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SS035   ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ ～Act ⅠV～ Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act IV~

First broadcast Japan October 29, 2015 United States

English themes Opening none Ending

Japanese themes Opening None Ending メガＶ（メガボルト）

Credits Animation Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya No additional credits are available at this time.

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Mega Evolution Special IV (Japanese: ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ ～Act ⅠV～ Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act IV~) is the fifth special episode of the XY series. It first aired in Japan on October 29, 2015 alongside XY093.

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

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  Poster

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  September 2015 CoroCoro feature

Major events

• Alain and Mairin reunite.
• Alain has a battle with Malva of the Elite Four and wins.
• Chespie meets a Zygarde Core and helps it escape from Lysandre Labs, but falls ill in the process.
• Alain sets off on a quest to restore Chespie's health.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Zygarde (Zygarde Cell and Zygarde Core)

Characters

Humans

• Alain
• Mairin
• Steven Stone
• Professor Sycamore
• Lysandre
• Malva
• Nurse Joy
• Team Flare Scientists
• Staff A
• Staff B
• Trainers

Pokémon

• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie)
• Houndoom (Malva's; Mega Houndoom)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Venusaur (Trainer's; Mega Venusaur)
• Alakazam (Trainer's; Mega Alakazam)
• Heracross (Trainer's; Mega Heracross)
• Scizor (Trainer's; Mega Scizor)
• Ampharos (Trainer's; Mega Ampharos)
• Aggron (Trainer's; Mega Aggron)
• Pinsir (Trainer's; Mega Pinsir)
• Banette (Trainer's; Mega Banette)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Cell and Zygarde Core; debut)

Cast

Cast
Alain	Jonathan Silver	Alain	Kenshō Ono	アラン	小野賢章
Mairin	Zoe Martin	Manon	Mikako Komatsu	マノン	小松未可子
Narration	H.D. Quinn	Narration	Hideaki Tezuka	ナレーション	手塚秀彰
Special appearances by
Lysandre	H.D. Quinn	Fleur-de-lis	Hideaki Tezuka	フラダリ	手塚秀彰
Malva		Pachira	Akeno Watanabe	パキラ	渡辺明乃
Steven Stone	Andrew Paull	Daigo Tsuwabuki	Ken'ichi Suzumura	ツワブキ・ダイゴ	鈴村健一
Professor Sycamore	Jake Paque	Platane	Hiroshi Tsuchida	プラターヌ	土門大
Zygarde Core		Zygarde Core	Yūki Kaji	ジガルデ・コア	梶裕貴

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time in the anime when an Elite Four member is defeated by a Trainer other than a Champion.
• This episode directly ties into XY093, as the Zygarde Core that Chespie frees is later met and taken in by Bonnie.
• A real world globe can be seen in this episode.

Errors

• Venusaur's Venoshock poisoned Charizard, despite Venoshock being unable to do so.

In other languages

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