SM113

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SM113

SM113   EP1052 新番組！？小さなコイキングのメロディ A New Program!? The Small Melody of Koiking

First broadcast Japan March 17, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending 心のノート

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 平出尚人 Naoto Hiraide Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 新番組！？小さなコイキングのメロディ A New Program!? The Small Melody of Koiking) is the 113th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,052nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 17, 2019.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Laki (flashback; picture)
• Anna
• George Charanpino
• Kenichi
• Rinka
• Manager
• Director
• Film crew
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Magikarp (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Eevee (Lana's; Nagisa)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Tsareena (Mallow's; flashback)
• Smeargle (Laki's; flashback; picture)
• Muk (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Pikipek (Trainer's)
• Crabrawler (Trainer's)
• Oricorio (Trainer's; Pa'u Style)
• Machamp (Trainer's)
• Hitmonlee (Trainer's)
• Hitmonchan (Trainer's)
• Gurdurr (Trainer's)
• Makuhita (Trainer's)
• Shaymin (anime)
• Magikarp (Koi-chan; evolves)
• Gyarados (Koi-chan; newly evolved)
• Machamp
• Comfey
• Yungoos
• Kirlia (flashback)
• Magikarp (on television; flashback)
• Froslass (flashback)
• Abomasnow (flashback)

Trivia

• The Japanese title is a reference to the Japanese name of the 1971 film, Melody.
• The clapperboard of the Magikarp and Yungoos scene reads '#113-96' referencing the episode number of the season 113 and the year the Red and Green Versions were first released in 1996.
• The show Mallow, Lana and Lillie appear in takes cues from magical girl anime and manga, such as the Sailor Moon and Pretty Cure franchises.
• The opening animation is updated to included Ash's Meltan.
• Jessie, James, Meowth, Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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