SM139

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SM139

SM139   EP1078 誕生！アローラの覇者！！ Birth! The Alola Champion!!

First broadcast Japan September 15, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending タイプ：ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri Assistant director 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri Animation director 山﨑玲愛 Rei Yamazaki No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 誕生！アローラの覇者！！ Birth! The Alola Champion!!) is the 139th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,078th episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan on September 15, 2019.

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

Plot

Major events

• Gladion is revealed to have obtained a Ghostium Z.
• Ash defeats Gladion, winning the Manalo Conference and becoming the first Champion of Alola.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Oak
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Lusamine
• Gladion
• Wicke
• Faba
• Jīkyō

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form)
• Zoroark (Gladion's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Shaymin (anime)

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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