Because of the reveal of Hop’s anime debut, I was thinking back to Hop’s Twilight Wings episode. The episode establishes strong parallels between Hop and his Wooloo, as they both look up to Leon and Charizard’s power. One of Wooloo’s pokedex entries says this:
“It’s curly fleece is such an effective cushion that this pokemon could fall off a cliff and stand right back up at the bottom, unharmed”.
It’s prolly a daft comparison to make, but the concept of wooloo being able to survive a fall arguably alludes to Hop’s story arc. Whenever Hop is defeated by the player, or put down by others, he bounces back with even more determination. Even when Hop loses in the semi-finals, he pushes on to find a different path for himself. He doesn’t need to be ‘strong’ in the same way that Leon is. Like Wooloo will always survive a cliff fall, Hop will always overcome adversity- because that’s what makes himpowerful.
Several things for upcoming episodes! A trailer for the Regieleki vs. Regidrago/Project Mew mission.
Mohn seems to be placing his hands on Lillie’s shoulders, but I don’t think he would recognize her… (I hope his probable amnesia does get resolved tho. I’d like to see at least one series where Lusamine gets her husband and the kids get their dad back…)
Some new bits from the Masters 8 and a sync’d Kyodai Aura Sphere vs. Charizard!
Also, some art for this new bit by animator Yusuke Oshida!
Finally, Hop is here! The poor dude didn’t even get an introductory episode like Hau did. Still no shot of Mairin tho either. Ash with his Mega Glove, his Z-Ring, and his Dynamax Band! And Cynthia applying her lipstick before having Garchomp attack.
Also, new poster from 2.Di, with an enhanced look at the poster from Secret_No89.
ApparentlyGariGari-kun, a popsicle brand in Japan will have a lottery with 1000 people winning an acrylic stand of one of the Masters 8. (125 acrylic stands per trainer.)
Edit, I originally put this together at nearly 2am last night, so I was a bit brain-mushed, but I just realized Cynthia is using a Mega Garchomp. This is the first time we’ve seen her have a Mega in the anime, so that’s pretty cool..
after realizing the grievous error he made last year, Hop decides to be a bit more proactive in making sure his brother makes it to the gala this year.
unfortunately, he didn’t account for the skeletal purple alien space dragon.
My piece for the Pokémon Special Discord’s panel redraw event! I got to redraw a panel from the SwSh arc, so naturally I chose to draw the one scene that would let me draw all three of my favorite characters from the arc
*Places leon in your hand* *places leon in your hand* *places leon in your hand* *places leon in your hand* *places leon in your hand**places leon in your hand*
(first drawing is a grass-type leader Leon au by @/go_lurk on twitter)
