Twilight Wings Addendum

Last year, I detailed about "Pokémon: Twilight Wings", which is an online miniseries of the Pokémon anime set in the Galar region, with links to the Corviknight taxi to which the title alludes. Now, it is also known that the Sword and Shield games, which contain the region in question, got an Expansion Pass for new places to discover and new (and returning) Pokémon to deal with. Given this fact, it would be natural that Twilight Wings also got this treatment... and it did, with a special extra episode, an "addendum", so to speak. This has also been around for over half a year, so I'm late to deal with it, but because I've already discussed the miniseries, I have to discuss its expansion sooner or later - much later, in this case.

This extra episode takes place in part in the Isle of Armor, one of the locales of the Expansion Pass, and illustrates the Galar All-Stars Tournament, also a feature of the Expansion Pass. The key character of this extra episode is Leon, who by now is a former Champion, as he actually notes. The flying taxi is still an important link for how Leon will make things happen for his ultimate agenda, certainly not far from Pokémon battles. For the full details, I recommend taking the bit of time to watch the episode and seeing what actions Leon take.

This extra episode is a nice touch to correspond with the games and make sure that what shows up there shows up in animated form as well. While the anime-game link for Pokémon is still a point of contention regarding very particular details, at the least, correspondence of essential things like those from the Expansion Pass, which are indeed exhibited in this extra episode, is important. As this is a limited-length miniseries, obviously everything cannot be exhibited all at once, not even in the entire run of the miniseries. The task of showing the rest may also be up to the regular anime to do.

After seven episodes plus one extra, I'm still thoroughly impressed with the Twilight Wings miniseries. It's different from the regular anime but has the same soul, and is thus a refreshing take on the anime. It's also completely freely available to watch, which is a rarity as far as the Pokémon anime is concerned. A similar series in the future is well-deserved, but for now, one can enjoy this one - or perhaps re-enjoy it - at this point.

Without further ado, I also present the two-line summary for this extra episode, in line with previous ones:

Expansion: The Gathering of Stars

Now a former Champion, Leon takes to prepare

a cavalcade for a series of great battles.

One year ago: Pokémon Primer?

Two years ago: Picking Battles

Three years ago: Cosplay Cards

Four years ago: Ghosty and Me