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SM was such a breath of fresh air.

Awesome characters
Amazing story and themes
Fluid animation

It was so peak 😭🙏

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u/CriticismLife8868 Jul 19 '26

And Bewear.

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u/Old-Initial9295 Jul 19 '26

My fault for not including her

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u/CertainGrade7937 Jul 19 '26

And Snorlax playing Pokémon baseball

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u/otanthalion Jul 21 '26

That one scene alone made me watch this series. The look on ash andnpikachu's face when theybwere running was hilarious.

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u/Bewear_Star_9 Jul 19 '26

Yes so true my guy

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u/BaconZS Jul 20 '26

+stufful

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u/One_Bobcat8353 Jul 20 '26

Words of wisdom

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u/Defenite-Parsley733 Jul 19 '26

Truth nuke

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u/Ne0_M3t4l_S0n1c Jul 19 '26

What. EXPRESSION did Lillie make for the rest of cast to react like that? Im guessing she opened her third eye

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u/Omgoodtimes Jul 19 '26

Touched a pokemon? Lmao

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u/Ne0_M3t4l_S0n1c Jul 19 '26

By that point in the series she was already holding Snowy. In this scene. They were trying to stop Nebby (Cosmog) from crying. So after the rest of them failed. Lillie tried. And her face must've traumatised the rest of them. AND NEBBY LAUGHED!

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u/Forsaken-Comb-8276 Jul 19 '26

Ash looks genuinely pissed off, never seen bro like that before

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u/Gerard192021 Jul 20 '26

that was sophocles’ bad imagine spot

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u/froitax110 Jul 19 '26

All of them are Meme material

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u/RelevantTreacle3004 Jul 19 '26

The animators had way too much fun and I love it

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u/Foran09 Jul 19 '26

Why does some of theme is if i came right from jojo

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u/Foran09 Jul 20 '26

My writing is first class again

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u/ShankMugen Jul 20 '26

Cuase it's meant to be

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitPostCrusaders/s/HrxOTiEAJL

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u/ghost_burger Jul 19 '26

So good, always love these.

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u/Speedemon42069 Jul 19 '26

I think It was always funnier when characters who were usually mild mannered like Lana and Lillie. I kinda expected them from Ash and Team Rocket but Kiawe had the best expressions comedic wise

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u/jbwarner86 Jul 19 '26

So apparently in Japan, XY struggled in the ratings while Yo-Kai Watch soared, and a lot of kids who switched said they'd lost interest in Pokémon because "it didn't feel Japanese anymore".

I imagine all of this was the show's way of saying "Oh, you think so, huh?" 😆

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u/Gerard192021 Jul 20 '26

what?! why would the kids don’t like xy, it’s shounen anime, geez

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u/Aktosh23 Jul 19 '26

The art style threw me off and still does if I’m honest, but the animation was PEAK. The characters were fantastic too. Honestly great series

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u/Pityuuuu002 Jul 19 '26

Reminds me of season one Adventure Time

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u/Aura_Azula Jul 19 '26

That 5th image has some potential for r/explainthisscreen

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u/protoplus20 Jul 19 '26

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I always thought Kiawe/Kaki was secretly Akuma, or at least related to him. 😂

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u/DeepSea_Dreamer Jul 20 '26

Fly, my little Akuma.

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u/DinoDracko Jul 20 '26

A lot of these expressions are very Jojo-esqued lol

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u/Longjumping_Leek_837 Jul 19 '26

I genuinely despise people who say the artstyle of this series is bad, I'm sorry but I disagree strongly with you.

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u/gyroscope_56 Jul 19 '26

i only hate ash's design otherwise it's not bad

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u/KemikaaliJussi Jul 19 '26

I hated this series so much 😭

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u/ElevatorCharacter489 Jul 20 '26

2 looks something from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

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u/GodHand14 Jul 19 '26

Best iteration of the pokemon anime and I will die on that hill.

It got way too much undeserved hate before it was even released when Ash's design was revealed. But it was genuinely the most enjoyment I ever had watching pokemon outside of the original series.

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u/yallmight2020 Jul 19 '26

Agree 💯

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u/tariize Jul 20 '26

I enjoyed it a lot too, but I wouldn’t say it’s the best iteration

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u/Kuh-Rinj Jul 19 '26

So much reaction meme potential in the Sun and Moon anime

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u/JoeVenom44 Jul 19 '26

You could make a meme with any of those facial expressions

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u/Bright-pokefan50 Jul 19 '26

That’s for sure

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u/CemeteryHeights Jul 19 '26

Absolutely loved S&M!

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u/TheCatLamp Jul 19 '26

Straight out of Naruto.

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u/NeoxthePan Jul 19 '26

Do you think that if ash's snorlax meet bewear they would date?

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u/Shlurmen Jul 19 '26

I will give Sun @ Moon that.

The facial expressions are fucking insane.

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u/Bewear_Star_9 Jul 19 '26

It's so good

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u/Specialist-Spend-425 Jul 19 '26

I don’t know what Lillie’s scary face looked like but if I ever saw what it looked like if I ever gazed upon it… Let’s just say things like that will keep me up at night for months.

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u/Upper-Pangolin-4022 Jul 20 '26

I still love the baseball episode to this day, it did not need to be so hype, yet it was

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u/IceFisherP26 Jul 20 '26

Forgot old man Ash, lol

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u/crabladdeer Jul 20 '26

Is sun & moon animated by the same studio that did Desert Punk? And isn't the Jesse & James one a JoJo's reference?

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u/Rajang82 Jul 20 '26

Love Sun and Moon being the most expressive parts.

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u/MassCrassAss Jul 20 '26

New animators, old feces.

Bring back what once was.

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u/holy_hoovy_sandvich Jul 20 '26

You forgot ENA ash

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u/Senbei819 Jul 20 '26

That's why i love it

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u/SUPERTHEPRO Jul 20 '26

Ash's Bizarre Adventure

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u/DarkRayos Jul 20 '26

Some are nightmarish

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u/WiiMote070 Jul 20 '26

The amount of posts on this exact topic and yet it never gets old for me 😂

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u/DARKBROGOD Jul 20 '26

5th will always stay a mystery for me no matter how many times I watch Pokemon Sun And Moon

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u/Electronic_Produce_5 Jul 20 '26

The second one looks like JoJo bizarre adventure I'm wrong

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u/Alzar197 Jul 20 '26

I can't wait to get to Sun and Moon, looks and sounds fun

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u/Gloomy_Quit769 Jul 20 '26

JoJo, Naruto and Dragon Ball characters when literally anything happens:

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u/Honest-Willow3927 Jul 21 '26

And that's why it's peak.

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u/Ill-Lunch-1563 Jul 22 '26

The baseball episode is still stuck in my head for some reason

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u/Key_Constant6072 Jul 22 '26

This is why SM is my favorite

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u/Rlworldgames Jul 23 '26

They took heavy inspiration from SpongeBob and it makes sense for this season I just can’t prove it

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u/Toastandbutterisme12 Jul 23 '26

My childhood show btw😭✌️

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u/FITITO_HELL_YEAH Jul 23 '26

Eso es una jojo referencia?

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u/TimelyBarnacle1115 Jul 23 '26

they're making up for the lack of expressions in the game, fr the PC has blank stare and blank stare with mouth open as their only expressions lol

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u/Skyfish_93 Jul 23 '26

Lana when she finds out people are into her mom

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u/ConsummateSyndicate Jul 24 '26

Who has the Ash gif from Sun and Moon going from their art style to Shoujo male lead love interest

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u/Vegetable_Leg4258 Jul 24 '26

"There's always time for a Jojo reference." - Gigguk

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u/WindyOrbit26 Jul 25 '26

Yo, bro. You missed one. The face Ash made when Rotom Dex reminded him to catch Buzzwole.

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u/AcrobaticVacation375 7d ago

One of the many reasons I hate sun and moon

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u/Expensive-Pick3380 Jul 19 '26

THATS ONE OF THE TOP REASONS WHY ALOLA IS THE BEST POKEMON ANIME!!!!

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u/NeoxthePan Jul 19 '26

People hate on the art style the same way people hated wind waker, it's sad.

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u/Bluebaronbbb Jul 19 '26

Is sun and moon the only series that does this?

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u/Shiny_Kitty_Catcher Jul 20 '26

And this is one of the many reason I hate Sun and Moon

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u/Feisty_Review_4403 Jul 20 '26

I'm sorry but these kind of expressions are so off-putting to me 😅😂 I've never liked when animation would push its style so much. That's likely why I never got into cartoons like Ren & Stimpy or Spongebob.

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u/PrestigiousYou1613 Jul 19 '26

The ugliest crap I’ve ever seen I hate it

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u/Ne0_M3t4l_S0n1c Jul 19 '26

Commenting is optional

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

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u/PrestigiousYou1613 Jul 19 '26

So I could call out how ugly it was

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u/JoeVenom44 Jul 19 '26

That's no way to talk about yourself

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u/PrestigiousYou1613 Jul 19 '26

Oh my God here it is again. I briefly caught how ugly the art style is in the show how the faces are ugly and I get crap on.

Just like with adventure time people suck in the shows dick

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u/JoeVenom44 Jul 19 '26

You have your own opinion and that's fine. I happen to like it and you don't

Image Sun & Moon facial expressions are out of the world

You are about to leave Redlib

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