For a complete episode listing, see the list of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon episodes.
The show also had a large reduction in the amount of " characters of the day", with many apparent such characters reappearing commonly after their debuts.Įpisodes in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon are numbered with the prefix SM on Bulbapedia. The subject of death was dealt with directly, with some Pokémon being seen dying, as well as showing a main character dealing with the death of a parent (as opposed to the usual instance of absent parents almost never being mentioned). Despite the new style, Sun & Moon took a more mature approach to storytelling.
With this new style, characters are drawn with a much more exaggerated, rounded, "cartoony" style.
Also, characters are usually seen keeping their Pokémon out of their Poké Balls in this series.Ī new art style is implemented for the third series in a row, this time more drastically than the series that preceded it. Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is notable for Ash's friends not being present in every episode. Ash receives a Z-Ring and takes on the island challenge to get new Z-Crystals and qualify as a Z-Move user. Instead, he becomes a student at the Pokémon School on Melemele Island, where he meets his new classmates Lana, Lillie, Mallow, Sophocles, and Kiawe. Unlike the five previous series, however, Ash doesn't travel through the region. It ran from Novemto Novemin Japan and from to Main the United States, although the first two episodes aired as a sneak peek in the United States on December 5, 2016.Īsh Ketchum heads off to a new region, Alola, wearing a new set of clothes with his partner Pikachu. It follows Pokémon the Series: XY and was succeeded by Pokémon Journeys: The Series. Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon (Japanese: ポケットモンスター サン &ムーン Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon) is the sixth series of the Pokémon anime and is based on the events of the Generation VII core series Pokémon games. I never thought I’d find filler episodes so fun but there you go! With the promise of new episodes airing very soon and hinting a focus on Ultra Beasts from the games, I can’t wait to get stuck in to the second season of ‘Sun & Moon’. Where Ash and Pikachu’s journey take them next? I’m betting they venture into Ultra Space – the most exciting chapter of the video games.Japanese logo for Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon The series focuses less on constant strings of battling and is instead focused on presenting a good overall plot with some fun filler episodes to showcase the Alolan Pokémon and battle techniques. I do feel like this is the revamp that the Pokémon anime needed. The art and animation style works well with the show’s new direction and is a step up in animation quality from previous series’. Admittedly, I was sceptical about the show’s new art direction when the first poster for the series was shown in an issue of last year’s Coro-Coro Magazine in Japan, but having now sat down and watched the series I can say I’m thoroughly impressed. It makes way for a lot more comedy, both visual and verbal which I felt was seriously lacking in Pokémon’s ‘XYZ’series. The story has veered away from what we have seen before in the Pokémon anime but is a breath of fresh air for the show. While attending the academy, Ash befriends a whole group of new friends who help him get used to life on Alola and also help him train to compete in the Island Trials – Alolan versions of gym battles. Ash decides to extend his stay on the island in order to study at the island’s Pokémon Academy with Professor Oak’s cousin, the wise cracking Samson Oak, and the island’s very own Pokémon Professor, Kukui, teaching him. ‘ Sun & Moon’ sees ten year-old Ash Ketchum and his best friend Pikachu as they vacation in the Alola region after his mother’s Pokémon wins the trip in a competition. The show initially gathered a lot of attention regarding it’s all-new art style but has received mainly praise upon release for it’s much more fluid character animation and more comedic approach. The anime adaptation of the ‘ Pokémon Sun and Moon’ games is now available to stream in it’s entirety on Netflix, just in time for it’s second season, titled ‘Ultra Adventures’ debuting this Spring.