Pokémon
The Road to Humilau!
TV Flash files “The Road to Humilau!” as hour 750 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 15, episode 46, aired 2013-01-05, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E46: listed hour 750 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 46 of 49 in season 15. It aired 2013-01-05 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!” (S15E45). Next is “Unrest at the Nursery!” (S15E47). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After telling him about the need for eight badges, Ash & Co. accompany Kotetsu to Seigaiha City in order to challenge the Gym Leader, Marlon. However, enroute, Ash & Co. end up getting seperated from eachother, and Ash and Kotetsu end up randomly at the city's gym. Marlon accepts Kotetsu's challenge, but the battle ends up being more of a challenge than Kotetsu thought when he uses Ferrothorn against Marlon's Jellicent. Will Kotetsu win?
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Road to Humilau! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S15E46 is listed hour 750 of 1220 — hour 46 of 49 in season 15, season 15 episode 46.
When did Pokémon S15E46 air?
The Road to Humilau! aired 2013-01-05 and is listed at 22 minutes.
Do I need the games first?
The TV series is one engine with the games and cards, not a homework prerequisite. U.S. breakthrough is 1998 anime syndication as childhood OS.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, and a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime lands in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards — catch, train, argue about types. Kids’ TV as collection ritual, gym-badge serialization, and the rare cartoon that still prints money because the adventure never quite finishes.
The work, first: a young trainer, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Based on Game Freak/Nintendo games, the anime's U.S. TV breakthrough in 1998 (Kids' WB and syndication) detonated a multi-platform kids' empire: games, cards, films, toys, one engine. Satoshi Tajiri and Kunihiko Yuyama's world turned anime into mainstream American children's programming. Rica Matsumoto and Veronica Taylor as Ash across languages; Ikue Otani's Pikachu. Catch, train, argue about…
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- Rica Matsumoto as Ash Ketchum (JP)
Rica Matsumoto voices Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — the ten-year-old whose globetrotting checklist became a childhood operating system in Japanese, then a syndication engine abroad. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s…
- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
Veronica Taylor was early U.S. Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime landed in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards:…
- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
Ikue Otani voiced Pikachu as a childhood operating system — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, anime landing in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s kids-TV…