JN133

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JN133   EP1218 プロジェクト・ミュウ Project Mew

First broadcast Japan November 25, 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 牧野友映 Tomoe Makino Animation director 岡昭彦 Akihiko Oka Additional credits

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

(Japanese: プロジェクト・ミュウ Project Mew) is the 133rd episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,218th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 25, 2022.

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Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Goh and the rest of the Project Mew team travel to Faraway Island and begin the search for Mew.
• Horace is revealed to have caught a Virizion.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Virizion

Characters

Humans

• Goh
• Gary
• Horace
• Danika
• Quillon
• Professor Amaranth

Pokémon

• Grookey (Goh's)
• Azumarill (Danika's)
• Virizion (Horace's)
• Mime Jr. (Professor Amaranth's)
• Weavile (Quillon's)
• Mew (anime)
• Slakoth
• Yanma
• Vivillon (Jungle Pattern; multiple)
• Gloom
• Vileplume
• Toucannon (×2)
• Swellow (×2)
• Totodile
• Sandile (multiple)
• Swampert
• Skarmory (×4)
• Carbink (multiple)
• Rattata
• Roggenrola
• Zubat (multiple)
• Lileep (×4)
• Shieldon
• Anorith
• Cranidos
• Tyrunt
• Kabutops
• Aerodactyl
• Solrock
• Lunatone
• Groudon
• Kyogre

Trivia

• Goh reads out the title card for this episode.
• This is the first episode to air in Japan after the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
  • This also marks the first time when an anime series does not conclude within its origin generation.
  • After the airing of the episode, a short where Team Rocket interacts with Sprigatito was shown, marking the first appearance of a Generation IX Pokémon in the anime.
• This is the second main series episode where Ash and Pikachu don’t appear in any capacity, after Time After Time!.
• As of this episode, all Project Mew Chasers have been revealed to own a Legendary Pokémon.
• This episode marks the first appearance of several Pokémon species in the main series after long absences:
  • Groudon, who's last physical appearance was in The Scuffle of Legends!, 846 episodes earlier.
  • Lileep, who last appeared in Wild in the Streets!, 735 episodes earlier.
  • Cranidos, who last appeared in Tag! We're It...!, 702 episodes earlier.
  • Carbink, who last appeared in Down to the Fiery Finish!, 288 episodes earlier.
  • Tyrunt, who last appeared in Till We Compete Again!, 279 episodes earlier.
• This is the first episode of the main series anime to not feature any Electric-type Pokémon.
• The Dare da? segment is replaced with eyecatches of Ash, Goh, and Pikachu for this episode.
• Professor Amaranth, Mew, Gary, Horace, Danika, Quillon, Goh and Grookey narrate the preview of the next episode.

In other languages

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