Preview HZ029: Orio and the Monster Ball Craftsman

[Eitarou]

Set to air November 17th.

Synopsis from Dephender at Serebii:

Orio intitially hits it off with monster ball craftsman Carna since they're both craftsmen, however...

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

Looks like this is that Orla episode they said we were getting.

 

[Eitarou]

The official Twitter account mistakenly(?) posted the preview for this ep instead of ep 28. It's since been deleted.

Nothing much, but it reveals that:

Spoiler

Tepen, the guy who steals Roy's ancient Poke Ball in the previous ep is the one who recommends our heroes go here.

Carna has a Hisuian Poke Ball among her collection of Poke Balls.

Orla and Metagross will battle a Galarian Weezing.

 

[Articfoxgamez]

Another Episode like the Murdock one I'm assuming. Less about furthering the plot more about just, expanding on one of the RVT.

 

[BigDocFan]

 

[Kurolegacy]

Finally Orla gets to be a part of an adventure and her Metagross gets to do something other than be a taxi.

 

[nickdt]

So interesting to see if that Galarian Weezing is a wild one then. If so... i wouldn't mind Orla catching it.

 

[Poke Trey]

Orla Development nice.

 

[PokeRanger162]

I wonder if that synopsis is hinting at Carne using Orla to get something on the explorers ship. After all, her name is the first part of the word Carnelian..

 

[BigDocFan]

Summary courtesy of Adamant

The information they got from Tepen sends Liko, Roy, Friede and Orio to a monster ball factory in the Galar region. The factory is run by the monster ball craftsman Karna, who has a deep interest in unusual balls! Orio hits it off with Karna since they're both craftsmen, however Karna then makes a certain suggestion...?!

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

Finally, a proper appearance for Galarian Weezing, took them long enough! And Orla's Metagross gets to battle too, nice! Also, if Metagross is battling the Weezing, it probably won't be much of a battle-Metagross has a huge type advantage over Galarian Weezing.

Side note: That move Metagross used in the preview was almost certainly Metal Claw, which looks to have reverted to how it used to look in the BW series. How about that?

 

[BigDocFan]

Staff list courtesy of Dephender at Serebii

Screenplay 福島直浩 (Naohiro Fukushima)
Storyboard 興満録助 (Rokusuke Okimitsu)
Episode Director 岩田義彦 (Yoshihiko Iwata)
Animation Director 柳原好貴 (Koki Yanagihara)
Animation Director 大西雅也 (Masaya Ōnishi)
Animation Director 酒井裕未 (Hiromi Sakai)

 

[Poke Trey]

New writer alert!

 

[BigDocFan]

Preview

 

[nickdt]

Preview

Umm... is Orio's friend related to Lauren (The Piplup lady in Journeys). They look awfully similair.

 

[RetroPokeFan]

New writer alert!

And funnily enough another new writer who's previously worked with Dai Sato before on another anime series.

Some of Naohiro Fukushima's notable shows they've worked on includes Eden of the East, Tenkai Knights, Puzzle & Dragons X, Babylon and Pazudora.

 

[Poke Trey]

And funnily enough another new writer who's previously worked with Dai Sato before on another anime series.

Some of Naohiro Fukushima's notable shows they've worked on includes Eden of the East, Tenkai Knights, Puzzle & Dragons X, Babylon and Pazudora.

Also, with Michihiro Tsuchiya on some stuff too. Makes me wonder if he's secretly affiliated with his Storyriders team.

 

[Eclipsical]

Excited to see Orio get some focus and see her battle with Metagross! Obviously, I don't think she is actually going to leave the crew so early into the series. It'd be cool to see her catch the Weezing using one of the different Poke Balls.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

One thing I think that's kinda cool seeing in Horizons is seeing Pokeballs unique to the anime being shown off. Besides that, I am glad to see Orla getting some focus and development.

 

[Poke Trey]

Excited to see Orio get some focus and see her battle with Metagross! Obviously, I don't think she is actually going to leave the crew so early into the series. It'd be cool to see her catch the Weezing using one of the different Poke Balls.

What would she do with Weezing?