Under The Alolan Sun

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Under The Alolan Sun
Dub OP 20 Artist Jannel Candrice and The Sad Truth (featuring Ben Dixon and the Vestigial Horns; guitars by James Harman) Lyrics Ed Goldfarb Composer Ed Goldfarb Arrangement Ed Goldfarb and Jeff Stuart Saltzman

Under The Alolan Sun is the opening theme song for the English dub of the twentieth season, Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. It was used from Alola to New Adventure! to When Regions Collide!. The opening animation is composed of clips from the first Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon Japanese opening, Alola!!, and The Guardian's Challenge!, while the ending animation is composed of clips from the first Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon Japanese ending, Pose.

Lyrics

I could get used to this heat on my skin
I can feel every day, I'm a little bit stronger
I only wish each day was longer

Yeah! We're having fun in the sun (the Alolan sun)
Week after week
It's just like we're on vacation

Yeah! Now our journey's begun,
Friends 'til the end
Number one's our destination

Under the Alolan sun
Pokémon!

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Exeggutor (Alolan form)
• Solgaleo
• Lunala
• Wingull (×3)

Opening animation spoilers

• Jessie catches a Mimikyu.
• Ash catches a Rowlet.
• Lillie receives a Pokémon Egg.

Ending variants

1. SM001 - SM008: The original animation. Lillie holds nothing in her arms.
2. SM009 - SM012: Lillie holds the Egg in her arms.
3. SM013 - SM017: Lillie holds Snowy in her arms.
4. SM018 - SM036: Mallow's Bounsweet is now shown as a Steenee.
5. SM037 - SM043: Ash's Rockruff is now shown as a Dusk Form Lycanroc. Lana is now shown wearing her Z-Ring.

Video

By Pokémon

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Trivia

• An instrumental version of this song was used in That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!, Partner Promises!, Alolan Open House!, Big Sky, Small Fry!, The Young Flame Strikes Back!, and Drawn with the Wind!.
• The credits for the song mistakenly spell "Vestigial Horns" as "Vestigal Horns". It was fixed prior to when Loading the Dex! debuted on CITV in the United Kingdom, and before That's Why the Litten is a Scamp! debuted in Canada and the United States.
• This is the first time since Pokémon: Advanced Battle that the closing credits have featured animation rather than text juxtaposed against a black screen. This is also the first time that the closing credits have their own unique animation, rather than using a shortened version of the opening sequence.
• On Netflix, only the first ending variant is used.

Errors

The error

• A frame from Alola to New Adventure! is shown during the first frame of the fade-between to the group shot of Lillie, Mallow, and Lana.

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Pod sluncem alolským Under the Alolan sun
Danish		I solen fra Alola In the sun of Alola
Dutch		Onder de Alolan zon Under the Alolan sun
Finnish		Alolan aurinkoon tuu Come to the Alolan sun
French		Sous le soleil d'Alola Under the Alolan sun
German		Alola ist wunderschön Alola is wonderful
Hebrew		!שמש עולה לעולם Sun rises forever!
Italian		Perché qui ad Alola puoi Because here in Alola you can
Norwegian		Under Alola sin sol Under Alola's sun
Polish		A słońce Aloli lśni The Alola's sun shines
Portuguese	Brazil	Curtindo a ilha no sol Enjoying the island in the sun
	Portugal	O sol de Alola é assim Alola's sun is this way
Romanian		Sub Soarele Alolan Under the Alolan Sun
Russian		Под солнцем Алолы Under the Alolan Sun
Spanish	Latin America	Al sol de Alolan será Under Alolan's sun it will be
	Spain	Bajo el sol de Alola Under the Alolan sun
Swedish		Under vår Alolasol Under our Alola sun
Turkish		Alola Güneşi Bu This is the Alolan Sun

External links

• On Ed Goldfarb's official website

English opening themes of the Pokémon animated series OS: Pokémon Theme • Pokémon World GS: Pokémon Johto • Born to Be a Winner • Believe in Me RS: I Wanna Be a Hero • This Dream • Unbeatable • Battle Frontier DP: Diamond and Pearl • We Will Be Heroes • Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) • We Will Carry On! BW: Black and White • Rival Destinies • It's Always You and Me XY: Pokémon Theme (Version XY) • Be a Hero • Stand Tall SM: Under The Alolan Sun • Under The Alolan Moon • The Challenge of Life JN: The Journey Starts Today • Journey to Your Heart • With You • Gotta Catch Em All HZ: Becoming Me / We Go (English Ver.) Other: Side by Side • Pokérap GS / Pokémon Chronicles theme • Always Safe

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