SM052

Revealing the Stuff of Legend!

SM052   EP991 日輪の祭壇！ソルガレオ降臨！！ The Altar of the Sun! Solgaleo Descends!!

First broadcast Japan November 30, 2017 United States April 6, 2018* April 7, 2018*

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Moon Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 小平麻紀 Maki Kodaira Assistant director 小平麻紀 Maki Kodaira Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

Revealing the Stuff of Legend! (Japanese: 日輪の祭壇！ソルガレオ降臨！！ The Altar of the Sun! Solgaleo Descends!!) is the 52nd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 991st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 30, 2017 and in the United States on April 7, 2018.

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

Blurb

Our heroes are all gathered at the Altar of the Sunne, along with all four of Alola’s Island Guardians. Lillie and Gladion ask the Island Guardians for help to rescue their mother, Lusamine, who has been taken through an Ultra Wormhole by a mysterious Ultra Beast. After Tapu Koko and the others perform a ritual, little Nebby evolves into the mighty Solgaleo—one of the Legendary Pokémon of Alola!

At Solgaleo’s invitation, the Pokémon School students climb onto its back. With the help of a new Z-Move, Solgaleo opens an Ultra Wormhole and carries them through, off to rescue Lusamine from the Ultra Beast!

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Professor Kukui is revealed to own a Braviary.
• Nebby evolves into Solgaleo and learns Sunsteel Strike.
• Ash obtains a Solganium Z.
• The guardian deities upgrade Ash's Z-Ring into a Z-Power Ring.
• Ash, his classmates, and Gladion enter an Ultra Wormhole with Solgaleo in search of Lusamine.
  • In the process, Ash and Nebby perform Searing Sunraze Smash for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Gladion
• Professor Burnet

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Tapu Koko (US and international), Cosmoem (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Braviary (Professor Kukui's)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's)
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Tapu Lele (anime)
• Cosmog (Nebby; flashback)
• Cosmoem (Nebby; evolves)
• Solgaleo (Nebby; newly evolved)
• Tapu Bulu (anime)
• Tapu Fini (anime)
• Jangmo-o (×4)
• Hakamo-o (×4)
• Solgaleo (flashback)
• Lunala (flashback)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Protokoffing evolves in today's episode! What does it become?
  • Host: Meowth
  • Choices: Weezing, Solgaleo, Lunala, Koffing
  • Answer: Solgaleo
• The scene where Lillie pets the newly evolved Nebby resembles a picture shown during the credits of Pokémon Sun.
• Ash, Sophocles, Mallow, Lana, Kiawe narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The English dub was released on Amazon Video on April 6, 2018, one day before the episode aired in the United States.
• Ash, Lana, Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles, and Mallow read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.

Errors

Dub edits

• The Japanese text depicting Searing Sunraze Smash's names is edited out in the dub.
• Wobbuffet's soul poking out of his mouth is removed in the dub.

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  Scene from the original showing

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  Scene edited in the dub

In other languages

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