The next generation of Pokémon anime, Pokémon Horizons: The Series, is coming to Netflix next year. After its release in Japan in April 2023, international fans will now have a chance to see the new protagonists, Liko and Roy, as they explore the Pokémon world with the Rising Volt Tacklers. After a long wait, The Pokémon Company finally revealed when this new series will be released in the U.S.: February 23, 2024.
Originally known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Liko and Roy's Departure and Pocket Monsters: The Sparkling of Terapagos, Pokémon Horizons: The Series is the 26th and current season of the long-running Pokémon animated series. However, the anime, directed by Saori Den, no longer credits CoroCoro Comic and Gakushu Yochien as publishers and Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori as creators.
Officially announced on December 16, 2022, it was the follow-up to Pokémon Journeys: The Series, which saw the end of Ask Ketchum’s journey as the series’ protagonist since 1997. So far, the series has already dropped 30 episodes in Japan.
What is Pokémon Horizons: The Series about?
Pokémon Horizons: The Series features a new storyline with new trainers. Here, fans are about to meet the duo of Liko and Roy as they go on a series of adventures with their Pokémon partners, Sprigatito and Fuecoco, while also getting the help of their allies, Friede and Captain Pikachu, who are part of an adventure group called the Rising Volt Tacklers.
Liko is a new student at Indigo Academy who partnered with Sprigatito, known as one of the new starters in the video game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Roy, alternatively, is an aspiring Pokémon trainer who possesses an ancient Poké Ball and Fuecoco’s friend. These two are chased by the Explorers, who are after Liko’s mysterious pendant necklace.
You can read the synopsis below:
This series introduces two new protagonists, Liko and Roy,[3][4][5] who team up with the Rising Volt Tacklers, a group of adventurers that explore the Pokémon world and visit various regions, including the Paldea region, which was introduced in Scarlet and Violet.[6][7] As they do, they are pursued by the Explorers, a mysterious organization who seeks Liko's pendant for unknown reasons.
Pokémon fans are in for a big treat on Netflix. Aside from Pokémon Horizons: The Series, the streamer will release a new stop-motion anime titled Pokémon Concierge on December 28, 2023. With these upcoming releases, it looks like more Pokémon content will come to the service in the future.
