Pokémon Horizons: The Series
- This article is about the anime series based on Generation IX. For the manga series, see Pokémon Horizon.
- This article is about the eighth series of the anime. For its eponymous first season, see Pokémon Horizons: The Series (season).
Pokémon Horizons: The Series (Japanese: ポケットモンスター Pocket Monsters) is the eighth series of the Pokémon anime. It succeeds Pokémon Journeys: The Series. It premiered on April 14, 2023 in Japan with a one-hour special, and on March 7, 2024 in the United States.
The series features dual protagonists Liko and Roy, who join together with a group of adventurers known as the Rising Volt Tacklers and set out to travel the Pokémon world with them, visiting various regions introduced in the core series from Kanto to Paldea. Liko also finds herself targeted by the mysterious Explorers organization, which is after her equally mysterious pendant. During the series, Dot, one of the members of the Rising Volt Tacklers, joined the group of main characters and began traveling with Liko and Roy in order to participate in the Terastal Training conducted by Naranja Academy. For the first time in Pokémon anime history, Pokémon Horizons: The Series features an all-new cast of characters and a more linear plot without many ties to previous anime series.
Episodes in Pokémon Horizons: The Series are numbered with the prefix HZ on Bulbapedia. For a complete episode listing, see the list of Pokémon Horizons: The Series episodes.
Japanese seasons
Pokémon Horizons: The Series is divided into multiple chapters in the Japanese release, with each part of the story given its own subtitle:
- Liko and Roy's Departure (リコとロイの旅立ち) (HZ001 - HZ025)
- The Sparkling of Terapagos (テラパゴスのかがやき) (HZ026 - HZ045)
- Terastal Debut (テラスタルデビュー) (HZ046 - Ongoing)
Pocket Monsters: Liko and Roy's Departure logo
Pocket Monsters: The Sparkling of Terapagos logo
Pocket Monsters: Terastal Debut logo
Dub seasons
When Pokémon Horizons: The Series came to be dubbed into English and other languages, it was divided into seasons, with one so far:
- Pokémon Horizons: The Series (HZ001 - Ongoing)
Pokémon Horizons: The Series logo
Gallery
Promotional artwork
![Air date reveal artwork of Liko and Roy[1]](https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/thumb/0/03/Pokemon_2023_Airdate_Promo_Artwork.png/120px-Pokemon_2023_Airdate_Promo_Artwork.png)
Air date reveal artwork of Liko and Roy[1]
![Air date reveal artwork of Liko and Roy[1]](/wiki/File:Pokemon_2023_Airdate_Promo_Artwork.png)
Posters
First Japanese poster
Second Japanese poster
Third Japanese poster
Fourth Japanese poster
Fifth Japanese poster
First English poster
Second English poster
Third English poster
Characters
Main characters
Supporting characters
Rising Volt Tacklers
Naranja Academy
- Nemona anime 2.png
- Geeta anime 2.png
- Clavell anime 2.png
- Rika anime 2.png
- Poppy anime 2.png
- Larry anime 2.png
- Hassel anime 2.png
- Jacq anime 2.png
- Dendra anime 2.png
Others
Antagonists
Explorers
Staff
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| Production supervisor スーパーバイザー |
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| Associate producers アソシエイトプロデューサー |
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| Published by 掲載 |
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| Series construction シリーズ構成 |
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| Animation coordinator アニメーションコーディネーター |
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| Script coordinator シナリオコーディネーター |
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| Character designer キャラクターデザイン |
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| Additional character designs サブキャラクターデザイン |
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| Action director アクションディレクター |
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| Art director 美術監督 |
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| Color keys 色彩設計 |
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| Director of photography 撮影監督 |
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| Editor 編集 |
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| Sound recording director 音響監督 |
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| Music 音楽 |
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| Theme song producers* 主題歌プロデュース |
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| Music collaboration 音楽協力 |
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| Collaboration 協力 |
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| Creative producer クリエイティブプロデューサー |
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| Animation producer アニメーションプロデューサー |
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| Line producer ラインプロデューサー |
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| Producers プロデューサー |
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| Creative director クリエイティブディレクター |
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| Directed by 監督 |
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| Executive director 総監督 |
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| Setting assistance 設定協力 |
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| Creative assistance 原案協力 |
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| Character concept キャラクター設定 |
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| Conceptual character artists キャラクター原案 |
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| Written by 脚本 |
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| Chief animation directors 総作画監督 |
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| Main animator メインアニメーター |
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| Deputy director 副監督 |
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| Picture book design 絵本デザイン |
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| Anime Pokémon design アニメポケモンデザイン |
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| Screenplay collaboration* 脚本協力 |
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| Airship design 飛行船デザイン |
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| Design collaboration デザイン協力 |
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| Color script カラースクリプト |
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| Casting assistance キャスティング協力 |
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| Photography* 撮影 |
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| Line photography 線撮影 |
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| 3D CGI 3DCGI |
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| CGI supervisor CGIスーパーバイザー |
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| CGI director CGIディレクター |
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| CGI designers CGIデザイナー |
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| CGI cooperation CGI協力 |
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| Modeling supervisor モデリングスーパーバイザー |
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| Toon model supervisor トゥーンモデル スーパーバイザー |
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| Modeling モデリング |
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| Modeling coordinator モデリングコーディネーター |
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| Rigging supervisor リギングスーパーバイザー |
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| Rigging coordinators リギングコーディネーター |
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| CGI production coordinator CGIプロダクションコーディネーター |
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| CGI production manager CGIプロダクションマネージャー |
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| CGI producer* CGIプロデューサー |
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| Editorial assistant 編集助手 |
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| Video editing ビデオ編集 |
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| Music composition 一部原曲・作曲 |
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| Rap assistance ラップ協力 |
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| Sound recording producers 音響プロデューサー |
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| Sound recording manager 音響制作担当 |
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| Recording coordination サウンドミキサー |
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| Recording assistants サウンドエディター |
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| Sound effects supervisors 音響効果技師 |
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| Music & sound effects production 音響制作 |
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| Assistant producers アシスタントプロデューサー |
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| Broadcast advancement 放送進行 |
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| Program business 番組事業 |
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| Business manager 事業管理 |
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| Globalization グローバライズ |
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| Program publicity 番組宣伝 |
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| Publicity collaboration 宣伝協力 |
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| Animation production アニメーション制作 |
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| Production manager 制作デスク |
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| Staging coordinators 設定制作 |
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| 3D production 3D制作 |
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| Executive production 製作 |
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Trivia
- In Asian territories where The Pokémon Company holds distribution rights, this season is numbered as season 26 and is treated no different than previous anime series.[2][3][4] However The Pokémon Company International refers to this series as a new, separate series different than the previous anime series. This includes referring to the show as the "new Pokémon animated series"[5] in pre-release material, starting the dub season from Season 1,[6] and using "Pokémon the Series" in social media material of prior episodes after this point.[7]
- This is the second series to feature the 2D "Pocket Monster" logo, though with a new design.
- Both the Japanese logo and the English logo have a split color design, with blue and red coloring. The Japanese and Korean logo is split horizontally, with blue on the top half and red on the bottom half, and the English logo is split vertically, with blue on the left half and red on the right half.
- This is the first series:
- To not feature Ash Ketchum and Pikachu as protagonists.
- To not feature the Team Rocket trio as antagonists.
- To not have a narrator (with the exception of the "World of Pokémon" intro at the beginning of The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One)).
- To feature a female and male duo.
- To have both a Creative and Action Director as a staff position.
- To have none of the protagonists participate in a major competition.
- To feature main characters in the series titles.
- Where the dub uses the same footage for their opening theme as the Japanese opening theme.
- In which no main character is based on a game character.
- In which a main character has a Grass-type first partner Pokémon as their first Pokémon.
- In which the concurrent generation's Water-type first partner Pokémon is not owned by a main character.
- To feature human characters that are not part of the main cast in eyecatches and foreshadow Pokémon captures by the main characters.
- It is also the series with the most versions of eyecatches.
- To be unionized in the dub.
- To be collaborated with the Trading Card Game.
- Since:
- The Original series:
- That did not premiere within the same month of the newly released core series games.
- Wherein the concurrent first partner Pokémon are obtained in Pokédex order.
- Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl to use more than one title card.
- Pokémon the Series: Black & White to have all three of the concurrent first partner Pokémon have their genders confirmed.
- The Original series:
- Like Ash in the original series through Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Liko reads the episode title.
- Liko also replaces the role of the narrator from previous series, similar to Ash and Lillie in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon.
- Much like Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon the Series: XY, three of the characters, main or recurring, have one of the concurrent first partner Pokémon each. However, unlike the two previous series, the genders have been reversed.
- In some flashbacks (i.e. in Flying Pikachu, Rising Higher and Higher!), the aspect ratio 21:9 is used instead of the usual 16:9.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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 Arabic
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آفاق البوكيمون: المسلسل | |
| Chinese | Cantonese | 寶可夢地平線：系列 Pokémon Deihpìhngsin: Haihliht |
| Mandarin | 寶可夢地平線：系列 Pokémon Dìpíngxiàn: Xìliè* 宝可梦地平线 Pokémon Dìpíngxiàn* | |
 Czech
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Pokémon: Horizonty – seriál | |
 Danish
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Pokémon horisonter: Serien | |
 Dutch
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Pokémon Horizons: De serie | |
 Finnish
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Pokémon: Taivaanranta – Sarja | |
 European French
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La série : Pokémon, les horizons | |
 German
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Pokémon Horizonte: Die Serie | |
 Hebrew
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פוקמון: אופקים: הסדרה | |
 Indonesian
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Seri Pokémon Horizon | |
 Italian
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Orizzonti Pokémon | |
 Korean
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포켓몬스터 Pocket Monsters | |
 Norwegian
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Pokémon horisonter: Serien | |
 Polish
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Pokémon Horyzonty: Seria* Pokémon: Horyzonty – Seria* | |
| Portuguese |  Brazil
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Pokémon: Horizontes* A Série Pokémon: Horizontes* |
 Portugal
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A série Pokémon: Horizontes | |
 Russian
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Сериал Покемон: новые горизонты Serial Pokémon: novyye gorizonty | |
| Spanish |  Latin America
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La serie Horizontes Pokémon* Horizontes Pokémon: La serie* |
 Spain
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La serie Horizontes Pokémon* Horizontes Pokémon: La serie* | |
 Swedish
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Pokémon Horisonter: Serien* Pokémon – Horisonter: Serien* | |
 Thai
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โปเกมอน เดอะซีรีส์ สุดขอบฟ้า Pokémon the Series: Sutkhopfa | |
 Turkish
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Pokémon Yeni Ufuklar: Dizi | |
Liko and Roy's Departure
| Language | Title | |
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 Japanese
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リコとロイの旅立ち Liko to Roy no Tabidachi | |
| Chinese | Cantonese | 莉可與羅伊的啟程 Leihhó yúh Lòhyī dīk Káichìhng |
| Mandarin | 莉可與羅伊的啟程 Lìkě yǔ Luóyī de Qǐchéng | |
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리코와 로드의 모험 Riko-wa Rodeu-ui Moheom | |
The Sparkling of Terapagos
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テラパゴスのかがやき Terapagos no Kagayaki | |
| Korean
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테라파고스의 빛 Terapagoseu-ui Bit | |
External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- Official site (English)
- Official list of seasons page (English)
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230210105649/https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1623996700208812034
- ↑ The Pendant That Starts It All: Part One | Pokémon Horizons | S26 EP1 | @disneyindia
- ↑ Mentari TV on Facebook
- ↑ 寶可夢地平線：系列
- ↑ https://press.pokemon.com/en/products/New-Pokemon-Animated-Series
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0grjk93/episodes/player
- ↑ https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation
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