Preview SM020: Satoshi and Pikachu, the Promise between Them

[Harryghost]

Hype!... TAPU LELE IS APPEARING IN THIS EPISODE!

 

[ScienceRules]

This looks like it's going to be a cute and cool episode. What's with Litten appearing on the island though?

 

[ehh123]

This looks like it's going to be a cute and cool episode. What's with Litten appearing on the island though?

That is from the episode after this one. It's a one hour special showing two episodes.

 

[ScienceRules]

Oh yeah... just came from that thread.
I forgot the episodes air on the same day.

 

[ii kanji]

Forget the episode, I want that TCG board!

 

[Sakuraa]

I hope Ash seeing Tapu Lele in this episode prompts him to go to Akala Island. He's stayed on Melemele for long enough. Everything has been done. He seriously needs to move on and continue with the Island Challenge.

 

[Kirby4ever]

After seeing Tapu Lele, Ash will go and tell his friends and Professor Kakui about what he saw. He done this after seeing Tapu Koko for the first time.

 

[Kairyu]

Wow, the animation looks appalling. This gotta be a candidate for the worst looking SM episode.

Doesn't really help that the new design of Ash looks worse in the hands of the bad animation teams compared to the old design.

 

[kantoskies]

Hm so that "floating Pokemon" wasn't Nebby or even Ho-Oh? This makes me wonder if SM020 won't actually be a flashback-heavy episode then.

 

[Gabo2oo]

Of course the shining Pokémon wasn't going to be Ho-Oh.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

Looks disappointing for an anniversary.

 

[Cresselia92]

Urgh! That animation… in an Ash and Pikachu episode… for the anniversary!

I hope this potential development will not go to waste. The anime staff loves so much to throw away good development.

Here praying that this episode will be at least relatively fine.

 

[kantoskies]

Of course the shining Pokémon wasn't going to be Ho-Oh.

Any other episode I'd agree but since it falls right by the 20th anniversary and they seem to be focusing on it for M20 (which shows they haven't forgotten about it) I thought it was at least somewhat likely

 

[Playerking]

I hope Ash seeing Tapu Lele in this episode prompts him to go to Akala Island. He's stayed on Melemele for long enough. Everything has been done. He seriously needs to move on and continue with the Island Challenge.

He only just started attending school on Melemele island. He isn't just going to leave school to go to another island from now on.

Of course the shining Pokémon wasn't going to be Ho-Oh.

Says who?

 

[ii kanji]

The bit immediately after what the trailer showed us was Ho-Oh then swooping down and eating Kapu Tetefu.

 

[Silktree]

I'm completely fine with Ho-Oh being exclusive to the movie. I've long accepted that there is little to no connection between the series anymore.

Tapu Lele over Nebby is an awkward choice, though.

 

[Gabo2oo]

Says who?

I'm just saying previews show Tapu Lele shining and floating in the sky, so odds are that the summaries were referring to it all along.

Before the preview, I just thought it could be Ho-Oh because the episode focuses in Ash and Pikachu's relationship. They haven't seen it in a while despite it will be featured in the movie, which means it would've served as some sort of connection (especially for younger fans). Now it just seems unlikely.

 

[RetroPokeFan]

Well now we all know it ain't Ho-Oh now. Animation looks rather disappointing for an "anniversary special." I'm gonna sound stoopid for this but it would have been sooo much better if they switched animators around so the animators for this do the Litten ep and the animators for the Litten episode do this.

 

[Silktree]

Have they actually called this an anniversary episode? If not, then I don't think the complaints are valid.

Mind you, I'd be pissed if it weren't for the movie.

 

[kantoskies]

Yeah it seems like maybe we were getting ahead of ourselves a bit, the fact that it's an episode focusing on Ash and Pikachu's bond and just so happens to fall on the Thursday after the anniversary could very likely just be a huge coincidence. Or it could be an anniversary episode but just not in a hugely-noticeable way like M20.