Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is the twentieth season of the Pokémon anime series and the first and titular season of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, known in Japan as .
The season follows Ash Ketchum as he attends the Pokémon School in the Alola region, befriends his classmates, Lillie, Lana, Mallow, Kiawe, Sophocles, and participates in the island challenge to master various Z-Moves.
The season originally aired in Japan from November 17, 2016, to September 21, 2017, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from May 12, 2017, to December 9, 2017, on Disney XD, making it the first Pokémon series to premiere on that channel. Prior to this, a preview of the first two episodes aired on the network on December 5, 2016.
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Episode list
Music The Japanese opening songs are by Satoshi / Ash Ketchum (Rica Matsumoto) with Pikachu (Ikue Otani) for 29 episodes, and the Japanese opening theme song of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, by Rica Matsumoto, for 14 episodes to promote the movie. The ending song is "Pose" (ポーズ, Pōzu) by Taiiku Okazaki, and the English opening song is "Under the Alolan Sun" by Jannel Candrice and The Sad Truth, featuring composer Ed Goldfarb. Its instrumental version serves as the ending theme.
Home media releases Viz Media and Warner Home Video released the entire series on a single 6-disc boxset on DVD in the United States on May 21, 2019.
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