XY099

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XY098

XY098   EP897 ようこそ忍者村へ！英雄ゲッコウガの伝説！！ Welcome to the Ninja Village! The Legend of the Heroic Gekkouga!!

First broadcast Japan December 3, 2015 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending プニちゃんのうた

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Animation director 中村路之将 Michinosuke Nakamura No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: ようこそ忍者村へ！英雄ゲッコウガの伝説！！ Welcome to the Ninja Village! The Legend of the Heroic Gekkouga!!) is the 98th episode of the XY series, and the 897th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 3, 2015.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet up with Sanpei again.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Sanpei
• Jessie
• James
• Ippei
• Nihei
• Saizo (flashback)
• Heidayu
• Shinobu
• Kagetomo
• Hanzo
• Ninjas
• Ninja Army

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Venusaur (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Froakie (Sanpei's; photo)
• Greninja (Sanpei's)
• Greninja (Ippei's)
• Venusaur (Nihei's)
• Barbaracle (Saizo's; flashback)
• Weavile (Kagetomo's)
• Bisharp (Hanzo's)
• Ariados (Ninja's; x2)
• Skarmory (Ninja's; x6)
• Simipour (Ninja's)
• Simisage (Ninja's
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Puni-chan)
• Tauros
• Machoke

Trivia

• Poké TV: Poké Love TV focusing on "Frubbles".
• Bonnie wears the same Ninja outfit that she wore in A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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