The gang decide to protect it and try to find out why it is so important to the unknown team. While traveling through the woods, Ash and his friends come upon an unknown Pokémon in Bonnie's bag that seems to be a very serious target when a mysterious team appears in hopes to catch it. Transcription: " Z Bakutan! Karosu ni Hisomu Mono!!" ( Japanese: Z爆誕!カロスに潜む者!!) "From A to Z!" (Z's Explosive Birth! What Lurks in Kalos!!)
Its instrumental version serves as the ending theme. The Japanese ending songs are "Puni-chan's Song" (プニちゃんのうた, Puni-chan no Uta) by Mariya Ise, "Team Rocket's Team Song" (ロケット団団歌, Roketto-dan dan Uta) by Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuka Inuyama and Yūji Ueda, "DreamDream (Serena Ver.)" (ドリドリ セレナ Ver., DoriDori Serena Ver.) by Mayuki Makiguchi, "Brilliantly (Clemont ver.)" (キラキラ シトロンver., KiraKira Shitoron ver.) by Yuki Kaji, "Pikachu's Song" (ピカチュウのうた, Pikachū no Uta) by Ikue Ōtani, "Meowth's Ballad" (ニャースのバラード, Nyāsu no Barādo) by Inuko Inuyama, and the English opening song is "Stand Tall" by Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth. The Japanese opening song is "XY&Z (Let's Go!)" (いくZ, Ikuze) by Rika Matsumoto.
The nineteenth season was the last to air on Cartoon Network beginning with the twentieth season, the series would move to Disney XD.
The season originally aired in Japan from October 29, 2015, to November 10, 2016, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from February 20, 2016, to January 28, 2017, on Cartoon Network. They delve into the mysteries surrounding the unique transformation of Ash's Greninja and face a prophecy concerning the destruction of Kalos with the involvement of the Legendary Pokémon Zygarde.
Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie continue their adventures in the Kalos region, where they encounter the sinister Team Flare and meet the enigmatic Mega Evolution Trainer, Alain. Ash knows they need to get Froakie to a Pokémon Center right away, but Bonnie suggests it would be faster to go to Professor Sycamore’s research lab.Pokémon the Series: XYZ (known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: XY & Z ( ポケットモンスターエックスワイ アンド ゼット, Poketto Monsutā Ekkusu Wai ando Zetto) is the nineteenth season of the Pokémon anime series, and the third and final season of Pokémon the Series: XY, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: XY (ポケットモンスター エックス・ワイ, Poketto Monsutā Ekkusu Wai). When it flings the protective Frubbles that cover its back-which isn’t technically a move, and therefore not affected by Wobbuffet’s Mirror Coat-Team Rocket is sent blasting off again, but Froakie is injured in the process. The villains proclaim that although Pikachu is their first Pokémon-catching priority, the wealth of prime Pokémon in the Kalos region is too great to ignore! As a new battle begins, Team Rocket’s Wobbuffet proves to be quite a powerful Pokémon, thanks to its Mirror Coat move, which returns special attacks to the sender with double the power! But a Froakie has been observing the events from the sidelines, and now rushes in to help. With Pikachu up against Clemont’s new Pokémon Bunnelby, it proves to be a battle of power and strategy, until it is rudely interrupted by none other than Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket, who have followed Ash all the way to Kalos! After introductions all around, Ash challenges Clemont to a battle on the spot, and he agrees. Outside, a Trainer named Clemont and his little sister, Bonnie, manage to catch Ash and Pikachu as they come flying out of the tower.
But they are greeted by a robot who, upon discovering Ash hasn’t yet won a single badge in Kalos, promptly throws them out with a bang! Alexa directs him to the Gym located in the Prism Tower, right there in Lumiose City! Ash and Pikachu arrive at the Gym, brimming with confidence and energy. Saying that Ash is excited would be quite an understatement! The thought of meeting all the new Pokémon and having lots of exciting Gym battles has our hero beside himself with joyous anticipation.īut when Alexa discovers that her younger sister (who’s a Gym Leader) isn’t at her Gym in Santalune City, Ash wonders where he should try for his first badge.
After a quick introduction to Serena, a budding young Trainer who lives with her mother in the Kalos region, we find Ash, Pikachu, and Alexa on a plane, preparing to land in Kalos.