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JN043   EP1128 ソード&シールドⅡ　「ブラックナイト」 Sword & Shield II - Black Night

First broadcast Japan October 30, 2020 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 土屋理敬 Michihiro Tsuchiya Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 門田英彦 Hidehiko Kadota Animation directors 谷澤泰史 Template:Romanizations/谷澤泰史 日置正志 Masashi Hioki No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ソード&シールドⅡ　「ブラックナイト」 Sword & Shield II - Black Night) is the 43rd episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,128th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 30, 2020.

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Plot

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Major events

• Goh visits Turffield with Sonia before traveling to Wedgehurst and then Stow-on-Side with her.
• Team Rocket learns about Eternatus and the Darkest Day.
• Goh learns that Sonia is Professor Magnolia's granddaughter.
• Sonia and Leon are revealed to have known each other since childhood.
• Leon is revealed to own a Dragapult.
• Ash meets Rose and Oleana for the first time.
• Goh and Sonia find a Wishing Star.
• Goh meets Professor Magnolia for the first time.
• Sonia fashions the Wishing Star into a Dynamax Band, which she gives to Goh.
• Ash and Goh agree to rendezvous at Stow-on-Side.
• Goh uses Dynamax for the first time.
• Goh's Raboot uses Max Flare for the first time.
• Raboot accidentally destroys the mural at Stow-on-Side, revealing statues of Zacian and Zamazenta behind it.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Professor Magnolia (in person)

Pokémon debuts

• Dreepy
• Dragapult
• Coalossal (Gigantamax)
• Gigantamax Garbodor

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Magnolia
• Leon
• Rose
• Sonia
• Oleana
• Macro Cosmos employees
• Oleana's subordinate
• Workers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Dragapult

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Scorbunny (Goh's; flashback)
• Raboot (Goh's; Dynamax)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Sobble (Goh's)
• Charmander (Leon's; flashback)
• Charmeleon (Leon's; flashback)
• Charizard (Leon's)
• Dragapult (Leon's; debut)
• Garbodor (Oleana's subordinate's; Gigantamax)
• Psyduck (Trainer's)
• Pangoro (Dynamax)
• Coalossal (Gigantamax; debut)
• Dreepy (Dragon Darts; ×2)
• Lugia (flashback)
• Eternatus (flashback)
• Snorlax (Gigantamax; flashback)
• Drednaw (Gigantamax; fantasy)
• Charizard (Gigantamax; fantasy)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Garbodor
• Goh, Goh's Raboot, Ash, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Coalossal is hit by a beam of Dynamax energy, one of the Workers disappears for a few frames.

Dub edits

In other languages

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