Preview SM141: Final Battle! Satoshi VS Kukui!!

[Panky..]

This doesn’t make sense. The reveal for the next series is coming after the episode, right? If the episode itself airs before the reveal it’s going to be spoiled anyway. Would they just censor out the title card during the episode?

If anything it’s probably a spoiler relating to the outcome of today’s episode.

Or they could do the reveal before the episode itself? Either can spoil the reveal of the other so it doesn't matter.

 

[kantoskies]

It’s still a spoiler even if it happens 20 minutes before. If the title is something like “Satoshi’s Final Batte!” or “Enter NewProtagonist!” or “The Rocket-Dan’s Fiery Finale!” or anything simiarly spoielry it still spoils the reveal happening after the episode.

It’s like if, at E3 2018, the Nintendo Direct was subtitled “featuring every Smash Bros. character ever!”— it would ruin the surprise of the “Everyone is Here!” video. Or if the title of today’s Sun&Moon episode was withheld until the morning and was revealed to be “Birth! The Alola Champion Satoshi!!”

It doesn’t matter if it’s spoiled 2 weeks early or 20 minutes early, it still spoils the surprise.

If they do the reveal before the episode that makes more sense, but it’s still weird that we wouldn’t know the title until the day of airing.

 

[Nicolas721]

Is this the first time they skip an episode's title reveal and go straight to the next one? I don't recall this sort of gap happening ever before.

I finally remembered one case. Many Decolora episode titles were revealed at the same time, them being BW126, 128, 132 and 135, before BW125's title.

 

[RileyXY1]

Another reason why they could be withholding the title is that it contains the name of a character or Pokemon in Sword & Shield who is not currently revealed.

 

[Panky..]

Another reason why they could be withholding the title is that it contains the name of a character or Pokemon in Sword & Shield who is not currently revealed.

Possible, though I feel like the Galar character meeting Ash would be Sonia. She'd fit both the SM art style as well as the upcoming anime's (which looks more like XY's).

 

[RileyXY1]

Possible, though I feel like the Galar character meeting Ash would be Sonia. She'd fit both the SM art style as well as the upcoming anime's (which looks more like XY's).

I don't think that would be the case because she was already revealed, which would mean that it would make no sense to hide the title.

 

[mehmeh1]

I don't think that would be the case because she was already revealed, which would mean that it would make no sense to hide the title.

We're getting the title literally by the end of the week, and I doubt we'll have another swsh trailer this week

 

[KyseL]

I fully expect this episode to be something like "Satoshi vs. Royal Mask! The Exhibition Battle begins!" and that it wasn't revealed in the first round of episode reveals this month for obvious reasons (not like it mattered too much for Oha Suta), but since we haven't had any magazine scans or whatever talking about future episodes, the episode title itself hasn't been revealed yet.

 

[BigDocFan]

Just had a thought, the summary and cast list will come out on Saturday for this episode so we may have a title before then

 

[RileyXY1]

We're definitely going to get the title and summary today. The only question is, when?

 

[DynamicFusion]

We're definitely going to get the title and summary today. The only question is, when?

Around noon for people here in the States.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Around noon for people here in the States.

Which is a few more hours away, right?

 

[DynamicFusion]

Which is a few more hours away, right?

Around 1 1/2 hour to be exact.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

@BigDocFan? Any sign of the preview summary and cast list yet?

 

[BigDocFan]

@BigDocFan? Any sign of the preview summary and cast list yet?

Nothing as yet, usually comes out in around 10 - 15 minutes

Title courtesy of Serebii

Final Battle! Satoshi VS Kukui!!

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Nothing as yet, usually comes out in around 10 - 15 minutes

Title courtesy of Serebii

Final Battle! Satoshi VS Kukui!!

That was fast!

My guess is the title means that Ash will battle Kukui as Kukui and not the Masked Royal.

 

[DynamicFusion]

Title courtesy of Serebii

Final Battle! Satoshi VS Kukui!!

Haha, safe to say we won't receive any build-up towards the next series in SM now.

 

[BigDocFan]

Crew courtesy of Dephender on Serebii

Screenplay 冨岡淳広 (Atsuhiro Tomioka)
Storyboard でんさおり (Saori Den)
Episode Director でんさおり (Saori Den)
Animation Director 酒井裕未 (Hiromi Sakai)
Animation Director 柳原好貴 (Koki Yanagihara)

The battle between Professor Kukui and Satoshi, who has become the first ever Pokémon League champion in Alolan history, begins! What kind of battle will this be?!
We also finally present the latest news on the new anime!!

Summaries and cast list, as provided by Adamant

Summary:
Satoshi has become the first ever champion of the Alola Pokémon League. Next up is, at long last, his exhibition match against Professor Kukui, aka Royal Mask! A battle well worthy of your attention now begins between Satoshi, the first ever Pokémon League champion in Alolan history, and Professor Kukui, who is not only famous as a professor, but also as an exceptional Pokémon Trainer with a long unbroken series of successive victories!!
We also finally present the latest news on the new anime series "Pocket Monsters"! Make sure you definitely don't miss it!!

Voice Cast:
Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi
Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu
Daisuke Namikawa: Rotom
Kei Shindo: Lilie
Kaito Ishikawa: Kaki
Reina Ueda: Mao
Hitomi Kikuchi: Suiren
Fumiko Takekuma: Māmane
Keiichi Nakagawa: Professor Kukui
Kenyu Horiuchi: Professor Okido
Mika Kanai: Togedemaru
Chika Fujimura: Amajo
Chinami Nishimura: Nyaheat
Kenta Miyake: Bakugames
Risa Shimizu: Ashirene
Toru Sakurai: Gaogaen
Wakana Minami: Shore
Rikako Aikawa: Agoyon
Yuji Ueda: Jeekyo
Masami Toyoshima: Hanako
Nobuyuki Hiyama: Hala
Sachi Kokuryu: Burnet

 

[DynamicFusion]

Crew courtesy of Dephender on Serebii

Screenplay 冨岡淳広 (Atsuhiro Tomioka)
Storyboard でんさおり (Saori Den)
Episode Director でんさおり (Saori Den)
Animation Director 酒井裕未 (Hiromi Sakai)
Animation Director 柳原好貴 (Koki Yanagihara)

The battle between Professor Kukui and Satoshi, who has become the first ever Pokémon League champion in Alolan history, begins! What kind of battle will this be?!
We also finally present the latest news on the new anime!!

Summaries and cast list, as provided by Adamant

Summary:
Satoshi has become the first ever champion of the Alola Pokémon League. Next up is, at long last, his exhibition match against Professor Kukui, aka Royal Mask! A battle well worthy of your attention now begins between Satoshi, the first ever Pokémon League champion in Alolan history, and Professor Kukui, who is not only famous as a professor, but also as an exceptional Pokémon Trainer with a long unbroken series of successive victories!!
We also finally present the latest news on the new anime series "Pocket Monsters"! Make sure you definitely don't miss it!!

Voice Cast:
Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi
Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu
Daisuke Namikawa: Rotom
Kei Shindo: Lilie
Kaito Ishikawa: Kaki
Reina Ueda: Mao
Hitomi Kikuchi: Suiren
Fumiko Takekuma: Māmane
Keiichi Nakagawa: Professor Kukui
Kenyu Horiuchi: Professor Okido
Mika Kanai: Togedemaru
Chika Fujimura: Amajo
Chinami Nishimura: Nyaheat
Kenta Miyake: Bakugames
Risa Shimizu: Ashirene
Toru Sakurai: Gaogaen
Wakana Minami: Shore
Rikako Aikawa: Agoyon
Yuji Ueda: Jeekyo
Masami Toyoshima: Hanako
Nobuyuki Hiyama: Hala
Sachi Kokuryu: Burnet

Naganadel stays... great.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Naganadel stays... great.

At least for now. But I hope it'll be for longer than just this battle.