Marnie Will Soon Be Making Pokemon Anime Debut

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Pokemon's eighth generation titles, Pokemon Sword and Shield, saw plenty of characters introduced from the game's UK-based Galar region, with several becoming among the most popular characters from the franchise. While the games saw significant backlash from fans due to a number of exclusions from the Pokedex and complaints about the animations, characters like Nessa and Sonia have become fan favorites since their debuts. Now, one of Galar's most popular characters is preparing to make her debut in the ongoing Pokemon Master Journeys anime.

Pokemon Master Journeys has continued where Journeys left off with Ash and his new companion Goh traveling throughout the world of Pokemon, visiting a variety of regions from Pokemon's past. The series has also re-introduced many of Ash's past traveling companions with characters like Dawn and Brock making appearances among plenty others. Now, a recent preview trailer for an upcoming episode of Pokemon Master Journeys sees Ash and Goh returning to Galar with the pair set to encounter the fan-favorite Marnie in Galar's city of Spikemuth.

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The trailer posted to the official Japanese Pokemon YouTube channel sees Ash and Goh paying a visit to Galar's Spikemuth. The trailer shows off Spikemuth's punk-rock Gym Leader Piers and his band featuring Pokemon like Toxtricity, Rillaboom, and his signature Obstagoon. The second half of the preview officially introduces Marnie with a battle between Ash's Gengar and Marnie's Grimmsnarl at Galar's Wyndon Stadium, also teasing Marnie's Grimmsnarl entering its Dynamax form during the battle.

Marnie's starring role in Pokemon Journeys' upcoming episode will be the first appearance of the character