First Trailer for Misty & Brock’s Return to Pokémon Anime

A Japanese children’s TV show has aired the first footage of the upcoming Pokémon anime episode which will see Ash, Brock and Misty reunited in the Alola region. The two special episodes will air in Japan on September 14th and 21st!

https://youtu.be/hWJ1FawseKo

Highlights include:

  • Several flashbacks to the original Kanto and Johto saga
  • The return of Brock’s advances on girls followed by Misty’s iconic ear pull
  • Interactions with several of Ash’s old Pokémon
  • The return of Jigglypuff singing to put everyone to sleep gag

Looks like it’ll be a nostalgic-filled good time! What do you think, you catching feels yet?!

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663 thoughts on “First Trailer for Misty & Brock’s Return to Pokémon Anime”

  1. Not gonna lie, I got goosebumps when pikachu greeted Misty and jumped into her arms <3 how I miss the good old days. I love that Jigglypuff is back and Ash will also seemingly reunite with his older pokemon as well like Bulbasaur. Too bad it's only two episodes!

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  2. I died when everyone got zapped and Marowak was lookin at Alolan Marowak all confused and surprised that it’s being affected by thunderbolt

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  3. It’s cool they’re coming back, but it’s basically just nostalgia bait really. Unlike the previous times characters return, misty and brock Haven’t changed a bit. I wanted too see how they’ve developed, but by the looks of it they’ve actually gone back to how they were in Kanto. What Happened to brock’s Pokemon Doctor training and stuff y’know.

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    • I’m amazed you can deduce that from their appearance (and this short clip), without having to watch the episodes itself. You’re Psychic! ;D

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      • Wow! Deducing that from looking at their old outfits and realizing it’s only 2 episodes unlike the other times old characters have returned.
        I am a genius .

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  4. So I kinda got Mega Evolution fever
    -What does your character use to hold your key stone
    -what 3 Pokemon would you mega evolve and what is their mega accessory

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    • I use my Mega Claw
      A necklace with a large Ursaring claw strung on it with a key stone embedded into the middle

      Garchomp: Mega Plate: a silver and black breastplate that is chained around and under its arms with cross like pattern with the stone in the center

      Heracross: Mega Belt: a maroon colored belt with grey studs and a gold disk in the center with the mega stone embedded in it

      Aerodactyl: Mega Skull: a replicant of a Aerodactyl’s skull on a choker that has the stone in its left eye socket

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    • I’d probably have a Mega Gauntlet, right arm, fingerless and mostly black fabric except the top of the forearm which would have a small Jade rhombus shaped plate with the Key Stone embedded.
      Pokemon (Some ‘mon might not yet have Megas):

      – Infernape: Mega Belt: Looks like Sun Wukongs’ headband that the rest of Infernapes’ armour is based on, with the Infernapite at the centre. Thin so as not to restrict movement but strong, it fits where you’d expect a belt to go.

      – Shiny Venusaur: Mega Wreath: A golden (autumnal) leaf wreath crown that wraps around the base of the tree trunk on its’ back, with the Venusaurite in the centre at the front.

      – Shiny Hydreigon: Mega Amulet: An oxidised Bronze amulet, it has three ‘eyes’ the same shape as Hydreigon’s that form a triangle, the top ‘eye’ holds the Hydreigonite instead of the inner eye. It has ‘spikes’ surrounding it like Hydreigons’ collar. It is held in place around Hydreigons’ main neck by 2 silver straps that look like Hydreigons’ wings. It rests on top of its’ black fur, at the centre point of its’ 3 heads on its’ chest.

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  5. Is there a possible connection between the packaged versions of Gold & Silver being released just before USM? Johto Alolan forms maybe? I mean, Red & Blue VC came out just before Sun and Moon too & we have Kanto Alolan forms

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    • I hope there is. Johto Pokemon need a little more attention. Especially since they were introduced as part of a region that felt like an extension of Kanto. I have been holding off on constructing a team for USUM because I want to use Pokémon that have this fresh feeling. And Alola Johto Pokémon would fit the bill.

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  6. Well today I’m dedicating to finishing up OOT it’s not 100% but I got 50 tokens that’s the most I’ve ever gotten and like….most of the heart peices

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  7. Ok so here’s a thought. Ash is going back to Prof Oak’s lab to visit his Pokemon (at least some of them anyway) What if he ends up taking one back to Alola with him. I would then suspect that Pokemon would have an Alolan form. Which Pokemon do you guys think would be the best bet? I’d like to see him travel with Kingler for once. He used it in some battles at league, but never really traveled with it. That or maybe he could have Noctowl. Just becasue Noctowl is great lol

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  8. Just wondering with the introduction of Ditto as part of the new Pokejungle logo, what Pokémon have been used as part of the logo so far?

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  9. Decided to cancel my Ultra Sun preorder and just stick with the Ultra Moon Fan Edition for now. Maybe I’ll get it after I have more money, but I want to keep some money aside to buy other games and I’ve got a renewed interesent in board games.
    Must buys for the end of the year are only Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 for me, but I’m debating whether I should buy Mario Rabbids.
    I’m going to wait for reviews on Pokken Tournament and FE Warriors. Most likely I’ll buy them cheaper next year on Amazon, I don’t have high hopes for both of them.
    I’ll probably buy Metroid too, but it will need to wait after my birthday in October. Being strapped for cash really sucks since the government fucked up and I will need to wait two more months on my scholarship, but I’ll need to pay over €2000 in the next month to start the new academic year. -_-

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    • I was contacted by the local game store and they asked if i was interested in the Fan editions (i was one of the first to preorder apparently) and i declined. Cba to pay 15 euros extra just for the steel case and 200 in-game Poké Balls.

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        • Was doubting but i already have both steelbooks of the original games so its not that bad imo. If i want them in the future i can probably snap them up anyway because a lot of people sell them online for some reason lol

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        • Speaking of Steelbooks, apparently the Steelbook case for Persona 5 costs the exact same as the regular version (At least, for me). I didn’t buy it since they didn’t have any physical copies at the time

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          • It does, but then again the normal edition is pretty rad too and you don’t get the normal box, sadly enough.

  10. Guys can I just say, from the figures coming later this month I hope it means Tapu Bulu will be getting a more prominent role in USUM

    Cause it’s the only Tapu whose ruins are not visited or even mentioned in the story

    It’s the least mentioned of them all only being mentioned by Accerola once during her trial

    Imo the best designed and probably the only one I actually can say I like (except Tapu Fini, a little)

    So can we get it more of a role in the game and give one like Tapu Koko less Spot Light!

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  11. Lol am about to challenge Opelucid gym in W2, and i dont have an Ice type nor Dragon type. Sometimes i dont like Nuzlockes smh

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  12. Ah man… my conscience is really putting me up to this… I’m not looking forward to it….
    I’m re-beating Volt White 2
    I originally lost on Victory Road due LITERAL bullshit to the last mon of the last trainer due to a crit….
    This’ll be fun…

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  13. It’s time for the inevitable “choose my starter” of this shitlock….

    Seperior- Grass/Dragon, gains contrary
    Emboar- Fire/Fighting, a bit bulkier than normal
    Samurott- Water/Fighting, can actually learn earthquake

    Get to choosin y’all

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  14. Went into the store. Picked up Mario Rabbids from the shelf. Walked around for fifteen minutes with it in the store. Walked to the cashier. Turned around and put the game back. Left the store.

    Y U do this brain.

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  15. I hope the first gen 8 games are like B/W where we can only use natives in the main story & have to beat the E4 before we can catch from older gens

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  16. Want to know whats funny?

    Some of my favorite Alolan Pokémon I hated at first. Midnight Lycanroc (Top 10 Favorites lister now), Bruxish (Love it) and Silvally (Love it)

    Also wasn’t fond of Beware, Now its my favorite fighting type

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  17. Tapu-theory boiiiizzzzzz!

    That’s a joke, but a theory I had today was. What if the Tapu’s are not just based on Island guardian animals or whatever, but are also based on season’s?

    This could make sense seeing as how they do have designs, Themes, type’s and backstories to them that could justify this

    First the season’s they represent:
    Koko- Summer
    Lele- Autumn
    Bulu- Spring
    Fini- Winter

    I’ll tell later on what I mean by this

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  18. Me: my favorite starter type is water!

    *proceeds to pick the grass starter 3.5 out of the seven generations and the water only 2.5*

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  19. Star, here is the obvious superior Sylveon plushie. Does yours come with this handsome guy? Guess not!

    PS: Smile is fake because I feel like (that word I’m not allowed to use apparently). They found a tumor in my sister but they don’t know yet if it’s benign or not and grandmother isn’t feeling too well after she had to go the hospital for one day two weeks ago. Meanwhile I’m tired after exhausting week and I still need to get some paperwork finished, bleigh. Also the picture keeps being rotated so I hate Disqus now.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a21cabe18436391a9c3e7d8ed9b4b69cfd56741d4923cf093534c2a89f7a5b1a.jpg

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  20. Finally got a shiny mimikyu! but should I hatch it in P.o. Town or shady house? I’m personally leaning towards shady house li feel like it would be a better fit. other options are welcomed as well.

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      • This is a personal fave quote of mine:
        “Or maybe we should all be screaming. Louder! At the top of our lungs!”
        “Don’t we always do that?”
        “That’s the joke, hehehehe!”

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    • I actually saw this awhile ago. I don’t know why I didn’t post it here myself. There is actually two versions, I can’t watch it right now but I am assuming that this video includes both versions which are both equally enjoyable and done by skilled abridgers.

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      • I know, this is the 1KidsEntertainment version, the other one is on TeamFourStar’s channel (DBZ Abridged), but that one doesn’t use the Pokemon ‘Bridged cast, instead using other people from TeamFourStar (Cell/Mr Perfect Cell is still voiced by Taka in both versions tho)

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  21. The new my club nintendo rewards or whatever is trash. I got excited because they sent me a 30% discount because my birthday is this month, but you can’t even use it on any switch titles…wtf. I wanted to use it on Stardew Valley ffs

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  22. If you could add megas to ORAS/XY what would they be?
    Mine (atm) are:
    Mega Tropius: Grass/Dragon with meditate
    Mega Mightiena: Dark/Electric with a new ability that powers up sound based moves
    Mega Breloom: same typing (looking more like a kangaroo) with iron fist
    Mega Walrein: same typing, new ability (“cold absorb”) that works like Motor Drive but with ice moves, heals instead of rasing speed

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    • I don’t understand the Mightyena one at all, I’d give it Strong Jaw or Tough Claws and leave the typing or if we must I’d add Ghost because of legends about Hyenas.

      What ability for Tropius? I feel it should stay part Flying, mostly because much as I love the Dragon typing I don’t feel everything reptilian needs to become it.

      Mega Breloom would be better off with better stats and keeping Technician imo but I’m not so against it.

      Mega Walrein, well the ability you said would be like Water Absorb. Some form of Blubber ability that reduces physical attacks by a certain percentage could be good.

      As to mine, I would’ve had Mega Flygon, Milotic for sure. I think there are alot more options across the generations and hope we get more some day.

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      • The mightyena one is supposed to be Punk Rock inspired, most guitarists in Oras use mightyenas, and with yellow eyes and Thunder shaped hair it could look really cool

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  23. Top 4 fangames in looking forward to

    1. Sage… y’all know why by now
    2. Azurite (this one has been the one I’ve had my eye on for quite some time!)
    3.Phoenix Rising (a ball of general perfection, interchangeable with number 4
    4. Ethereal gates… again.. more perfection

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  24. Listening to You Say Run while catching Volcarona was awesome (also caught it at the end of the song).

    Any nicknames for Volcarona?

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    • This month we’ll definitely get more to chew on. We’re about the same amount of time away from USUM as we were when when we finally got real info on BW2. I think they’ll finally start giving us more info on what exactly the games are. They really just need one good thing to give us a reason to buy them. That one thing that separates USUM from SM could be pretty good. At least I hope it’s good

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    • Yeah they really botched that fight big time. Especially since the rest of the series is so decently animated. Well at the very least the rest of the series is consistently animated lol Either way I feel like they really could have done a better job with that fight. It’s not that it appears they cut corners it’s just they took crazy liberties with it that were REALLY unnecessary. It could have been a kick ass fight, but with all the goofy faces it just was weird…….

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  25. Ok folks who give a damn, productions have begun for my Kirby Right Back at ya! Sequel series on Episode Ideas

    Certain Villains who will appear (so far):
    -Big Waddle Dee (Triple Deluxe form)
    -Kracko Jr.
    -Bugsy (revived)
    -Kabula
    -Dark Meta Knight
    -Masked King Dedede
    -Pillah (Doctor Kirby copy ability)
    -Queen Sectonia (Main antagonist *along the lines of N.M.E.)

    New Copies to appear (so far):
    Beetle
    Beam
    Doctor
    Circus
    Bell
    Animal
    Hypernova (Only used like 3 times though)

    It takes place about a year or so after N.M.E.’s downfall, when King Dedede discovers the new Insecton Enterprise’s (placeholder name) and that the salesman survived the explosion (I know in the original Japanese version he screams in pain as the ship explodes, but me don’t care) and now works for them and sends the King a new monster to clobber Kirby

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  26. Can’t wait for this episode! On another note I will be getting a switch hopefully next week! I am at a crossroads though. What game should I get for it first. Splatoon 2 or Zelda botw? I really want both games and will eventually get both but I am having trouble deciding what to get first.

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  27. Good morning,
    Today’s question is a throwback:
    Think back to gold and silver, remember the time machine?
    Think about how all the games can link up now… but only some one way.
    Would you, if given the chance, transfer pokemon from Red, Blue, or yellow to gold and silver, or… directly to ultra sun or ultra moon?

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  28. Would this be OP?

    Subzeworm Bug/Ice
    Ability:
    Snow Cloak or
    A new Ability that Works like Disguise but only in snowy locations and freezes the attacker
    HA:
    Swarm

    Can learn moves like:
    Leech Life, Struggle Bug, Fury Cutter, Bug Bite, But buzz, Super Fangs, Psychic Fangs, Bite, Crunch, Ice Fangs, Powder Snow, Frost Breath, Ice Beam, Frost breath, Ice Ball,

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  29. well today’s off to a very bad spot
    -slept horribly
    -a ton of showdown and splatoon losses
    -no food in the house
    -and my lucky chest hair is missing (again)

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    • The one article on grey is why i’m so frustrated with USUM. If it turns out to be not what we expect then great, but if it’s just a regular 3rd then that’s disappointing…….

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  30. i am very much having a bad day…
    Lovely Kiss Sleep
    into a Ice Beam Freeze
    two Rock Slide Flinches
    and burnt by a Flamethrower…..

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