List of Pokémon: Sun & Moon episodes

Pokémon: Sun & Moon
Pokémon: Sun & Moon logo (Japanese) (top) International logo (bottom)
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	5
Release
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original release	November 17, 2016 – Ongoing

The twentieth season of the long running Pokémon animated series is known as Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon (ポケットモンスター サン&ムーン Poketto Monsutā: San & Mūn) in Japan and internationally as Pokémon Sun and Moon (advertised as Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon). This season follows the continuing adventures of Ash Ketchum and Pikachu as they travel to the Alola region, go to Pokémon school, participate in the island trials, and learn how to use the power of Z-moves.

The season premiered in Japan on November 17, 2016 on TV Tokyo.^[1] The sneak peek of the first two episodes of the season will premiere in the US on Disney XD on December 5, 2016.^[2] The sneak peak of the first two episodes of the season premiered in the UK on CITV on November 20, 2016.^[3] This is the first season to air on Disney XD.

The Japanese opening song is "Alola!!" (アローラ!! Arōra!!) by Rica Matsumoto with Ikue Otani. The Japanese ending song is "Pose" by Taiiku Okazaki.

Season 20: Sun & Moon (2016–present)

EP#[lower-alpha 1]		English title Japanese title	Original air date
J#	E#		Japan[4]	United States
943	936	"Alola to New Adventures!" (Alola! New Islands, New Pokémon!!) "Arōra! Hajimete no shima, hajimete no Pokemon-tachi!!" (アローラ! はじめての島、はじめてのポケモンたち!!)	November 17, 2016	December 5, 2016 (sneak peek)
Ash, his mother, and Pikachu arrive in the Alola region on vacation to deliver a Pokémon egg to Professor Oak's cousin, Samson Oak. While exploring for new Pokémon, Ash stumbles upon a Pokémon school that Samson runs as its principal. While helping to defend the school from a group of Team Skull grunts, Ash witnesses one of the students, Kiawe, perform a powerful Z-Move with his Pokémon to drive the grunts away. Impressed, Ash decides to enroll in the school to learn more about its native Pokémon. The night before Ash's mother returns home to the Kanto region, the guardian Pokémon, Tapu Koko, appears before Ash and gives him a Z-Ring that enables him to perform his own Z-Moves.
944	937	"The Guardian's Challenge!" (Enter the Guardian Deity Kapu-Kokeko! Let Us Attempt to Master Our Z-Move!!) "Mamorigami Kapu Kokeko tōjō! Chōsen, ore-tachi no Z-waza!!" (守り神カプ・コケコ登場! 挑戦、オレたちのZワザ!!)	November 17, 2016	December 5, 2016 (sneak peek)
On Ash's first day at Pokémon school, Professor Kukui and the other students host a surprise welcome party for him. Soon after Tapu Koko approaches Ash in order to battle Pikachu. Tapu Koko teaches Ash how to use the Z-Ring. Ash and Pikachu manage to unleash the Z-Move, Gigavolt Havoc, but the Z-Crystal shatters after Pikachu's immense release of power. In order to regain the power of Z-Moves, Ash decides to go through the island trials.
945	938	"Good Rotomorning, I am the Rotom Zukan Roto!" "Yorotoshiku, boku, Rotomu Zukan roto" (よロトしく、ボク、ロトム図鑑ロト!)	November 24, 2016	—
Professor Kukui gives Satoshi an intelligent Rotom Pokédex that is capable of human speech. Satoshi goes to find and catch his first Pokémon in Alola, but he instead encounters Rocket-Dan, who are aided by a wild Mimikkyu that despises Pikachu.
946	939	"Enter Mokuroh! I Got a Pokémon in Alola!!" "Mokurō tōjō! Arōra de Pokémon get da ze" (モクロー登場! アローラでポケモンゲットだぜ!!)	November 24, 2016	—
After Satoshi fails to capture two wild Pokémon, he encounters a Mokuroh that lives in a Tsutsukera nest. After Satoshi feeds the starving Mokuroh, it returns the favor by helping him fend off Rocket-Dan away from its nest. Afterwards, Satoshi catches Mokuroh as his first Pokémon in Alola.
947	940	"Ashimari, Do Your Balloonest!" "Ashimari, ganbarūn!" (シマリ、がんバルーン!)	December 1, 2016	—
Satoshi helps Suiren train her Ashimari to blow a water balloon large enough to enable undersea travel for people. During a school fishing trip, the class's Ride Pokémon are stolen by Rocket-Dan. However, Ashimari manages to blow a massive balloon to save all the Ride Pokémon from falling on the rocks.
948	941	"Zing Zap Togedemaru!" "Biribiri chikuchiku Togedemaru!" (びりびりちくちくトゲデマル!)	December 8, 2016[4]	—

Notes

1. The English episode numbers are based on their first airing in the United States in syndication on Disney XD. Other English-speaking nations largely follow either this order or the Japanese order.

References

1. "テレビ東京・あにてれ　ポケットモンスター サン＆ムーン". TV Tokyo. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
2. "Pokémon Moves to Disney XD with a Big Movie Debut". Pokemon.com. November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
3. "Watch the Debut of the New Pokémon Movie". Pokemon.com/UK. November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
4. "テレビ東京・あにてれ　ポケットモンスター サン＆ムーン". Pokémon.

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