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SM118

SM118   EP1057 最上階を目指せ！爆音のドラゴンジム！！ Aim for the Top Floor! The Explosive Dragon Gym!!

First broadcast Japan April 21, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending 心のノート

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation director 山崎玲愛 Rei Yamazaki No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 最上階を目指せ！爆音のドラゴンジム！！ Aim for the Top Floor! The Explosive Dragon Gym!!) is the 118th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,057th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 21, 2019.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and his classmates visit the Kantonian Gym and meet Ryuki for the first time.
• Kiawe battles Ryuki and loses.
• Ash's Meltan is revealed to know Harden.
• Ash's Rowlet learns Brave Bird.
• Ash battles Ryuki and wins.
• Ash and his classmates return to Melemele Island.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Ryuki

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Nurse Joy
• Ryuki
• Chikuwa Anaaki
• Hanpen
• Ganmo
• Shirataki
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Goldeen (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Meltan (Ash's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Zweilous (Ryuki's)
• Druddigon (Ryuki's)
• Shaymin (anime)
• Froslass

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Who are the ones who battle the Gym Leader in today episode?
  • Host: Kiawe
  • Choices: Lana and Ash, Kiawe and Ash, Mallow and Kiawe, Sophocles and Lillie
  • Answer: Kiawe and Ash
• Before Ryuki battles Kiawe, Togedemaru appears to have a face mark similar to that of Paul Stanley, vocalist and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss.
• Ash-Greninja Appears! is used as an insert song as Ryuki battles Kiawe.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Zweilous since its main series debut in A Village Homecoming!, exactly 300 episodes ago.
• James, Meowth, and Jessie narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The sponsors segment after the preview includes an Auto-Tuned version of Your Adventure.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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