An Epic Defense Force! (743)

[vipsoccermaster]

Great episode. It encourages me to make movies in the upcoming Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 tomorrow or soon after. It's awesome to see Luke and Zorua again, though. Meloetta making an appearance was nice as well.

[firerank9]

Great episode. It encourages me to make movies in the upcoming Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 tomorrow or soon after. It's awesome to see Luke and Zorua again, though. Meloetta making an appearance was nice as well.

Me thinks that Meloetta will play a big part in a later episode.

[pokemonsquared]

Me thinks that Meloetta will play a big part in a later episode.

methinks you are correct.

[ShinyCharyZard]

Don't see how it was filler since they did a game event plus Mello appeared

People aren't 100% sure what counts as filler and therefore think they should use it for EVERYTHING!

[CuriousHeartless]

Well this episode was...interesting, but not great. Personally, while we saw way less, I preferred the rival's movie. He seemed to be an anti-hero, which in the black and white environment of Pokemon is refreshing to see, and had a cool tank (And I like Krookodile).

The twerps' movie was kinda good (Except the really terrible UFO scene, the strange lip lock when Zorua and Iris have their first scene as princesses, Ash having to point out stuff we see a few times, and the strange thing about friendship between the humans and Pokemon at the end), but not as good. And the prize seemed like a bit much. Seriously, you made a better short film than three others, so we are giving you free use of all of our resources and backing and letting you make a movie. Seems legit /sarcasm/.

Plus the movie thing at the beginning annoyed me. Seriously, do they not have a single movie with a human actor or without Pokemon in the title in all of the Pokemon universe? Really the only thing I like is Luke's return, his new rival who will probably never appear again, and the start of the Meloetta arc. 2.5/5 Stars.

[AuraChannelerChris]

Luke's rival soooooo sounded like the previous Sonic the Hedgehog. Jason Griffith's pulling double duty here.

[R?IDDl3R]

i was soo hyped on seeing luke again hes one of my favorite characters in black and white, hope we see more of him, who agrees?

[Orton155]

It was a great episode. I loved seeing the whole film making process including the special effects and voice acting. The finish product was also an enjoyable watch too, its like we got two episodes in one today. Furthermore, I liked seeing our first non unova pokemon other than Pikachu in a long time and the meloetta inclusion intrugues me. What are Team Rocket up to this time?

On to the next one!

[the1stpkmnfan]

Luke's rival soooooo sounded like the previous Sonic the Hedgehog. Jason Griffith's pulling double duty here.

Well, he can do that on the show. :P When youre in the main cast for the show, the directors may give a main actor an extra role for a ensemble character. That way they won't have to go to the trouble of casting more people for minor roles such as Luke's rival.

This episode was pretty darn cool. Glad to see Luke and his Pokemon are alive. It's actually kind of cool to watch the gang help Luke make his movie. Just yesterday after the episode, I helped my boss film as an extra for his show. Boy does it take a lot of work and time to make something like that. So it's really cool to have an episode dedicated to film making and the process behind it.

Also, Meloetta~ So precious. I can't wait to see her soon on the show. I mean, it's a given, since they left us hanging at the end.

[pokemonsquared]

I liked the references, but Ash watching dirty herdier? Ahh the perils of no adult superivison.

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We are so far behind lol.

[SlimeStack]

I feel like the appearance of a Johto Pokémon, Team Rocket, Meloetta and the Pokéstar Studios overshadowed the return of Luke and Zorua. I barely noticed the latter two, but enjoyed the episode overall. Either way, this episode is screaming at us that B2W2 is here. Well, on Friday for us Europeland dwellers.

As for us being so far behind, has the shorter localisation time for Black 2/White 2 caused the anime to be a lot more up to speed than usual? Do you think it'll stay like this? Fall behind? Or... maybe one day Pokémon will become a simultaneous worldwide thing. Which it totally could in that they already know immediately that the product sells. Localisation is the only issue. Apparently localising something while it's being made/written is hectic.

[Marbi Z]

Ya gotta love the intro to Luke's movie... That small MGM reference with Zorua? That was soooo cute!!!

[firerank9]

Ya gotta love the intro to Luke's movie... That small MGM reference with Zorua? That was soooo cute!!!

Well it is his favorite pokemon. But I'm curious as to why Zorua First Illusion was Ash when Zorua was establish as ONLY wanting to transform into Females(as it is a Female pokemon)?

[_Taidow_]

Well it is his favorite pokemon. But I'm curious as to why Zorua First Illusion was Ash when Zorua was establish as ONLY wanting to transform into Females(as it is a Female pokemon)?

It has transformed into Ash's Pikachu and Iris' Axew. They are males.

It was mostly for the movie roles.

[Battra]

Amazing episode, loved all the references to the Godzilla franchise. The reveal of MechaTyrannitar very similar to the reveal of MechaGodzilla in the original MG film, of course the Maser tanks from War of the Gargantuas, Iris & Zorua as Mothra's twin Shobijin, Ultraman Tiga reference with the Golurk statue being destroyed & Golett evolving into Golurk & growing big. Also loved that the showed the behind the scenes work & the ADR. Only quibble I have are not seeing Cilan in the MechaTyrannitar suit.

[Angel~]

A fun filler episode, I liked how they had to star in a movie and do voice acting. The villian role really suits Cilan, however we didn't see enough of it which was bad writing. Funny seeing double Iris too, Its nice that Luke won and acheived his dream but he was rather bland, he should be more exciting.

[Dephender]

Amazing episode, loved all the references to the Godzilla franchise. The reveal of MechaTyrannitar very similar to the reveal of MechaGodzilla in the original MG film, of course the Maser tanks from War of the Gargantuas, Iris & Zorua as Mothra's twin Shobijin, Ultraman Tiga reference with the Golurk statue being destroyed & Golett evolving into Golurk & growing big.

Additionally, Cilan calling himself a "Cilanatron" was a reference to the Metrons from the various Ultra series.

[wobbanut]

I liked this episode, at least it was a little different. I liked the first episode where Luke made a movie with the twerps, and this episode was good too.

7/10

[Zoruagible]

I loved this episode. I loved the Godzilla theme in the movies. I laughed when they said Dirty Herdier, I'm surprised that part was dubbed.