JN077

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JN077   EP1162 超電磁ハイパークラスバトル！ Super Electromagnetic Hyper Class Battle!

First broadcast Japan August 20, 2021 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 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.

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(Japanese: 超電磁ハイパークラスバトル！ Super Electromagnetic Hyper Class Battle!) is the 77th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,162nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 20, 2021.

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 visit Sinnoh again.
• Ash meets Volkner again.
• Ash is revealed to have retrieved his Z-Power Ring and Pikashunium Z.
• Ash has a World Coronation Series match against Volkner and wins, bringing his rank to 64.
• Cynthia is revealed to be participating in the World Coronation Series and be in the Master Class.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Lance
• Cynthia
• Volkner
• Leon
• Bea
• Raihan
• Nurse Joy
• Trainers
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Torterra (Ash's; flashback)
• Infernape (Ash's; flashback)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Lucario (Ash's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Luxray (Volkner's)
• Electivire (Volkner's)
• Rotom (Volkner's; Fan Rotom)
• Parasect (Trainer's)
• Rotom (Drone Rotom)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Electivire
• The Dare da? segment is replaced with eyecatches of Ash, Goh, and Pikachu for this episode.
• This episode marks the first appearance of the following human characters after long absences:
  • Volkner, whose last physical appearance in the main series was in The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!, 517 episodes earlier.
  • Cynthia, whose last physical appearance in the main series was in Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!, 407 episodes ago.
• This is the first time Ash performs a Z-Move outside of Pokémon the Series: Sun and Moon.
• Volkner using a Fan Rotom may be a reference to Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, where he uses one during the Pokémon World Tournament.
• This is the first episode to feature a move introduced in The Isle of Armor Expansion Pass.
• This is the first time, Pikashinium-Z has been officially mentioned by its name in the anime.
• Chrysa, Ren, Ash, Goh, Yabashi, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

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