>Pokémon Sun & Moon has celebrated classic anime series and cast members' careers with on screen homages. Now it appears to be time for more recent anime to get a shout out in Pokémon. A Pikachu named "Boruto" appears in episode 129 "Dairantō! Battle Royal 151!!" (Big Brawl! Battle Royal 151!!) with an identical hair style to a certain yellow-haired ninja. The episode debuted on Sunday.
>The Pikachu Boruto appears to be cheerful and cocky, much like the eponymous protagonist of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. Unfortunately, he doesn't have long in the limelight, as he is immediately KO-ed by Mimikyu within seconds of his appearance.
>The Pokémon Sun & Moon anime series premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliated stations in Japan in November 2016. The Boruto: Naruto Next Generations television anime series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo in April 2017. The anime is based on Ukyō Kodachi and Mikie Ikemoto's Boruto sequel manga, which launched in Weekly Shonen Jump in May 2016.
Literally who cares? Pokemon the anime is a show for babies. Naruto is a show for babies. Only babies would care. Also, stop the fucking presses! Somebody made a reference!
This isn't Yea Forums faggot. No one gives a shit.
Bentley Reyes
You're the biggest baby here though.
Jordan Edwards
based
Christian Perez
Bort
Blake Price
>show for babies >posts moe garbage
Xavier Martinez
When your anime is so shitty you need another shitty but popular anime to shill for you.
Levi Bennett
Sneed
Oliver Smith
I know Pokemon has been using referential humor since season 01, but it always somehow manages to catch me off guard. The shear amount of blatant references in Sun and Moon is insane.
It's funny though. Despide agreeing with you, on SM being a toddler's anime, I don't think a baby can get references to Ganba no boken or Revolutionary Girl Utena. Heh.
They decided that rather than recycle the same stale shounen anime cycle they've been doing for years, that they should instead have actual legitimate fun.
Man, they REALLY wanna keep that long running joke of pokemon being attracted to James for whatever reason.
Easton James
Team Rocket literally has more HP than all Pokemon combined. People really sell Pikachu short for being able to deal with these monsters. They could probably survive camping in Australia without a damn tent.
Juan Collins
I dropped it around the Aether arc. Should I pick it back up?
>koed within seconds Shots fucken fired. Boruto manga adaptation delayed as anime launches into new pokemon parody arc.
Logan Wilson
>Pikachu Named "Boruto" In Recent Pokemon Ep is Actually a Reference to BORUTO.: What the fuck? I thought it was a Simpsons reference with pikachu being yellow and bort sounding like bart.