Pokémon
This Magik Moment!
TV Flash files “This Magik Moment!” as hour 1051 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 22, episode 21, aired 2019-03-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E21: listed hour 1051 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 21 of 54 in season 22. It aired 2019-03-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Got Meltan?” (S22E20). Next is “Beauty is Only Crystal Deep!” (S22E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sophocles is going to be on a TV Show so Ash & Co. come to the TV station to show their support. However, when there, they see the filming of a series lead by a child-actor Magikarp. However, the Magikarp seems to have something off with it. With another TV show, the usual actresses don't show up in time which leads to Lana, Mallow & Lillie getting cast as replacements. Will all situations get resolved?
Viewer FAQ
Where does This Magik Moment! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S22E21 is listed hour 1051 of 1220 — hour 21 of 54 in season 22, season 22 episode 21.
When did Pokémon S22E21 air?
This Magik Moment! aired 2019-03-17 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…