AG 163 and 164 Titles

[Sushi]

PokeAni says:

AG 163 (439): Pokémon Contest! Yuzuriha Convention!!
Japanese Title: 「ポケモンコンテスト！ユズリハ大会！！」
Art director for this seems to be Toshihito(?) Hiro'oka.
For reference, it's the same art style as in the Jiruba Town Contest and the Time-Travel episode.
Airdate: 02/02/06

AG 164 (440): Sceptile! Dawn of Revival!!
Japanese Title: 「ジュカイン！復活の夜明け！！」
Art director: Izumi Shimura
For reference: Recent Elekid & Celebi episodes, as well as the Battle Pike episode.
Airdate: 02/09/06

If people are interested to see who will draw the other three eps that haven't aired yet:
- Art director for the Orienteering episode seems to be Yuusaku Takeda ("Mudkip and Flaaffy! Wonder Drug of Love?!" & "Dragonair's Lake!")

- Masa'aki Iwane (First half of the Battle Dome episode, and first half of the Bonsly episode) is in charge of "Munchlax' Battle Debut!"

- As for the Grovyle VS Tropius episode, it's Izumi Shimura & Akihiro Tamagawa (Manene's Debut episode, second half of the Battle Dome episode, as well as the second half of the Bonsly episode).

 

[Hiroki]

Any source? Where did you get the info?
Good titles btw, ;]

 

[Sushi]

"PokeAni" was the very first word in my post ;P

Edit: Ick *kicks photobucket for resizing picture*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Karnimani1990/TC/titlespokeani.jpg

Now it's visible I think^^ See red rectangle.

 

[FlamingRuby]

So Ash gets Sceptile? Cool!

 

[CyberCubed]

^ Well it's not confirmed, but Grovyle probably evolves in the "Grovyle Vs. Tropius" episode. This episode is probably a follow-up that focuses on his new Sceptile.

Anyway, yet another contest? Huh? Isn't this only like only one episode after her Harley contest? How could they have another contest so soon?

 

[AcethePuma]

i think it will evolve in ep 164... i guess it will lose against tropius and evolves afterwards... but we´ll see, i think we´ll have some cool episodes

 

[Sushi]

I predict that's the episode where Drew finally appears again. I already PMed one of my friends about this, but Mitsuki Saiga (Shuu's voice actress) said on her site that Drew will appear in an episode in near future, so I assume it's this one. Roselia's in it, too (kinda obvious, but since Flygon was the only one of his Pokémon that appeared in the Arcanine ep, I felt like pointing it out XD).
Saiga-san didn't mention the title of the episode though, so I could be wrong.

 

[CyberCubed]

Maybe since there are two contests so close to each other, it gives hope that May will lose one of them. Hopefully she loses the one against Harley, and then wins on this one.

May needs at least one loss this saga (as does Ash for that matter, hoping he loses to Spenser), so if May could lose to Harley and then win this second contest, it would be pretty good. She'd have 3 ribbons and her quest would be more than half over, and she'd still get a loss too. Sounds good to me.

 

[Haunter Hunter Sohrab]

Nice, can't wait for another contest. The faster this saga goes the more happier I get. Heh, the Sceptile episode has a pretty nice title.

 

[jolteonjak]

That gives hope...finally another fully evolved starter.

 

[MaskedManAbsolkid]

Cool, I don't get title 2, but I hope there's a Sceptile owned by Ash by the eppy after. Title 1 gives hope for a loss, but is the town mentioned an existing one or just created?

 

[V Faction]

Between the vs. Episode and this brand new one, if we don't get a Sceptile (or rather if Ash doesn't), it's time to scream bloody murder!

Stupid episode tease...

And I guess May gets in a contest or something.

 

[Gravy]

Thanks for the information regarding animation direction for the episodes Sushi~
Despite the fact that pretty much all of them are going to be done by some rather lackluster, or indeed crappy, teams, I'm glad to hear that the first of the two contest episodes is going to be handled by someone capable. Yays.
And I'm uber estatic with who is going to direct the Tropius ep. Thank god Grovlye is going to go out with style. It would have been a major migrane to see its potential last appearence marred by dire animation and poor artwork.

Speaking of which...
Aww biscuits, Grovyle finally evolves ;_____; Happy now, evolution jockeys? Its so going to look like cack in the revival ep.
I hope that dawn of the revival refers to its kickass personallity being revived. Where the hell did THAT go to?

And for gods sake, have Harley win this time around. I don't care if they shove another contest in there asap so Haruka can reddem herself, just make her lose. Munchlax needs to get its first taste of dirt.

 

[Factory Head Noland]

Looks like Ash's Grovyle may evolve then, bigger chance of it happening now. But I must say when I saw the AG164 title I thought of Tetsuya straight away...but I don't think that will happen...

Good titles, we seem to be on a roll of good episodes lately [well, good sounding titles].

 

[IMPERIAL DRAGON]

Holy shit, this is too damn coincidental, so I’ll be forced to dismiss the cynics by assuming Ash’s Grovyle evolves. It was inevitable anyway, and face facts, I doubt we’ll be let down. This is literally the first time I’ve been truly exited about something in the anime for a hell of a long time.

 

[Jo-Jo]

Another contest? Doesn't the one with Harley air only two weeks before? That's strange. I'd say this ups the odds of May losing to Harley, except that Ash's battles with Greta and Tucker were close together, too, and he won both of those.

Either way, more Drew, plz. His last appearance was in friggin' September. I was beginning to think he wouldn't come back until the Grand Festival.

Guess Grovyle's evolution is almost a certainty now, huh? 'Bout time if you ask me. Considering that Treecko and Torchic's evolutions weren't all that far apart, does anyone think this signifies that May will get Blaziken in the near future?

 

[£añkaÑ]

yea...ep 164's title makes it intresting...

it seems that either...Grovyle doesnt' evolve and loses to Tropius...

or it lose as Sceptile still to Tropius...in the TROPIUS EP...

so i guess...either it evolve and revies or just revives its TRUE STRENTH...in ep 164...

NOW THAT IS INTRESTING...

can't wait to see this ep...

yea..and another contest...lol now dats funny..lol *May will lose this one, if she wins the other one*

 

[IMPERIAL DRAGON]

I'm thinking Tropius will royally kick Grovyle's arse, leaving Grovyle in an incredibly weakened state, before having him return to his former glory by evolving in episode 164. Something along those lines anyway.

 

[CyberCubed]

Another contest? Doesn't the one with Harley air only two weeks before? That's strange. I'd say this ups the odds of May losing to Harley, except that Ash's battles with Greta and Tucker were close together, too, and he won both of those.

True, except for the fact that there were 3 episodes inbetween the Greta and Tucker match. Between the two contests there is only 1 episode (Grovyle Vs. Torpius). It is really strange, as there is only one ep between two totally different contests. But hey, if this means May will lose to Harley then it's all good.

Either way, more Drew, plz. His last appearance was in friggin' September. I was beginning to think he wouldn't come back until the Grand Festival.

If they follow the Gary route, Drew may only appear one more time after this one, so he'll get 3 episodes before the GF just like Gary got in Johto.

Guess Grovyle's evolution is almost a certainty now, huh? 'Bout time if you ask me. Considering that Treecko and Torchic's evolutions weren't all that far apart, does anyone think this signifies that May will get Blaziken in the near future?

I think that's a reason they finally evolved Mudkip into Marshtompt. Treecko and Torchic evolved in Hoenn, and Mudkip didn't evolve all the way till a little bit into the BF season. Now that Grovyle is reaching his final form, and Combusken is in its second, they didn't want to leave poor Mudkip still in its first form. So they got Mudkip to its second form so all the starters were on even ground, and now Grovyle is going again.

Less sure about Combusken though, I think the earliest it may evolve will be in the D/P saga. Since Combusken is her starter Pokemon, we know that it'll never leave her team. So they have plenty of time with Combusken still, no reason to rush it.

 

[ZoraJolteon]

The Sceptile Ep airs on the 9th of Feb. The Sceptile card is released 10th of Feb. Go figure.