JN034

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JN034   EP1119 孤高の闘士サイトウ！オトスパスの脅威！！ The Solitary Fighter Saitō! The Threatening Otosupus!!

First broadcast Japan August 23, 2020 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato 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 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 孤高の闘士サイトウ！オトスパスの脅威！！ The Solitary Fighter Saitō! The Threatening Otosupus!!) is the 34th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,119th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 23, 2020.

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

• Ash and Goh meet Bea, a Fighting-type Gym Leader from the Galar region, for the first time.
• Ash battles Bea in a World Coronation Series match and loses, bringing his rank to 930.
• Goh is given a Hitmonchan.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Bea

Pokémon debuts

• Grapploct

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Korrina (flashback)
• Bea
• Karate Master
• Disciples

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Riolu

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Raboot (Goh's)
• Dragonite (Ash's; fantasy)
• Gengar (Ash's; fantasy)
• Riolu (Ash's)
• Farfetch'd (Ash's; Galarian)
• Sobble (Goh's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×2)
• Lucario (Korrina's; Mega Lucario; flashback)
• Grapploct (Bea's; debut)
• Hawlucha (Bea's)
• Pangoro (Bea's; fantasy)
• Throh (Bea's; fantasy)
• Tyrogue (Bea's; fantasy)
• Scraggy (Bea's; fantasy)
• Machop (Bea's; fantasy)
• Machoke (Bea's; fantasy)
• Machamp (Bea's; fantasy)
• Sawk (Bea's; fantasy)
• Hitmontop (Bea's; fantasy)
• Hitmonchan (Karatee Master's)
• Hitmonlee (Karatee Master's; flashback)
• Hitmonchan (Fighting Dojo's; multiple)
• Hitmonlee (Fighting Dojo's; multiple)
• Persian (Trainer's)
• Rotom (Rotom Drone)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Grapploct
• Goh and Ash read out the title card.
• This is the first time Ash has lost in a World Coronation Series match.
• Goh, Ash, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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