HZ018

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HZ018   EP1250 そらとぶピカチュウ、どこまでも高く! Flying Pikachu, Soaring High!

First broadcast Japan August 18, 2023 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ドキメキダイアリー Ending RVR〜ライジングボルテッカーズラップ〜

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松澤くれは Kureha Matsuzawa Storyboard 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi 忍田雄介 Yusuke Oshida 大野泰江 Yasue Ōno No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: そらとぶピカチュウ、どこまでも高く! Flying Pikachu, Soaring High!) is the 18th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,250th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 18, 2023.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Friede reveals how he met Captain Pikachu and the creation of the Rising Volt Tacklers.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Lucca (flashback)

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Shuckle (Rising Volt Tacklers')

Trivia

• The first set of eyecatches features Friede and his Charizard and the second set features a younger Friede and Captain Pikachu.

In other languages

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