#ThankYouSunAndMoon

[dailykasumi]

SM042 Alola, Kanto!

#ThankYouSunAndMoon for bringing back our girl 🧡

[smilingperformer]

It has been exactly a year since my favourite Pokeani show ended. And life hasn't been the same without ❤️

Happy Sun & Moon Finale anniversary everyone. I totally miss it a lot ;v;

[emi-star]

OH MY

GOODNESS

THE NEW SERIES IS AMAZING ON THE HAHA HDDS I LITERALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY HHHHH

[blogdate7-15-2]

possibly my favorite moment from the whole series

[decalfdraws]

#ThankYouSunAndMoon For so many smiles and tears. I'm so sad that this adventure is ending, but the next one is only beginning! I did a draw-over of one of my favorite episodes to have as an HD wallpaper. Links for download will be added when I stop crying my eyes out lol

[pokemonpowergirl]

I drew this to say goodbye to the Sun and Moon Series. By this time tomorrow, this will be us! 😭

Man, I am not ready for the waterworks tomorrow! 😢💔

[kakouleuthem]

Another wonderful journey has come to an end...But dreams and new adventures are yet to arrive in this world!!! #thankyousunandmoon #pokemon #alola https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aOM08hpTr/?igshid=1lf6wzcjxpusb

[hellostoralwhit]

The gang's all here, and they're looking good.

[ocean-sunshine-c-blog]

とある初冬の平日、ただただお日様がゆっくり登り足早に沈んでいく自然の流れを感じた。

山の端に太陽が姿を消した後、急に辺りの熱が失われた感覚

太陽の次に姿を見せた月

花屋でよく見かける菊の畑

山の中の自然の音に包まれながらの調和がとれた静かな時間

地球が生まれた時を1月1日としたら、人間は大晦日の午後に誕生したそう

私達の暮らしが自然という１つの流れの中で営まれていることは、当たり前のようで奇跡かもしれない

もし人工物を取り除いたらどんな景色が広がるのかな

子供の頃から時々想像する

[jadeazora]

Things I really liked about the SM anime (#ThankYouSunandMoon)

The change in formula. I dropped off originally sometime in the middle of AG, since that's when younger me caught onto the formula that Ash wouldn't win (or so I thought), all the hype with a League victory utterly wasted, and would just keep traveling the regions helping countless randoms we would never see again and trying for the League until the franchise ended. Even XY, which brought me back to watching Pokemon regularly again, stuck to the same formula. I like the establishment of a home base in Alola, that we had very few one off characters, and it made Alola feel more familiar.

Our boy finally winning a League, and the exhibition match letting him keep his title clean. I was predicting a loss to Gladion, but to see Ash FINALLY win a true, canon League after all this time brought tears to my eyes.

How the artstyle really captured the relaxed, fun feel of the Alola region from the games. It was jarring coming off XY, but that more intense aesthetic wouldn't have suited the tone of the region as well. It really aided the animation too.

How they showed a different side to Lusamine. She's a loving, if overworked, mom, and she wasn't always there for her kids, but she does care about them a lot. In the games, especially the first set, the family is more broken, and while it ends on a hopeful note for them, it's nice to see more closure and development here.

Lillie's arc. How you felt so happy when she's made progress in getting over her fears. She really came a long way, from not being able to touch a Pokemon to fighting alongside everyone at the League, and showing her brother how she's evolved.

Ash getting a father figure with Kukui

Team Rocket getting a (bear) mom, especially considering their own home lives with Jessie growing up in poverty while her mother went searching for Mew and James being forced into an arranged and controlling marriage he wanted no part of. Bewear was doting and protective towards her kids.

Litten and Stoutland's arc. For being the comedic arc it is, it was surprising to see a death-centric episode (let alone three) and they handled it really well. And then seeing Torracat and Stoutland reunite in Tapu Fini mist episode was really heartwarming, since Torracat had more closure. I also really liked how Mallow reconciled with her deceased mom.

The Kahunas weren't just one-offs but got a fair amount of screentime outside their respective arcs.

The Guzzlord mini-arc. I really liked Dia as a character and wanted more of his story, but some things weren't meant to be, I guess 😂

Kiawe and Gladion being such good elder brothers

Guzma and Kukui's backstory getting more elaboration compared to the games. Also, his grunts all looking up to him and supporting him even after he lost against Ash in the League

Sophocles, Lana, and Mallow all evolving their main (or secondary in Vikavolt's case. It's not really overshadowed by Togedemaru tho?) Mons to the final stage

Jessie's homicidal Mimikyu

James lovestruck Mareanie

How episodes were less formulaic. A lot of older episodes had a battle every episode, but we got to see more variety in the types of stories we got here. We get more of the "general life with Pokemon " kinda stuff and it was nice.

Giving us so many families. From the human characters to the Pokemon themselves.

For a heartwarming cast that's always supportive of each other.

For keeping my interest in the anime alive and for helping me build this blog I've come to love and have so much fun with.

Here's to a bright future and I hope we have a lot of fun with our next arc too.

[pokeaniepisodes]

Pocket Monsters/Pokémon Sun & Moon -- Type: Wild FULL Official Music Video

This was taken from the bonus DVD included in the Limited Edition Kaze to Issho ni album. It is an expanded version of an official AMV originally released on Shoko Nakagawa's Youtube Channel.

#ThankYouSunandMoon ☀️🌙 #ThankYouAlola

[smilingperformer]

Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon: Appreciation Week, Day 1: Favourite Opening

Fourth Opening: Kimi no Boken/Your Adventure - Taiiku Okazaki

I loved this song the moment I heard it, and the opening animation is just the most gorgeus thing I’ve seen. Future/Mirai Connection a close second!

[emi-star]

I just had to give them a separate post lol

Musashi and kojiro's New little motto looks so adorableeee my shipping heart can only take so muchhhh. I'm definitely hoping that they are more useful in this anime, not saying that they were bad last anime! They had tons of screentime and adorable little relationships with their pokemon but I'm hoping that team rocket has something to do with the storyline?? Anyway enough of my rambling, here's to sword and sheild! ⚔ 🔰

[bug-catcher-in-viridian-forest]

my boss: asking me which english translation is more appropriate my lone marble: #ThankYouSunAndMoon 

[zchaotic]

A love letter to Generation 7

I suppose since we are about to hit the last bit of gen 7 this month and December if we count the manga. I should do my part in the trend.

#ThankYouSunAndMoon Thank you for being a breath of fresh air as a game after Gen 6 with XY.

Thank you for giving focus on an actual story much like with Black and white. Thank you for giving us a cast of characters for us to love and enjoy. Thank you for trying something new in nearly every turn and thank you for giving us one of the best character arcs in Pokémon. 

Thank you Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon for taking what worked in the base games and made it for the most part, better realized. For adding new Pokémon, making the trials a better challenge, making Hau a superb rival and character, making Alola much more fun to go through.

Thank for expanding on our characters. Giving more nuance where it was needed, thank you for giving those characters the closure they deserved. Thank you for the boss fight known as Ultra Necrozma as well as make a Pokémon a big bad all on his own. 

Thank for Rainbow Rocket and making this gen a true celebration of 20 years. 

Thank you for showing us Lillie as a trainer and even if she isn’t the central star in ultra, she still had an amazing, dynamic character arc. From a timid girl who constantly needed you to fight her battles, to someone brave enough to do her part in a conflict when push comes. 

I love both of you vanilla and Ultra for inspiring me to make some pretty good fanfics and encouraging me to release the contents of mind. People might hate on the two of ya, but I don’t.

Thank you Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee for being a fun experience, you are my least favorite games of this generation, but you should have gotten the hatred you did.

Thank you Sun and moon anime. For giving a breath of fresh air from a stagnated formula. Your animation and art style is gorgeous. Ash hasn’t been at his best in quite some time and all of his Pokémon shined.

Thank you anime for taking the characters from the games and going beyond with most of them. I felt for the main cast and loved their antics. Thank you for the best league arc I had seen and thank you for making as much of an impact as you did. May what you done carry on.

Finally, my least favorite part of Gen 7. The manga, I’ll admit that you did something’s wrong for me. But at the same time, you pulled some things I wished the games had put better emphasis on. Thank you for the story of Sun and his money issues. 

Thank you for making the Ultra recon squad a bit more useful than they were in the games. Thank you for giving Lusamine some nuance for us to see while making her scary and helping show what both games showed.

#ThankYouSunAndMoon for being a wonderful generation. Now to get on the boat to Galar and see what the future awaits. See you later.

[pokemonpowergirl]

I just saw the first episode title of the new series, and I don't want to spoil anything just yet. But all I can say is that although I'm not ready to say goodbye to the Sun and Moon Series, the new series seems to look just as exciting as its predecessor.