Plot lore reveals, the final part of the Terastal course and... working at an eatery? The first half of Terastal Debut is surely over at this point and now... onwards to the second part! - Wait... now you don't need a logo over the video anymore? - 48:49: You forgot that we have a break next week, didn't you? Episode 57: - 5:20: So... this line about ther being "old records of Terapagos sightings in Paldea"... it was part of the reason why the RVT even went to Paldea again in the first place (episode 34). It sure took awhile for that to explored further though... - 8:36: When hmm? Will it be perhaps the climax of this Chapter or will it be ways off? The visit to Area Zero. - 10:30: This scenes of Zoroark climbing on Friede's back... absolutely no suspicious at all, right? *The people at Some-Stuffs thought differently when choosing the Preview Image for this episode.* - 13:00: Yeah, Pokémon GO exclusive in terms of catching this form. - 16:30: I don't remember if it was in the games like that there... but... it's taken from Spanish lore in itself after all. - 17:02: The past of our forebears leads to our present... (essentially saying that) with shots of Liko, Roy and Dot... hmm, I interpreted it as indirectly saying the past of anipoke lead to the present and future of the show we see now. - 21:17: It's Liko, Roy and Dot's doppelgangers from episode 53 again! - 21:51: Careful with your interpretation. Using two Pokémon does not mean double battles necessarily - just 2vs2 in any way, even single matches. - Dot vs Larry, Roy vs Ryme and Liko vs Grusha... the three matchups which were the major points revealed during the Special Preview I think I had mentioned under the previous comment for the previous episode. - 23:40: Hehe, the first alternate variant of Let me battle, yeah? It's cute... though the color palette there was a bit straining. - 24:20: What? The Next Episode Preview always had been 29 seconds for anipoke. - 24:41: Both Implementation and Advanced tests work as a translation actually. - 25:30: Terastal form. Episode Staff for this one: - Written by series script coordinator Kureha Matsuzawa (松澤くれは) who previously wrote episode 54 (the Rakurium explored). - Storyboarded by Yūji Asada (浅田裕二) - another rare exception after episode 49 (Dot reaches new confidence) that it isn't an episode solo key animated by Masaaki Iwane which he storyboards. - Directed by Hiromichi Matano (又野弘道). - Animation-supervised by Makoto Shinjō (新城真) and Rie Eyama (江山梨恵). They all work under the banner of subcontracting studio Takuranke (たくらんけ) to whom this episode's production was outsourced to after previously episode 47 (Liko vs Katy); at that episode it was only Makoto Shinjō as AD though... and before that alongside Yuki Masutani (升谷有希) who is now gone from this kind of episode entirely seemingly? Rie Eyama was/is the In-Between Animation Checker of these episodes, so it's surprising to see them move up to AD suddenly. - Massaki Iwane of course was amongst the key animators of this episode as per usual though it remains unclear what exactly he animated here. Episode 58: - 27:06: It is Kingambit. - 30:30: The Treasure Eatery is also where the Pokémon Gym is. - 30:42: "That adventurer guy ain't stopped by lately." - Hmm... who is meant by that? A throwaway line from an old episode gives the answer indirectly - making this a continuity reference to episode 21 of Horizons. Friede: "One time, I was grabbing a bite at an eatery when a marital spat started up in the kitchen. I couldn’t even taste the food with all their arguing." - Friede comparing this to Hatenna's feelings back then. So yeah, that adventurer guy is actually meant to be Friede even though it is only indirectly stated! As for the tired office worker... that obviously is Larry himself, yes. - 31:45: When the summary for this episode revealed the three having to help out at an eatery... I thought that we could maybe see them in maid outfits... I mean that isn't the most untypical thing for anipoke to do... but no. - 36:10: The eyecatchers alone make it obvious that this is a Dot focus episode. Even though the plot is very fillery... it still makes sense to have something like this before Dot's Implementation test. - 40:19: The first time the Explorers do even appear in a fill-in episode... - 41:38: But uh... is it really so good to spray salt everywhere? - 44:42: "betsuni". Ah... I can't hear that word anymore now without thinking of a Tsundere. - 46:48: Hello, second alternate variant of Let me battle! Each time, 9Lana's vocals are supported by one of their friends (or in the case of the first variant three friends). - 47:19: You know... we already are in Medali and like... not much can hold one off from the test now. - 47:33: It certainly was more fillery than most. Like the important points are just that we have reached Medali for Dot's test and that Larry was present (even though he didn't interact with the cast). - 48:12: The major points are the different color designs and the part in the middle being different (the dance of the three in the first and the beautiful illustration of Liko and Nyarote in the second) alongside the song and the general appearance of the three new Gym Leaders to battle. - 48:21: All details about how these variants will be handled are known technically, but I will keep it up to you to find out. Episode Staff for this one: - Written by fill-in writer Deko Akao (赤尾でこ) who previously wrote episode 51 (Liko, Nyarote and the Flower Pillar). - Storyboarded and directed by Yasuhiro Noda (野田泰宏) who previously storyboarded episode 6 (the Black Rayquaza appears for the first time) and who previously directed episode 49 (already mentioned this as Dot's episode before her Basics test). - Animation-supervised by: * Prommee Saksit (episode 51 previously - second appearance as AD on today's episode and previously on only episode 54 as as Key Animator) * Toshiko Nakaya (中矢利子; previously also on episode 51) * Izumi Shimura (志村泉; previously on episode 55 (the first two of the Elite Four matches) * Hiromi Niioka (新岡浩美; previously on episode 39 as AD and on episode 55 as KA) * Kenji Katō (加藤健二; previously on episode 55) * Megumi Matsumoto (松本めぐみ; previously on episode 55) * Masaya Ōnishi (大西雅也; previously on episode 55) * Toshinari Abe (阿部俊成; this is a new AD who previously only consistently appeared as a KA for the show; also primarily connected to a different studio in the Asahi Production... yes, the studio which animation-produced the MahoAko anime and Abe appeared there too as KA) - This is obviously a minor in-house episode by the ADs and Episode Director. And... just like for previously episode 55, a couple of subcontracting studios were on the KA list without crediting individual KAs... - The only "action" KA is Akihide Muraji (村司晃英) on this list... no idea what they did for this one. Staff for the new versions of the ED (only the major changes compared to the original version): - One additional KA in Yoshitaka Yanagihara (柳原好貴) who is only present on Version 2. - The ED is now composited (put together) no longer in-house by OLM like the original version, but by STEREOTYPE, the company which did the Composite for the animation of Halo (OP2) previously. It results in a few side changes which one might not notice if one doesn't look closely like the camera shaking being slightly different or missing in spots of camera unsharpness to sharpness effects being added. The central point of it is to have the ED be in various color designs though. - The beautiful illustration of Liko and Nyarote in Version 3 was drawn by Sub Character Designer of Pokémon Horizons, Kyōko Itō (伊藤京子).
Plot lore reveals, the final part of the Terastal course and... working at an eatery? The first half of Terastal Debut is surely over at this point and now... onwards to the second part!
- Wait... now you don't need a logo over the video anymore?
- 48:49: You forgot that we have a break next week, didn't you?
Episode 57:
- 5:20: So... this line about ther being "old records of Terapagos sightings in Paldea"... it was part of the reason why the RVT even went to Paldea again in the first place (episode 34). It sure took awhile for that to explored further though...
- 8:36: When hmm? Will it be perhaps the climax of this Chapter or will it be ways off? The visit to Area Zero.
- 10:30: This scenes of Zoroark climbing on Friede's back... absolutely no suspicious at all, right? *The people at Some-Stuffs thought differently when choosing the Preview Image for this episode.*
- 13:00: Yeah, Pokémon GO exclusive in terms of catching this form.
- 16:30: I don't remember if it was in the games like that there... but... it's taken from Spanish lore in itself after all.
- 17:02: The past of our forebears leads to our present... (essentially saying that) with shots of Liko, Roy and Dot... hmm, I interpreted it as indirectly saying the past of anipoke lead to the present and future of the show we see now.
- 21:17: It's Liko, Roy and Dot's doppelgangers from episode 53 again!
- 21:51: Careful with your interpretation. Using two Pokémon does not mean double battles necessarily - just 2vs2 in any way, even single matches.
- Dot vs Larry, Roy vs Ryme and Liko vs Grusha... the three matchups which were the major points revealed during the Special Preview I think I had mentioned under the previous comment for the previous episode.
- 23:40: Hehe, the first alternate variant of Let me battle, yeah? It's cute... though the color palette there was a bit straining.
- 24:20: What? The Next Episode Preview always had been 29 seconds for anipoke.
- 24:41: Both Implementation and Advanced tests work as a translation actually.
- 25:30: Terastal form.
Episode Staff for this one:
- Written by series script coordinator Kureha Matsuzawa (松澤くれは) who previously wrote episode 54 (the Rakurium explored).
- Storyboarded by Yūji Asada (浅田裕二) - another rare exception after episode 49 (Dot reaches new confidence) that it isn't an episode solo key animated by Masaaki Iwane which he storyboards.
- Directed by Hiromichi Matano (又野弘道).
- Animation-supervised by Makoto Shinjō (新城真) and Rie Eyama (江山梨恵). They all work under the banner of subcontracting studio Takuranke (たくらんけ) to whom this episode's production was outsourced to after previously episode 47 (Liko vs Katy); at that episode it was only Makoto Shinjō as AD though... and before that alongside Yuki Masutani (升谷有希) who is now gone from this kind of episode entirely seemingly? Rie Eyama was/is the In-Between Animation Checker of these episodes, so it's surprising to see them move up to AD suddenly.
- Massaki Iwane of course was amongst the key animators of this episode as per usual though it remains unclear what exactly he animated here.
Episode 58:
- 27:06: It is Kingambit.
- 30:30: The Treasure Eatery is also where the Pokémon Gym is.
- 30:42: "That adventurer guy ain't stopped by lately." - Hmm... who is meant by that? A throwaway line from an old episode gives the answer indirectly - making this a continuity reference to episode 21 of Horizons.
Friede: "One time, I was grabbing a bite at an eatery when a marital spat started up in the kitchen. I couldn’t even taste the food with all their arguing." - Friede comparing this to Hatenna's feelings back then.
So yeah, that adventurer guy is actually meant to be Friede even though it is only indirectly stated!
As for the tired office worker... that obviously is Larry himself, yes.
- 31:45: When the summary for this episode revealed the three having to help out at an eatery... I thought that we could maybe see them in maid outfits... I mean that isn't the most untypical thing for anipoke to do... but no.
- 36:10: The eyecatchers alone make it obvious that this is a Dot focus episode. Even though the plot is very fillery... it still makes sense to have something like this before Dot's Implementation test.
- 40:19: The first time the Explorers do even appear in a fill-in episode...
- 41:38: But uh... is it really so good to spray salt everywhere?
- 44:42: "betsuni". Ah... I can't hear that word anymore now without thinking of a Tsundere.
- 46:48: Hello, second alternate variant of Let me battle! Each time, 9Lana's vocals are supported by one of their friends (or in the case of the first variant three friends).
- 47:19: You know... we already are in Medali and like... not much can hold one off from the test now.
- 47:33: It certainly was more fillery than most. Like the important points are just that we have reached Medali for Dot's test and that Larry was present (even though he didn't interact with the cast).
- 48:12: The major points are the different color designs and the part in the middle being different (the dance of the three in the first and the beautiful illustration of Liko and Nyarote in the second) alongside the song and the general appearance of the three new Gym Leaders to battle.
- 48:21: All details about how these variants will be handled are known technically, but I will keep it up to you to find out.
Episode Staff for this one:
- Written by fill-in writer Deko Akao (赤尾でこ) who previously wrote episode 51 (Liko, Nyarote and the Flower Pillar).
- Storyboarded and directed by Yasuhiro Noda (野田泰宏) who previously storyboarded episode 6 (the Black Rayquaza appears for the first time) and who previously directed episode 49 (already mentioned this as Dot's episode before her Basics test).
- Animation-supervised by:
* Prommee Saksit (episode 51 previously - second appearance as AD on today's episode and previously on only episode 54 as as Key Animator)
* Toshiko Nakaya (中矢利子; previously also on episode 51)
* Izumi Shimura (志村泉; previously on episode 55 (the first two of the Elite Four matches)
* Hiromi Niioka (新岡浩美; previously on episode 39 as AD and on episode 55 as KA)
* Kenji Katō (加藤健二; previously on episode 55)
* Megumi Matsumoto (松本めぐみ; previously on episode 55)
* Masaya Ōnishi (大西雅也; previously on episode 55)
* Toshinari Abe (阿部俊成; this is a new AD who previously only consistently appeared as a KA for the show; also primarily connected to a different studio in the Asahi Production... yes, the studio which animation-produced the MahoAko anime and Abe appeared there too as KA)
- This is obviously a minor in-house episode by the ADs and Episode Director. And... just like for previously episode 55, a couple of subcontracting studios were on the KA list without crediting individual KAs...
- The only "action" KA is Akihide Muraji (村司晃英) on this list... no idea what they did for this one.
Staff for the new versions of the ED (only the major changes compared to the original version):
- One additional KA in Yoshitaka Yanagihara (柳原好貴) who is only present on Version 2.
- The ED is now composited (put together) no longer in-house by OLM like the original version, but by STEREOTYPE, the company which did the Composite for the animation of Halo (OP2) previously. It results in a few side changes which one might not notice if one doesn't look closely like the camera shaking being slightly different or missing in spots of camera unsharpness to sharpness effects being added. The central point of it is to have the ED be in various color designs though.
- The beautiful illustration of Liko and Nyarote in Version 3 was drawn by Sub Character Designer of Pokémon Horizons, Kyōko Itō (伊藤京子).