Preview JN096: Reach Out to Space! Denryu's Light!!

[Rath]

Summary and Staff list courtesy of Dephender at Serebii

Māmane has sent for Satoshi and Go to come to the Tokusane Space Center in the Houen region. He tells them that he and Denryu are participating in the return project for the asteroid probe "Fiarrow 2", where the probe will be making its return using Denryu's light as a guide. However, Denryu fails to turn its light on, and the shock makes it lose all confidence in itself. Can Māmane and Denryu make the project succeed without any complications?!

Screenplay 面出明美 (Akemi Omode)
Storyboard 齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito)
Episode Director 又野弘道 (Hiromichi Matano)
Animation Director 新城真 (Makoto Shinjō)
Animation Director 升谷有希 (Yuki Masutani)

 

[Audino1008]

Space. Space. I'minspace. Wannagotospace.

Space?! SPACEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Soniman]

Glad we're keeping the Mohn subplot on ice so that everyone's favorite SM character Sophocles can get his dues

 

[Rainbow-Rain]

Sophocles is the first companion return of the new year

WOW....

 

[BigDocFan]

This will be interesting, shame we didn't see their first visit

 

[RetroPokeFan]

Sophocles and Togedemaru are giggling with excitement knowing they're the first of Ash's buds to appear for 2022.

 

[SammyW27]

Misty & Brock are gonna flip when they hear about...<_<

Though please tell me Tate and Liza appear as bonus.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

So the first returning companion of 2022 is Sophocles.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

So the first returning companion of 2022 is Sophocles.

I was actually literally about to come to speculate about Brock and Misty returning for the anime's 25th anniversary when I saw this thread.

 

[Unireon]

What a letdown......

I would have preferred seeing Fuu and Ran instead.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

SOPHOCLES LETS GOOOO
Am I the only one who loves Sophocles

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Glad we're keeping the Mohn subplot on ice so that everyone's favorite SM character Sophocles can get his dues

My favorite SM character is Sophocles...

 

[Soniman]

My favorite SM character is Sophocles...

That's why I said everyone!

 

[Sai]

This makes me think each SM character will get their own focus episodes coming up. I doubt Sophocles will get special treatment over the others.

 

[Rath]

Even if you don't care for Sophocles, at least this episode is continuing from where Sun & Moon left off with him, that's already an improvement over certain other returning characters

 

[BigDocFan]

Summary and Staff list courtesy of Dephender at Serebii

Māmane has sent for Satoshi and Go to come to the Tokusane Space Center in the Houen region. He tells them that he and Denryu are participating in the return project for the asteroid probe "Fiarrow 2", where the probe will be making its return using Denryu's light as a guide. However, Denryu fails to turn its light on, and the shock makes it lose all confidence in itself. Can Māmane and Denryu make the project succeed without any complications?!

Screenplay 面出明美 (Akemi Omode)
Storyboard 齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito)
Episode Director 又野弘道 (Hiromichi Matano)
Animation Director 新城真 (Makoto Shinjō)
Animation Director 升谷有希 (Yuki Masutani)

 

[Sai]

No Tate and Liza? What the

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

No Tate and Liza? What the

They just don't serve any purpose for the plot, so they don't need to appear.

 

[BigDocFan]

No Tate and Liza? What the

Can't say I'm surprised, we haven't seen Flannery or Wattson despite visiting their towns

 

[Sai]

Aren't they from the space center? It is odd not to see them here.