November 24th: PM2019 002: On Lugia They Go, Satoshi and Go!

[Dephender]

Satoshi gets invited by Professor Okido to attend the opening ceremony of the Sakuragi Labratories in Kuchiba City. But during the ceremony, he senses the appearance of a gigantic Pokémon and goes to the port, where he sees Lugia appear before another Pokémon Trainer that got there before him.... A new adventure now begins for these two.

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Satoshi and Pikachu head to the Sakuragi Laboratories, which have just opened in Kuchiba City, Kanto, together with Professor Okido. At the lab, they hear about a legendary Pokémon appearing at Kuchiba City's port, so they run there to have a battle. Meanwhile, a local boy named Go is certain he knows what this legendary Pokémon is, and heads to the port as well.

Screenplay 米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura)
Storyboard 小平麻紀 (Maki Kodaira)
Episode Director 中田誠 (Makoto Nakata)
Animation Director 村田理 (Osamu Murata)

 

[Red and Blue]

Aww, Ash wants to fight Lugia. Too bad Pikachu got reset. If this was Peakchu from the Alolan League he might stand a chance

 

[Kein]

Wasn't this said to air as part of the 1-hour special on November 17th? That's what Serebii said.

 

[Dephender]

Wasn't this said to air as part of the 1-hour special on November 17th? That's what Serebii said.

Not outright, we just assumed it would.
Never jump to conclusions, kids.

 

[lolipiece]

The lack of a one-hour special is really frustrating, but only because they chose to make ep one be about Pikachu's past, meaning we'll have to wait an extra week to get into the real meat 'n' potatoes of this show.

 

[Lord Starfish]

There hasn't been a single double episode since 71 and 72, which was before the time slot change... Can we just assume that those are now a thing of the past?

 

[Konja7]

Not outright, we just assumed it would.
Never jump to conclusions, kids.

Also, they say the idea was to use Pikachu's popularity to make Episode 1 go viral so those who missed the first episode but then hear about it later can easily jump in from Episode 2.

https://mobile.twitter.com/DogasusBackpack/status/1190907012260851712


That has a lot more sense if Episode 2 is the next week.

 

[Bortgreen]

Also, they say the idea was to use Pikachu's popularity to make Episode 1 go viral so those who missed the first episode but then hear about it later can easily jump in from Episode 2.

https://mobile.twitter.com/DogasusBackpack/status/1190907012260851712


That has a lot more sense if Episode 2 is the next week.

This is actually pretty clever
Probably a lot of people away from the anime will remember it exists with the Pikachu episode

 

[DragonKahuna]

This is the first time since DP that the first and second episode of a new series are not aired on the same date and its kinda frustrating because I wasn't looking much forward for PM001 as it seems that the real plot stattts here.

 

[pancakemonster]

Wow, it's a real shame this isn't airing along with episode 1. Really feels like it would have made a lot of sense with this show in particular, since the first episode seems like so much of its own thing.

 

[Swift4Sweeper]

Didn't they say the official trailer that came out at the beginning of the month say the first episode is airing 30 minutes earlier than normal as part of an extended special on TV Tokyo? Where's the source that this episode is being aired on the 24th?

 

[AuraChannelerChris]

Aww, Ash wants to fight Lugia. Too bad Pikachu got reset. If this was Peakchu from the Alolan League he might stand a chance

"Peakchu" needed to be assisted by another team member to be the nickname that time.

 

[CMButch]

So, I think Ash and Go wanna have a battle against Lugia, but they battle instead to see who is "worthy" enough to challenge Lugia. Lol. Well both would lose even though they gang up on it.

 

[Emboar_Rulez]

Does Go already have a Pokemon in this episode?

 

[ShadowForce720]

Does Go already have a Pokemon in this episode?

Considering that he doesn't seem to be getting Scorbunny until episode 4, combine with the fact that he winds up getting offered to choose between the 3 Kanto starter pokemon to be his starter, it's safe to say that no he doesn't have a pokemon in this episode, and probably isn't going to get any pokemon until he finally gets his Scorbunny in episode 4.

 

[1rkhachatryan]

Wait, what's part two of the hour then??

 

[RedR]

So Lugia is going to be like Imperialdramon in Digimon Adventure 02, and move them around the world really fast! Sounds like a plan!
I hope traditional boat trips will happen, too! Maybe that's how brock gets to sinnoh for the contest?

 

[Dephender]

Wait, what's part two of the hour then??

That's a very good question we should be getting the answer to tomorrow.

 

[dman_dustin]

I'm imagining Lugia being annoyed by this trainer who wants to catch it, so it just picks it up with its feet (or maybe Go manage to jump on it) or whatever followed by Ash grabbing onto its tail and then it flies away somewhere.

I am curious as to where they are supposed to end up, since apparently the next episode is in Kanto. So, maybe Johto and then they go back to Kanto for the following episode, or maybe they just travel throughout the Kanto region and maybe Go sees Mew or something.

This series is just confusing with all the other episodes revealed.

 

[RedR]

This series is just confusing with all the other episodes revealed.

LOL! And the fact they are reveled so early without descriptions is adding to the mystery!