Pokémon
From Z to Shining Z!
TV Flash files “From Z to Shining Z!” as hour 1082 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 22, episode 52, aired 2019-10-20, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E52: listed hour 1082 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 52 of 54 in season 22. It aired 2019-10-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Fiery Surprises!” (S22E51). Next is “Dreaming of the Sun and Moon!” (S22E53). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With Professor Kukui down to his final Pokémon, the Island Guardian of Melemele Island, Tapu Koko, intervenes and requests to be Kukui's final Pokémon in order to battle Ash. Ash, with Naganadel and Pikachu remaining faces one of the toughest battles he has ever had. Will Ash manage to break through and defeat the Island Guardian?
Viewer FAQ
Where does From Z to Shining Z! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S22E52 is listed hour 1082 of 1220 — hour 52 of 54 in season 22, season 22 episode 52.
When did Pokémon S22E52 air?
From Z to Shining Z! aired 2019-10-20 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…