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In honor of the Pokemon Horizons: The Series anime, which is streaming on Netflix outside Japan and about to get into the Mega Voltage arc in Japan, Pokemon GO is getting a new event that brings Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, and Tinkaton to the game. There’ll also be a Riko-themed Floragato and special characters in eggs. Everything starts on April 16, 2025, five days after Mega Voltage starts, then ends on April 22, 2025.

Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, and Tinkaton are all characters who debuted in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, then ended up playing parts in the new Pokemon Horizons anime series about the region. Tinkatink is going to debut in 7km eggs, but after this event it will be in 10km eggs. To get a Tinkatuff, you need 25 Tinkatink candies. Get 100 Tinkatink candies and a Tinkatuff, and you can get a Tinkaton in Pokemon GO. However, note that the 7km eggs during this event could also hold Charcadet, Elekid, or Hatenna instead. For more guaranteed access, there will be $4.99 Paid Timed Research involving it that gets you chances to see it via quests, and Incubator for hatching eggs it might be in, and an avatar pose.

The Floragato with the Liko hat and pin will be a character that could appear in the wild in Pokemon GO. Standard and shiny versions of it will be available. A Cap’s Hat Pikachu, which will know Volt Tackle and also could be shiny, will it and be part of the event Pokemon. So will increased instances of Fuecoco, Nose, Pawmi, Quagsire, Quaxly, Shuckle, Slugma, Snorunt, and Sprigatito. 

The Raids for Pokemon GO celebrating the Pokemon Horizons anime also were confirmed and, in addition to Cap’s Hat Pikachu and Liko Pin Floragato, a number of other notable characters appear. That Pikachu, Chansey, and Rockruff will be in the one-star Raids. The three-star ones will feature that Floragato, Alolan Muk, Charizard, and Metagross. 

Pokemon GO is available for mobile devices, and the Pokemon Horizons anime event with Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, Tinkaton, and a special Floragato will appear April 16-22, 2025. 

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The official Japanese YouTube channel for Pokemon ed a trailer for Pocket Monsters: Mega Voltage, which will be the newest anime installment of Liko and Roy’s adventures. The new series will start airing from April 11, 2025.

Yuzu, a pop rock duo, sang the opening, “Get Back”. Anime fans may already be familiar with the two, as they provided “Hyori Ittai”, “Reason”, and “Nagareboshi Kirari” for Hunter x Hunter (2011). You can hear a little bit in the newest trailer for Pocket Monsters: Mega Voltage. However, the trailer on the official YouTube channel for Pokemon in Japan region locked it. You have to be in Japan to watch it.

In the trailer, we can see older versions of Liko, Roy, and Dot. It also features Ult, a new character with a Sableye as his partner. His voice actor is Natsumi Fujiwara. Fujiwara previously appeared as Abigail in Great Pretender, Damian in Spy x Family, and Pulchra in Zenless Zone Zero. As the title of the show suggests, Mega Evolutions will become a key mechanic in Mega Voltage. We can confirm the Mega evolutions of Sableye and Lucario, as well as see characters like Roy and Ult with Mega Rings around their wrists.

Pocket Monsters: Mega Voltage, the next installment after Rayquaza Rising, will start airing on April 11, 2025. You can watch Pokemon Horizons on Netflix.

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Bandai Spirits has revealed the full prize lineup for its Pokemon Anime Ichiban Kuji lottery, which will be based on Pokemon Horizons: The Series. The company will launch the lottery in numerous physical stores across Japan on January 25, 2025. A ticket for the lottery will cost 700 yen.

The primary highlight of this lottery will be the huggable plush of Black Rayquaza as the highest A-tier prize. It will also have some differences from the one that Takara Tomy released in January 2024. Takara Tomy's Rayquaza plush has an open mouth, but it only measured the 35cm (~13.78in) height from the grounded bottom to its horn tip. Bandai Spirits, meanwhile, measured its shiny Rayquaza plush from both tips to get around 120cm (~47.72in) in total length.

Here is the complete prize list for the Pokemon Horizons Ichiban Kuji:

• A Prize: Huggable plush of Black Rayquaza
• B Prize: Terapagos figure lamp
• C Prize: Big towel (3 designs)
• D Prize: Drink cup with Captain Pikachu figure cover
• E Prize: Gurumin / Nidothing multipurpose case, Poke Ball card case, or Captain Pikachu keychain
• F Prize: Flake stickers (6 different sets)
• G Prize: Stationery item (choose from 3 different designs of notebooks or memo blocks)
• H Prize: Hand towel (6 designs)
• Last Prize: Captain Pikachu plush

The Pokemon Anime Ichiban Kuji lottery, which is based on Pokemon Horizons: The Series, will be available on Saturday, January 25, 2025.

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From October 11, 2024, the Pokemon Horizons anime will start its new Rayquaza Rising arc. A new promotional image also shows Briar, Carmine, and Perrin from the Pokemon Scarlet/Violet DLC. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

The Black Rayquaza and the Six Heroes appear on the visual, along with main characters Liko, Roy, and Dot. The promotional image also reveals that Roy’s Fuecoco evolves to a Crocalor. Meanwhile, Dot’s  Tinkatink appears as a Tinkatuff. In glass shards around the main trio are the ing cast, which includes DLC characters from The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk. This presentation is similar to the second promotional image for The Indigo Disk.

Pokemon Horizons succeeds the original Pokemon series, with Liko and Roy appearing as dual protagonists in place of Ash. So far, the series adapts Scarlet and Violet, which is the most recent generation of the Pokemon games. They enroll in Naranja Academy after journeying around various regions so that they can learn what Terastal is all about. Speaking of Naranja Academy, that’s where Liko will be returning to in Episode 66, which will air on September 20, 2024. In comparison to the original Pokemon anime, Horizons has a more linear plot, meaning that viewers might not be able to skip episodes like before.

You can watch Pokemon Horizons on Netflix, though not all regions have access to it.

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As part of SDCC 2024, Netflix and The Pokemon Company released a new trailer for the episodes in part 3 of the Pokemon Horizons anime. The one minute spot shows Liko, Sprigatito, Roy, Fuecoco, Dot, Quaxly, Friede, Captain Pikachu, and other returning characters and Pokemon.

The video begins with clips of some of the returning major characters. So we start off with Liko, Roy, Sprigatito, and Fuecoco returning. However, at the 15 second mark we get to see a hint that the Pokemon Horizons Part 3 episodes on Netflix will mark the debut of the new Terastral Debut Arc. We get to see Charizard Terastallization. Other Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Pokemon also show up here, and there’s a new hint at what’s going on with Liko’s pendant.

Here’s the full SDCC trailer for the newest Pokemon anime.

While 23 episodes of Pokemon Horizons are on Netflix now, it is possible to sample the series by watching the first two on YouTube. Both parts of “The Pendant That Starts It All” are live there for people to watch.

Here’s part 1:

And part 2 is below:

Pokemon Horizons is currently airing in Japan, so we don’t know exactly when all new episodes of the show will appear on Netflix. Episode 59 shows up on July 26, 2024 in the region. 

Pokemon Horizons: The Series Part 3 episodes will begin airing on Netflix on August 9, 2024. There is a booth for the Pokemon anime at SDCC 2024 at spot 235 until July 28, 2024.

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Plushes of Captain Pikachu and Black Rayquaza will appear from January 27, 2024. The Captain Pikachu plush will cost 3300 JPY ($22.30), and the Black Rayquaza plush will cost 5500 JPY ($37.10). [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]

These plushes are based on the Pokemon Horizons anime rather than the games, as Captain Pikachu and Black Rayquaza were only in that show. Captain Pikachu is the captain of the Brave Olivine. He’s got his hat on, though you can remove it if you so please.

He’s also got his arms on his hips and a sharp expression on his face, giving him a very smart look. Like Ash’s Pikachu from the original Pokemon anime series, Captain Pikachu is usually outside of his Poke Ball. This makes sense, as he can’t steer a ship very well from inside of one.

As for Black Rayquaza, it can stand up to 35 centimeters tall, making it a fairly large toy. Black Rayquaza first appeared in the Pokemon Horizons anime as one of Lucius’s Pokemon. It is the first Shiny Legendary Pokemon to be owned by a trainer in the Pokemon shows. A big motivation for the Rising Volt Tacklers on the show is to look for Black Rayquaza.

You can order the Pokemon Horizons: The Series Captain Pikachu and Black Rayquaza plushes via Takara Tomy’s website from January 27, 2024.

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The Pokemon Company showed off the English dub of Pokemon Horizons: The Series in a ten-minute preview of the anime. The opening scenes of the new series were revealed at the 2023 San Diego Comic Con along with an official trailer.

The Pokemon Horizons preview features the protagonist Liko arriving at the Indigo Academy in Kanto to start studying Pokemon. It shows that Liko is a quieter and less assured character than Ash was, as she struggles to open up to new people at the school. The preview also shows her getting her first Pokemon, Sprigatito, who is initially disobedient and rebellious.

Here's the first look at the English dub of the new Pokemon anime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKd6no_njyk

Pokemon Horizons: The Series is a soft reboot of the Pokemon anime after the conclusion of Ash Ketchum’s storyline in Pokemon Ultimate Journeys. The North American conclusion to Pokemon: Ultimate Journeys is set to air through Netflix on September 8, 2023. There is currently no Western release date for Pokemon Horizons, but the show is currently airing in Japan.

In other Pokemon news, the mobile game and sleep monitoring app Pokemon Sleep has been rolling out worldwide in the past week. This new app monitors how well its players are sleeping and will compare their sleep styles to Pokemon. Players can also help raise a Snorlax through their sleep activity.

Pokemon Horizons: The Series is currently listed as coming soon.

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The new Pokemon Horizons anime has premiered in Japan and it appears to be already teasing a brand-new Pokemon. During the first episodes, a turtle-like creature surrounded by a turquoise blue light is introduced to the new protagonist, Liko. Until now, such a Pokemon has not appeared yet in the game. [Thank you, Serebii.net!]

This April 14, 2023, Japan received the first two episodes of the Pokemon Horizons anime, introducing one of the new protagonists, Liko. During the double feature, this mysterious new creature appeared just in time to save Liko and her Sprigatito from the attack of an enemy Ceruledge.

From what can be seen in the anime, the new Pokemon could be related to a pendant worn by Liko which also signifies the beginning of her adventures. This whole development is reminiscent of the beginning of the original Pokémon series when Ash Ketchum encountered Ho-Oh in the first few episodes.

Although we don’t know much about the new turtle-like Pokemon, a very similar creature was featured as part of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. In fact, it was The Indigo Disk expansion’s new legendary Pokemon, Terapagos. Coincidentally, the name of Liko’s school in the Pokémon Horizons anime is Indigo Academy.

Take a look at the new legendary Pokemon Terapagos appearing as part of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC compared to the Pokémon featured in the anime here below.

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The Pokemon Horizons anime will be airing every Friday in Japan on TV Tokyo starting April 14, 2023. The English localization release date has not yet been confirmed. The latest game installments, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, are immediately available for Nintendo Switch. The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC will be released in two parts, the Teal Mask expansion launching in Fall 2023, and the Indigo Disk expansion in Winter 2023.

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