The official Korean Pokémon Anime PR X account posted the preview for this episode and revealed the Korean title on December 26th, 2025.

<메가 굉장해!? 열리지 않는 다크볼>
로드와 다투고 어딘가로 사라진 울트!
태깅구르를 데리고 있는 소년 라윤을 만나게 되는데...!
12월 30일 저녁 7시 재능TV 본방사수

Corocoro Comic September 2025 Issue (月刊コロコロコミック 2025年9月号) was published by Shogakukan on August 12th, 2025. There was a page dedicated to the anime.

TREASURED INFO (ON COLLECUREI)
We focus on the highly mysterious Pokémon Collecurei! Pay attention and you'll get some treasured info?!

COLLECUREI (CHEST FORME) FINALLY JOINS THE GROUP!!
Collecurei grew close to Dot and eventually became her companion. It might be gathering coins in order to evolve into a Surfugo...?!

COLLECUREI (CHEST FORME):
Species: Treasure Chest Pokémon
Type: Ghost
Height: 0.3m
Weight: 5.0 kg
Ability: Rattled
*It is said that this Pokémon was born inside a treasure chest.

ANOTHER FORM HAS BEEN DISCOVERED AS WELL!!
COLLECUREI (ROAMING FORME):
Species: Treasure Hunter Pokémon
Type: Ghost
Height: 0.1m
Weight: 0.1kg
Ability: Run Away
*It wanders around, apparently seeking to return to a treasure chest.

*The Collecurei on the ship went surfing with Dot!
*It gradually opened up to Dot.
IT ADMIRES SURFUGO!!
*By evolving, it'll also become skilled at surfing!

DOT GOT COLLECUREI (CHEST FORME)!!
Dot finally got her third Pokémon! We have high expectations for what it will contribute with in her upcoming battles!!
WELKAMO: Its forte is utilizing its speed and sense of rhythm in battle. DOT'S NAKANUCHAN: It loves gathering metal a bit TOO much, which often causes problems...?!
*Dot and the others fall under Collecurei's control and gather coins for it.

Check out Corocoro's spotlight episodes:

Scheduled for August 15th: "Mega Awesome?! The Off-Limits Dark Ball" After a fight with Roy, Uruto runs away from the group?! After leaving the ship, he encounters and befriends a boy named Rayu accompanied by a Taggingru, and the two talk about their Pokémon with each other. Uruto shows Rayu his cherished Dark Ball and tells him there's definitely a mega awesome Pokémon inside... but when he wakes up the next morning, he finds that the Dark Ball is gone?!

Scheduled for August 22nd: "The Two Of Us, As Friends"
See the exciting events of this episode for yourself on TV!

Source: https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/magazines/0380909125

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted an episode preview on August 13th, 2025.

The Pokémon anime episode airing Friday August 15th, 2025 is... episode 106, "Mega Awesome?! The Off-Limits Dark Ball"! The group has landed in Manpuku Town, and after a fight with Roy, Uruto ends up runs away from the group alongside Yamirami... Where is he going?! ...Good question!

アニポケ 8/15(金)の放送は第106話
「メガすげぇ！？開かずのダークボール」
マンプゥクタウンに上陸！
ロイとケンカしたウルトは
ヤミラミ と一緒に家出してしまい…
一体どこへ!?
…わっかんない！

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted info on Uruto's Dark Ball on August 13th, 2025.

Uruto's Dark Ball from the Pokémon Anime:
In episode 96, Liko asked Uruto why he wanted to become stronger, and he replied that he "needed someone's approval" while clutching a Dark Ball. It seems this Dark Ball won't open... but now something is going to happen in episode 106...?!

アニポケ ウルトのダークボール
第96話でリコに、強くなりたい理由を聞かれたウルトは
「…強くなって、認めてもらわねぇとな…」とダークボールを握りしめて言っていました
実はこのダークボール、開かないようなのですが…
第106話で何かが起こる…!?

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a Next Episode Featured Points on on August 13th, 2025.

Uruto runs into Rayu, a boy selling Taggingru paintings on the roadside, and decides to visit his house after Yamirami and Taggingru hit it off. There, he tells Rayu there's definitely a mega awesome Pokémon inside his cherished Dark Ball... However...

アニポケ 次回注目ポイント
ウルトが出会ったのは道端でタギングルの描く絵を売る少年・ラァユ
ヤミラミ とタギングルが仲良くなり
ウルトはラァユの家へ行くことに
そこで、大切にしているダークボールについて
「絶対メガすげぇポケモンが入ってる！」と語りますが…

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a Pokémon Anime Quiz on August 14th, 2025.

The "Pika tto Hikaru Pokémon Anime Quiz" presented by Pokédoko: Here is this week's question. Check tomorrow's episode of the Pokémon anime for the answer, okay?

Q: What do Uruto and Yamirami collect?
A: Souvenir keychains
B: Local rocks

ポケどこ で出題された
ピカっとひかるのアニポケクイズ
今回の問題はこちら！
正解は明日のアニポケをチェックしてね

The official Japanese Pokémon PR X account posted a preview on August 14th, 2025.

In tomorrow's episode of the Pokémon anime, Uruto gets off the Asagi after a fight with Roy. Yamirami, on the other hand, finds a kindred spirit in a Taggingru it meets afterwards...? Check out the episode preview on the official Youtube channel!

明日のアニポケは、ロイとケンカしたウルトがアサギ号から降りてしまう！
一方、ヤミラミは降りた先で出会ったタギングルと意気投合して……？
公式YouTubeチャンネルで予告編をチェック！

On August 15th, 2025, the official Japanese AniPoke X account posted a Pokémon Anime Day promotional message.

Friday is Pokémon Anime Day! Rayu dreams of showing off Taggingru's paintings all over the world, though he's concerned about its inability to paint in colors other than pink due to never eating anything other than Nana Berries... However, when Uruto sees Taggingru taste test one of Yamirami's jewels, he comes up with a method for curing its instinctive aversion to unfamiliar food.

金曜日はアニポケの日
タギングル の絵を世界中に見せたいと夢見るラァ
しかし、タギングルがナナのみしか食べず
ピンク色以外で絵が描けないことが悩みで…
ウルトは、そんなタギングルが
#ヤミラミ が手に持っていた宝石を味見する様子に
食わず嫌いの直し方を思いつきます

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted an episode airing reminder on August 15th, 2025.

Uruto shows Rayu his cherished Dark Ball... but when he wakes up the next morning, he finds that the Dark Ball is gone... He then runs into Rubella and Indi from the Explorers and ends up battling them! Mega don't megavert your eyes from the Pokémon anime episode coming up soon at 6:55pm!

アニポケ 第106話「メガすげぇ！？開かずのダークボール」
ラァユに大切なダークボールを見せたウルト
しかし、翌朝そのダークボールは無くなっていて…
さらにエクスプローラーズのルーベラとインディに出くわしてバトルに
この後よる6時55分からのアニポケは
メガ目が離せない！

CoroCoro Comic's Official website posted an article about this episode just before the original airing on August 15th, 2025.


What kind of Pokémon is inside the Dark Ball that Uruto holds, which won't open!?

Broadcasting every week from 6:55 pm! The anime "Pocket Monsters" will start airing soon! In this article, we'll introduce you to the Pokémon and characters that will appear in today's episode, as well as comments from the voice actors and director, and other information you won't find anywhere else!


Uruto lives in the Brave Asagi's observation deck like it was his own room. Seeing the mega-messy observation deck, Roy gets into a fight with Uruto and declares that if he doesn't clean up, he'll have to leave! Uruto is quite stubborn, actually ends up leaving the airship!


▲ Uruto's personal belongings are spread across the observation room. Uruto insists he keeps things tidy, but......!?


▲ Roy and Uruto get into a huge fight after he sees the messy observation room!?

After leaving the airship, Uruto meets a boy named Rayu who has Taggingru. Hungry and grumpy, Uruto almost gets into a fight with Rayu, but they gradually become friends through their partner Pokémon.


▲ Uruto is starving because he stubbornly left the ship without eating anything.


▲ The two hit it off through their partner Pokémon and become friends. Yamirimi and Taggingru become best buddies!

Uruto shows Rayu the Dark Ball that he treasures. Though he doesn't know what's inside the still unopened Dark Ball, Uruto confidently declares, "There's definitely a mega awesome Pokémon inside!"

Rayu laughs at Uruto, but the next morning when Uruto wakes up, his precious Dark Ball is gone!!?


▲ When asked if he had any Pokémon other than Yamirimi, Uruto showed Rayu the Dark Ball.


▲ Is this a Pokémon battle!? Who is the opponent!? And where did the vanished Dark Ball go!?

The rest of this story continues on the Anipoke airing tonight at 6:55 PM!

【アニポケまであとちょっと！】中にはどんなポケモンが!? ウルトが持つ開かずのダークボール!!
中にはどんなポケモンが!?ウルトが持つ開かずのダークボール!!
毎週金曜よる6時55分から放送中！
アニメ「ポケットモンスター」まもなく放送開始!!
この記事はアニメ放送前に、今日の放送回に登場するポケモンやキャラクターの紹介、声優さんや監督からのコメントなどなど、ほかでは聞けないアニポケ情報をお届けするコーナーだ!!
ブレイブアサギ号の展望室を自分の部屋代わりにして奔放に暮らしているウルト。メガ散らかり放題の展望室を見たロイはウルトとケンカになり、片付けないなら出て行ってもらうと言い放つ！
そして意地になったウルトは本当に船を出て行ってしまう事態に！
▲展望室に広がるウルトの私物。自分ではきれいにしていると主張するウルトだが……!?
▲散らかった展望室を見て怒ったロイとウルトが大げんか!?
船を出たウルトは、タギングルを連れた少年・ラァユと出会う。お腹がすいていて不機嫌なウルトはラァユともケンカになりかけるが、お互いの大事なパートナーポケモンを通じて次第に仲良くなっていく。
▲意地になって船を飛びだしたせいで何も食べておらず腹ぺこのウルト。
▲自分のパートナーポケモンの話で意気投合して仲良くなる2人。ヤミラミとタギングルも仲良しに！
ウルトは自分が大切にしているというダークボールをラァユに見せる。まだ開かないそのダークボールの中身はウルトにも分からないが、絶対にメガすげぇポケモンが入っている！と自信満々に語るウルト。
そんなウルトを笑うラァユだったが、翌朝ウルトが目を覚ますと大事なダークボールがない!!?
▲ヤミラミ以外のポケモンを持っていないのか聞かれたウルトはダークボールをラァユに見せる。
▲これはポケモンバトル!?　相手は一体!? そして消えたダークボールはどこへ!?
この続きはこのあとよる6時55分から放送のアニポケで！

On August 15th, 2025, the official Japanese AniPoke X account reminded that this episode was available to watch on the official Japanese YouTube channel. The video was region locked. It was available from August 15th, 2025 to August 22nd, 2025. This episode was specifically labeled as a missed-program webcast (見逃し配信).

What did you think of Pokémon anime episode 106, "Mega Awesome?! The Off-Limits Dark Ball"? Roy is chasing after Uruto in order to apologize for the fight they had, while Uruto himself is chasing after the Explorers' truck...?! You mega won't be able to megavert your eyes from the next episode...! And check out the Youtube upload of today's episode as well!

アニポケ 第106話「メガすげぇ！？開かずのダークボール」
いかがでしたか？
ケンカになったウルトに謝るため、後を追いかけるロイ
一方でウルトはエクスプローラーズの車を追いかけていて…!?
次回もメガ目が離せません…！
見逃し配信も要チェックです

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a key frame on August 14th, 2025 of Uruto's Dark Ball.

We present a key frame of Uruto from episode 106. What kind of Pokémon is inside his Dark Ball...?

アニポケ マニア
第106話より、ウルトの原画をご紹介
ダークボールに入っているのはどんなポケモンなのでしょうか…？