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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 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 小川智樹 Tomoki Ogawa 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai 辻早智子 Sachiko Tsuji Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review 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 first aired in Japan on June 17, 2022.

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 travel to Galar again.
• Ash and Goh meet Hop, Leon's brother, for the first time.
• Ash battles Hop and wins.
• Ash reunites with Iris again.
• Ash and Iris meet Cynthia again.
• Ash meets Lance, Steven, Diantha, Alain, and Leon again, while Iris meets them for the first time.
• Alain is revealed to have obtained a new Mega Ring and Charizardite X.
• The World Coronation Series Masters Tournament begins.
• The match-ups of the first round are revealed to be:
  • Leon versus Alain
  • Lance versus Diantha
  • Cynthia versus Iris
  • Steven versus Ash
• Iris is revealed to have obtained a Rotom Phone.
• Alain is revealed to own a Chesnaught and a Malamar.
• Leon is revealed to own a Rillaboom.
• Leon defeats Alain, advancing to the second round.
• Lance and Diantha prepare to start their battle.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Hop

Pokémon debuts

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Goh
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Sycamore
• Lance
• Steven Stone
• Cynthia
• Diantha
• Leon
• Alain
• Mairin
• Hop
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Iris; Rotom Phone)
• Morpeko (James's; Hangry Mode)
• Garchomp (Professor Sycamore's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Chesnaught (Alain's)
• Malamar (Alain's)
• Charizard (Leon's)
• Rillaboom (Leon's; Gigantamax)
• Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie)
• Wooloo (Hop's)
• Rotom (Team Rocket's; Rotom Phone)
• Snom (Trainer's; debut)
• Darumaka (Trainer's; Galarian; debut)
• Pincurchin (Trainer's; debut)
• Hattrem (Trainer's; debut)
• Toxel (Trainer's; debut)
• Dottler (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; ×5)

Trivia

• This episode begins the World Coronation Series Masters Tournament arc.
• As of this episode, Bede is the only main rival out of the 3 Hop and Marnie from Sword and Shield to not appear in the anime.
• This episode marks the first physical appearance of Diantha in the anime since Forming a More Perfect Union!, 265 episodes earlier.
  • This episode also marks the first physical appearance of Steven Stone, Professor Sycamore, Alain, and Mairin in the anime since Till We Compete Again!, 261 episodes earlier.
• As of this episode, Trip is the only one of Ash's main rivals thus far who has not made a physical appearance during Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
• This episode marks the first time all regional Champions are seen in person together.
• As of this episode, Wallace is the only regional Champion (current or former) that Iris has not met.
• The Dare da? segment is replaced with eyecatches of Ash, Goh, and Pikachu for this episode.
• James, Meowth, Jessie, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • The start of the preview is changed from Team Rocket's usual one, to a chibi style version of Team Rocket in their World Coronation Series disguises.

In other languages

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