Pokémon
Alola, Alola!
TV Flash files “Alola, Alola!” as hour 1040 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 22, episode 10, aired 2018-12-23, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E10: listed hour 1040 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 10 of 54 in season 22. It aired 2018-12-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Parallel Friendships!” (S22E09). Next is “Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone!” (S22E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash's old friends Brock & Misty have decided to come to Alola to visit. Ash & co. decide to show them all the great hotspots of the region including the pancake shop and even Mantine Surfing. However, with all the fun going on and time going quickly, Team Rocket soon show up with a plan to steal everyone's Pokémon. Will they succeed?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Alola, Alola! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S22E10 is listed hour 1040 of 1220 — hour 10 of 54 in season 22, season 22 episode 10.
When did Pokémon S22E10 air?
Alola, Alola! aired 2018-12-23 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…