Preview JNS06: Winds of Beginning! The Endless Road!!

[BigDocFan]

Extended summary and Partial VA list courtesy of Adamant

Satoshi and Pikachu continue their adventure, going wherever the wind blows, chasing the distant dream that is "Pokémon Master".
They've been interacting with wild Pokémon they meet along the way, while the Rocket Gang plots to steal Pikachu...
And that's how the days go on this neverending adventure. But one day while traveling through a forest, they encounter the legendary Pokémon Latias, injured...!

Voice Cast:
Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi
Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu
Mayumi Iizuka: Kasumi
Yuji Ueda: Takeshi
Kenyu Horiuchi: Professor Okido
Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi
Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro
Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

So, it seems like Brock and Misty will appear here.

 

[Articfoxgamez]

I'm guessing it'll be right at the end

 

[kantoskies]

I’m kind of glad this episode is essentially just the 6 main characters and Okido- it makes it feel more sentimental that way, idk

 

[jbmasta]

The dub is irrelevent. What matters is how the original version classifies it.

One of the XY specials was dubbed as the finale for the dub season XYZ (dub title Legends of X, Y and Z), but wasn’t produced as a regular season episode so I agree with this.

 

[Ricbolog]

Poor Ash.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Poor Ash.

I’ve had enough of this buttmonkey shit.

 

[MarshiyanMisutaa]

They had to use that picture.

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

I'm starting to get this nagging feeling Ash isn't catching Latias here.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

 

[BigDocFan]

Really looking forward to seeing some of Ash's older Pokemon appear though they don't seem to be getting much focus in this episode

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Just checked. This is an official screenshot, not a fan-made one. This shot gives me hope of Ash catching her.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Ash looks so ugly! Bring back the XY art style!!!

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

Ash looks so ugly! Bring back the XY art style!!!

Budget constraints/lack of animators.

Edit: What I was trying to say here was my reasoning for why the animation in the Pokemon anime hasn't been as good since the XY series ended. Though I do agree it's the style itself that's the problem. I guess it's because, in my opion at least, that Sugimori's design for the (human?) characters isn't as good as it used to be.

 

[Ricbolog]

Budget constraints/lack of animators.

I think the point was more about the character design than the actual animation.

 

[Hidden Mew]

I don't really see the problem with Ash's Journeys design to begin with. It looks fine and there's nothing particularly ugly with how he looks in that image either. Maybe it helps that I don't think that Ash's XY design is the absolute best either, but I don't understand the complaints beyond hyping up XY some more.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Budget constraints/lack of animators.

He’s looked like shit since SM!

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

He’s looked like shit since SM!

Yeah.....that was more of the writers trying to implement that whole "gag" art style.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]