Anistar City

Anistar City is a city in the Kalos region. It's the city that Giratina picked long ago to hold Ikazuchi, the Electric Plate. The Mokusetsu previously visited this city in search of the Plate.

It's also the hometown of the main protagonist, Alain Takahata.

History
Anistar City was the site of the second meteor shower in history. It's also the only known city where a meteor shower approached, since history records don't show which city in Sinnoh was the target of the first shower.

This meteor shower happened around 6 years before the start of the series. Technology was more advanced than the first time this happened, so people were aware of its approach. Mostly everyone vacated the city the night it was close by, but Lysandre and the rest of Team Flare stayed behind to watch as Arceus came in to stop the tragedy. Arceus used its full power to stop the meteor shower from destroying the city. It was so impactful, that Arceus lost all of its Plates, rendering it powerless.

Arceus needs at least two of its Plates to have enough power to call the rest of them to it. Lysandre picked up the Fire and Steel Plates to give to it, but instead, he signaled for the rest of Team Flare to come in and capture Arceus. They hauled it away in a truck, headed towards the Team Flare headquarters.

Plate
In ancient times when Arceus created its special move, "Omnipotent Purēto Scatter", it had Giratina pick out several cities and towns around the world to hide all 17 Plates. Anistar City was one of these locations. The Plate that was hidden here was Ikazuchi, the Electric Plate.

Present
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In Lumiose City, after the events of Shizuku, Alain informed the Mokusetsu that the second Plate they seek was going to be in Anistar City and that it would be Ikazuchi, the Electric Plate.

After a detour through Vaniville Town to try to find Serena's mom, Alain sternly said they need to make their way to Anistar City next for the Plate without any more detours.

They finally arrived in Anistar City in Episode 9. The group consisted of Alain, Ash, Dawn, Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena. Alain pointed out an antique lighthouse on an ocean bank as they all began searching for Ikazuchi. Ash and Pikachu approached the lighthouse, marveling at it. Pikachu suddenly ran inside a small compartment at the bottom of it. He returned out of it, holding Ikazuchi. The lighthouse suddenly began powering up for the first time in over 30 years.

The Mokusetsu was then approached by Celosia, Mable, and Dr. Zager of the Tekiyoku. A fight broke out over possession of the Electric Plate that had just been retrieved. Serena got involved, against Alain and Ash's wishes. She learned about her occasional strength from the result of one of her previous epxeriments from Xerosic, told to her by Dr. Zager. Serena used that strength to help the Mokusetsu end up successful in the fight. However, during the fight, the Tekiyoku ended up kidnapping Bonnie, intended for using her for experiments with the Science Division.

Before Dr. Zager left, he informed Serena that her mother was relocated to Kiloude City. He escaped, followed by the Mokusetsu realizing that Bonnie was gone. A note revealed that they were to come to Geosenge Town if they wanted her back. Everyone left the city to search for Bonnie.

Characters From Here

 * Alain Takahata

Trivia

 * Anistar City is named after the word "star" and also from "star anise", a spice obtained from the Illicum verum evergreen tree, native to Vietnam and China.