#sm127

S&M127′s preview!

he wants to say hello to magearna. i wonder if this is some sweet part of ash that knows that all pokemon are deserving of affection and that involves petting and kind touches to immobile pokemon, and additionally, the implication i get from the storytelling (the silence, ash bringing the scene to a halt and the long focus on him and his request) here means this is meant to be the main character bringing his magical main character touch (haha).

i love that everyone else goes along with it and they all think it’s the best idea anyone’s ever had. i love this class. no bad eggs. pet magearna to wake her up!

How it started

Oh new titles arrived! Maaaaaaan! And the league starts on June 30th, it’s happening folks!!!!!! Edit: Apparently there was a image with all the info, so here you go!

Krhm. The episodes. Note, these contain spoilers for next week’s episode, so if you don’t wanna know any details past it, scroll past this post, fast!

June 16th: SM126 - Pikachu's Exciting Expedition!

When Satoshi and Nyaheat return from the past, they see that Pikachu and the others look all bruised and tired?! Just what happened while they were gone?!

Interesting, I wonder what happened. Also, this very much debunks Gaogaen at least from Sm125 onward, we still don’t know whether Satoshi gains something from the episode or not.

June 23rd: SM127 - Gladio and Lilie! Chasing a Father's Phantom!!

Satoshi and the others have gathered at Lilie's house for Z-Move training when Lilie introduces them all to the mythical Pokémon Magearna, which for some reason isn't moving.

Birthdayepbirthdayepbirthdayep- krhm. Great birthday gift incoming. I hope they’ll have Satoshi recognize Magearna, it’d make the movie canon. But we’ll see!

June 30th: SM128 - The Curtain Rises! The Alola Pokémon League!!

Satoshi and the others have finally arrived at Manalo Stadium, where the Alola Pokémon League will be held. But the Rocket Gang and the Skull Gang are there as well!!

Welp, the end of the road begins. It’s going to have a week break during the league as well due to movie premiere being just 2 weeks after this ep, so we’ll have 2 league episodes, a break, and then continuing on.

Source is Serebii.Net forums, as always. Link in the source tag to the Anime Spoilers section, each thread has the summary stated at their first post!

June 16th: SM126 - Pikachu's Exciting Expedition!

When Satoshi and Nyaheat return from the past, they see that Pikachu and the others look all bruised and tired?! It turns out that when Satoshi suddenly disappeared, Pikachu and the others had a huge adventure while searching for him. Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku) Storyboard 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) Episode Director 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) Animation Director 岩根雅明 (Masaaki Iwane) Animation Director 志村泉 (Izumi Shimura)

Iwane animating, and awwwwww they were looking for Satoshi ;v; Cuuuuute! Guess going to the past doesn’t stop the time moving in the present, heheh.

June 23rd: SM127 - Gladio and Lilie! Chasing a Father's Phantom!!

Satoshi and the others have gathered at Lilie's house for Z-Move training when Lilie introduces them all to the mythical Pokémon Magearna, which for some reason isn't moving. Lilie explains that her father Mohn obtained Magearna when she was a baby, and that she absolutely wants to get it running again in some way or other. In the meantime, Gladio has come to Melemele Island for a very specific reason.

Screenplay 松井亜弥 (Aya Matsui) Storyboard 小平麻紀 (Maki Kodaira) Episode Director 小平麻紀 (Maki Kodaira) Animation Director 香月麻衣子 (Maiko Katsuki)

I am SO ready for this episode. Greatest birthday incoming~ The animator has usually been paired with Rena Yamazaki, and the duo’s usually had darn beautiful episodes (SM108, SM096), also was involved in SM054. Oh, the Screenplayer, Aya Matsui, was also involved in SM108. Nice, nice, I expect great things!

June 30th: SM128 - The Curtain Rises! The Alola Pokémon League!!

Satoshi and the others have finally arrived at Manalo Stadium, where the Alola Pokémon League will be held. But the Rocket Gang and the Skull Gang are there as well; Guzma has come to the league venue in order to destroy it. It appears the reason he is so openly hostile towards Professor Kukui lies in their shared past... Screenplay 面出明美 (Akemi Omode) Storyboard 樋口香里 (Kaori Higuchi) Episode Director 上野史博 (Fumihiro Ueno) Animation Director 篠原隆 (Takashi Shinohara)

Shinoharaaaa! Also, we’re seeing Guzma and Kukui’s past here! Hmm, curious, curious. But it’s full-on confirmed, Kukui and Guzma’s past will be explored! \o/

And then, the mysterious new episode, SM129.

July 7th: SM129 - Brawl! Battle Royal 151!!

The Battle Royal Preliminaries have started. This is a survival match where 151 Pokémon and Trainers will fight, and the 16 winners will be able to continue to the knockout round. But with all these strong competitors present, will Satoshi and the others be able to secure a spot? Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku) Storyboard 齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director 牧野吉高 (Yoshitaka Makino) Animation Director 新城真 (Makoto Shinjō)

So.... the League will start with a Battle Royal! lol. Lilie and Mao will definitely get knocked out here guys, I just know it. Guess there will be some differences between Alola league and other leagues. That one asker who predicted this, well done, I was ignorant lol.

Anywho, that’s all the new summaries, staff lists, and new episode details. Looking forward to this.