Pokémon Horizons: The Series
- This article is about the animated TV series. For the manga series, see Pokémon Horizon.
- This article is about the eighth series of the Pokémon animated series. 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 animated series in Asia (including Japan) and the second animated series of the Pokémon animated series in the West. It follows the adventures of Liko and Roy, alongside the Rising Volt Tacklers, in a search for the group of Pokémon known as the Six Heroes and to discover the mysteries surrounding Terapagos and the ancient adventurer Lucius. The series is based on the core series games, including Pokémon and characters from the Generation IX games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. For the first time in Pokémon animated series history, Pokémon Horizons: The Series features an all-new cast of characters and a more linear plot without connections to previous series. It succeeds Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and, in the West, Pokémon the Series as a whole. It premiered on April 14, 2023 in Japan with a one-hour special, and on March 7, 2024 in the United States.
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.
Blurb
Pokémon Horizons: The Series is an exciting new Pokémon story featuring the adventures of Liko and Roy, as well as the many friends and foes they encounter! Meet interesting groups like the Rising Volt Tacklers and the Explorers, plus other important characters and countless Pokémon along the way.
Plot
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, another member of the Rising Volt Tacklers, joins the group of main characters and begins traveling with Liko and Roy as they enroll in Naranja Academy to learn to use the Terastal phenomenon.
Episodes
In Japan and Korea, the series is divided into chapters or arcs, with each given its own subtitle. In the West, it is divided into seasons, with one so far.
The following table summarizes the Japanese titles, the English titles, and the Japanese and English opening themes used during the series.
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 Pocket Monsters: Liko and Roy's Departure |
 Heart-Pounding Diary |
 HZ001 |
 Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
 Becoming Me |
HZ001 | |
 Pocket Monsters: The Sparkling of Terapagos |
 Halo |
 HZ026 | ||||
 Pocket Monsters: Terastal Debut |
 Will |
 HZ046 |
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 Pocket Monsters: Rayquaza Rising |
 Only One Story |
 HZ068 | ||||
Gallery
- For more images, please see artwork from Pokémon Horizons: The Series on the Bulbagarden Archives.
Posters
First Japanese poster for Liko and Roy's Departure
Second Japanese poster for Liko and Roy's Departure
First Japanese poster for The Sparkling of Terapagos
Second Japanese poster for The Sparkling of Terapagos
Poster for Terastal Debut
Poster for Rayquaza Rising
First English poster
Second English poster
Third English poster
Fourth English poster
Characters
Main characters
Supporting characters
Rising Volt Tacklers
Naranja Academy
Paldea League
Others
Antagonists
Explorers
Manga adaptations
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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| Music Assistance 音楽協力 |
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| Assistance 協力 |
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| Theme Song Producers[a] 主題歌プロデュース |
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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 Producers 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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| Chief 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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| Assistant 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 Assistance[b] 脚本協力 |
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| Airship Design 飛行船デザイン |
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| Design Assistance 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[c] 撮影 |
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| Line Photography 線撮影 |
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| 3DCGI 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 Assistance 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[d] リギング |
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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[e] CGIプロデューサー |
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| 3D Art 3D美術 |
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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 Managers 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 Assistance 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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| Setting Production Coordinators 設定制作 |
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| 3D Production Coordinators 3D制作 |
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| Executive Production 製作 |
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Notes
- ↑ This role was credited under Music from HZ046 up to HZ067 instead.
- ↑ This role was credited under Design Assistance in HZ013 instead.
- ↑ The name order varies per episode.
- ↑ This role was credited under Rigging Coordinators in HZ067 instead.
- ↑ This role was credited under 3DCGI up to HZ008 instead.
- ↑ 和田大地 Daichi Wada is 枡大地 Daichi Masu's real name.
Trivia
- 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.
- In which the concurrent generation Fire-type first partner Pokémon is the last to evolve.
- 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.
- To have all concurrent generation first partner Pokémon be given a game distribution.
- To have a Japanese opening that's sung by a non-Japanese artist.
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- The original series:
- That did not premiere within the same month of the newly released core series games.
- In which the concurrent first partner Pokémon are obtained in Pokédex order.
- Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire to have all three of the characters, main or recurring, concurrent first partner Pokémon evolve at least once. However, unlike the previous series, they didn't evolve in Pokédex order and one didn't outside of its native region.
- 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.
- Pokémon the Series: XY to have three of the characters, main or recurring, have one of the concurrent first partner Pokémon each. However, unlike the previous series, gender ownership has been reversed.
- 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.
- 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.
- To promote the third arc of Pokémon Horizons, Terastal Debut, the animated series's official Twitter profile released a series of videos called LikoRoy Channel showing their attempts to become content creators like Dot. The videos can be found at:
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 | |
| Korean
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리코와 로드의 모험 Riko-wa Rodeu-ui Moheom | |
The Sparkling of Terapagos
| Language | Title | |
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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 | |
Rayquaza Rising
| Language | Title | |
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| Japanese
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レックウザ ライジング Rayquaza Rising | |
External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- Official site (English)
- Official list of seasons page (English)
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