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AureliaShipping refers to the romantic pairing, or shipping, of the characters Ash Ketchum and Lillie from the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime. It follows the popular AmourShipping partnership that took place during Pokémon X&Y.

Origin

On September 15th, 2016, the trailer for the Pokémon Sun & Moon anime was released (shown below). Unlike in the games, Ash and Lillie are classmates in the anime. Bulbapedia forums user Olive posted a thread devoted to shipping Ash with Lillie the following day.^[1]

Spread

The ship did not begin to spread widely until the show's premiere in Japan on November 17th, 2016.^[2] On November 18th, a Strawpoll^[6] was created to decide on the official name of the ship, with "AureliaShipping" beating "AshlieShipping." On November 21st, a Tumblr^[5] devoted to AureliaShipping was created. On the 29th, a thread devoted to commentary and art about the ship was posted to Serbeii.^[3] On January 21st, 2017, Fanfiction.net^[4] created a category devoted to fanfiction about the ship. On YouTube, several videos have been posted devoted to debating which character Ash should be shipped with: Lillie, Lana, or Mallow. On November 21st, TheChornick posted one of the most popular versions of these videos, with over 62,000 views (shown below).

The ship has also inspired a large amount of fan art on Tumblr.^[7] As of June 23rd, 2017, there are 57 results for "aureliashipping" on DeviantArt.^[8]

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References