Anistar City/Anime

In the, Anistar City was first shown in Rivals: Today and Tomorrow! on 's Town Map. and arrived there in Tag Team Battle Inspiration! along with  and.

A Pokémon Showcase Rookie Class was held in Anistar City in A Performance Pop Quiz!. Serena entered the competition together with Shauna, Jessie, and Nini. During the first round, which had a quiz about as its theme, Serena was placed in the same group as Nini and. She was the first Performer in her group to answer three questions correctly and, as a result, was granted a place in the Freestyle Performance. Shauna and Jessie also managed to give the correct answers to Pierre's questions, thus advancing to the second round as well.

In the Freestyle Performance, Serena delivered a performance along with her and, Shauna performed with her  and , and Jessie used her  to try and dazzle the crowd. At the conclusion of the round, the audience members used their Glow Casters to vote on the performance they enjoyed the most. After the voting was over, it was revealed that Serena was the who received the highest number of votes, thus winning the Anistar Showcase and earning her second.

In Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!, Ash and his friends met up with Professor Sycamore again, who got attacked by one of Olympia's apprentices,. After the misunderstanding had been cleared, Ash and his friends, followed Olympia to her Gym, where she told the group about her visions about a future crisis for Kalos and a unique power for Ash's Frogadier. In the next episode, Ash had his Gym battle with Olympia and won, earning himself the. Afterwards the group left Anistar City.

Anistar City was seen again in Championing a Research Battle!, where Olympia informed Diantha about the upcoming threat to Kalos.

In Rocking Kalos Defenses! and Forming a More Perfect Union!, the Giant Rock, controlled by Lysandre, was heading from Lysandre Labs to Anistar City. Ash and his friends followed the giant rock to prevent it from having contact with the sundial, which would cause the whole world to be wiped out if they merged. However, Ash and friends along with all the Kalos Gym Leaders all helped stop Lysandre along with Zygarde Complete Forme, which in turn destroyed the Giant Rock, protecting the Sundial, which saved also the entire Kalos region as well.