Pokémon Journeys: The Series · Pokémon Journeys arc
JN018 · Destination: Coronation!
サトシ参戦！ポケモンワールドチャンピオンシップス！！
Synopsis
What happens.
At the Cerise Laboratory, Ash learns that the World Coronation Series has over 10,000 participants, with new ones joining in all the time. Since his first step towards reaching Leon is to get to the Great Class, he has to win a lot of battles.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's JN018 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · JN001-JN048
Pokémon Journeys.
Ash and Goh meet in Vermilion; both become Research Fellows under Cerise. Format establishes: any region, any episode. Goh catches Mew (sort of).
Read the full Journeys guidePokémon featured · 10
Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Pokémon Journeys.
Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.