Pokémon Anime Discussion Thread

XY&Z18 SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/[PM]Pocket_Monsters_XY&Z_018_Left_and_Right!_The_Indecisive_Kametete!![H264_720P][D6E2CC0D].mkv.torrent

MOVIE 18 SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/[PM]Pocket_Monsters_XY_Movie_2_-_The_Archdjinni_of_Rings_-_Hoopa[H264_1080P][0E97AEA2].mkv.torrent

MOVIE 18 SHORT SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/[PM]Pocket_Monsters_XY_Movie_2_Short_-_Pikachu_and_the_Pokemon_Musicians[H264_1080P][8CE702AE].mkv.torrent

XY&Z19 RAW:
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=794532

XY&Z20 RAW:
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=796559

NEXT: POCKET MONSTERS XY&Z21: A BRIDE FOR CITRON! EUREKA'S S'IL-VOUS-PLAIT PANIC!! (APRIL 7TH)
>Summary:
>As Satoshi and his friends continue their journey, they encounter a girl named Lillia who has a Mimirol as her partner. Eureka proposes to her, but just when you'd think it'd fail like usual... it turns out Lillia is searching for a prospective partner too. Lillia also takes great interest in the devices Citron has made! Lillia and Citron hit it off extremely well, but Eureka appears less pleased about these developments and attempt to interfere with the two...

>Voice Cast:
>Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi
>Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu
>Mayuki Makiguchi: Serena
>Yuki Kaji: Citron
>Mariya Ise: Eureka
>Megumi Sato: Dedenne
>Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi
>Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro
>Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth
>Yuji Ueda: Sonansu
>Hitomi Nabatame: Harimaron
>Chinatsu Akasaki: Horubee
>Yuka Terasaki: Yancham
>Kensuke Sato: Rentorar
>Miyako Ito: Pumpjin
>Kenta Miyake: Maaiika
>Sayuri Hara: Lillia
>Unsho Ishizuka: Narration

>>25848186
memes lol

UPCOMING SHIT:

POKÉMON NO UCHI ATSUMARU? EPISODE 27 (Apr 10th)

XY&Z022: Serena Becomes Ash! The Ultimate Pikachu Showdown!! (Apr 14th)
>Ash has caught a cold, and Clemont and Bonnie have gone to buy medicine. But while they're gone, a Trainer appears before Serena while she's nursing Ash. The Trainer really loves Pikachu and tells her he's set off on a journey to become the ultimate Pikachu Trainer. Not wanting any burden on the bedridden Ash, Serena takes a certain action.

XY&Z023: Ash and Alan! Greninja VS Mega Charizard Once Again!! (Apr 21st)
>In order to shed light on the mysterious phenomenon that happens to Ash and Greninja, they have Clemont's machines analyze them as they have battles at a Pokémon Center. And when Alan shows up at the Center, Ash immediately asks him for a battle.

XY&Z024: The Forest's Curse and the White Phantump!! (Apr 28th)
>Ash and his friends meet a lost, white Phantump in a forest. They take it with them to bring it to its friends, but then Team Rocket show up to abduct it!!

POKÉMON XY&Z CHARACTER SONG PROJECT VOL. 1:
http://www.megafileupload.com/ao6i/Pokémon_XY&Z_Character_Song_Project_Vol.1.zip

DREADREA (BY SERENA, CV MAYUKI MAKIGUCHI):
http://www.megafileupload.com/aynY/DreaDrea_(Serena,_CV_Mayuki_Makiguchi).aac

even for a short moment, RAWs will only be 2

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/padt/ a place where memes become reality

>>25848218
Does that mean we'll ACTUALLY get our Ash/Serena/Millefeui harem end?

>>25847500
This post got deleted; I had quoted it in one of my own posts, and AshSerena asked me to delete mine because there was some misunderstanding involved, and said to forget that post.

TL;DR: Forget that post, the whole thing about Serena blushing at Ash with her eyes closed blah blah blah is to be disregarded.

>>25848298
Interdasting

>>25848234
>dropping Pikachu

>>25848298
What are you hiding from us?

>>25848318
As of right now, the fact that there was a follow-up message where she mentioned having "destroy[ing] [pK's] trust," which to me makes it sound like the content of the message may have been accurate but wasn't supposed to be shared

At this point, I have no fucking idea what to believe, and there's only a single day left until we get this damned preview.

>>25848332
Uh oh spaghettios

>>25848332
>yfw this was a deliberate ruse to generate as much off-site buzz as possible

XY&Z22 summary from Adamant:

>Satoshi has contracted fever!? Serena and the others frantically tend to him. But then a Trainer with a Pikachu comes by and asks for a battle with Satoshi. So Serena ends up...!?

>Summary:
>Satoshi has ended up catching a cold! While Citron and Eureka go buy medicine, Serena, Pikachu and the other Pokémon nurse him. But then a Trainer with a somewhat bizarre outfit suddenly appear, asking for a battle with Satoshi! It appears this Trainer is aiming to become the ultimate Pikachu Trainer and wants to battle against Satoshi's Pikachu. Out of consideration for the bedridden Satoshi, the worried Serena decides to...!?

>Voice Cast:
>Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi
>Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu
>Mayuki Makiguchi: Serena
>Yuki Kaji: Citron
>Mariya Ise: Eureka
>Megumi Sato: Dedenne
>Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi
>Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro
>Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth
>Yuji Ueda: Sonansu
>Hiro Shimono: Jimmy
>Etsuko Kozakura: Tongari
>Yuka Terasaki: Yancham
>Mika Kanai: Nymphia
>Miyako Ito: Pumpjin
>Kenta Miyake; Maaiika
>Kensuke Sato: Shop Clerk
>Unsho Ishizuka: Narration

>>25848332
Fug, hope he didn't see that post, then

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>>25848387
>still no name for writer
Reeeeeeeee the wait for this episode is killing me
I told myself I would never overhype an amour ep again after the dance party but this is too fucking good man

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>>25848387
>Etsuko Kozakura

Naisu desu

>>25848332
> where she mentioned
>she
he is a guy

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>>25848387
>Satoshi has contracted fever!?

And people are gonna say it's because of serena

inb4 Playerking copies this summary to Bulbagarden and fucks up Yancham's replacement VA again

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>>25848387
>asking for a battle with Satoshi! It appears this Trainer is aiming to become the ultimate Pikachu Trainer and wants to battle against Satoshi's Pikachu.
>Serena jumps into Ash's clothes to defend his honor

>>25848396
we will get staff info any day now

So rocker guy is named Jimmy, then?

>>25848403
I didn't know for certain either way, my bad.
>>25848392
I think he did, which is why he mentioned thinking there was a misunderstanding and breaking trust. Apparently pK was PMing him more information than the rest of us were getting (namely, two screenshots from the episode if I'm decoding that original post right).

>>25848419
But who is Tongari?

>>25848407
>not knowing colds include fevers
Are you retarded?

>>25848387
I was wondering if TR would be here. They probably want to capture both Pikachu's and take advantage of sick Ash.

>>25848426
>Not knowing where do you are

>>25848425
I think it might be Jimmy's Pikachu, considering the VA. "Tongari" isn't a real name, and more or less translates to "Spike".

>>25848425
the punk pikachu?

>>25848431
>"why does the brat boy have a girl voice?"
>"and why does he have blond hair"
>"and where is the brat girl?"
I can already see it happening

>>25848387
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Shimono

>Notable credit(s)
>Attack on Titan as Connie Springer
>Karneval as Nai
>RahXephon as Ayato Kamina
>Baka to Test to Shōkanjū as Akihisa Yoshii

Neat

>>25848433
I'll take that as a yes.

>>25848421
But why would only one person get more information?

>>25848452
Probably because pK trusted him
Or an elaborate ruse, I unno

Let's not get into forum drama now.

>>25848412
http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?threads/xy114-serena-become-satoshi-the-strongest-pikachu-showdown.215209/page-5#post-5823636

>Pancham: Noriko Shitaya

I knew it.
Why is Playerking allergic to not being retarded?

>>25848467
Hello darkness my old friend.

>>25848467
Kawaii

>>25848467
Why is she so perfect?
>I'll be able to get tons of screens of her tomorrow
Yes!

Should we expect Clemont and Bonnie to be gone for a decent amount of time? I assume they'll be back while the battle is happening?

>>25848467
cuute

>>25848497
>serena struggling to use Satoshi's copulas
>speed star
Cute

>>25848452
>>25848458
This is exactly the question and speculation that I had in the post I deleted.

On the other hand, with so little time left to go, why would they lie if we can easily come back the next day and call them out on it?

... unless that's why he had me delete my post quoting his....

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE

>>25848538
>all this mystery, speculation, and hype surrounding a 30-second preview
How hype is the episode itself going to be?

>>25848538
Believe in yourself.

>>25848538
Regardless, it's a preview and they CAN be misleading. For all we know Serena and Ash's time "alone" together will be short and Bonnie/Clemont will come back quick. Not to mention Jimmy would probably interrupt any cute moment between Ash/Serena

>>25848538
pK doesn't lie. Even risked jail for taking that shot from the Diancie movie.

>>25848557
The issue here isn't pK, pK's post is still there. This mystery is surrounding a now-deleted post by somebody who said that PK PM'd them and seemed to say they could describe two screenshots from the preview, only for that user to come back later and say that there was a miscommunication.

>>25848553
Don't believe in yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Vm7-PXttk

Is this session any good? I stopped watching a few years ago

>>25848589
>Shit people will ask:
>Is this season good? I haven't watched the anime in [x] years and-
>Yes, it's fucking good, just start watching it already.

>>25848589
>session
This is Pokémon, not Cowboy Bebop unfortunately.

>>25848589
>stopped watching a few years ago
>a few years ago
>so during BW

I don't blame you

>>25848609
See you, Space Deoxys.

>>25848528
why cant pikachu use swift?

>>25848448
He was also Haruhiko in Phantom World and Satoshi Mochida in Corpse Party. The funny thing is that Ikue also voiced Sachiko in CP, so it's like this is going to be a CP reunion. Weird though how he's been in the industry for so long but this is his first Pokemon role.

I noticed that none of Clemont's Pokemon are here. Does that mean Serena will fend off TR herself?

>>25848664
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/下野紘
Huh, it actually is.

>>25848671
How will Team Rocket react to seeing Serena in Ash's clothes?

Also,
>mfw Team Rocket will probably interrupt the battle between Pikachu and Pikachu

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>>25848589
It's fine, but Diamond Pearl is still the best.

>>25848683
Fuck off with your troll chart.

>>25848671
Probably and using Pikachu.

>>25848671
That'd be pretty nice.

>>25848671
Yes.

>>25848664
Killing your unneeded trip when?

>>25848682
So another battle that Serena doesn't finish.

>>25848700
I'd rather have a hundred Mimis over that autist that sits here shitposting for 10+ hours every day

>>25848709
Literally the door in the face technique

>>25848780
>Not drawing Zs on her cheeks
Come the fuck on

>>25848780
Cute

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So from the summary we get
Good:
>Serena WILL be alone with Ash, and we WILL get spaghetti
Bad:
>Makes it sound like Ash didn't ask Serena to battle and she actually put his clothes on while he was unconscious

>>25848838
>Makes it sound like Ash didn't ask Serena to battle and she actually put his clothes on while he was unconscious

>pure act of love and concern
>bad
Nah

>>25848838
She puts his clothes on to defend his honor. The guy's looking for Ash specifically.

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>>25848467
>yfe she turns out to be Mable in disguise

>Serena: Pikachu... eh... used... Speed Star... or... anything?
>Pikachu confused
>Serena: Ahhh... Volt Tackle?
>Pikachu used Volt Tackle!

>Post yfw

>>25848858
If the guy is looking for Ash and knows what he wears, wouldn't he also know that Ash is uh... A dude?

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>>25848802
>drawing Zs
Do you fucking even?

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>>25848881

>>25848881
>Volt Tackle
I'll cum buckets.

>>25848881
>implying Serena doesn't know Pikachu's moves by heart

>>25848885
I mean for the sake of completing her disguise

>>25848891
>the rocker asks her a bunch of numbers-based questions about Pikachu to prove that it's hers
>it turns out that she has a near-autistic level of knowledge about Ash's Pikachu

>>25848883
Maybe Serena thinks that if she'll put his clothes on, she'll get his Pikachu battle skills.

>>25848843
The clothes part seems a little creepy imo if Ash doesn't specifically ask Serena to dress up as him.

>>25848883
All he knows is that Ash has a Pikachu.

what new move could Pikachu learn that wouldn't piss of fans?

>>25848885
Make it clear it was painted on and keep the blush stickers underneath.

>>25848907
The summery makes it sound like Serena decides that herself.

>>25848918
Then what's the point of the clothes kek

Also isn't Satoshi a dude name? No idea about this for sure though.

>>25848905
>Pikachu cold sweats and rubs the back of its head in embarrasment.

>>25848918
>bring me Ash Ketchum
>oh uh he's sick
>don't care bring me Ash Ketchum
>he's really not okay
>fuck you bring me Ash Ketchum right now

>>25848919
Extreme Speed

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>mfw we get two shipping based episodes in a row
Bonnie/Clemont and Serena/Ash. What a wonderful world we live in.

>>25848918
But then there would be no need to wear Ash's clothes in the first place.

>>25848883
Maybe he just knows what Ash wears but nothing else.

movie news soon?

>>25848935
Satchmo pls.

>>25848948
Magearna OVA when? Scratch that Saber clone character trying to protect her outoto OVA when?

>>25848935
>Bonnie/Clemont episode
>shippy
There will be no incest! Only the pure but unromantic love of a sister for her brother.

>>25848947
I guess I could see this plausible if he saw Ash walk by with his Pikachu and all he could see from him was his baseball cap or his back.

How are either Ash or Serena going to explain this to their respective mothers?

>>25848960
>implying incest isn't pure

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>>25848960
>There will be no incest
Anon, the episode is wincest incarnate.

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>>25848960
You keep believing that.

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Serena is such a freak. Couldn't she defend Ash's honor while wearing her own clothes? She was dying to literally get in his pants.

So lewd.

>>25848984
is Bunnelby gay? why is he rejecting Buneary

>>25848984
What did you not understand about "pure but unromantic love of a sister for her brother"?

What is OP image about?
Is Eureka getting a haircut?

>>25848858
The guy buys it, since most people fell easily for any kind of disguise

how far is the anime?

>>25848971
>Implying the mothers aren't thinking of grandkids already.

>>25848999
>incest
>not pure and romantic love

>>25849005
A few yards

>>25848960
So clemont will sacrifice a potential perfect girl just for the sake of his little sister?

Where have i seen that before...

>>25848984
>Second Buneary in love

>>25849005
About 7000 miles.

>>25848996
She won't let him be edgy and snipe the assholes. Namely Chespin.

>>25848838
She's not really alone with him if her Pokemon are there. Plus we don't know how long or short Clemont/Bonnie will be gone. Plus there's the Jimmy faggot.

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>>25848992
She just can't help but be very lewd.

>>25849005
it's walked 500 miles and walked 500 more

>>25849005
Near, far, wherever you are

>>25849028
>the reason Clemont turns Lillia down is because her Buneary is getting in the way of his and Bunnelby's last ditch plot to snipe Serena out of the AshBowl

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>>25848996
I'm surprised that chespin didn't join to the jelly bandwagon

>>25849032
Clemont and Bonnie will be gone for a good long while. The Pokemon are alright with the Ash stripping.

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>>25849044
Oooonce mooore, you spread like a whore

... wait, I think I have the wrong song

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>>25849013
Everytime

>>25849059
This isn't oreimo

Fuck off

>>25849005
FIFTEEEN MILES

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>>25849065
But it will be soon.

I know Cussler and I know the Cussler meme here, but what anime features that

>>25849005
A cable length short of a furlong

>>25849085
The Cussler is a Pokégirl, from one of the earlier episodes of XY.

>>25849085
this one m8

>>25849083
>wedding attire on the two from oreimo
Well, here we go.

>>25849100
no I mean what anime has that, because I am pretty sure XY didn't have that scenes the Cussler anon kept using

or maybe I just have poor memory

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>>25849083
No

Just no

>>25849118
Poor memory. It's all in the episode.

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>>25848935
In the 30 episodes we have left, how many more Ash/Serena episodes will we get?

>>25849131
Oh. OH!

The Dragalge ep right? Yeah man my memory has been shitty lately.

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>>25849133
Probably 10 or 15

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>>25849133
>30 episodes until January/February 2017

>>25849133
>implying 30 left
League, Team Flare, Wulfric, and everything in between.

>>25849137
Yup. The other reason you might have had a hard time remembering it might be because it was the one that got delayed due to a Korean ferry sinking.

>>25849133
A few unless Serena joins Ash in PokeHawaii.
>>25849143
More like November 2016.

>>25849143
Isn't Sun and Moon coming out between November and December? Or was there an announcement I missed?

>>25849146
Yeah, I had to "reorganize" my memory so that the ep will be remembered as something that happened before the Grant fight

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>>25849083
You know

I'm surprised nobody has made an Bonnie/Clemont edit of this before

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We've come a long way since pic related.

>>25849065
Anyone have that oreimo parody with Citron and Eureka?

>>25849161
>>25849164
December. Meloetta event is going on for ORAS/XY still and they have winter/holiday 2016. Winter months are December-February.

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>>25849171
I'm still curious about this preview

Did they ran out of animaton budget because of master tank? Did they fuck up using the wrong image? (kinda like they did with that moltres ep summary or did they just use this as placeholder to keep lillia as surprise?

>>25849188
?

>>25849211
master rank*

>>25849211
So am I, which is why I refreshed our memory with it.

Ash is gay. He is not interested in girls.

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>>25849220
He was back then, although it was just for a while

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>>25849220
Clemont please, I can taste the salt.

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WHERE IS ASH LOCATED? ON HER LAP OR NOT!?

REEEEEEEEEE

>>25849242
Why is Clemont still after Ash when he has his little sister?

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>>25849133
Realistically the XY anime will end sometime around October/November since the Summer anime season ends at the end of October and a new series for the start of a new season makes sense.

>Ash VS Shota episode
>Ash VS Diantha episode
>2 episodes for Wulfric
>6-9 episodes for the League
>Ash capture/Goodra return episode
>Clawitzer dedicated episode
>Articuno episode
>5-9 episodes for TF/Alan

If this is anywhere in the ballpark for what's left to come, that could give us 6-7 filler episodes that could be used as shipping episodes. This doesn't include the farewell episodes.

It really depends on how much rushing is going into the end of XY. If it's going to be a rushed end, the above doesn't seem to unrealistic if they do a late October/Early November for a SM anime premiere date.

>>25849211
>?
Yeah, that one. Thanks.

>>25849262
Anime seasons are irrelevant here, since it's still technically the same show.

>>25849262
New series always start at the same week as new gen release. >>25849207

>>25849170
Fuck, I puked in my mouth.

>>25849283
Soniman pls go.

>>25849259
He's greedy.

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Is it just me or has Serena been spilling spaghetti much more often as of late? The Ash/Serena stuff has been amped up. Maybe it's just me though.

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>>25849283
No problem

>>25849283
>still mad

>>25849295
The Amour scenes have definitely been ramped up in the last year or so. I said in the previous thread how the early XY hints was extremely brief and lowkey like Serena sliding next to Ash for a picture in the Korrina eps...but now they're huge and blatant and take up entire episodes.

Amour has gotten really blatant over the last year or so.

>>25849295
They know what people like.

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>>25849273
Not entirely, openings and ending tend to be updated after a season ends so that the visuals can be updated. For long running shows it takes place usually around the end of the shows second cour. If it's a show like Assassination Classroom the change would take place around episode 12/13.

>>25849277
New games, especially Pokemon, rarely release in December.

SM is going to release in October/November. And new anime never starts in the middle of a season, if it was a December release they'd wait until January to air the SM anime.

>>25849257
Find the approximate relative width of Ash's head and figure out if he's much, much closer to the camera than Serena is.

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Ash/Serena's son a qt

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>>25849315
>October/November
>Winter
It's December.

>>25849315
>New games, especially Pokemon, rarely release in December.
>SM is going to release in October/November. And new anime never starts in the middle of a season, if it was a December release they'd wait until January to air the SM anime.

The official English press release for SM mentioned a Holiday 2016 release and you know releases are worldwide now. December it is.

It seems like the entire anime staff loves the Ash/Serena pairing, even sound directors. Japanese fans like it, most western fans like it (besides die-hard Pokeshippers who haven't watched the show in 10 years), so it would be a shame to see it go nowhere.

Its weird to think a ship would be pushed this hard this late in the anime's history, especially with Serena being the 5th female companion and the show being nearly 20 years old.

>>25849305
I guess they're trying to go out with a bang before she leaves?

I have a feeling that any Ash/Serena moment in this upcoming episode is going to get interrupted somehow.

>>25849315
XY was released around October but we knew way more about it. We literally know shiny about SM so I doubt it will be released in october.

>>25849341
They said Holiday 2016 and Winter 2016. It's a December release.

>>25849346
The ship is an unstoppable force and the status quo is an immovable object.

We're all along for the ride to see which one completely shatters.

>>25849337
While it will probably be December, when a company says Winter, they usually mean November/December

>>25849358
Last one wasn't interrupted, Serena's nursing Ash before the guy comes around. I don't see where interruptions come from.

>>25849376
Team Rocket has voice roles in the episode

>>25849341
>>25849337
Holiday 2016 means 4th quarter launch. That's between September - December. No Pokemon game or anime has ever started in December.

How anyone could believe the two would start in December is mindblowing.

>>25849359
We got our first trailer of XY games in January of the year it released.

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Post yfw Serena is nursing unconscious Ash and she begins saying "Watashi nee, zutto mae kara Satoshi no koto ga..." only to be interrupted by Pikachu dude.

>>25849388
>We got our first trailer of XY games in January of the year it released.
exactly and what we have about SM besides the titles

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>>25848370
This desu familia. It's all omode desu.

>>25848387
How does one come to the conclusion that wearing Ash's clothes is the way to go?

>>25849371
As another anon put it, December has the Meloetta event going on in December for the old games, and I'll add more that December's going to be when they release Volcanion for everyone not in Japan.

They say "Holidays 2016" for the West while everywhere else is "Winter 2016". It isn't November anon. You're looking at Christmas Week.

>>25849365
Or maybe the writers feel Ash/Serena has grown so popular they might have altered their plans for the end of XY. Its quite possible Serena was going to leave like every female before her, but maybe the writers changed their minds. Who knows, the Old lady was introduced extremely early in XY so back then they probably had no plans to keep Serena around, but couldn't drop the Old woman from the story.

I dunno, if Sun/Moon do have a connection to Kalos like Kanto/Johto its plausbile to see Serena stick around.

>>25849388
>>25849403

>>25849404
>Or maybe the writers feel Ash/Serena has grown so popular they might have altered their plans for the end of XY.

I don't think the writers care that much anon. Unfortunately.

In your dreams that Serena will stick around. Every girl after Misty has only stayed for their respective regions, and absolutely nothing suggests that will change.

Oh and I will puke if we get another round of tedious Showcases.

>>25849438
Looking at how BW went, I'm sure they care to a degree.

People that think that Serena will stay after she wagged her tail when Yashio gave her her card are delusional, nano desu

don't feed the animals

so anyway I haven't been here since April Fools anything new yet apart from seiyuus and summaries

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>>25849444
>May and Iris go to Kanto
Back to class underage b&.

>>25849438
I'm starting to think the writers were surprised by how quickly Amourshipping grew in popularity. I don't think they expected a shipping to take the fandom by storm, particularly the Japanese fandom which is the only one they'd be paying attention to.

When you see the writers constantly promoting the ship outside the anime it makes you wonder. Masuda and Sugimori, Gamefreak people who have nothing to do with the anime, even retweet Ash/Serena images.

>>25849453
Can't this be done in a brief time skip? For all we know she can train with her for 2 months, similar to how Brock always went back to Pewter before traveling with Ash again. Remember Brock didn't return till AG4.

Who knows, I'm just giving out possibilities. They're ramping up Amour in the anime when this is the last year for XY, why would they push it so heavily if they had to drop it in a few months?

>>25849461
Poor Dawn got shortchanged

>>25849478
They already showed training with Yashio doesn't even last long and there's still Elle being Yashio's student.

>>25849478
>Why would they push it so heavily if they had to drop it in a few months?

Because it sells, shipping sells. But they don't care about the feelings of the fans overall so they would rather keep the status quo than switch the pitch of the anime completely and have romance be a main part of the plot. The writers don't care that we will be angry when Serena leaves and amour doesn't happen, because we already watched the episodes and they got the ratings in anyway.

Serena is doomed because of Yashio. Just accept it. She is leaving in a few months.

>>25849478
Take into account that Serena still wants to become Kalos Queen, it makes no sense for her to leave the region even after her training is over.

>>25849503
>talks about ratings
>ratings drop right after if they drop it
uwot

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>>25849512
>>25849453
>>25849444

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Nearly finished Pokemon Advance, does anybody ever win anything ever? This show is killing me inside.

>>25849503
I imagine the ratings will continue to decline next saga since every saga does less than the previous. Even so its obvious the only reason Serena's crush was created in the first place was to boost interest in the anime, and it worked.

Serena's crush could have never existed, if you told anyone just 5 years ago everything they did with Serena in XY and Amourshipping, people would have laughed in your face and told you to stop reading shipper fanfiction. Almost everything they did with Serena's crush this saga is something I never once believed would ever happen in Pokemon.

>>25849524
You really think people will stop watching because something that we knew wouldn't happen doesn't happen? They'll just show something to look forward in the trailer for the SM animu. Such as a new qt female companion that's into battling.

>>25849478
>why would they push it so heavily if they had to drop it in a few months?
Because they're trying to get as much out of it as they can?

Look, I'm as an in denial 6.5fag as they come, but the writing's on the wall. Let's just enjoy the ride.

>>25849523
Last I recall contests were only part of one region until they were put all over. There's a bunch of talk about S/M having its ties to Kalos so really I don't see how they wouldn't just put your Tripokalons in the new region.

>>25849533
Ash wins the Battle Frontier at the end of AG.

>>25849548
And then goes right back to losing every major tournament right?

>>25849547
Agree. When AG was airing they made it seem like Contests were a Hoenn-only thing. The fact that they put them in Kanto of all places afterward when even the FR/LG games had no Contest halls just so they could keep May around said a lot.

This thread has gone past autism into full-blown retarded kekfest.

>>25849534
They just need another unique trait to the new female companion. A non-coordinator girl that's into something else, like battling and that wants to become a Pokémon Master. You know you would watch that.

>>25849554
thank you for your contribution

>>25849512
She can still decline the invitation and tell Yashio her friends are more important. That would be the best plot twist which could make a lot of people happy and avoid a situation where a Hawaiian Iris could be the next main girl.

>>25849552
He gets far into the Sinnoh league.

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It so obvious, GameFreak wouldn't give it four formes if it wasn't going to play a heavy role in the games

Its not even the first time a legendary has had cross-generational importance, look at Lugia

>>25849542
You're just a retard if you think 6.5 is even a thing. That's like calling Johto gen 1.5.

>>25849533
>Watching AG

There is your problem

At least things get better on BF

>>25849568
That's exactly my point.

>>25849547
Except it'd be retarded for Serena to go become Hawaii Queen when she couldn't do it in her home region. I don't think she would do something so weak. It's like when TCG people travel to other countries' Nationals because they know they can't win in the US.

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>>25849576
This is why we watch AG.

>>25849558
>A non-coordinator girl that's into something else, like battling and that wants to become a Pokémon Master

This, fucking this please.

>>25849403
I honestly don't know if you're trolling or not.

The thing is, a main series Pokemon game releasing on CHRISTMAS WEEK of all things is the dumbest thing I've heard. The sales for it would be awful. Remember, December is when all AAA titles, consoles, tvs, and shit goes on sale for the Christmas season.

Releasing a game, when all their consumers money has been spent already, would give them horrible sales numbers. Releasing in September-November is by the book game release tactics for heavy hitter titles like Pokemon.

And the Meloetta event thing, that's for the Anniversary. That was announced prior to SM and is likely the last Hurrah of XY/ORAS. One last mass event give away to then getting started on SM.

>>25849577
No, I'm mean you're just a retard if you're trying to justify 6.5 even though the deal with Serena actually has either way of going.

>>25849589
You'll never see a girl do Gyms as long as Ash is the main character. There's a reason it hasn't happened 5 girls in.

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>>25849568
> That's like calling Johto gen 1.5.

Wasn't Johto technically that?

Besides you could transfer pokemon from gen ii to gen i

>>25849588
May was so boring

Too bad she was a bra stuffer

>>25849580
Well, this is what they are doing with Ash

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>>25849612
May had the most diverse personality of the main girls.

>>25848984
Clemont lifting up the veil looks so lewd

>>25849589
Iris tried for Dragon Master and Misty "tried" for Water Master. You basically got two already.

>>25849598
>You'd never see a girl have a full spaghetti flat out crush on Ash. There's a reason it hasn't happened 4 girls in.

Fug off muhpatternsfag

>>25849633
But a girl doing Gyms is different. That means either we'd have to sit through the same Gym leader beaten twice or Ash would take a backseat, neither of which is likely.

Until Ash is retired as the lead this will never happen.

>>25849594
Christmas Week is too late, but it's going to be December. Why the heck would they say Winter and Holiday if it was Fall? Don't be so stubborn. It's Pokémon, not some run-of-the-mill AAA shooter trying to fight for air.

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>>25849633
>>25849637

>>25849589
Contests are more interesting than gym battles.

>>25849640
Okay, now I know you're just fucking with me, I'm just going to drop it.

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>>25849580
>Ash literally does that
Did you even think that through?

>>25849648
>publisher states a clear release period
>"Nuh uh, it'll be earlier because reasons."
I don't know what else to tell you.

As long as the Ash/Serena thing gets good closure I don't think people will complain. They're pushing it harder now probably to hit home how strong Serena's feelings for Ash are to make her departure from him be more emotional, while also showing how much Serena has grown.

They will probably release SM in the first or second week of November

>>25849594
>Volcanion
>movie release on December
Come on now.

>>25849620
>>25849661
>comparing Ash to expendable female companions

Kek lmao

>>25849644
It's okay, you're allowed to have shit taste.

>>25849612
>She hated Pokemon early on and only decided to go on a journey to travel.
>Her boobs got smaller as the show went on.
>She was actually stuffing her bra to gain attention but stopped after starting to like Pokemon more and getting into contests.
May was almost a traveling prostitute.

>>25849675
You're talking about "weak reason" even though everyone does that. Paul also comes to mind.

>>25849283
I know right?

It should have been Ayase.

What if Lillia is Clemont's Ayase?

>>25849674
The movie releases in July, what are you talking about?

>>25849695
And no one cared when Paul disappeared, just like people will get over Serena leaving as long as they give us another bait to look forward to.

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>>25849644
T. Nobody

>>25849665
That doesn't explain Ash's more recent acts.

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>>25849692
We will never get a girl with boobs as prominent as May again. Feels bad, man.

>>25849663
Guess we'll see who's right in a couple months.

>>25849725
you always say that and yet you're always wrong

>>25849704
The dub shit and the West's Volcanion event.

>>25849710
I don't think anyone expected Paul to continue post-DP.

>>25849739
It's the first time I've had this conversation, but okay.

>>25849752
The dub has no effect on what happens in Japan. Just look at the delay that took place for the English dub to start airing properly.

>>25849720
His "more recent acts" won't matter given he'd be the first one to tell Serena to follow her goal.

>>25849710
>no one cared when Paul disappeared

Makes me feel good that people stopped pushing "Serena's going follow Ash into the next region"

That's why I don't complain so much now, I'm so smug and happy with the results of my predictions, I don't really care about the rest.

>>25849757
That's not the point, the point is that these characters are expendable. Ash is allowed to do this shit because he is the one character that can't be replaced.

>>25849766
He'd be the first to tell her to choose what she wants rather than force the goal.

>>25849774
>yfw they do it when you're not here.

>>25849795
>implying Serena would want Ash to see her give up on her goal even if she wants to stay

>>25849795
This. He wants to see her happy, because it makes him happy too.

>>25849762
It's like you ignored the latter part about why the dub was even mentioned.

>>25849769
Ok, no one but this anon.

>>25849576
Kind of a bizarre statement, since AG is when Ash started to become a competent trainer for the first time. Its also the last time in the series he won something major (Battle Frontier), since he never won anything similar to that again since.

>>25848185
>The whole time trying to find a girl for brother
>Actually succeed in finding a girl
>Spend the rest of the ep trying to interfere.

Well sure.

>>25849774
>he samefags
>he moves his goalposts
>he does it for attention

>>25849822
I will be mad if Lillia turns out to be a a bitch

>>25849812
>>25849812
I don't see any mention of the dub besides that one post.

>>25849803
>give up on her goal even
It works two ways, anon.

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>>25849822
her VA is pic related so

>>25849816
I'm really indifferent about it but there have been people that wanted him because of what happened in DP. To say no one cared is crap.

>>25849822
She is young anon. She doesn't understand what she really wants! She wants onichan's desu.

>>25849849
I remember most people agreeing Paul would get stale if he stayed for another region, especially since Infernape was going to get left at Oak's. It was better for Paul to be dropped. He's not the kind of character you can use twice.

>>25849842
>yfw Lillia is the result of un-looping those stretches of hair on the side of her head, braiding them, washing out the blue dye, and removing her makeup

>>25849782
Expendable or not, all characters go everywhere.

>>25849866
Does she have long enough hair?

>>25849822
It's the way she copes with her feelings towards her onii-chan.

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>>25849892
We can 2(pi)r this shit relative to the sizes of their heads if you feel like taking a deep dive into autism

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>>25849898
>Lillia has glasses
>Bonnie is the imouto
>Clemont did harem protag
We've gone OreImo.

>>25849329
Uh...that still doesn't tell us how he's positioned.

>>25849878
Wut

>>25849864
> I remember my opinion being everybody's opinion

>>25849922
For all we know Serena cut off his head a la School Days and is on a boat on her way to Kanto.

>>25849922
Oh, I found that part out long ago.

There's a V-shaped piece of unkempt hair on the back of his head that's visible from every angle except the very back. In fact, if you go to the dance episode and watch Ash rotate relative to the camera, you can watch this thing shrink into nothingness as he rotates away from the camera.

In every hatless Ash picture I've seen, this thing is consistently there so long as he's looking in any direction besides directly away.

This V-shaped thing of hair is not present in that image, even though we can see the portion of his head where it should be. This means that Ash is looking directly away from the camera.

I just want Gen VII to give Ash two female companions (and only them)

Doesn't have to be Serena, I just think it would be humorous as a scenario (plus the whole one older guy and one same age girl is boring as fuck)

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>>25849949
Pic related for the V-shaped hair on the top/back of Ash's head when his hat is off

>>25849939
>no cutting Clemont's abdomen to check to see if he isn't a girl and he isn't pregnant with Ash's child instead

>>25849533
>Watching the Pokemon anime
>Not expecting pain and suffering

>>25849979
I want to touch Serena's hair

>>25848996
Because Sylveon is already his waifu

>>25850023
I want to touch your hair

>>25849949
So...he's looking up at Serena?

>>25850025
So what do you think happened with Bunnelby and Sylveon after the latter evolved from Eevee?

>>25850052
The front edge of Ash's hair lines up with the top of his eyes when his head is level, which means, depending on if his head is far away from her or up close to her, then if his eyes are open, he's either looking up at her from a sitting/laying position, or he's looking at her tits up close.

>>25850025
>Sylveon
>his waifu
He was tired of Sylveon's shit.

>>25850000
>not getting any attention

>>25850097
I don't get what you mean desu

>>25850105
quads, i suppose

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I don't know if this was pointed out in the actual anime aside from poster about Pikachu and Eevee.

From Serena's Eevee's debut Eevee used swift and Pikachu used Thunderbolt on Team Rocket to defeat them. Eevee bushing her tail twice on Pikachu much to chespin's dismay. Pikachu had an apologectic lookto Eevee after startling her. That's all I know from my pace of the anime.

>>25850146
wat

>>25850079
I'm gonna guess that as they're walking Ash suddenly passes out due to his cold and Serena catches him with her arms which explains her blushing and extremely worried face.

>>25850079
In other words, shojo.

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>tfw you thought there would be a lengthy mega arc after the league
>ash would go on various adventures obtaining mega stones
>gurkinn, korrina, limone and maple return
>clemont would inherit mega ampharos
>serena would get some cute mega for contests, like may in the oras trailer
>E4 are involved with their megas
>steven shows up
>officer jenny from the malamar arc gets mega manectric
>various mega trainers from the specials and shorts, and new ones
>cynthia shows up with megachomp
>secrets of mega evolution revealed

So much wasted potential.

Fuck Gamefreak and their stupid anniversery release schedule bullshit.

>>25850193
The funny thing about that idea is that, given what's been said so far, her catching him in her arms would mean that he faceplants into her breasts.

With that said, though, I think she might actually be holding him in some capacity like that, since it looks like Serena's arms get wider as we get closer to the bottom of the frame.

>>25850220
She's probably holding up his head.

>>25850220
>"Serena, I can't see anything!"
>Clemont scrambles to cover Bonnie's eyes

>>25850146
>Eevee
Hello autism my old friend

>>25850261
This song has gotten so much goddamn mileage out of the XY&Z 21 hype

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>>25850261
Thank god that piece of shit is finally dead

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just came back from Acapulco Mexico from spring break, and have fallen behind on the anime since our adorable little noibat evolved. What have i missed? i only watch with subs so i know im behind

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>>25850220
I was thinking of more of a perpendicular fall kind of like this. I didn't know how to google for such a pose so I just googled tango dancing...

>>25850274
>ribbons
>blue and pink color scheme
Was giving Serena a look that matched Sylveon a part of their master plan?

>>25850208
>>E4 are involved with their megas
>>cynthia shows up with megachomp
Ya blew it emofag.

Guys lets not look into angles too much or must I remind you when ash grew a foot taller just to put his hand on serena's shoulder?

>>25850284
You are like 5 months late

>>25850281
Actually, that works! My first thought was that she was holding his back when he was laying down, but yours actually lines up a lot better from what I can see. It even fits in terms of how we can see very little ground.

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>>25850291

>>25850278
Master class
Wincest tonight

Action waifu when?

>>25850291
>Implying the anime has accurate heights

One day both looks ta the same and the other serena looks taller

>>25850278
>What have i missed? i only watch with subs so i know im behind
Episode 18 got subbed, then.

>>25850301
Now post the one with bonnie

>>25850309
cool. I'm hearing about ash falling and serena catching him. Is this on the new episode tonight or is it something that has already happened?

>>25850291
The biggest lesson I ever took when it came to analyzing angles in the anime came when I concluded that the two halves of the almost dance from XY&Z 12 couldn't have possibly taken place in the same scene because the walls behind Ash and Serena were parallel to each other when they appeared to be perpendicular in the shots.

Granted, I was right about it, but it all turned out to be an insanely hard-to-catch continuity error rather than anything else.

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>>25850317
I think the ENTIRE purpose that this shot produced so many continuity errors was purely to show Bonnie's face.

>>25850328
Not sure what you're talking about, but if you mean Serena nursing a sick Ash, that's next week

>>25850331
Oh, so you are Mewtario. I'm glad to know there can't exist more than one person as autistic about preview screens.

>>25850291
She's probably just holding his head.

Part of me would advise you all not to over-hype this episode, because they tend to bring disappointments at first compared to ones that don't spoil all the spaghetti prior to the episode. But at the same time it looks like it could bring several cute moments

>>25850328
Next week's episode, Ash gets sick and Serena takes care of him

Tonight is Wincest