Pokémon
A Towering Takeover!
TV Flash files “A Towering Takeover!” as hour 930 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 19, episode 39, aired 2016-11-12, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S19E39: listed hour 930 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 39 of 47 in season 19. It aired 2016-11-12 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Down to the Fiery Finish!” (S19E38). Next is “Coming Apart at the Dreams!” (S19E40). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Kalos League is over and Team Flare have begun their onslaught, throwing Lumiose City into panic. Ash & Alain head to the Prism Tower to see who is behind it, but Team Flare appear in front of them with their eyes set on Ash. Lysandre also begins to explain his actions to the population of the city. Will Ash & Alain be able to save the city?
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Towering Takeover! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S19E39 is listed hour 930 of 1220 — hour 39 of 47 in season 19, season 19 episode 39.
When did Pokémon S19E39 air?
A Towering Takeover! aired 2016-11-12 and is listed at 30 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…