The series launched worldwide on Netflix last week
The official X/Twitter account for the Pokémon animated series revealed on Friday that the Pokémon Horizons: The Series anime will enter a new season titled “Terastal Debut” on April 12, and revealed images for new part.
Image via Pokémon anime Twitter account
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The anime premiered in Japan in April 2023 with a one-hour special episode. The show airs on Fridays at 6:55 p.m. JST (4:55 a.m. EDT). The anime begins its second season,”Terapagos no Kagayaki”(The Brilliance of Terapagos), with its 29th episode on October 27 in Japan.
The Pokémon Company originally announced that the anime would launch on Netflix in the US on February 23, but the series debuted on March 7.
The anime tells about two completely new main characters, named Riko and Roy. The anime features Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly from the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, and also features the legendary Pokémon Rayquaza in its Shiny form. The anime also features new characters Friede and Captain Pikachu, a Pokémon professor and Pokémon partner duo who fight alongside Riko and Roy.
Saori Den (Mirage Queen Prefers Circus) will direct the anime and Daiki Tomiyasu (Pokémon Sun & Moon, Pocket Monster Mezase Pokémon Master) will serve as creative director. Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Wolf’s Rain, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop) will oversee the film’s script. Tetsuo Yajima is the action director, Rei Yamazaki is the character designer, and Kyōko Itō is the supporting character designer. Masafumi Mima was the sound director and Conisch composed the music.
Source: Pokémon anime Twitter account4Gamer (Chihiro)