Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series (S24): Episode Guide


Season	Season 24 of the English dub · the second of the three Pokémon Journeys seasons, covering episodes 49 to 90 of Japan’s Pocket Monsters (2019) series (JN049–JN090)
Series	Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, TV Tokyo, 17 November 2019 – 24 March 2023), dubbed as Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Master Journeys and Ultimate Journeys (JN001–JN136) and the epilogue Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master (JN137–JN147)
Region	All eight — Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola and Galar — from the Cerise Laboratory in Vermilion City, Kanto; Sinnoh’s Mount Coronet and Spear Pillar for Project Mew’s test (JN071) and the finale (JN089–JN090)
Episodes	42 on TV, on Netflix and on video — JN049–JN090, with nothing banned, skipped or reordered
First episode	To Train, or Not to Train! (JN049) · Japan 11 December 2020 · US (Netflix) 10 September 2021 (Canada 12 June 2021)
Last episode	Showdown at the Gates of Warp! (JN090) · Japan 10 December 2021 · US (Netflix) 26 May 2022 (Canada 26 March 2022)
Japanese opening theme	Wan, Tsū, Surī (１・２・３ One, Two, Three) – Nishikawa-kun and Kirishō (JN049) · Karaage Sisters (JN050–JN090)
Japanese ending themes	Fushigi na Fushigi na Ikimono (Strange and Wonderful Creatures) – Tortoise Matsumoto (first TV Tokyo airings of JN049–JN054, before Pokémon Shiritori) · Pokémon Shiritori (ポケモンしりとり) – Pokémon Music Club (JN049–JN070: Mew → Zamazenta Ver. on odd-numbered and Pikachu → Mew Ver. on even-numbered episodes) · Batsugun Taipu (バツグンタイプ Supereffective Type) – Pokémon Music Club (JN071–JN090)
English opening theme	Journey to Your Heart – Haven Paschall (JN049–JN090)
Travelling companions	Ash Ketchum & Pikachu and Goh, research fellows at the Cerise Laboratory, with Chloe and her Eevee, Professor Cerise, his assistants Chrysa and Ren, Yamper, and Delia’s Mr. Mime, Mimey
World Coronation Series	Ash rises from 415th (JN051) through the Great Class, beats Iris to enter the Ultra Class at 99th (JN065), then beats Volkner (64th, JN077) and Bea (36th, JN085–JN086) — unbeaten in official battles all season
Project Mew	Goh is recommended by Professor Oak and joins (JN068), passes the qualifying test (JN071) and earns two tokens (JN080, JN088)
Other events	Chloe catches Eevee (JN049) · Ash catches Dracovish (JN050) · Goh catches Suicune (JN053) and Grookey (JN059) · Farfetch’d evolves into Sirfetch’d (JN060) · Dawn returns (JN074–JN075) · Ash’s first Mega Evolution (JN086) · Dialga, Palkia and Arceus (JN089–JN090)
Related movie	Secrets of the Jungle (Japan 25 December 2020, between JN049 and JN050 · Netflix 8 October 2021, between the season’s first and second parts)
Previous season	Season 23: Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Following season	Season 25: Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series

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Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series is the twenty-fourth season of the English-language Pokémon anime and the second of the three Journeys seasons, which adapt the series Japan simply calls Pocket Monsters (2019). It covers JN049 to JN090, which TV Tokyo broadcast on Friday evenings from 11 December 2020 to 10 December 2021 — 53 Fridays that also held the TV premiere of Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, a Christmas rerun, a one-hour summer clip special and eight blank weeks. The English dub, by Iyuno with Goldcrest Post, reached Canada’s Teletoon first, on 12 June 2021; Netflix, the season’s only home in the US, released it three months later in three parts: twelve episodes on 10 September 2021, fifteen on 21 January 2022 and the last fifteen on 26 May 2022. Haven Paschall’s “Journey to Your Heart” replaced “The Journey Starts Today” as the English opening.

Chloe takes her first steps as a Trainer when a curious Eevee that will not evolve chooses her (JN049), and from then on she travels with the boys more often, meeting Vaporeon, Espeon, Umbreon and Glaceon while leaving Eevee free to choose its own path. Ash catches Dracovish, his last new Pokémon (JN050), sees Farfetch’d evolve into Sirfetch’d to beat his rival Rinto (JN060), and climbs the World Coronation Series: a win over his old friend Iris, now the Unova Champion, takes him into the Ultra Class (JN065), and wins over Volkner (JN077) and Bea, with Mega Lucario against her Gigantamax Machamp (JN086), lift him to 36th. Goh catches the Legendary Suicune (JN053) and a runaway Grookey (JN059), sees Sobble become Drizzile and Inteleon, and, spurred on by a returning Gary, joins Project Mew (JN068), the research team searching for Mew, earning two tokens in its Trial Missions.

Old friends return throughout. Dawn meets Chloe in the summer special, in which Darkrai and Cresselia face Team Rocket’s Matori (JN074–JN075); Cynthia ends a Johto town’s endless night (JN083); Drake helps Goh find a Kingdra (JN088); and the season closes with the winter special The Gates of Warp!, in which an alternate-world Team Rocket set Dialga and Palkia fighting and Arceus restores both worlds (JN089–JN090). Our complete episode guide below has a synopsis, both titles and the air dates for all 42 episodes.

42episodes — JN049 to JN090, released on Netflix in three parts of 12, 15 and 15
36Ash’s World Coronation Series rank at the end of the season, up from 415th (JN051), after beating Iris, Volkner and Bea
95Pokémon owned by Goh at the season’s end, with 102 species registered, after 30 new catches
2Project Mew tokens earned by Goh, for Volcarona’s golden scales (JN080) and a wild Kingdra (JN088)
4of Eevee’s evolved forms met by Chloe on her travels: Vaporeon, Espeon, Umbreon and Glaceon
87episodes before Ash loses another Trainer battle after Rinto’s Gallade beats Farfetch’d (JN051), his longest streak

It’s a big, big world, but you know where to find Ash and Goh—battling and catching Pokémon from Kanto to Galar! With Pikachu, Cinderace, and their other Pokémon beside them, our heroes continue to travel all over the world to research Pokémon for Cerise Laboratory. Along the way, Ash climbs higher in the World Coronation Series rankings, and Goh adds more Pokémon to his Pokédex in his quest to catch Mew. Meanwhile, Chloe takes her first steps as a Pokémon Trainer when she meets a mysterious Eevee. New friends, returning rivals, and exciting adventures await—as the journey continues!

— Official description

Quick Answers

How many episodes are in Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series?

42 — JN049 to JN090, episodes 49 to 90 of Japan’s Pocket Monsters (2019). TV Tokyo broadcast them on Fridays from 11 December 2020 to 10 December 2021; Canada’s Teletoon aired the English dub first, on 42 consecutive Saturdays from 12 June 2021 to 26 March 2022; Netflix released all 42 in the US in three parts — twelve on 10 September 2021, fifteen on 21 January 2022 and fifteen on 26 May 2022; and VIZ Media’s five-disc Complete Collection (2023) holds the same 42 in the same order. Nothing was banned, skipped or reordered. English Wikipedia numbers the episodes 1129 to 1170 in its English count and 1136 to 1177 in its Japanese count, and Bulbapedia’s alternate codes run from EP1134 to EP1175. Japan has no season break: JN091 continued the series on 17 December 2021 as the first episode of Ultimate Journeys.

How does Chloe get her Eevee?

In To Train, or Not to Train! (JN049). Professor Cerise’s daughter had never caught a Pokémon because she did not want to feel pushed into following her father. A female Eevee that will not evolve — Pinery’s Eevee Evolution Lab has tried a Fire Stone and a Thunder Stone without success — slips out of the lab, befriends Yamper and finds Chloe at school, and when Team Rocket strike it copies Yamper’s Spark with Copycat to blast Pelipper away. Pinery asks Chloe to look after it, Eevee climbs into a Poké Ball by choice, and Cerise gives his daughter a pink Rotom Phone. Chloe lets Eevee choose its own path: it meets Kiley’s Vaporeon and declines a Water Stone (JN063), meets Soleil’s Espeon and Umbreon (JN079) and Regina’s Glaceon (JN087), and copies Heal Pulse, Hydro Pump, Bubble Beam, Reflect, Dark Pulse and Ice Beam along the way. Chloe is voiced by Cherami Leigh in English and Kana Hanazawa in Japanese.

What is Project Mew?

A research team led by Professor Amaranth that is searching for Mew, the ancestor of all Pokémon, to learn what Pokémon really are and where they came from. Its expedition will explore an island’s Table Mountain — the largest mountain in the world by surface area — in the single week between the wet and dry seasons, with five Chasers chosen from the project’s Challengers by the tokens they earn in Trial Missions, three colour-coded options at a time; Danika and Quillon already hold two of the places. In Advice to Goh! (JN068) Gary earns a token with a Moltres feather and Professor Oak recommends Goh, who turns the offer down and then decides to join. Goh passes his qualifying test by catching an Alolan Ninetales on Mount Coronet (JN071), earns his first token with a Shiny Volcarona’s golden scales (JN080) and his second by catching a wild Kingdra (JN088); he becomes a Chaser only in the next season.

How far does Ash get in the World Coronation Series this season?

From 415th to 36th, without losing an official battle. Already in the Great Class, Ash beats Dozer’s Gurdurr with Farfetch’d (381st, JN051) — though Rinto’s Gallade humbles Farfetch’d in an unofficial battle the same day — and, after more wins off screen, takes his rematch with Rinto at 273rd, when Farfetch’d evolves into Sirfetch’d to win (184th, JN060). Beating Iris, the Unova Champion, with Dragonite’s newly forged Draco Meteor lifts him to 99th and into the Ultra Class (JN065), his first official win over a regional Champion. In the Ultra Class, where each Trainer may use only one of Mega Evolution, Z-Moves and Dynamax in a battle, he beats Volkner with Pikachu’s 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (64th, JN077) and Bea with Mega Lucario’s Steel Beam against her Gigantamax Machamp (36th, JN085–JN086). Volkner reveals that Cynthia is one of the Masters Eight; their tournament comes in Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series.

Which Pokémon does Ash catch in Master Journeys?

Only one: Dracovish, revived from mismatched Galar Fossils by Cara Liss in A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That! (JN050) — Ash’s first Fossil Pokémon, his first Generation VIII catch and his last new permanent capture in the anime. It loves biting Ash’s head, runs faster along the seafloor than it swims, and shows Fishious Rend (JN063) and Ice Fang (JN065). The rest of the season develops his team: Farfetch’d learns Detect (JN056) and evolves into Sirfetch’d (JN060), the last evolution of any of Ash’s Pokémon; Dragonite forges Draco Meteor (JN065); Pikachu uses its Z-Move against Volkner (JN077); and Lucario, with Korrina’s Mega Glove and the Lucarionite it wins on Mega Island (JN084), Mega Evolves for the first time and learns Steel Beam (JN086). Ash also visits his older Pokémon at Professor Oak’s lab (JN068).

When and where did Master Journeys air in the US?

Only on Netflix. The Pokémon Company International announced on 7 July 2021 that the season would premiere exclusively on Netflix in the US on 10 September 2021, with the first twelve episodes followed by quarterly releases. Part 1 (JN049–JN060) arrived on Friday 10 September 2021, Part 2 (JN061–JN075, fifteen episodes) on Friday 21 January 2022 and Part 3 (JN076–JN090, the last fifteen) on Thursday 26 May 2022. The English dub was seen first in Canada, where Teletoon began the season on 12 June 2021 and finished it on 26 March 2022, two months before Netflix’s Part 3; POP began it in the UK on 1 September 2021, and episodes were sold on iTunes and Google Play in Canada, Australia and New Zealand alongside the Teletoon run.

Story Arcs

Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series runs for 42 episodes and follows Ash, Goh and now Chloe from Eevee’s arrival through Ash’s rise to the Ultra Class, Goh’s first Project Mew missions and the summer and winter specials in Sinnoh. Here is how the season breaks down, with stills from our episode guide below.

Chloe’s Eevee & a new year of researchJN049–JN055

Chloe, who refuses to be pushed into becoming a Trainer, meets a curious Eevee that will not evolve, and after it saves the schoolyard’s Pokémon from Team Rocket with a borrowed Spark it becomes her first Pokémon; her father gives her a pink Rotom Phone (JN049). In Galar’s Wild Area two eccentric researchers revive mismatched Fossils, and Ash catches Dracovish — his first Fossil Pokémon, first Generation VIII catch and last new permanent capture — while Goh takes Arctozolt and a Boldore (JN050). Farfetch’d beats Dozer’s Gurdurr in the World Coronation Series (415th to 381st) but falls to the Trainer Rinto’s Gallade (JN051). Goh catches a Diglett and a Dugtrio on Laxton’s farm and gives the Dugtrio away (JN052), catches the Legendary Suicune to save it from Pokémon hunters — it chooses to stay his while it roams (JN053) — and watches Sobble learn U-turn from a movie-star Inteleon (JN054); Chloe has a dreamlike adventure in Glimwood Tangle while Ash and Goh meet Opal (JN055).

Chivalry, Grookey & Sirfetch’dJN056–JN060

At Wikstrom’s Castle of Chivalry in Kalos, Farfetch’d learns Detect and Goh’s Scyther evolves into Scizor (JN056). Chrysa’s girls’ night with Chloe (JN057) and two Team Rocket shorts — a giant ball of Gulpin and Wobbuffet’s Chewtle in a turtle race (JN058) — lighten the mood. A runaway Grookey from the Rocket Prize Master breaks Team Rocket’s Poké Ball and joins Goh, completing his set of Galar first partners (JN059). In a World Coronation Series rematch with Rinto, Farfetch’d turns its broken leek into a sword and shield and evolves into Sirfetch’d — the last evolution of any of Ash’s Pokémon — to win (273rd to 184th) (JN060).

JN058 A Rollicking Roll… / Eyes on the Goal!

Spring at the lab & into the Ultra ClassJN061–JN067

Ash and Goh help a nervous handywoman run her business for a day (JN061); Sobble evolves into Drizzile, which, disappointed not to be Inteleon, withdraws to a cave in Cerise Park (JN062). In Hoenn, Chloe meets Kiley’s Vaporeon, her first Eeveelution, and Eevee declines a Water Stone (JN063), and Goh catches an Absol that was warning Lavaridge Town of an eruption (JN064). In Unova, Ash battles his old friend Iris, now the Unova Champion, and wins with Dragonite’s newly forged Draco Meteor, reaching 99th and the Ultra Class — his first official win over a regional Champion (JN065). Goh lets his White Flower Floette go to tend a garden, his first release (JN066), and Pikachu is accused of stealing Vermilion City’s electricity (JN067).

JN063 On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!

Project Mew & James’s MorpekoJN068–JN073

At Pallet Town Ash reunites with his Pokémon and with Gary, who battles a wild Moltres for a Trial Mission; Professor Oak recommends Goh for Project Mew, which he first refuses and then decides to join (JN068). Grookey and Eevee run an errand on their own (JN069), Team Rocket’s attempts to get rid of their hungry Morpeko end with James catching it (JN070), and on Mount Coronet Goh meets Professor Amaranth, Danika and Quillon and passes Project Mew’s qualifying test by catching an Alolan Ninetales stranded by hunters (JN071). A smoke bomb shuffles heroes and villains in the Driftveil City tunnels as Meowth falls for Chloe (JN072), and Goh helps a Falinks’s unsure brass find its confidence before catching it (JN073).

Summer special: Darkrai & CresseliaJN074–JN075

Team Rocket’s Matori Matrix hunts Cresselia and Darkrai in Sinnoh on Giovanni’s orders. Chloe, on a holiday of her own, meets Dawn and her Piplup on the road to Eterna City, while Ash and Goh trace a wave of nightmares to Darkrai (JN074). The girls nurse the wounded Cresselia, Ash reunites with Dawn, and everyone learns that Darkrai was searching for Cresselia rather than attacking her; Cresselia heals Darkrai with Lunar Dance, and Darkrai drives off Matori’s airship in her last appearance (JN075).

Ultra Class battles & the first tokenJN076–JN083

In an Alolan catching race Goh learns that Ash is the Alola League Champion, and Team Rocket reunite with Mimikyu, Mareanie, Bewear and Stufful (JN076). Ash wins his first Ultra Class battle against Volkner with Pikachu’s 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (99th to 64th), and Cynthia is revealed as one of the Masters Eight (JN077). Drizzile evolves into Inteleon protecting Goh from a data thief (JN078); Chloe meets Espeon and Umbreon at Eclipse Castle (JN079); Goh earns his first Project Mew token with a Shiny Volcarona’s golden scales (JN080) and catches a Shiny Voltorb (JN081); Opal’s cake contest with Leon and Raihan ends in a called-off battle with a Gigantamax Alcremie (JN082); and Cynthia helps end a Johto town’s endless night caused by Unown (JN083).

JN077 Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start!

Mega Evolution & BeaJN084–JN088

Korrina gives Ash a Mega Glove, and Lucario finds its Lucarionite on Mega Island, winning it from a “Mega Evolution Sage” who turns out to be Gurkinn (JN084). In their third battle, at Stow-on-Side, Lucario refuses to Mega Evolve while Ash is panicking (JN085), then, when the moment comes, Mega Evolves for the first time — Ash’s first Mega Evolution — and beats Bea’s Gigantamax Machamp with a newly learned Steel Beam, lifting Ash to 36th (JN086). Chloe meets Glaceon through the lonely transfer student Regina (JN087), and Goh’s second Trial Mission, with the Elite Four’s Drake, nets a Kingdra and his second token (JN088).

Winter special: the Gates of WarpJN089–JN090

Portals called Gates open across Sinnoh, and an Alternate World Team Rocket in black armour steal Ash’s Lucario and Goh’s Inteleon; in their world Pokémon are devolving into Eggs because the villains have used the Red Chain to set Dialga and Palkia fighting. Ash, Goh, Chloe and Dawn, helped by Cynthia and joined by their alternate selves, reach the battle beyond Spear Pillar; the reversal turns them into toddlers and their Pokémon into Eggs, until their prayers summon Arceus, which ends the battle and restores both worlds.

Episode Guide

All 42 episodes of Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series are listed below in the official order used by Netflix, Teletoon, Bulbapedia and the DVD, which is also the production and Japanese broadcast order. The # column is that season number, and the orange code is the Bulbapedia number used by most fan sites. Every episode has its own page with our full synopsis, both titles, air dates, major events, Pokémon debuts, trivia and dub changes — click the title or the screenshot. US dates are the Netflix US releases: the season arrived in three parts, on 10 September 2021 (JN049–JN060), 21 January 2022 (JN061–JN075) and 26 May 2022 (JN076–JN090), so every episode in a part shares its date; Canada’s Teletoon had shown each one earlier. Japanese dates are TV Tokyo’s Friday broadcasts from 11 December 2020 to 10 December 2021, with eleven Fridays given over to a movie, specials, sport or other programmes.

Who’s That Pokémon? continues to match Japan’s Dare da?: the English segment keeps the Japanese answer but shows a magnified body part instead of a silhouette, read out by Ash, so each episode page gives one answer for both versions. From Leaping Toward the Dream! (JN071) both versions replace the segment with eyecatches of Ash, Goh and Pikachu in Project Mew and World Coronation Series match episodes — JN071, JN077, JN080, JN085, JN086 and JN088, the first eyecatches since BW060, 439 episodes earlier. Drone Rotom narrates JN060’s Japanese segment, and JN078’s Kecleon stays invisible for the first half. Japan’s end segment, Get Inspired! Let’s Solve a Poké Riddle!! (ひらめきゲット！Let’s ポケなぞ！！), hosted by “Riddle Trainer” Ryōgo Matsumaru with Psyduck, was never dubbed.

#	Episode	First aired	In short
1JN049	To Train, or Not to Train!コハルと不思議な不思議なイーブイ！	Japan 11 Dec 2020 US 10 Sep 2021	Chloe catches her first Pokémon, a curious Eevee that will not evolve, after it runs away from the Eevee Evolution Lab and finds her at school. · Chloe catches Eevee Episode guide →
2JN050	A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!ガラルの化石！がっちゃんこ！！	Japan 8 Jan 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Ash, Goh and Chloe help two eccentric researchers dig up Fossils in Galar’s Wild Area, and Ash catches the revived Dracovish while Goh catches… · Ash catches Dracovish Episode guide →
3JN051	Trials of a Budding Master!カモネギ大いなる試練！	Japan 15 Jan 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Ash’s Farfetch’d smashes through a Gurdurr’s girder to win a World Coronation Series battle, then is humbled by the skilled Trainer… · Ash vs Dozer, rank 381 Episode guide →
4JN052	How Are You Gonna Keep ‘Em Off of the Farm?農業体験！ディグダはどこだ！？	Japan 22 Jan 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Ash, Goh and Chloe help a farmer drive a horde of Diglett out of his carrot field, and Goh catches a Diglett and a Dugtrio before giving the Dugtrio… · Laxton Farm Episode guide →
5JN053	Healing the Healer!伝説ゲット！？水の守護神スイクンを探せ！！	Japan 29 Jan 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Goh catches the Legendary Suicune to save it from Pokémon hunters who have been polluting a Johto lake to wear it down. · Goh catches Suicune Episode guide →
6JN054	Sobble Spies a Stealthy Strategy!メッソン・イン・ポッシブル！	Japan 5 Feb 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Goh’s timid Sobble is inspired by its movie-star evolved form, Inteleon, and learns to turn its fear into a hit-and-run tactic, mastering… · Sobble learns U-turn Episode guide →
7JN055	The Tale of You and Glimwood Tangle!君とルミナスメイズの森の物語	Japan 12 Feb 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Chloe and Eevee have a dreamlike storybook adventure in Galar’s Glimwood Tangle, helping a Galarian Ponyta heal an injured Rapidash, while Ash… · Glimwood Tangle Episode guide →
8JN056	Searching for Chivalry!四天王ガンピ！騎士道の館！！	Japan 19 Feb 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Ash and Goh take on the training course of Wikstrom of the Kalos Elite Four at the Castle of Chivalry, where Farfetch’d learns Detect and… · Castle of Chivalry Episode guide →
9JN057	Memories of a Warming Kindness!恋はコダック	Japan 26 Feb 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Chloe spends a girls’ night at Chrysa’s apartment and sets out to reunite the research fellow with the kind stranger she remembers, only… · Chrysa’s girls’ night Episode guide →
10JN058	A Rollicking Roll… / Eyes on the Goal!パニック！ゴクリン球！！／カモンカムカメカメレース！	Japan 5 Mar 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	Two Team Rocket mishaps spill into Vermilion City: a giant ball of sticky Gulpin rolls Ash and Goh around town, and Wobbuffet’s Chewtle races a… · Two stories Episode guide →
11JN059	When a House is Not a Home!迷子のサルノリ！トレーナーは誰だ！？	Japan 12 Mar 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	A hungry, mischievous Grookey turns up at the Cerise Laboratory, and when Goh discovers it belongs to Team Rocket, Grookey breaks free of them to… · Goh catches Grookey Episode guide →
12JN060	Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!めざせネギマスター！つらぬけ騎士道！！	Japan 19 Mar 2021 US 10 Sep 2021	In a World Coronation Series rematch with Rinto, Ash’s Farfetch’d turns its broken leek into a sword and shield, evolves into… · Farfetch’d evolves into Sirfetch’d Episode guide →
13JN061	Searching for Service with a Smile!まるっとおまかせ！プラスルマイナン便利屋さん！！	Japan 9 Apr 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Ash and Goh help the nervous handywoman Multa run her business for a day after her partner Devi is injured, ending with a daring rescue of a herd of… · Plusle and Minun All Service Episode guide →
14JN062	Not Too Close for Comfort!じめじめジメレオン	Japan 16 Apr 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Goh’s Sobble evolves into Drizzile but, disappointed that it has not become Inteleon, withdraws into a cave in Cerise Park, and Goh learns to… · Sobble evolves into Drizzile Episode guide →
15JN063	On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!挑戦！ポケモンマリンアスレチック！！	Japan 23 Apr 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	In Hoenn’s Lilycove City, Ash, Goh and Chloe enter a children’s Marine Athletic Race and meet the surfer Kiley and his Vaporeon,… · Chloe meets Vaporeon Episode guide →
16JN064	Absol Absolved!嫌われたアブソル	Japan 30 Apr 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	In Lavaridge Town, Ash and Goh discover that an Absol blamed for drying up the hot springs was really warning of a coming eruption, and Goh catches… · Goh catches Absol Episode guide →
17JN065	Thrash of the Titans!ドラゴンバトル！サトシVSアイリス！！	Japan 7 May 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Ash travels to Unova for a World Coronation Series battle with his old friend Iris, now the Unova Champion, and his Dragonite’s new Draco… · Ash vs Iris Episode guide →
18JN066	Under Color of Darkness!フラベベの白い花	Japan 14 May 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	When the petal-damaged White Flower Flabébé is left behind as Goh’s other Flabébé evolve, Goh takes her to Kalos to… · Flabébé evolve into Floette Episode guide →
19JN067	Sleuths for Truth!容疑者ピカチュウ！？	Japan 21 May 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Pikachu is arrested as the prime suspect in a string of electricity thefts in Vermilion City, then clears his name and helps Officer Jenny catch the… · Pikachu under suspicion Episode guide →
20JN068	Advice to Goh!ゴウにライバル！？ミュウへの道！！	Japan 28 May 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	In Pallet Town, Professor Oak recommends Goh for Project Mew, a research team searching for the Mythical Pokémon, and Goh turns it down until… · Gary returns Episode guide →
21JN069	Errand Endurance!はじめてのおつかい見守りたいっ！	Japan 4 Jun 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Goh’s Grookey and Chloe’s Eevee are sent to deliver supplies to the Cerise Laboratory on their own while their Trainers secretly follow,… · Grookey and Eevee’s errand Episode guide →
22JN070	Take My Thief! Please!おねがい！モルペコゲットして！！	Japan 11 Jun 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Fed up with Morpeko eating all their food, Team Rocket try to get rid of it and even scheme to make Goh catch it, but after it follows them… · James catches Morpeko Episode guide →
23JN071	Leaping Toward the Dream!レッツゴー！プロジェクト・ミュウ！！	Japan 18 Jun 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Goh’s first Project Mew assignment takes him to Mount Coronet, where he meets the team’s members and wins the right to take Trial… · Project Mew’s qualifying test Episode guide →
24JN072	Everybody’s Doing the Underground Shuffle!地下迷宮シャッフルパニック！？	Japan 25 Jun 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	A smoke bomb in the tunnels beneath Driftveil City scrambles Ash, Goh, Chloe and Team Rocket into mismatched pairs, Meowth falls for Chloe, and Goh… · Underground shuffle Episode guide →
25JN073	Grabbing the Brass Ring!ピカチュウ隊長！進めタイレーツ！！	Japan 16 Jul 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	In Galar, Goh helps the unsure leader of a newly formed Falinks troop gain confidence and catches it, along with a Galarian Stunfisk, while a lost… · Goh catches Falinks Episode guide →
26JN074	Nightfall? Nightmares!ダークライ　真夏の夜の夢	Japan 23 Jul 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Ash and Goh investigate a wave of nightmares in Sinnoh caused by the wandering Darkrai, while Chloe, on a solo holiday, meets Dawn and the two girls… · Summer special, part 1 Episode guide →
27JN075	A Midsummer Night’s Light!クレセリア　真夏の夜の光	Japan 30 Jul 2021 US 21 Jan 2022	Dawn and Chloe nurse the injured Cresselia, Ash reunites with Dawn, and together with Darkrai they protect the Legendary Pokémon from Matori… · Summer special, part 2 Episode guide →
28JN076	All Out, All of the Time!ゼンリョク！アローラ無人島レース！！	Japan 13 Aug 2021 US 26 May 2022	Ash and Goh win a Pokémon-catching race in Alola, where Goh learns that Ash is the Alola League Champion and catches an Alolan Geodude, a… · Catch Adventure Race Episode guide →
29JN077	Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start!超電磁ハイパークラスバトル！	Japan 20 Aug 2021 US 26 May 2022	In his first Ultra Class battle, Ash takes on Sinnoh’s Electric-type Gym Leader Volkner and wins with Pikachu’s 10,000,000 Volt… · Ash vs Volkner, rank 64 Episode guide →
30JN078	Detective Drizzile!狙われたサクラギ研究所！	Japan 27 Aug 2021 US 26 May 2022	When a mysterious intruder starts deleting the Cerise Laboratory’s research data, Goh’s reclusive Drizzile tracks down the culprit and… · Drizzile evolves into Inteleon Episode guide →
31JN079	Night and Day, You are the Ones!月と太陽、コハルとハルヒ	Japan 3 Sep 2021 US 26 May 2022	At Johto’s Eclipse Castle, Chloe meets her double, Soleil, whose Espeon and Umbreon show her how Pokémon evolve out of the bonds they… · Chloe meets Espeon and Umbreon Episode guide →
32JN080	Trial on a Golden Scale!トライアルミッション！ウルガモス黄金の鱗粉！！	Japan 10 Sep 2021 US 26 May 2022	Goh takes on his first Project Mew Trial Mission, finding the golden scales of a Volcarona in an abandoned Unova gold mine, and earns his first token… · Goh’s first token Episode guide →
33JN081	Mad About Blue!激突！？青ポケマニア！	Japan 17 Sep 2021 US 26 May 2022	Two rival fanatics of blue Pokémon drag Ash, Goh and Chloe through a day of blue-themed outings, and Goh catches a Shiny Voltorb along the way. · Goh catches a Shiny Voltorb Episode guide →
34JN082	The Sweet Taste of Battle!マホイップの甘〜いバトル！？	Japan 1 Oct 2021 US 26 May 2022	Opal, revealed as the Ballonlea Gym Leader, invites Ash, Goh and Chloe to a “tournament” with Leon and Raihan that turns out to be a… · Opal’s cake contest Episode guide →
35JN083	Star Night, Star Flight!お星さまになったピィ	Japan 8 Oct 2021 US 26 May 2022	A Johto town is trapped in endless night by a group of Unown granting a lonely girl’s wish, and Ash and Goh team up with Sinnoh Champion… · Cynthia returns Episode guide →
36JN084	An Adventure of Mega Proportions!ルカリオナイト！メガ島大冒険！！	Japan 22 Oct 2021 US 26 May 2022	Ash receives a Mega Glove from Korrina in Kalos and sets out with Lucario to Mega Island, where Lucario senses its Mega Stone and wins the… · Ash’s Mega Glove Episode guide →
37JN085	Battle Three With Bea!ライバル対決！サトシVSサイトウ！！	Japan 29 Oct 2021 US 26 May 2022	Ash’s World Coronation Series rematch with the Fighting-type expert Bea begins in Galar’s Stow-on-Side Stadium, where Lucario refuses to… · Ash vs Bea, part 1 Episode guide →
38JN086	A Battle of Mega Versus Max!メガシンカ対キョダイマックス	Japan 5 Nov 2021 US 26 May 2022	Ash’s battle with Bea concludes in a clash between Mega Lucario and Gigantamax Machamp, and Lucario’s newly learned Steel Beam wins Ash… · Ash’s first Mega Evolution Episode guide →
39JN087	Breaking the Ice!氷の女王とグレイシア	Japan 12 Nov 2021 US 26 May 2022	Chloe befriends Regina, a lonely transfer student whose fiercely protective Glaceon freezes anyone who upsets her, and helps the two learn to protect… · Chloe meets Glaceon Episode guide →
40JN088	Looking Out for Number Two!トライアルミッション！深海潜水調査団！！	Japan 19 Nov 2021 US 26 May 2022	For his second Project Mew Trial Mission, Goh dives to the depths off Hoenn’s Slateport City with help from Elite Four member Drake and catches… · Goh’s second token Episode guide →
41JN089	The Gates of Warp!ディアルガ＆パルキア！時空大異変！！	Japan 3 Dec 2021 US 26 May 2022	Mysterious portals called Gates open across Sinnoh, and Ash, Goh and Chloe reunite with Dawn to investigate after an alternate-world Team Rocket… · Winter special, part 1 Episode guide →
42JN090	Showdown at the Gates of Warp!ディアルガ＆パルキア！時空大決戦！！	Japan 10 Dec 2021 US 26 May 2022	In the Season 24 finale, Ash, Goh, Chloe and Dawn team up with their alternate-world selves to stop a battle between Dialga and Palkia that an… · Winter special, part 2 Episode guide →

Characters & Travelling Companions

Ash remains a research fellow at the Cerise Laboratory and climbs the World Coronation Series from 415th to 36th: he beats Dozer and, after a humbling unofficial loss, Rinto (JN051, JN060), enters the Ultra Class by beating Iris (JN065), and beats Volkner (JN077) and Bea (JN085–JN086). He catches Dracovish (JN050), sees Farfetch’d evolve into Sirfetch’d (JN060), retrieves his Z-Power Ring from Pallet Town for his first Z-Move outside Sun & Moon (JN077), receives a Mega Glove from Korrina (JN084) and Mega Evolves Lucario for the first time (JN086). He reunites with his Pokémon at Professor Oak’s lab and with Gary (JN068), with Iris, Dawn and Cynthia, and admits to Goh that he simply forgot to mention he is the Alola League Champion (JN076). Pikachu is arrested on suspicion of stealing electricity (JN067), “Feastamaxes” on Opal’s cream (JN082) and is seen losing a Trainer battle for the last time, to Bea’s Grapploct (JN086). Ash is voiced by Sarah Natochenny in English and Rica Matsumoto in Japanese; Ikue Ōtani remains Pikachu.

Goh catches 30 Pokémon this season — among them the Legendary Suicune (JN053), a Grookey that leaves Team Rocket for him (JN059), Absol (JN064), a Shiny Voltorb (JN081) and Kingdra (JN088) — registers his 100th species (JN084) and ends the season with 95 Pokémon and 102 species. His Scyther becomes Scizor (JN056) and his Sobble Drizzile (JN062), which withdraws to a cave until it evolves into Inteleon to protect him (JN078); he gives a Dugtrio to a farmer (JN052) and releases a Floette for the first time (JN066). Spurred on by Gary, he joins Project Mew (JN068), passes its qualifying test (JN071) and earns two tokens (JN080, JN088). On TV he names Mew as his goal while Ash names Leon (JN062), and the same episode reveals the childhood loneliness that once sent him to a rooftop to look at the stars. Goh is voiced by Zeno Robinson in English and Daiki Yamashita in Japanese.

Chloe, Professor Cerise’s daughter, catches her first Pokémon, an Eevee that will not evolve, and receives a pink Rotom Phone (JN049); she travels more often now, to Galar (JN050, JN055), Hoenn (JN063), Unova (JN072), Sinnoh (JN074–JN075) and Johto (JN079), coordinates the Diglett hunt on Laxton’s farm (JN052) and meets Vaporeon, Espeon, Umbreon and Glaceon while letting Eevee choose its own path. She spends a girls’ night with Chrysa (JN057), sets off alone for Sinnoh when her father forgets the family holiday and befriends Dawn (JN074), and helps the transfer student Regina (JN087). Professor Cerise, whose Egg hatches into a crowd of Piplup (JN075), keeps sending his fellows on research trips with the help of Chrysa and Ren; Chloe’s brother Parker and mother Talia, Yamper and Delia’s Mimey complete the household. Chloe is voiced by Cherami Leigh and Kana Hanazawa, Cerise by Ray Chase and Yūichi Nakamura.

Ash in his Journeys outfit (official artwork); he climbs from 415th to 36th in the World Coronation Series this season

Goh (official artwork), who joins Project Mew in Advice to Goh! (JN068) and earns two tokens

Team Rocket

Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet still draw one-off Pokémon from the Rocket Prize Master, summoned by Pelipper: none when it jams and Pelipper has to battle alone (JN049), then a Drilbur and a Sandslash (JN052), a Poochyena and a Houndour (JN054), a whole swarm of Gulpin (JN058), a Grookey that escapes to Goh (JN059), an Appletun and a Vanillite (JN069), a Natu and a Zigzagoon (JN070), a Dusknoir and a Lunatone (JN075) and a Tropius and a Vileplume (JN076). Their hungry Morpeko drives them to steal electricity (JN067), and after trying to give it away, James catches it (JN070), his first capture since Mareanie in Alola and the only capture by Team Rocket in Journeys. Meowth falls for Chloe in the Driftveil tunnels (JN072), Wobbuffet’s Chewtle wins a turtle race (JN058), and in Alola the trio are reunited with Mimikyu, Mareanie, Bewear and Stufful for the last time (JN076).

Giovanni’s elite Matori Matrix — Matori and her Grunts, with Skuntank, Toxicroak, Purugly and Rhyperior — hunts Cresselia and Darkrai in Sinnoh, with the trio recruited to take the blame if things go wrong; Darkrai drives off their airship in Matori’s final appearance (JN074–JN075). The winter special brings an Alternate World Team Rocket in black armour, who use the Red Chain to set Dialga and Palkia fighting; the regular trio follow the heroes through a Gate, where Meowth starts losing his speech and Wobbuffet reverts to Wynaut until Arceus restores them (JN089–JN090). Jessie is voiced by Michele Knotz, James and Meowth by James Carter Cathcart, Wobbuffet by Erica Schroeder and James’s Morpeko by Megan Hollingshead; in Japanese by Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama and Yūji Ueda.

Project Mew, the World Coronation Series & old friends

Project Mew is led by Professor Amaranth (with a Mime Jr.), who has Ash and Goh carry his boxes of books about Mew before revealing who he is (JN071). Its Chasers are Danika, who briefs the Challengers and owns an Azumarill, a Jellicent and a Rapid Strike Style Urshifu (JN068 by phone, JN071, JN080, JN088), and Quillon, the top Chaser, who calls the boys weaklings, with a Weavile, a Honchkrow and a Single Strike Style Urshifu (JN071, JN080, JN088). Gary Oak, back for the first time in 535 episodes as a researcher and a Project Mew Challenger, outclasses Goh against a wild Moltres with his Blastoise and Electivire and goads him into joining (JN068), and Professor Oak makes the recommendation.

Ash’s World Coronation Series opponents are Dozer and his Gurdurr and Rinto, a skilled Trainer with a Gallade who trained at the Castle of Chivalry (JN051, JN060); Iris, who has succeeded Alder as the Unova Champion and battles Ash at the Opelucid Gym with Drayden watching (JN065); Volkner, ranked 27th, at the Sunyshore Gym (JN077); and Bea, ranked 30th and a friend of Korrina’s (JN085–JN086). Leon, the Monarch, referees Ash’s called-off battle with Opal and arrives at Stow-on-Side to explain why Lucario will not Mega Evolve (JN082, JN085–JN086); Raihan joins Opal’s cake contest but does not battle (JN082); Opal, who quizzes the boys in Ballonlea (JN055), turns out to be its Gym Leader (JN082); Wikstrom of the Kalos Elite Four makes his main-series debut at the Castle of Chivalry (JN056); and Cynthia, one of the Masters Eight and an archaeologist, helps end the endless night (JN083) and the Gates crisis (JN089–JN090), revealing a Kommo-o. Korrina and Gurkinn give Ash his Mega Glove and Lucarionite (JN084); Lance appears only in fantasies.

Dawn, the daughter of Top Coordinator Johanna and back from Johto, makes her first anime appearance in nine years in the summer special, with a redesigned, blue-eyed Piplup, Buneary, Pachirisu, Mamoswine, Quilava and Togekiss (JN074–JN075), and returns for the winter special (JN089–JN090); she suggests that Chloe try a Contest. Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four, last seen in AG101, 798 episodes earlier, is now a treasure hunter who greets Ash as “Slash” (JN088), and Hodge of the Flute Cup asks for help in Lavaridge Town (JN064).

The guests include Pinery of the Eevee Evolution Lab (JN049); the Fossil researchers Bray Zenn and Cara Liss (JN050); Laxton, Professor Cerise’s former student turned farmer (JN052); the director Kublock and the actress Jacqueline with her Inteleon (JN054); the Shell Sage (JN058); the handymen Devi and Multa with Minun and Plusle (JN061); Kiley the surfer (JN063); Inspector Decker (JN067); Anna and the All-Out Brothers, Phil and Mayshure (JN076); Gizmo and his Kecleon (JN078); Helia, Soleil and Ilunas of Eclipse Castle (JN079); the hunter Nito (JN080); the blue-Pokémon fanatics Gorman and Bluto (JN081); Tiara and her lost Cleffa (JN083); Regina and her Glaceon, Mirche (JN087); and alternate-world versions of Ash, Dawn, Goh, Chloe, Professor Rowan, Jessie and James (JN089–JN090).

Rinto in Trials of a Budding Master! (JN051), where his Gallade humbles Ash’s Farfetch’d

Iris, now the Unova Champion (official Journeys artwork), whom Ash beats to reach the Ultra Class in Thrash of the Titan

Voice cast

Character	English voice actor	Japanese voice actor
Ash Ketchum	Sarah Natochenny	Rica Matsumoto
Pikachu	Ikue Ōtani	Ikue Ōtani
Goh	Zeno Robinson (also Ash’s Talonflame from JN068)	Daiki Yamashita
Chloe	Cherami Leigh	Kana Hanazawa
Professor Cerise	Ray Chase	Yūichi Nakamura (also Dawn’s Mamoswine from JN089)
Chrysa	Casey Mongillo	Sayaka Senbongi (also the Poké Riddle narrator)
Ren	Billy Kametz	Noriaki Kanze
Ash’s Rotom Phone	Billy Kametz (to JN076)	Kenyu Horiuchi
Goh’s Rotom Phone	Erica Schroeder	Marina Aicholtz
Chloe’s Rotom Phone	Tara Jayne Sands	Daisuke Namikawa
Professor Amaranth	J. Michael Tatum	Yoichi Nishijima
Danika	Anjali Kunapaneni	Ryoko Shiraishi
Quillon	Max Mittelman	Hiroshi Kamiya
Gary Oak	James Carter Cathcart	Yūko Kobayashi
Rinto	Khoi Dao	Kōhei Amasaki
Iris	Eileen Stevens (her last time, JN065)	Aoi Yūki
Dawn	Emily Jenness	Megumi Toyoguchi
Cynthia	Emily Jenness	Tomo Sakurai
Leon	Alejandro Saab	Daisuke Ono
Bea	Tiana Camacho	Yōko Hikasa
Raihan	—	Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (from JN082, replacing Tatsuhisa Suzuki during his hiatus)
Jessie	Michele Knotz	Megumi Hayashibara
James	James Carter Cathcart	Shin-ichiro Miki
Meowth	James Carter Cathcart	Inuko Inuyama
Wobbuffet	Erica Schroeder	Yūji Ueda
James’s Morpeko	Megan Hollingshead	—
Narrator	Rodger Parsons	Kenyu Horiuchi

Pokémon: Captures, Changes, Encounters & Evolutions

In brief:

Ash catches only one new Pokémon: Dracovish, revived by Cara Liss from mismatched Galar Fossils, which chases him across the dig trying to bite his head (JN050) — his first Fossil Pokémon, his first Generation VIII catch, his first Water-type catch since Froakie and his last new permanent capture. It runs faster along the seafloor than it swims, reveals Fishious Rend by smashing a blocked sea cave (JN063) and knocks out Iris’s Dragonite with Fishious Rend and Ice Fang (JN065). His Galarian Farfetch’d learns Fury Cutter and Focus Energy (JN051) and Detect (JN056) and evolves into Sirfetch’d after its leek breaks in battle with Gallade (JN060) — his first cross-generational evolution since Gliscor, the last evolution of any of his Pokémon, leaving every Pokémon he has caught in Journeys fully evolved.
Dragonite forges Draco Meteor against Iris’s Haxorus (JN065); Pikachu unleashes the Z-Move 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt against Volkner’s Electivire, its Pikashunium Z named for the first time (JN077); and Lucario, with the Key Stone in the Mega Glove Korrina gives Ash and the Lucarionite it wins from Gurkinn (JN084), refuses to Mega Evolve while Ash panics (JN085) but Mega Evolves at last, learning Steel Beam, to beat Bea’s Gigantamax Machamp (JN086) — Ash’s first Mega Evolution. At Professor Oak’s lab Ash reunites with Bulbasaur, Charizard, Muk, his 30 Tauros, Snorlax, Heracross, Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Donphan, Corphish, Infernape, Buizel, Oshawott, Pignite, Krookodile, Talonflame, Hawlucha and Noivern, and Infernape battles a wild Moltres (JN068).
Goh catches 30 Pokémon and ends the season with 95 Pokémon and 102 species. The highlights are the Legendary Suicune, caught to save it from hunters, which chooses to stay his while roaming free (JN053); Grookey, completing his set of Galar first partners after it breaks Team Rocket’s Poké Ball (JN059); an Absol, his first pure Dark type (JN064); an Alolan Ninetales for his Project Mew test, handed over and returned to Mount Lanakila (JN071, JN080); a Shiny Voltorb (JN081); a Camerupt, his 100th registered species (JN084); and a Kingdra for his second token (JN088). Scyther evolves into Scizor inside its Poké Ball in a trade machine (JN056), Sobble learns U-turn (JN054) and becomes Drizzile (JN062) and Inteleon (JN078), his five Flabébé become Floette (JN066), and Milcery becomes Alcremie the moment he spins it (JN082).
Chloe’s Eevee, a female that will not evolve with stones, uses Copycat all season — Spark (JN049), Heal Pulse (JN055), Hydro Pump (JN063), Bubble Beam (JN074), Reflect and Dark Pulse (JN079) and Ice Beam (JN087) — and declines the Water Stone Kiley gives Chloe (JN063). James catches Morpeko (JN070), which shows Stomping Tantrum and Aura Wheel; Jessie’s Wobbuffet’s Poké Ball is shown for the only time (JN081). Among the others, Iris’s Axew has become a Haxorus (JN065), Soleil’s Eevee became Espeon and Umbreon (JN079), a Shiny Larvesta evolves into a golden Volcarona (JN080), and in the alternate world Dawn’s Mamoswine and Quilava devolve into Piloswine and Cyndaquil — the anime’s first on-screen devolution (JN089).

New Pokémon captured or hatched

Eevee#0133 · Chloe · her first Pokémon, from the Eevee Evolution Lab · JN049
Dracovish#0882 · Ash · revived by Cara Liss; his first Fossil Pokémon and his last new permanent capture · JN050
Boldore#0525 · Goh · after it lashes out at Chloe in the Wild Area · JN050
Arctozolt#0881 · Goh · revived by Bray Zenn · JN050
Geodude#0074 · Goh · in Rock Tunnel, hoping to raise a Golem · JN051
Diglett#0050 · Goh · with Chloe directing the hunt on Laxton Farm · JN052
Dugtrio#0051 · Goh · the Diglett’s leader, given to Laxton the same day · JN052
Suicune#0245 · Goh · caught to save it from hunters; it roams free but chooses to stay his · JN053
Drowzee#0096 · Goh · to counter the hunters’ Poison types · JN053
Morelull#0755 · Goh · in Glimwood Tangle · JN055
Grookey#0810 · Goh · a Rocket Prize Master Pokémon that breaks Team Rocket’s Poké Ball · JN059
Bellsprout#0069 · Goh · at Grookey’s request · JN060
Absol#0359 · Goh · after it warns Lavaridge Town of an eruption · JN064
Pansear#0513 · Goh · in a forest near Opelucid City · JN065
Panpour#0515 · Goh · in the same forest · JN065
Raticate#0020 · Goh · in Vermilion City · JN070
Pidgeotto#0017 · Goh · the species that had eluded him twice · JN070
Morpeko#0877 · James · his first capture since Mareanie in Alola, the only Team Rocket capture in Journeys · JN070
Durant#0632 · Goh · in the tunnels under Driftveil City · JN072
Falinks#0870 · Goh · after helping its brass find its confidence · JN073
Bruxish#0779 · Goh · after Pyukumuku’s Toxic, in the Catch Adventure Race · JN076
Passimian#0766 · Goh · the race’s third target · JN076
Roggenrola#0524 · Goh · in an abandoned gold mine · JN080
Ferrothorn#0598 · Goh · after Cinderace’s Pyro Ball, in the same mine · JN080
Voltorb#0100 · Goh · a Shiny one, the first Shiny caught by a main character since Ash’s Noctowl · JN081
Milcery#0868 · Goh · in Ballonlea; it evolves the same day · JN082
Murkrow#0198 · Goh · shunned by a Johto town as a bad omen · JN083
Camerupt#0323 · Goh · on Mega Island; his 100th registered species · JN084
Sharpedo#0319 · Goh · by accident, when it strikes his Poké Ball · JN088
Kingdra#0230 · Goh · for his second Trial Mission · JN088

Evolutions

Scyther → Scizor#0212 · Goh · holding Wikstrom’s Metal Coat, in a trade machine · JN056
Farfetch’d → Sirfetch’d#0865 · Ash’s Galarian Farfetch’d · in the rematch with Rinto; the last evolution of any of Ash’s Pokémon · JN060
Sobble → Drizzile#0817 · Goh · saving an Oddish in Cerise Park · JN062
Axew → Haxorus#0612 · Iris · off screen, revealed in her battle with Ash · JN065
Flabébé → Floette#0670 · Goh · all five, the White Flower one last · JN066
Drizzile → Inteleon#0818 · Goh · protecting him from Gizmo’s Kecleon; learns Snipe Shot · JN078
Eevee → Espeon#0196 · Soleil · in a flashback, the day after it saved her from a fall · JN079
Eevee → Umbreon#0197 · Soleil · in a flashback, after it protected Espeon from a Crobat · JN079
Larvesta → Volcarona#0637 · A wild Shiny Larvesta · the first Shiny Pokémon shown evolving · JN080
Milcery → Alcremie#0869 · Goh · spun like whipped cream, holding a Strawberry Sweet · JN082

Releases, departures and returns

Goh releases a Pokémon for the first time: after a fallen petal leaves his White Flower Flabébé unable to fly, he takes her back to Kalos to find a new flower, and when she evolves into Floette and wants to stay and protect a garden of white flowers in the mountains, he lets her go (JN066). He also parts with two Pokémon in other ways: the Dugtrio he catches on Laxton’s farm goes to Laxton to lead the Diglett home (JN052), and the Alolan Ninetales he catches for his Project Mew test is handed to the project and returned to Mount Lanakila (JN071, JN080). His Suicune stays his but roams free (JN053), and Drizzile spends weeks living alone in a cave in Cerise Park before rejoining his team as Inteleon (JN062, JN078).

Many encounters end in farewells. The Glalie that froze Mt. Chimney’s springs are moved somewhere colder (JN064); Cresselia and Darkrai fly home to their islands (JN075); Tiara says goodbye to her Cleffa with the Unown’s help (JN083); the Seadra that leads Goh to Kingdra waves from the departing wreck (JN088); and Dialga and Palkia go their separate ways (JN090). In Alola, Team Rocket are reunited with Mimikyu, Mareanie, Bewear and Stufful for the last time (JN076).

Ash’s Pokémon this season

Pokémon	What happens	Episodes
Pikachu	Accused of stealing electricity; 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt against Volkner’s Electivire; “Feastamax” against Opal’s Gigantamax Alcremie; beats Bea’s Hawlucha, then falls to Grapploct	JN067, JN077, JN082, JN086
Farfetch’d (Galarian Form) → Sirfetch’d	Fury Cutter and Focus Energy; beats Dozer’s Gurdurr, loses to Rinto’s Gallade; learns Detect; evolves and beats Gallade; knocked out by Bea’s Hawlucha	JN051, JN056, JN060, JN086
Dracovish	Revived and caught; Fishious Rend; Ice Fang, knocking out Iris’s Dragonite	JN050, JN063, JN065
Dragonite	Learns Draco Meteor to beat Iris’s Haxorus	JN065
Gengar	Knocked out by Volkner’s Rotom	JN077
Lucario	Mega Glove and Lucarionite; refuses to Mega Evolve; Mega Evolves, learns Steel Beam and beats Gigantamax Machamp; stolen by the alternate Team Rocket	JN084, JN085, JN086, JN089–JN090
Mr. Mime (Mimey)	Delia’s, keeping house at the lab; the only one to dodge Grookey’s stick	JN059
Bulbasaur, Charizard, Muk, 30 Tauros, Snorlax, Heracross, Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Donphan, Corphish, Infernape, Buizel, Oshawott, Pignite, Krookodile, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Noivern	Reunion at Professor Oak’s lab; Infernape battles a wild Moltres	JN068

Goh’s Pokémon, episode by episode

Episode	Caught or obtained	Evolutions & other changes
JN050	Boldore, Arctozolt	—
JN051	Geodude	—
JN052	Diglett, Dugtrio	Dugtrio given to Laxton
JN053	Suicune (roams free but chose to stay his), Drowzee	—
JN054	—	Sobble learns U-turn
JN055	Morelull	—
JN056	—	Scyther → Scizor with a Metal Coat in a trade machine; Goh now owns Pokémon of all 18 types
JN059	Grookey (formerly Team Rocket’s)	All three Galar first partners
JN060	Bellsprout	Scizor knows X-Scissor
JN062	—	Sobble → Drizzile, which withdraws to a cave in Cerise Park
JN063	— (fails with Gorebyss underwater)	—
JN064	Absol	Trapinch shows Dig
JN065	Pansear, Panpour	—
JN066	—	All five Flabébé → Floette; the White Flower Floette released
JN068	— (fails with Pidgeotto and Onix)	Agrees to join Project Mew
JN070	Raticate, Pidgeotto (fails with Morpeko)	—
JN071	Alolan Ninetales (qualifying test; handed to Project Mew)	Scizor shows Metal Claw
JN072	Durant (fails with Seismitoad)	—
JN073	Galarian Stunfisk, Falinks	—
JN076	Alolan Geodude, Bruxish, Passimian	Boldore shows Headbutt, Pyukumuku Toxic
JN078	—	Drizzile → Inteleon, learning Snipe Shot; rejoins his active team
JN080	Roggenrola, Ferrothorn	First Project Mew token
JN081	Shiny Voltorb	—
JN082	Milcery	Milcery → Alcremie (Strawberry Sweet)
JN083	Murkrow	—
JN084	Camerupt — his 100th registered species	Panpour shows Rain Dance
JN087	—	Dewgong shows Icy Wind
JN088	Sharpedo, Kingdra (fails with Luvdisc)	Mantyke shows Ice Beam, Inteleon Liquidation; second Project Mew token

Rivals’ and other Trainers’ Pokémon this season

Trainer	Pokémon	Episodes
Dozer / Rinto	Gurdurr / Gallade	JN051, JN060
Iris / Drayden	Dragonite, Haxorus, Emolga / Axew	JN065
Volkner	Luxray, Fan Rotom, Electivire	JN077
Bea	Grapploct, Hawlucha, Machamp (Gigantamax); a Falinks in training	JN085–JN086
Gary Oak	Blastoise, Electivire	JN068
Professor Amaranth / Danika / Quillon	Mime Jr. / Azumarill, Jellicent, Urshifu (Rapid Strike Style) / Weavile, Honchkrow, Urshifu (Single Strike Style)	JN071, JN080, JN088
Cynthia	Garchomp, Kommo-o	JN083, JN089–JN090
Dawn	Piplup, Buneary, Pachirisu, Mamoswine, Quilava, Togekiss	JN074–JN075, JN089–JN090
Korrina / Gurkinn	Lucario (Mega Lucario) / Alakazam (Mega Alakazam)	JN084
Opal	Alcremie (Gigantamax), among some ten Alcremie of different forms	JN082
Wikstrom	Aegislash, Probopass, Klefki, Escavalier	JN056
Kiley / Soleil / Regina	Vaporeon / Espeon, Umbreon / Glaceon (Mirche)	JN063, JN079, JN087
Phil and Mayshure	Kommo-o	JN076
Gizmo / Nito	Kecleon / Galvantula	JN078, JN080
Gorman / Bluto	Dewott, Nidorina, Phanpy / Meowstic, Seismitoad, Croagunk	JN081
Devi / Multa	Minun / Plusle	JN061
Matori Matrix Grunts	Skuntank, Toxicroak, Purugly, Rhyperior	JN075

The Rocket Prize Master’s rentals

Episode	Pokémon
JN049	None: the machine jams and Pelipper battles alone
JN052	Drilbur, Sandslash
JN054	Poochyena, Houndour
JN058	A swarm of Gulpin; a Chewtle for Wobbuffet
JN059	Grookey, which runs away to Goh (its ball, when summoned again, is empty)
JN069	Appletun, Vanillite
JN070	Natu, Zigzagoon
JN075	Dusknoir, Lunatone
JN076	Tropius, Vileplume

Pokémon making their anime debut this season

Generation VIII keeps arriving: the Fossil Pokémon Arctozolt and Dracovish (JN050, with Arctovish and Dracozolt shown only as predictions), Inteleon on TV (JN054), Impidimp and Galarian Ponyta on TV and Galarian Rapidash (JN055), Sirfetch’d (JN060), Appletun (JN069), Quillon’s Single Strike Style Urshifu (JN071) and Danika’s Rapid Strike Style (JN080), Eiscue in both its faces and Galarian Slowpoke, with Galarian Stunfisk and Falinks on TV (JN073), Milcery and every major form of Alcremie (JN082) and Bea’s Gigantamax Machamp (JN086). Older species gain new forms too — the White Flower Floette and the Orange Flower Florges complete the set of colours (JN066), and Mega Venusaur, Mega Slowbro, Mega Camerupt and Gurkinn’s Mega Alakazam make their main-series debuts on Mega Island (JN084), followed by Ash’s Mega Lucario (JN086) — and Arceus makes its TV-episode debut as a radiant silhouette (JN090). Bulbapedia also lists individuals such as Chloe’s Eevee, Goh’s Suicune, Grookey, Scizor, Drizzile, Absol and Panpour and Iris’s Haxorus. Long-absent species return: Suicune after 644 episodes (JN053), Unown after 633 (JN083), Regirock after 578 and Regice after 561 (JN088, JN071), Dialga and Palkia after 556 (JN089) and Moltres after 268 (JN068); Bellsprout finally gets a Pokédex entry 1,120 episodes after its debut (JN060), and by JN090 every Generation IV species except Porygon-Z has appeared.

Eevee#0133 · JN049 · Chloe’s Eevee, her first Pokémon; the first female Eevee shown with its gender difference
Arctozolt#0881 · JN050 · debut; revived by Bray Zenn and caught by Goh
Dracovish#0882 · JN050 · debut; revived by Cara Liss and caught by Ash
Suicune#0245 · JN053 · Goh’s Suicune; the species’ first appearance in 644 episodes
Inteleon#0818 · JN054 · TV-episode debut: Jacqueline’s, the movie star of Spy and Sidekick
Impidimp#0859 · JN055 · TV-episode debut, in Glimwood Tangle
Sirfetch’d#0865 · JN060 · debut; Ash’s Farfetch’d evolves
Drizzile#0817 · JN062 · Goh’s, evolved from Sobble; listed as a debut on Bulbapedia
Appletun#0842 · JN069 · debut, from the Rocket Prize Master
Urshifu#0892 · JN071 · debut in its Single Strike Style, Quillon’s
Eiscue#0875 · JN073 · debut, with both its Ice Face and its Noice Face
Falinks#0870 · JN073 · TV-episode debut; caught by Goh
Milcery#0868 · JN082 · debut; caught by Goh
Alcremie#0869 · JN082 · TV debut, in all its major forms
Arceus#0493 · JN090 · TV-episode debut, as a radiant silhouette

Key Events, the World Coronation Series & Project Mew

Events of note

Chloe catches Eevee, her first Pokémon, and receives a Rotom Phone (JN049 – To Train, or Not to Train!)
Ash catches Dracovish, his last new permanent capture; Goh catches Arctozolt and Boldore (JN050 – A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!)
Ash beats Dozer: rank 381; Rinto’s Gallade beats Farfetch’d in an unofficial battle (JN051 – Trials of a Budding Master!)
Goh catches a Diglett and a Dugtrio and gives the Dugtrio to Laxton (JN052 – How Are You Gonna Keep ’Em Off of the Farm?)
Goh catches Suicune, which roams free but chooses to stay his (JN053 – Healing the Healer!)
Ash and Goh meet Opal; Jun Ōwada takes over as series director (JN055 – The Tale of You and Glimwood Tangle!)
Farfetch’d learns Detect; Goh’s Scyther evolves into Scizor (JN056 – Searching for Chivalry!)
Goh catches Grookey, formerly Team Rocket’s (JN059 – When a House is Not a Home!)
Farfetch’d evolves into Sirfetch’d and beats Rinto: rank 184 (JN060 – Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!)
Goh’s Sobble evolves into Drizzile, which withdraws to a cave (JN062 – Not Too Close for Comfort!)
Chloe meets Vaporeon; Eevee declines a Water Stone (JN063 – On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!)
Goh catches Absol (JN064 – Absol Absolved!)
Ash beats Iris, the Unova Champion: rank 99 and the Ultra Class; Dragonite learns Draco Meteor (JN065 – Thrash of the Titans!)
Goh’s Flabébé evolve into Floette; Goh releases the White Flower Floette (JN066 – Under Color of Darkness!)
Gary returns; Goh decides to join Project Mew (JN068 – Advice to Goh!)
James catches Morpeko (JN070 – Take My Thief! Please!)
Goh passes Project Mew’s qualifying test; Professor Amaranth, Danika and Quillon debut (JN071 – Leaping Toward the Dream!)
The summer special begins: Chloe meets Dawn (JN074 – Nightfall? Nightmares!)
Cresselia’s Lunar Dance heals Darkrai; Matori’s last appearance (JN075 – A Midsummer Night’s Light!)
Goh learns that Ash is the Alola League Champion; Team Rocket’s last reunion with their Alolan Pokémon (JN076 – All Out, All of the Time!)
Ash beats Volkner with 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt: rank 64; Cynthia is one of the Masters Eight (JN077 – Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start!)
Drizzile evolves into Inteleon (JN078 – Detective Drizzile!)
Chloe meets Espeon and Umbreon (JN079 – Night and Day, You are the Ones!)
Goh earns his first Project Mew token (JN080 – Trial on a Golden Scale!)
Goh catches a Shiny Voltorb (JN081 – Mad About Blue!)
Opal is revealed as a Gym Leader; Goh’s Milcery evolves into Alcremie (JN082 – The Sweet Taste of Battle!)
Ash meets Cynthia again (JN083 – Star Night, Star Flight!)
Ash receives a Mega Glove and Lucario its Lucarionite (JN084 – An Adventure of Mega Proportions!)
Lucario refuses to Mega Evolve; Leon arrives (JN085 – Battle Three With Bea!)
Ash’s first Mega Evolution; Ash beats Bea: rank 36 (JN086 – A Battle of Mega Versus Max!)
Chloe meets Glaceon (JN087 – Breaking the Ice!)
Goh catches Kingdra and earns his second token (JN088 – Looking Out for Number Two!)
The Gates open; Arceus is named; the first on-screen devolution (JN089 – The Gates of Warp!)
Arceus ends Dialga and Palkia’s battle and restores both worlds (JN090 – Showdown at the Gates of Warp!)

World Coronation Series, Project Mew & other battles

Series battle: Ash, ranked 415th in the Great Class after wins shown in flashback, beats Dozer (Gurdurr) with Farfetch’d → 381st — JN051
Unofficial battle: Rinto’s Gallade, then in the Normal Class, beats Farfetch’d with False Swipe — Ash’s last defeat in a Trainer battle for 87 episodes — JN051
Castle of Chivalry course: Ash and Goh earn Knight Medals from Wikstrom — JN056
Series battle: after more wins off screen, Ash, ranked 273rd, beats Rinto (Gallade) as Farfetch’d evolves into Sirfetch’d → 184th — JN060
Kids Marine Athletic Race: Ash and Goh cross the line together — JN063
Series battle: Ash (Dragonite, Dracovish) beats Iris, the Unova Champion (Dragonite, Haxorus) → 99th, the Ultra Class — JN065
Project Mew Trial Mission (Gary’s): Gary, Ash and Goh v a wild Moltres, which leaves its feather behind — JN068
Project Mew qualifying test: Goh catches an Alolan Ninetales on Mount Coronet; Ash v a wild Regice, stopped by Quillon’s Urshifu — JN071
Pokémon Catch Adventure Race: Ash and Goh win — JN076
Ultra Class battle: Ash (Lucario, Gengar, Pikachu) beats Volkner, ranked 27th (Luxray, Fan Rotom, Electivire) → 64th — JN077
Project Mew Trial Mission: Goh collects a Shiny Volcarona’s golden scales → first token; Danika and Quillon’s Urshifu beat Nito’s hunters — JN080
Opal’s All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge, then Ash (Pikachu) v Opal (Gigantamax Alcremie), refereed by Leon — called off — JN082
Ash, Goh and Cynthia v the Unown’s illusions — JN083
Ash (Lucario) beats the “Mega Evolution Sage”, Gurkinn in disguise (Mega Alakazam), for the Lucarionite — JN084
Ultra Class battle: Ash (Pikachu, Lucario, Sirfetch’d) beats Bea, ranked 30th (Grapploct, Hawlucha, Gigantamax Machamp), with Mega Lucario’s Steel Beam → 36th — JN085–JN086
Project Mew Trial Mission: Goh catches a wild Kingdra off Slateport City with Drake’s help → second token — JN088
Ash, Goh, Dawn, Chloe and Cynthia, with their alternate selves, v the Alternate World Team Rocket; Arceus ends Dialga and Palkia’s battle — JN089–JN090

The World Coronation Series: into the Ultra Class

Ash starts the season in the Great Class (ranks 999 to 100), and a flashback shows the wins over Trainers with a Scraggy, a Sableye, a Shiftry, a Lunatone, a Pupitar, a Larvitar and a Spinda that took him to 415th. In Rock Tunnel his Farfetch’d meets Dozer’s Gurdurr: Night Slash, Fury Cutter and Focus Energy against High Horsepower, Focus Blast and Brutal Swing, until the leek breaks clean through Gurdurr’s steel girder — 381st (JN051). Rinto, still in the Normal Class, then challenges Farfetch’d unofficially, and his Gallade sidesteps every attack and ends the battle with False Swipe; it is the last time Ash loses a Trainer battle for 87 episodes. By the rematch Rinto has reached the Great Class and Ash is 273rd: Gallade’s Psycho Cut damages the leek and Feint slices off its top, but Farfetch’d uses the pieces as a sword and shield, evolves into Sirfetch’d, and wins a final clash of Night Slashes against a Gallade boosted by its Justified Ability — 184th (JN060).

Iris, now the Unova Champion after succeeding Alder, invites Ash to a Great Class battle of Dragon types at the Opelucid Gym (JN065). Her Dragonite’s Dragon Rush overwhelms his, so Ash switches to Dracovish, which clamps its jaws round Iris’s Dragonite with Fishious Rend, freezes it with Ice Fang and spits it out unable to battle; her Haxorus, the Axew of old, beats Dracovish with Dragon Pulse and Psycho Cut. Calmed by Iris herself, Ash’s Dragonite spins a Hurricane that carries Haxorus’s Dragon Pulse into the sky and forges a new move: Draco Meteor buries Haxorus, and Ash rises to 99th and the Ultra Class (ranks 99 to 9), his first official win over a regional Champion.

Ultra Class battles are scheduled, with one to three Pokémon a side, switching allowed and only one of Mega Evolution, Z-Moves and Dynamax per Trainer. Against Volkner (27th) at the Sunyshore Gym, Volkner’s Fan Rotom knocks out Gengar with Hex, Lucario’s Reversal knocks out Rotom, and Lucario and Luxray fall together; then Pikachu’s 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt overloads Electivire’s Motor Drive — 64th (JN077). Against Bea (30th) at Stow-on-Side, Hawlucha knocks out Sirfetch’d, Pikachu knocks out Hawlucha, Grapploct’s Octolock and Close Combat knock out Pikachu, and Lucario’s Aura Sphere knocks out Grapploct; then Bea Gigantamaxes Machamp, Lucario Mega Evolves, endures G-Max Chi Strike and wins with a newly learned Steel Beam — 36th (JN085–JN086). Ash ends the season unbeaten in official battles. Along the way Volkner reveals that Cynthia is one of the Masters Eight, Bea is shown to own a Dynamax Band (JN077), and Leon watches Ash’s win over Bea from the announcer’s booth; there is no Masters Eight battle this season.

Mega Evolution, Z-Moves & Dynamax

The Ultra Class rule that each Trainer may use only one power per battle brings all three back. Ash retrieves his Z-Power Ring from Pallet Town and, with the Pikashunium Z named for the first time, uses 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt against Volkner (JN077), his first Z-Move outside Sun & Moon; the All-Out Brothers’ Kommo-o fumbles and then lands Clangorous Soulblaze in Alola (JN076). At the Tower of Mastery Korrina gives Ash a Mega Glove set with a Key Stone, and on Mega Island Lucario senses its Mega Stone and wins it from Gurkinn’s Mega Alakazam (JN084). Lucario rejects Mega Evolution when Ash reaches for it in a panic — a bond too strong, not too weak, Leon explains (JN085) — and Mega Evolves when the moment is right (JN086). Dynamax appears twice: Opal’s Gigantamax Alcremie buries Pikachu in G-Max Finale cream (JN082), and Bea’s Gigantamax Machamp, using Max Steelspike, Max Strike and G-Max Chi Strike, becomes the first Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon to shrink back before it is defeated (JN086).

Project Mew

Project Mew, introduced in Advice to Goh! (JN068), is a research team led by Professor Amaranth that recruits Trainers to find Mew and learn the origins of Pokémon. Its base is an airship, and its expedition will search an island’s Table Mountain — the largest mountain in the world by surface area — during the single week between the wet and dry seasons. The five Chasers who will go are chosen from the Challengers by tokens, earned in Trial Missions picked from three colour-coded options, with the items collected sent off by courier Corviknight for checking; Danika and Quillon already hold two of the places.

Gary earns a token with the feather of a wild Moltres, battled with Ash and Goh, and Professor Oak recommends Goh, who refuses because he does not like working in a team — until Gary’s taunts change his mind (JN068). His qualifying test is to catch an Alolan Ninetales, stolen from Alola and stranded on Mount Coronet, within six hours, with Ash allowed to help; Goh wins its trust by approaching it without a Pokémon, while Quillon’s Urshifu stops a rampaging Regice (JN071). His first Trial Mission is to bring back a Volcarona’s golden scales, which he collects from a Shiny Volcarona in an abandoned Unova gold mine for his first token (JN080); his second, to catch a wild Kingdra, takes him diving off Slateport City with Drake for his second token (JN088), while Danika and Quillon face a Regirock in a desert ruin. Goh ends the season with two tokens; he becomes a Chaser in the next season.

Chloe and Eevee

Chloe’s Eevee came from Pinery’s Eevee Evolution Lab, where neither a Fire Stone nor a Thunder Stone would make it evolve, perhaps because it cannot choose among its forms (JN049). Chloe decides that Eevee should choose for itself, and the season brings it face to face with four of its evolutions: Kiley’s Vaporeon, whose joy at the sea once made its choice easy — Eevee looks at the Water Stone Kiley gives Chloe and decides not to touch it (JN063); Soleil’s Espeon and Umbreon, who evolved out of their bonds with her and each other and help defeat Ilunas during the solar eclipse (JN079); and Regina’s overprotective Glaceon, Mirche (JN087). Along the way Eevee copies the moves around it with Copycat, and Dawn, whose Piplup chose not to evolve, tells Chloe that sudden clarity after long thought is how great dreams are born (JN075).

Races, contests & other battles

Away from the Series, Ash and Goh earn Knight Medals on the Castle of Chivalry’s armoured course (JN056), cross the line together in Lilycove City’s Kids Marine Athletic Race while Chloe and Eevee go after Dewgong (JN063), and win Alola’s Pokémon Catch Adventure Race, whose three checkpoints each demand a particular catch, ahead of the All-Out Brothers (JN076). Wobbuffet’s Chewtle wins a park turtle race after the Shell Sage calls his stampeding Pokémon home (JN058); Opal’s “tournament” with Leon and Raihan turns out to be the All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge, in which Opal finds Ash’s oddly decorated cake especially delicious, before their battle is called off when Pikachu “Feastamaxes” (JN082); and the blue-Pokémon fanatics Gorman and Bluto settle their rivalry with a blindfolded identification contest (JN081). Dawn is on her way to a Contest in Eterna City, which is mentioned but not shown, and suggests that Chloe try one (JN074–JN075).

Movies & Specials Released During the Season

The twenty-third movie, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (劇場版ポケットモンスターココ), opened in 375 Japanese cinemas on Friday 25 December 2020, between To Train, or Not to Train! (JN049), the last episode before it, and A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That! (JN050), the first after. It opened at number two behind Demon Slayer: Mugen Train and, with a new state of emergency in January 2021, became the lowest-grossing Pokémon film to that date. Its theme, Tortoise Matsumoto’s Strange and Wonderful Creatures, closed the first TV airings of JN048 to JN054 with clips from the film. It came out on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on 14 July 2021 and in cinemas in China on 10 September and South Korea on 15 September 2021, and Netflix released it worldwide outside Japan, China and Korea on 8 October 2021 — between the season’s first and second Netflix parts. Shock released it in Australia on 11 May 2022 and VIZ Media in the US on 18 October 2022. It is the only Pokémon film released during the Journeys broadcast and the last of Ash’s era.

Secrets of the JungleMovie 23 · Japan 25 December 2020 · Netflix 8 October 2021

The movie also shaped TV Tokyo’s schedule: on 18 December 2020 the anime’s slot gave way to the terrestrial premiere of the twenty-second movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, “to commemorate the new movie”, and on 25 December, the day Secrets of the Jungle opened, the Pokémon Christmas SP “Battle & Get! Mewtwo’s Revival” reran JN046. On 2 July 2021 a one-hour Pre-Summer Vacation Pocket Monsters Special filled the slot with clips of Satoshi’s battles and Go’s catches, a Pikachu quiz, Wanpachi’s daily life, new footage and a giveaway; the summer (JN074–JN075) and winter (JN089–JN090) two-parters were regular episodes branded as specials, and previews of what was to come followed JN063 and JN086.

Side Stories, Specials & Crossovers

Side-story tie-ins

Pokémon Evolutions. An eight-episode web series for the franchise’s 25th anniversary, one episode per generation in reverse order, released on YouTube worldwide: The Champion, set in Galar, on 9 September 2021 — the day before Netflix’s Part 1 — then The Eclipse (23 September), The Visionary (7 October), The Plan (21 October), The Rival (2 December), The Wish (9 December), The Show (16 December) and The Discovery (23 December 2021). Its Leon is voiced by Aleks Le in English and, as in the anime, Daisuke Ono in Japanese.
Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles. Four episodes (JNS01–JNS04), written by Atsuhiro Tomioka and storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada, released in Japan on Amazon Prime Video — Satoshi and Go! Let’s Go to the Sinnoh Festival!! and Rampaging Heatran!! on 21 January 2022, the day Netflix’s Part 2 arrived in the US, and the last two on 28 January, the release day of Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Set after JN093, they fall after the season’s Japanese run; the English version, a 63-minute film, premiered at the 2022 World Championships in the UK on 19 August 2022 and on Netflix on 23 September 2022.
Shorts. The POKÉTOON web shorts Wait for Me, Magikarp! (2 July 2021) and The Slugma Powered House (5 August 2021; in English 15 July 2022); Bidoof’s Big Stand (11 January 2022), made to promote Legends: Arceus; and WIT Studio’s Pokémon: Hisuian Snow, whose first episode, Onto the Icy Blue, came out on 18 May 2022, a week before Netflix’s Part 3, followed by Fiery Reflections in Snow (8 June) and Two Hues (22 June 2022).
Anniversary and companion programming. The Sunday-morning variety show Pokénchi (ポケモンの家あつまる？) ran weekly alongside the anime. For the 25th anniversary a Pokémon Presents broadcast went out on 26 February 2021, the day Japan aired JN057, followed by a Pokémon Day virtual concert with Post Malone on 27 February and the P25 Music releases; another Pokémon Presents followed on 18 August 2021.

Characters from the games, manga and specials

Sword, Shield and their expansions. The Galar episodes take Ash, Goh and Chloe to the Wild Area, Glimwood Tangle, Ballonlea and Stow-on-Side; the mismatched Fossils of JN050 come from the games, as do Urshifu’s two styles from The Isle of Armor (Quillon’s in JN071, Danika’s in JN080) and the Regi trio of The Crown Tundra (Regice in JN071, Regirock in JN088). Opal’s quiz lines and her Gigantamax Alcremie (JN055, JN082) and Bea’s lines before Gigantamaxing (JN086) are taken from the games.
Sinnoh again. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were released on 19 November 2021: Breaking the Ice! (JN087) was the last episode before them, and Looking Out for Number Two! (JN088) premiered the same day. The Sinnoh-set summer and winter specials fell on either side, with Darkrai and Cresselia in July and Dialga, Palkia and Arceus in December; Arceus, first named in JN089 and seen in JN090, then starred in The Arceus Chronicles ahead of Pokémon Legends: Arceus on 28 January 2022.
Other game references. Iris’s pre-battle speech comes from Black 2 and White 2 and Draco Meteor’s move tutor from Black (JN065); Volkner’s Fan Rotom recalls the Pokémon World Tournament of Black 2 and White 2 (JN077); the Tower of Mastery scene of JN084 follows X and Y; Cynthia’s Kommo-o comes from Pokémon Masters EX (JN089); the endless night of JN083 is based on Cynthia’s encounter in HeartGold and SoulSilver; the scarves of JN069 come from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon; and the Rotom Phone’s “Don’t be a thief!” is a line from the games (JN059).
Returning faces. Iris appears in person for the first time since BW142, 352 episodes earlier (JN065); Gary after 535 episodes (JN068); Dawn after 409 — her first anime appearance in nine years (JN074); Volkner after 517 (JN077); Cynthia after 407 (JN083); and Drake after 798 (JN088). Korrina and Gurkinn return in JN084, Hodge of the Flute Cup in JN064, and Brock in a flashback (JN075); Wikstrom, seen briefly in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, makes his main-series debut (JN056). Journeys features more of Ash’s former companions than any other series.
Nods and homages. The English titles borrow from Hamlet (JN049), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (JN075) and, perhaps, The Grapes of Wrath (JN089), and the Japanese titles from Mission: Impossible (JN054) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (JN074–JN075). JN069 parodies the Japanese TV show Hajimete no Otsukai (Old Enough!), as XY084 did; JN058’s rolling ball of Gulpin nods to Katamari Damacy; JN057 alludes to album covers by Pink Floyd and P-Model; JN083’s plot echoes Spell of the Unown; and the dub of JN067 adds a nod to Detective Pikachu.

Opening & Ending Themes

In Japan, Pocket Monsters keeps Mafumafu’s opening 1·2·3 (One, Two, Three): Nishikawa-kun and Kirishō sing it one last time on JN049, and from JN050 the Karaage Sisters — Erika Ikuta and Sayuri Matsumura, then of Nogizaka46 — take over with new animation. 1·2·3 is the first opening with more than two versions and a different singer for each, and with 136 episodes in all it became the longest-running opening. The endings change twice: Tortoise Matsumoto’s Strange and Wonderful Creatures, the theme of Secrets of the Jungle, closes the first airings of JN049 to JN054 before Pokémon Music Club’s word-chain song Pokémon Shiritori, whose two versions alternate until JN070; from JN071 Pokémon Music Club’s type-matchup quiz song Supereffective Type takes over. In English, Haven Paschall sings Ed Goldfarb’s “Journey to Your Heart” over every episode; as usual, the Japanese songs were not dubbed. Yūki Hayashi composed the series’ background music, and Japanese Wikipedia notes that earlier cues by Shinji Miyazaki are often reused.

Opening · Wan, Tsū, Surī (１・２・３ One, Two, Three), version 2 — **Opening · *Wan, Tsū, Surī* (１・２・３ One, Two, Three), version 2**Nishikawa-kun and Kirishō · JN049Takanori Nishikawa (T.M.Revolution, abingdon boys school) and Shō Kiryūin (Golden Bomber) sing Mafumafu’s song, arranged by Mafumafu and Hidekazu Tanaka (MONACA), over the animation used since JN032, with a Shiny Celebi from JN033 onwards; *To Train, or Not to Train!* is the last episode to use it. Digital single 30 September 2020. English Wikipedia credits this version for the season’s first episode.

Opening · 1·2·3, version 3 — **Opening · *1·2·3*, version 3**Karaage Sisters · JN050–JN090Sung by Karaage Sisters — Erika Ikuta and Sayuri Matsumura of Nogizaka46 — with lyrics and music by Mafumafu and arrangement by APAZZI and Akira Sunset, over new animation in which Gary appears in an opening for the first time since *High Touch!* and Ash’s Dracovish is glimpsed only briefly. The closing group photo is updated in JN063 (Sirfetch’d, Drizzile, Dracovish and Grookey) and JN079 (Inteleon). It ran until JN099; digital single 19 February 2021. Ikuta and Matsumura were guests in JN061 in Japan, and the song is an insert in JN057, JN063 and JN067.

Ending · Fushigi na Fushigi na Ikimono (ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの Strange and Wonderful Creatures) — **Ending · *Fushigi na Fushigi na Ikimono* (ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの Strange and Wonderful Creatures)**Tortoise Matsumoto · JN049–JN054 (first TV Tokyo airings)The main theme of *Secrets of the Jungle*, with lyrics and music by Taiiku Okazaki and arrangement by Yōichirō Nomura, sung by Tortoise Matsumoto of Ulfuls over clips from the film to promote its release on 25 December 2020. On the first airings of JN048 to JN054 it played before *Pokémon Shiritori*; the movie’s theme-song collection came out on 23 December 2020. *The Tale of You and Glimwood Tangle!* is the first episode without it.

Ending · Pokémon Shiritori (ポケモンしりとり) — **Ending · *Pokémon Shiritori* (ポケモンしりとり)**Pokémon Music Club · JN049–JN070The word-chain song of Junichi Masuda, Pasocom Music Club and Pokémon Kids 2019, in its two versions, which had alternated since JN040: Mew → Zamazenta on odd-numbered episodes and Pikachu → Mew on even-numbered ones. The animation still shows Riolu and Raboot long after both evolved. It made way for *Supereffective Type* in JN071, ending a run that began in JN002 and that Bulbapedia counts as 70 consecutive episodes, more than any other Japanese ending.

Ending · Batsugun Taipu (バツグンタイプ Supereffective Type) — **Ending · *Batsugun Taipu* (バツグンタイプ Supereffective Type)**Pokémon Music Club · JN071–JN090A type-matchup quiz song, with lyrics by Pasocom Music Club and the Pokémon Type Matchup Learning Team and music and arrangement by Pasocom Music Club. Version 1 (Fire → Grass → Water → Rock → Fire) plays on odd-numbered episodes and Version 2 (Water → Ground → Electric → Flying → Bug) on even-numbered ones, cycling through six animation variants; on TV Tokyo’s airings of JN081 to JN095 a live-action dance video replaced the animation. Full version digital single 14 July 2021; it remained the ending until JN136.

English opening · Journey to Your Heart — English opening · *Journey to Your Heart*Haven Paschall · JN049–JN090Lyrics and music by Ed Goldfarb, with backing vocals by Ben Dixon and Ed Goldfarb and guitars and bass by Stan Cotey. The opening is cut from version 3 of *1·2·3* and *Journeys* episodes, giving away Ash’s Dracovish, Goh’s Arctozolt and the returns of Iris and Gary; the credits run over clips from the Japanese opening and *Pokémon Shiritori* — the first English theme since “Unbeatable” to show Japanese-opening scenes in its credits and the first to combine Japanese opening and ending animation. Netflix plays an instrumental over the credits, Teletoon the vocal version. It is the only English *Journeys* opening without a full-length version. Digital single 7 September 2021.

Besides 1·2·3, heard as an insert song in JN057, during the Kids Marine Athletic training of JN063 and while the boys help Vermilion City’s citizens in JN067, the season reuses music from the films: tracks from Kyurem VS. the Sword of Justice accompany Ash’s battle with Iris (JN065), the Alolan race (JN076), the Mega Island adventure (JN084) and the end of Ash’s battle with Bea (JN086); Sun & Moon music returns for the Alola episode (JN076); and the Pallet Town reunion of JN068 uses music from I Choose You! and the first tracks from Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Vol. 2.

Journey to Your Heart — Haven Paschall’s English opening, used for all 42 episodes, as released as a digital single by The Pokémon Company International on 7 September 2021. Audio: the Pokémon – Topic channel on YouTube.

TV Broadcasts & Original Airing Dates

Japan. TV Tokyo aired the whole season on Fridays at 6:55 p.m., the slot the anime had moved to with JN040 in October 2020, from To Train, or Not to Train! (JN049) on 11 December 2020 to Showdown at the Gates of Warp! (JN090) on 10 December 2021. Of the 53 Fridays in that span, 42 brought new episodes and three substitutes — the terrestrial premiere of Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution (18 December 2020), a Christmas rerun of JN046 on the day Secrets of the Jungle opened (25 December) and a one-hour clip special (2 July 2021) — while eight had no episode at all: New Year’s Day 2021; 26 March and 2 April 2021, given to the variety shows Yarisugi Toshi Densetsu and Deka Mori Hunter; 9 July (Tokoro-san no Sokontokoro); 6 August (the Tokyo Olympics sport-climbing final); 24 September and 15 October (the same two variety shows again); and 26 November 2021 (the World Table Tennis Championships). JN061, first intended for 26 March, aired on 9 April, having been briefly listed on the Paravi streaming service and taken down; JN082, intended for 8 October, aired a week early on 1 October. JN074–JN075 were promoted as the “Summer Special Episodes 2021” and JN089–JN090 as the “Pocket Monsters 2021 Special Winter Arc”, and JN088 premiered on 19 November 2021, the day Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl came out. There were no double-length episodes, and no Japanese ratings have been found.

The US: Netflix. On 7 July 2021 The Pokémon Company International announced, with a trailer on the official YouTube channel, that Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series would premiere exclusively on Netflix in the US on 10 September 2021, with “about 42” episodes, the first twelve at launch “followed by quarterly releases”. Part 1, JN049–JN060, arrived on Friday 10 September 2021 — the day Japan aired JN080. The quarterly pattern slipped: Part 2, fifteen episodes (JN061–JN075), followed on Friday 21 January 2022, the day The Arceus Chronicles began in Japan and a week before Legends: Arceus, and Part 3, the last fifteen (JN076–JN090), on Thursday 26 May 2022, five and a half months after Japan’s finale and a day before the Astral Radiance card set. There was no US television broadcast, Netflix shows an epilepsy warning before every episode, and no viewing figures have been published.

Canada: the English premiere. The dub was seen first on Teletoon, which premiered the season on Saturday 12 June 2021, three months before Netflix, and showed one episode every Saturday without a break until JN090 on 26 March 2022 — 42 consecutive weeks, finishing two months before Netflix’s Part 3. French-language Télétoon followed from July 2021, according to English Wikipedia, and YTV ran catch-up marathons of the latest episodes on 17 September and 10 December 2021. Teletoon’s broadcasts play the vocal opening over the end credits, where Netflix uses an instrumental. The episodes were also sold on iTunes and Google Play in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, in Australia the day before each Canadian airing; Ultimate Journeys began on Teletoon on 22 May 2022.

The UK, South Africa and Australia. POP began the season in the UK on 1 September 2021, nine days before Netflix, stripping it on weekdays in three blocks: 1–22 September 2021, 3–17 January 2022 and, two episodes a day, 7–10 March 2022; POP Player carried it until the app closed on 10 December 2025, and BBC iPlayer added the season on 26 February 2025. In South Africa e.tv showed it on Tuesdays from 3 August 2021 to 17 May 2022, and in Australia the third part was stripped on weekdays from 28 April to 18 May 2022, finishing a week before Netflix. Korea, the Netherlands, Germany and France aired Journeys on their own schedules.

Numbering. The season’s 42 episodes are numbered 1 to 42 by Bulbapedia, Netflix, Teletoon and the DVD; English Wikipedia gives them English overall numbers 1129 to 1170 and Japanese overall numbers 1136 to 1177, and Bulbapedia’s alternate codes run from EP1134 to EP1175. Japan has no season break: the series ran on to JN147 in March 2023, and JN091, broadcast on 17 December 2021, simply continued it as the first episode of the English Ultimate Journeys.

Dub Edits

Changes in the English version

Nothing banned — a new opening. All 42 episodes reached Netflix in production order, dubbed for The Pokémon Company International by Iyuno with Goldcrest Post. Haven Paschall’s “Journey to Your Heart” replaced “The Journey Starts Today”, and the English credits run over clips from the Japanese opening and ending; Netflix plays an instrumental there, though its captions still show the lyrics, while Teletoon plays the vocal version, and early closed captions misrendered one lyric until JN051. The opening credits list Shūhei Yasuda as “Series Construction” rather than “Character Design”, and Netflix adds an epilepsy warning to every episode. Dogasu’s Backpack has no comparisons for Pocket Monsters (2019), so the changes below come from the “Dub edits” sections of Bulbapedia’s episode pages.

Japanese text removed. As in the previous season, the dub drops the Japanese captions naming places — the Wild Area, Rock Tunnel, Johto, Glimwood Tangle, Lilycove, Opelucid, Mount Coronet, Sunyshore, Eclipse Castle, Stow-on-Side and the rest — and the name and category captions of every Rocket Prize Master Pokémon, along with the on-screen names of Clangorous Soulblaze (JN076) and 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (JN077) and Korrina’s 命爆発 (“Life Explosion”) kanji (JN084). Johto is therefore never named in the dub of JN053, though Netflix’s description of the episode names it.

Content and dialogue. In When a House is Not a Home! (JN059) the Rillaboom of Goh’s nightmare speak like ordinary Pokémon instead of with his parents’ voices, removing the hint that Walker and Camille have become Rillaboom, and Jessie’s grass pun becomes “no rock left unturned”. Chloe and Chrysa’s sweets become “cupcakes” (JN057); Goh mishears Gastro Acid as “Astro Glasses” and Meowth’s “turtle Pokémon” become “Pokémon with shells” (JN058); the “Great” rating for Goh’s Bellsprout catch is dropped (JN060); Decker asks whether Pikachu’s Trainer, rather than Pikachu, has a mother, and suggests the title “Detective”, a nod to Detective Pikachu (JN067); lines are added for Ash and Goh searching for Grookey (JN069); the “Team Cerise” logo of the nightmare changes from “S” to “R” (JN074); Gizmo’s line calling Kecleon a “pure lady” becomes his refusal to let Kecleon fall for Goh’s Inteleon, and Ash reads the title card alone (JN078); and Bluto wants Wobbuffet on a T-shirt rather than a dakimakura (JN081).

Fixes and slips. The dub corrects some animation errors — the Rotom Phone showing Diglett for Dugtrio (JN052), Aegislash’s missing gold stripe (JN056) and a caught list that left out Pidgeotto and Eternatus (JN076) — but adds a few of its own: Goh calls the female-only Flabébé “he” (JN066), two Grunts’ lines are swapped (JN075) and one of Nito’s henchmen stays silent (JN080).

Who’s That Pokémon? and the Poké Riddle. The English segment keeps the Japanese answer but shows a magnified body part instead of a silhouette, read out by Ash; from JN071 both versions replace it with eyecatches in Project Mew and World Coronation Series match episodes. Japan’s riddle corner, Get Inspired! Let’s Solve a Poké Riddle!!, hosted by Ryōgo Matsumaru and narrated by Sayaka Senbongi, was not dubbed.

Voices, names and titles. Eileen Stevens voices Iris for the last time (JN065); Zeno Robinson, Goh’s voice, takes over Ash’s Talonflame from Alex Haynes (JN068); and Megan Hollingshead voices James’s Morpeko. Billy Kametz, the voice of Ren and, to JN076, of Ash’s Rotom Phone, died on 9 June 2022, two weeks after Part 3’s release. The Japanese names Asahi, Tsurugi, Hodaka, Ganpi, Popura and Haruhi become Danika, Quillon, Professor Amaranth, Wikstrom, Opal and Soleil. Most TV guides and iTunes list JN077 as Excitement From the Ultra-Shocking Start!, and pocketmonsters.net uses variants such as Star Bright, Star Flight! for JN083 and A Battle of Mega vs Max! for JN086.

Other dubs. The Latin American Spanish dub of JN072 has Meowth mention “a friend named Dianita”, a tribute to Diana Pérez, Jessie’s Latin American voice from EP002 to JN048, who died in April 2021. The Polish dub calls Chloe’s Eevee male until JN069; the Brazilian Portuguese Netflix track of JN053 uses the Latin American Spanish opening; the Hindi and Telugu dubs call Dawn “Hikari”; and the Dutch Nickelodeon airing of JN057 and JN058 used the wrong opening pitch and the Danish logo.

Episode titles explained

Many of this season’s English titles play on familiar phrases, songs, plays and shows:

To Train, or Not to Train! — Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be”, as Chloe weighs whether to become a Trainer
How Are You Gonna Keep ’Em Off of the Farm? — the song “How ’Ya Gonna Keep ’Em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree?)”
When a House is Not a Home! — the phrase “a house is not a home”, for the runaway Grookey
Searching for Service with a Smile! — the phrase “service with a smile”, for the handymen of Plusle and Minun All Service
Not Too Close for Comfort! — the phrase “too close for comfort”, as Drizzile keeps its distance
On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future! — the phrase “on land, at sea and in the air”
Under Color of Darkness! — The Strokes’ song “Under Cover of Darkness”
Take My Thief! Please! — Henny Youngman’s one-liner “Take my wife, please!”
Grabbing the Brass Ring! — the phrase “grab the brass ring”, as Falinks’s leader, the brass, finds its confidence
A Midsummer Night’s Light! — Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, also echoed by both Japanese titles of the summer special
Detective Drizzile! — probably the game Detective Pikachu, which Bulbapedia says the title may reference
Night and Day, You are the Ones! — Cole Porter’s “Night and Day”, from Gay Divorce (1932), for Espeon and Umbreon
Mad About Blue! — the sitcom Mad About You
Star Night, Star Flight! — the nursery rhyme “Star Light, Star Bright”
An Adventure of Mega Proportions! — the phrase “of mega proportions”, for the trip to Mega Island
Breaking the Ice! — the phrase “breaking the ice”, as Chloe befriends Regina and her Ice-type Glaceon
Looking Out for Number Two! — the phrase “looking out for number one”, for Goh’s second Trial Mission
The Gates of Warp! — perhaps John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, which Bulbapedia says the title may reference

DVD & Blu-ray / Streaming

Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series came out in North America only as a single five-disc Complete Collection from VIZ Media, distributed by Warner Home Video, in May 2023 — unlike the seasons before it, with no split volumes. No Australian, New Zealand or UK DVD of the season has been found; in Japan, Shogakukan issued the episodes three to a disc on rental-only DVDs.

North America (Region 1)

Release	Date	Contents
Pokémon Master Journeys – The Complete Collection (VIZ Media, 5 discs)	23 May 2023	All 42 episodes: JN049–JN057; JN058–JN066; JN067–JN074; JN075–JN082; JN083–JN090; clean opening and ending; English captions (the cover reads “Complete Season”)
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (VIZ Media, Blu-ray and DVD)	18 October 2022	The twenty-third movie, which reached Netflix during the season

Australia & New Zealand (Region 4)

Release	Date	Notes
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (Shock, DVD and Blu-ray)	11 May 2022	The twenty-third movie; no Region 4 release of the season itself has been found

Japan

In Japan, Shogakukan released the season on rental-only DVDs of three episodes each, continuing the series’ numbering: Vol. 17 (JN049–JN051, SSBR-8307) on 26 January 2022, then one or two volumes a month — Vol. 18 on 23 February, Vol. 19 on 23 March, Vol. 20 on 27 April, Vol. 21 on 25 May, Vol. 22 on 22 June, Vol. 23 on 27 July, Vol. 24 on 24 August, Vol. 25 on 28 September, Vols. 26 and 27 on 26 October and Vols. 28 and 29 on 23 November — to Vol. 30 (JN088–JN090, SSBR-8320) on 28 December 2022. Secrets of the Jungle came out on Blu-ray and DVD on 14 July 2021, and The Arceus Chronicles on a sale DVD on 3 August 2022.

Streaming

Netflix premiered the season in the US in three parts between 10 September 2021 and 26 May 2022; its episode descriptions name Johto in JN053 and misspell Ash as “Adam” in JN079, and its release in other regions has not been confirmed. Episodes were sold on iTunes and Google Play in Canada, Australia and New Zealand alongside the Teletoon run. In the UK, POP and its POP Player app carried the first run, the app until it closed on 10 December 2025, and BBC iPlayer has carried the season since 26 February 2025. In Japan, JN061 was briefly listed on the Paravi service before its broadcast. Whether Pokémon TV carried the season has not been confirmed. Check your local service, as availability changes often.

Covers

Pokémon Master Journeys – The Complete Collection (Region 1, 2023)

Japanese rental DVD Vol. 17 (JN049–JN051, 2022)

Where to Watch & Buy

Availability changes constantly, so treat this as a snapshot (October 2026) and check your local service. Links will be added here once we have settled on referral partners.

NetflixPremiered the season in the US in three parts, from 10 September 2021 to 26 May 2022; availability varies by region.
DVD – North AmericaThe Complete Collection (VIZ Media, 5 discs, 2023) has all 42 episodes — the only Region 1 release.
BBC iPlayer (UK)Has carried the season since 26 February 2025.
Digital purchaseSold on iTunes and Google Play in Canada, Australia and New Zealand from the 2021–22 Teletoon run.

Trading Cards Released During the Season

Seven English expansions fell within the season’s runs, from Battle Styles, released during the Japanese broadcast, to Astral Radiance, the day after Netflix’s last part:

Battle Styles — 19 March 2021 — the day JN060 aired in Japan; 183 cards from Single Strike Master and Rapid Strike Master, including Single Strike and Rapid Strike Urshifu V and VMAX, Korrina’s Focus, Kingdra, Falinks and Morpeko
Chilling Reign — 18 June 2021 — six days after Teletoon’s premiere; 233 cards from Silver Lance, Jet-Black Spirit and Peerless Fighters, including Galarian Slowpoke, Inteleon, Cinderace, Volcarona and the Galarian legendary birds
Evolving Skies — 27 August 2021 — two weeks before Netflix’s Part 1; 237 cards from Skyscraping Perfection, Blue Sky Stream and Eevee Heroes, including Vaporeon, Espeon, Umbreon and Glaceon V and VMAX, Eevee, Raihan, Dragonite V and Duraludon
Celebrations — 8 October 2021 — the day Secrets of the Jungle reached Netflix; a 50-card 25th-anniversary set with a Classic Collection, including Mew, Pikachu variants, Dialga and Palkia
Fusion Strike — 12 November 2021 — between Netflix’s first and second parts; 284 cards, drawn from Fusion Arts and other sets, including Inteleon V and VMAX, Morpeko, Absol, Falinks, Durant and Espeon VMAX
Brilliant Stars — 25 February 2022 — between the second and third parts; 216 cards from Star Birth, including Arceus V and VSTAR, Cynthia’s Ambition, Lucario and Heatran
Astral Radiance — 27 May 2022 — the day after Netflix’s Part 3; 246 cards from Time Gazer and Space Juggler, including Origin Forme Dialga and Palkia V and VSTAR, Machamp V and VMAX, Lucario V, Darkrai V and VSTAR and Kingdra

The English sets drew on Japanese expansions released during the season’s Japanese run or soon after: Single Strike Master and Rapid Strike Master (22 January 2021), Silver Lance and Jet-Black Spirit (23 April 2021), Skyscraping Perfection and Blue Sky Stream (9 July 2021), Eevee Heroes, Fusion Arts (24 September 2021), the 25th Anniversary Collection (22 October 2021), Star Birth (14 January 2022) and Time Gazer and Space Juggler (8 April 2022).

Our TCG section has a full card list, print variations and the most valuable cards for every one of them.

Cards with a link to the season

Three cards from those sets follow the season’s story:

Firsts & Lasts

First official win over a regional Champion for Ash: Iris, in Thrash of the Titans! (JN065).
First time Ash Mega Evolves one of his Pokémon: Lucario, against Bea’s Gigantamax Machamp (JN086).
First Z-Move by Ash outside Sun & Moon, and the first time the Pikashunium Z is named: 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt against Volkner (JN077).
First Fossil Pokémon and first Generation VIII catch for Ash: Dracovish (JN050).
First Pokémon of Chloe’s own, and the first female Eevee shown with its gender difference: Eevee (JN049).
First time a protagonist obtains a Pokémon previously owned by a villainous team: Goh’s Grookey (JN059).
First evolution inside a Poké Ball, through a trade machine, and Metal Coat’s anime debut: Goh’s Scizor (JN056).
First pure Dark type caught by a main character, Goh’s Absol (JN064), and Goh’s first release, his White Flower Floette (JN066).
First Shiny Pokémon shown evolving: a Larvesta into a golden Volcarona (JN080).
First eyecatches since BW060, replacing Who’s That Pokémon? in Project Mew and World Coronation Series episodes from JN071.
First episode in which a former companion returns without meeting Ash: Dawn in JN074.
First on-screen devolution and the first time Arceus is named in the anime (JN089); the first Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon to revert before being defeated, Bea’s Machamp (JN086).
Last new permanent capture by Ash (Dracovish, JN050), last evolution of any of his Pokémon (Sirfetch’d, JN060) and last time Pikachu is seen losing a Trainer battle (JN086).
Last on-screen visits to Unova (JN080) and Johto (JN083) in Journeys, last main-series episode set in Sinnoh (JN090), and Matori’s last appearance (JN075).

Trivia & Facts

Ash’s last new Pokémon. Dracovish (JN050) is Ash’s first Fossil Pokémon and his first Generation VIII catch — the longest gap between a series starting and Ash catching a Pokémon of its generation — and, apart from the later recapture of Pidgeot, his last lasting capture in the anime.
The last evolution. Farfetch’d’s evolution into Sirfetch’d (JN060) is the last time any of Ash’s Pokémon evolves, his first cross-generational evolution since Gliscor (DP085), and leaves every Pokémon he caught in Journeys fully evolved.
The longest winning streak. After Rinto’s Gallade beats Farfetch’d in JN051, Ash does not lose another Trainer battle for 87 episodes, his longest streak; JN086 is the last time Pikachu is seen losing a Trainer battle.
Champion slayer. Beating Iris (JN065) is Ash’s first win over a regional Champion in an official battle — his “win” over Alder had come by forfeit, after Alder fell asleep.

Iris and her Dragonite square up to Ash in Thrash of the Titans! (JN065) — the battle that gives Ash his first official win over a regional Champion. Screenshot: Pokémon anime, JN065 “Thrash of the Titans!” · via Bulbapedia
Ash Mega Evolves. JN086 is the first time Ash Mega Evolves one of his Pokémon, leaving Tracey as the only original-series protagonist never shown using Mega Evolution, and making Ash the only member of the Masters Eight known to use Mega Evolution, Z-Moves and Dynamax.
Goh’s numbers. Goh owns a Pokémon of all 18 types by JN056 and a Water type from every region by JN065, registers his 100th species in JN084 and ends the season with 95 Pokémon and 102 species; his Grookey is the first Pokémon a protagonist obtains from a villainous team (JN059), and his Shiny Voltorb the first Shiny caught by a main character since Ash’s Noctowl (JN081).
James’s Morpeko. JN070 ends a 70-episode stretch in which James had no Pokémon on hand; Morpeko is the only Pokémon caught by a member of Team Rocket in Journeys.

James bonds with Morpeko in Take My Thief! Please! (JN070). Screenshot: Pokémon anime, JN070 “Take My Thief! Please!” · via Bulbapedia
Farewells to old regions. JN080 is the last on-screen visit to Unova in Journeys, JN083 the last to Johto and JN090 the last main-series episode set in Sinnoh; JN076 is the last physical appearance of Team Rocket’s Mimikyu, Mareanie, Bewear and Stufful and of Anna, and JN075 is Matori’s last.
Record songs. 1·2·3, sung this season by Nishikawa-kun and Kirishō and then Nogizaka46’s Karaage Sisters, became the longest-running opening at 136 episodes and the first sung by different artists in different versions; Pokémon Shiritori’s run as the ending, the longest of any, ended with JN070.
Arceus at last. Arceus is named for the first time in the anime in JN089 and makes its TV-episode debut in JN090; JN089 also shows the first on-screen devolution, and by JN090 every Generation IV species except Porygon-Z has appeared.
Shiny and Legendary firsts. A Shiny Larvesta evolving into a golden Volcarona (JN080) is the first Shiny Pokémon shown evolving in the anime, and Goh’s Suicune (JN053), the first seen in 644 episodes, is a Legendary he catches but lets roam.
The companions come back. Iris (after 352 episodes), Gary (535), Dawn (409), Volkner (517), Cynthia (407) and Drake (798) all return, and Dawn’s JN074 is the first episode in which a former companion returns without meeting Ash; Journeys features more of Ash’s former companions than any other series.
Movie and game timing. Secrets of the Jungle, the only Pokémon film released during Journeys, opened between JN049 and JN050; JN088 premiered on the release day of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl; and Netflix’s Part 2 arrived the day The Arceus Chronicles began in Japan, a week before Legends: Arceus.
Canada first. Teletoon began the season on 12 June 2021, three months before Netflix, and finished it on 26 March 2022, two months before Netflix’s Part 3 — as it had started Journeys a month ahead of Netflix in 2020.
Celebrity guests in Japan. Japanese Wikipedia lists the actress Momoko Fukuchi (JN054), the comedian Yuriyan Retriever (JN057) and the opening’s singers, Erika Ikuta and Sayuri Matsumura of Nogizaka46 (JN061), as guest stars; the comedian Ryōgo Matsumaru hosts the riddle corner.
Voice-cast milestones. The late Unshō Ishizuka’s Pokémon roles were recast — Gary’s Blastoise and Electivire by Tsuguo Mogami and Kenta Miyake (JN068), Dawn’s Mamoswine by Yūichi Nakamura, Professor Cerise’s own voice (JN089); Yoshitsugu Matsuoka took over Raihan (JN082) and Shogo Sakata Cynthia’s Garchomp (JN083); and the Latin American Spanish dub paid tribute to Jessie’s late voice, Diana Pérez (JN072).
Behind the scenes. Jun Ōwada replaced Maki Kodaira as series director from JN055, and JN083 was directed and animated by Korean staff; Shōji Yonemura wrote every Project Mew episode and the winter two-parter, and Atsuhiro Tomioka every World Coronation Series battle.
Manga first. JN078’s plot and Drizzile’s evolution into Inteleon were first revealed in Machito Gomi’s Pokémon Journeys manga, and JN080 is the last episode adapted from it.
Pre-empted Fridays. Eight Fridays in the Japanese run had no episode — for New Year, for Yarisugi Toshi Densetsu and Deka Mori Hunter (twice each) and Tokoro-san no Sokontokoro, and for the Tokyo Olympics sport-climbing final (6 August 2021) and the World Table Tennis Championships (26 November 2021).
Games and cards. The English card sets of the season’s runs — Battle Styles, Chilling Reign, Evolving Skies, Celebrations, Fusion Strike, Brilliant Stars and Astral Radiance — carried both Urshifu styles, Korrina’s Focus, Vaporeon, Espeon, Umbreon and Glaceon VMAX, Raihan, Inteleon VMAX, Arceus VSTAR, Cynthia’s Ambition, Machamp VMAX and Origin Forme Dialga and Palkia; see our TCG section.

Reception

Ratings and viewing. No Japanese ratings have been found for the season, and Netflix has published no viewing figures for Master Journeys. In Japanese cinemas, Secrets of the Jungle, released two weeks into the season’s run, opened at number two behind Demon Slayer: Mugen Train but became the lowest-grossing Pokémon film to that date.

Reviews. Common Sense Media’s Stephanie Snyder rated the season for ages 7 and up and wrote: “Loyalty to the origins of this show make this current season a hit for followers of the beloved classic” — while warning that “this is not the series for new or casual Pokemon viewers to just dive right in”. Reviewing Netflix’s first two parts for The Commuter, Linn-Benton Community College’s student newsmagazine (20 April 2022), Steven Pryor called it “worth checking out as the 24th season of the hit series” and “another great outing for fans and families everywhere”. Rotten Tomatoes lists no critic reviews.

Fan scores. MyAnimeList has no separate entry for the season; its Pokemon (2019) entry, covering the whole Japanese main run, scores 7.54 with some 106,000 members, and Rotten Tomatoes shows an audience score of 70% from fewer than 50 ratings. pocketmonsters.net’s announcement of the summer special on 2 July 2021 led with Dawn’s first anime appearance in nine years. IMDb’s episode ratings could not be checked for this page, no reviews of the VIZ DVD have been found, and the season won no known awards.

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