Pokémon
Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!
TV Flash files “Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!” as hour 970 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 20, episode 32, aired 2017-06-29, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E32: listed hour 970 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 32 of 43 in season 20. It aired 2017-06-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Island Whisperer!” (S20E31). Next is “Big Sky, Small Fry!” (S20E33). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As part of Lychee's practical lesson on Akala Island, the gang are sent on treasure hunts across the island mounted on Mooland, each of which reacts differently to its rider: Satoshi's Mooland is extremely friendly and enthusiastic, Suiren's Mooland does not seem to like her, and Lillie has trouble even getting close to her Mooland. In the first round, Satoshi finds three gemstones, Mao finds giant mushrooms, Kaki finds a large fossil, Suiren and Māmane find nothing and Lillie is still trying to approach her Mooland. In the second round, Suiren and Ashimari run into a hostile Pokémon which is fought off by her Mooland, an Alolan Isitsubute Satoshi mistakes for a fossil gets away when he tries to catch it, Mao finds a giant fruit, Kaki finds another fossil, Māmane uses technology to find a piece of meteorite, and Suiren finds a lump of metal that can be made into a Z-ring, making her the winner. At last, Lillie uses her experiences with Shiron and Pikachu to finally get close to her Mooland.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Treasure Hunt, Akala Style! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S20E32 is listed hour 970 of 1220 — hour 32 of 43 in season 20, season 20 episode 32.
When did Pokémon S20E32 air?
Treasure Hunt, Akala Style! aired 2017-06-29 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…