Activity in the animated series
Sakaki also appears in the anime series. His setting as the boss and gym leader of the Rocket Clan is the same as in the game series.
In the anime series, Mousasi Kojiro Meowth is the mainstay of the Rocket Clan, so it is rare for Sakaki to appear in the public eye.
・『Mewtwo I am here』
・「Best Wishes Season 2」：Episode 12-13
In the anime series that has been running for more than 20 years, he has only appeared in front of Satoshi twice above.
His character has become more ruthless than in the game series, and he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He treats Pokémon and even Rocket Corps members as if they were tools.
He plans to use the power of the strongest Pokémon Legion to take over the world, and he just wants strong Pokémon.
Speaking of Sakaki in the anime series, he’s always in love with Percian, who is always by his side. This has reinforced the image of Persians as Sakaki’s sidekick, so some of the game series have Persians in their hands.
Activity in the comic book version
Sakaki also appears in the Pokémon Special manga.
Since Pocket Monsters Special is based on the game series, the boss of the Rockettes and Gym Leader remains the same.
He appears in the following seven chapters, appearing more often than in the anime series.
・Chapter1
・Chapter2
・Chapter3
・Chapter4
・Chapter5
・Chapter9
・Chapter13
The manga version of Sakaki is unique in that it has Spear as a sidekick. It seems to be a Pokémon that you have a special place in your heart for the reason that you first captured it in the Tokiwa Forest near Tokiwa Gym.
It forms a Rocket Clan and plans to take over the world, but like the game series, it is defeated by the main character, Red. Unlike the Game Series, it does not announce the disbanding of the Rocket Pack, but disappears.
Later, he reappears in Chapter 13. As the world is collapsing at the hands of the Magma Clan and the Aqua Clan, he and Red are able to stop it.
As he cooperates with Red, a former enemy, it seems that he has finally changed his mind, but he says, “I don’t want the world I’m about to conquer to be destroyed. It seems that he hasn’t given up on his ambition of world domination.
The energy and charisma were enough
Although he has had his ambitions shattered many times in games, anime, and manga, there is no doubt that he had plenty of energy and charisma as the boss of an evil organization.
Sakaki was the boss of the Rockettes and the gym leader. Both are jobs that cannot be performed with ordinary preparation.
His ability to juggle two major roles is one of the best among characters in the Pokémon series. To be elected as a Gym Leader or to reign as the boss of an organization, you also need charisma.
Even with his energy and charisma, Sakaki was unable to achieve his ambitions. This is only because the protagonist was strong enough to crush Sakaki’s ambitions. If he hadn’t met the protagonist, he would have been able to achieve his ambitions for the Rockettes.
The truth about the rumors that Sakaki has a son
Although there were rumors that Sakaki had a son, his existence was shrouded in mystery for many years.
The first time the existence of Sakaki’s son was mentioned in Fire Red Leaf Green, a remake of Aka Midori. A certain person gives us information about Sakaki’s son named “Akaiiro no Kami”.
The Pokémon series, in which characters with various hair colors appear.
There are some characters who are obviously not sons of Sakaki’s age, but there are several characters with red hair in the game series, as shown below.
・Lance
・Matubusa
・Sidney
・Flint
・Rockettes
・Rivals appearing in gold and silver
Who in the world is Sakaki’s son? As fans repeatedly pondered, its existence was finally revealed.
Sakaki’s son was his rival in Gold and Silver.
If you have the Celebi that was distributed in the movie version of Zoroark: The Visionary High Priestess, you can see the relationship between them in Heart Gold Soul Silver.
Sakaki is the head of a large organization, the Rocket Clan, with a huge number of members. On the other hand, his son, the rival, is a loner who doesn’t want to associate with anyone.
Why is there such a difference in the way of life between father and son? It’s because he has witnessed Sakaki’s many failures as a son.
No matter how powerful you are, you will fail one day. If you lose trust in him by failing, you’ll be alone from the beginning.
He chooses to be a loner, using Sakaki as an antidote so that he doesn’t follow in the footsteps of his father, Sakaki.
Summary
In this issue, we summarized the following information about the Rockettes’ boss, Sakaki.
・Activity in the game
・Activities in Anime
・Activity in comics
・The identity of Sakaki’s son
Sakaki, with his outstanding energy, was both the boss and gym leader of the Rockettes. Although he is a villain, his persistence and determination to not give up, no matter how many times he’s been crushed, makes me want to say, “Well done!
I’m curious to see what kind of organization and Pokémon Sakaki will be leading when he stands in front of the hero again.
