of New Series, NS001, so Pikachu’s backstory is revealed in full on November 17th, at 8:30 UTC!

Next week is a look in Pokeani’s past :) In half-an-hour.

We’ve been misinformed by Anipoke Staff LOL.

We only have one episode on November 17th apparently. No clue what the rest of 1h special is spent on.

Anywho, we know til episode 4 now (actually til episode 5 due to an artwork shared on twitter official account)! You can check them all on Serebii.Net forums, as usual, but here are the episode titles and supposed dates of airings:

November 17th: NS001: Pikachu is Born!

November 24th: NS002: On Lugia They Go, Satoshi and Go!

December 1st: NS003: Fushigisou is Quite Mysterious, Don't You Think So?

December 8th: NS004: Let's Go to the Galar Region! An Encounter with Hibunny!! 

New info seems to have surfaced about the Camp that’s gonna be shown in episode one alongside Pichu’s journey, and here’s what it says according to twitter translator AshandSerena

"6 years old and He already likes the Pokemon

Professor Oak’s Pokemon Camp was held when Satoshi and Go were 6 years old. Satoshi asked her mother to apply for it but he overslept on that day."

Heh. Satoshi always oversleeps on important days huh lol.

Anywho. So we now know the events of episode 1 happen at around Satoshi’s age of 6. Same year Lilie had her Nihilego incident? How old was she when it happened? It kinda sounds like to me that Satoshi probably skips on this specific Pokecamp trip, and thus joins the one Serena was part of? Or has already met Serena at this point, not sure if we ever had info on how old Satoshi and Serena were when they met during their shared PokeCamp. We might be focusing more on Go’s Camp trip, and Pichu’s journey to becoming a Pikachu, and then Satoshi’s partner.