Pokémon Horizons: The Series (season)

This article is about the season. For the series, see Pokémon Horizons: The Series.
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Season 1 (International)
Season 26 (Asia)
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Logo for the season
Opening Becoming Me
We Go (English Ver.)
Episodes 45[1]
Region Kanto, Galar, & Paldea
Series Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Preceded by Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series
Followed by Unannounced

Pokémon Horizons: The Series is the first season of the dubbed version of Pokémon Horizons: The Series. It is the twenty-sixth season of the Pokémon animated series. The season follows Liko and Roy as they travel around the world with a group of adventurers known as the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In the United States, episodes were added on Netflix beginning on March 7, 2024 and concluding on November 22, 2024. In the United Kingdom, it debuted on December 1, 2023 on BBC iPlayer and on December 4, 2023 on CBBC. In Australia, it debuted on February 27, 2024 on 9Go!. In Canada, it debuted on March 2, 2024 on Cartoon Network. In Asia, it debuted on March 8, 2024 on the Pokémon Asia ENG YouTube channel. In sub-Saharan Africa, it debuted on March 25, 2024 on Cartoon Network Africa. In New Zealand, it debuted on April 15, 2024 on Netflix.

It is preceded by Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series, the last season of the previous series, Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

Blurb

A new adventure is beginning within the wide world of Pokémon! Arriving at Indigo Academy, a girl named Liko receives her first partner Pokémon, Sprigatito. But she soon finds herself pursued by the Explorers, a mysterious group that’s determined to take the pendant necklace she wears. Liko isn’t on her own, though, as Friede, Captain Pikachu and the other Rising Volt Tacklers offer her protection aboard their airship. Meanwhile, a boy named Roy dreams of becoming a Pokémon Trainer, unaware of the secret hiding within the Ancient Poké Ball he carries. As Liko, Roy and the Rising Volt Tacklers set sail for new horizons, what kind of discoveries await?

Important events

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First poster for the season
Second poster for the season
Third poster for the season
Fourth poster for the season

Party changes

Additions

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

Lucius's Pokémon

Liko takes these Pokémon from Lucius under her care:

Episodes

Epicode Episode Title #
HZ001 The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One) 1
HZ002 The Pendant That Starts It All (Part Two) 2
HZ003 For Sure! 'Cause Sprigatito's with Me! 3
HZ004 The Treasure After the Storm! 4
HZ005 Found You, Fuecoco! 5
HZ006 The Ancient Poké Ball 6
HZ007 Special Training with Cap! 7
HZ008 The Door That Never Opens 8
HZ009 Welcome to Paldea! 9
HZ010 Nemona and Brassius and… 10
HZ011 Arboliva's Forest 11
HZ012 The Future I Choose 12
HZ013 An Unexpected Picnic! 13
HZ014 Fly! Wattrel!! 14
HZ015 Someone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit? 15
HZ016 Quaxly, We Can Do It 16
HZ017 Special Training Time! 17
HZ018 Flying Pikachu, Rising Higher and Higher! 18
HZ019 The Bittersweet Truth 19
HZ020 Kabu's Battle Training! 20
HZ021 The Lonely Hatenna 21
HZ022 Charge! Galar Mine! 22
HZ023 Fiery Galarian Moltres 23
HZ024 Reunion at the Ancient Castle! 24
HZ025 Rivals in the Dark of Night! 25
HZ026 Terapagos's Adventure 26
HZ027 As Long as I'm with My Friends 27
HZ028 The Stolen Treasure 28
HZ029 Orla and the Poké Ball Smith 29
HZ030 Slip and Crash! A Mystery Pokémon?! 30
HZ031 Song Within the Mist 31
HZ032 Lapras's Feelings for its Friends 32
HZ033 Roar of the Black Rayquaza 33
HZ034 Respective Departures 34
HZ035 The Wild Pair, Friede and Cap! 35
HZ036 Mission: Find Oinkologne's Partner! 36
HZ037 Fuecoco…Becomes a Crook?! 37
HZ038 The SOS is from Tandemaus? 38
HZ039 Tinkatink's Ideal Hammer 39
HZ040 Farewell, Sprigatito? 40
HZ041 A Wild Mom Appears! 41
HZ042 Transform! Hero of the Seas, Palafin 42
HZ043 A Challenge from the Explorers 43
HZ044 The Plan to Capture Rayquaza 44
HZ045 From So Far Away 45

Trivia

  • This is the first season not to feature Ash and Pikachu as main protagonists and the Team Rocket trio as main antagonists.
  • The season was initially announced to be releasing in the United States and internationally on February 23, 2024,[2] but was later delayed till March 7, 2024.[3]
  • Unlike previous series, the English titles of episodes follow the Japanese titles more closely, with most titles being direct translations.
  • In Asian territories where The Pokémon Company holds distribution rights, this season is numbered as season 26.[4][5][6][7] 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"[8] in pre-release material, starting the numbering from Season 1,[9] and using "Pokémon the Series" in social media material of prior episodes after this point.[10]
  • This is the first season where the English dub uses different opening themes for different releases of the same episodes, with Becoming Me for the international release and We Go (English Ver.) for the Asian release.
  • This is the first season promoted with more than two official posters. Each of the four posters corresponds to a batch of episodes released consecutively in March, May, August, and November 2024.

In other languages


References

External links

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