JN115

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JN115   EP1200 開幕！マスターズトーナメント！！ Opening! Masters Tournament!!

First broadcast Japan June 17, 2022 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending バツグンタイプ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 沼山茉由 Mayu Numayama Animation directors 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 新岡浩美 Hiromi Niioka No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 開幕！マスターズトーナメント！！ Opening! Masters Tournament!!) is the 115th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,200th episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan on June 17, 2022.

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

Major events

Debuts

Humans

• Hop

Pokémon debuts

• Pincurchin
• Hattrem
• Eldegoss
• Clobbopus
• Darumaka (Galarian)
• Zigzagoon (Galarian)
• Gigantamax Rillaboom

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Goh
• Jessie
• James
• Lance
• Steven Stone
• Cynthia
• Diantha
• Leon
• Alain
• Hop

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Charizard (Alain's) [[ Mega Charizard X)])
• Chesnaught (Alain's)
• Charizard (Leon's)
• Rillaboom (Leon's; Gigantamax)
• Wooloo (Hop's)
• Pincurchin (Trainer's; debut)
• Darumaka (Trainer's; Galarian; debut)
• Hattrem (Trainer's; debut)
• Spinda (Trainer's)
• Swirlix (Trainer's)
• Clobbopus (Trainer's; debut)
• Lotad (Trainer's)
• Wooper (Trainer's)
• Raichu (Trainer's; Alolan)
• Trubbish (Trainer's)
• Psyduck (Trainer's)
• Slowbro (Trainer's)
• Xatu (Trainer's)
• Eldegoss (Trainer's; debut)
• Venonat (Trainer's)
• Zigzagoon (Trainer's; Galarian; debut)
• Corviknight (Flying Taxi)
• Rotom (Drone Rotom; multiple)

Trivia

• This episode marks the first physical appearance of several human characters in the anime after long absences:
  • Diantha, whose last appearance was in Forming a More Perfect Union!, 265 episodes earlier.
  • Steven Stone and Alain, who both last appeared in Till We Compete Again!, 261 episodes earlier.

In other languages

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