Pokémon Horizons: The Series (season)

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 with a group of adventurers known as the Rising Volt Tacklers.
In , episodes were added on Netflix beginning on March 7, 2024 and concluding on November 22, 2024. In , it debuted on December 1, 2023 on BBC iPlayer and on December 4, 2023 on CBBC. In , it debuted on February 27, 2024 on 9Go!. In , 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 , 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, and succeeded by Pokémon Horizons: Season 2—The Search for Laqua.
==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==
* Liko, a beginner from Paldea, enrolls in the Indigo Academy in Kanto. (HZ001)
* Liko receives a Pokédex for her Rotom Phone. (HZ001)
* Liko meets Amethio and gets on the radar of the mysterious Explorers organization. (HZ001)
* Liko meets Pokémon Professor Friede for the first time. (HZ001)
* A briefly appears from Liko's pendant. (HZ002)
* Liko is introduced to the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ002)
* Liko joins the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ003)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers head for Paldea. (HZ003)
* Liko meets a boy named Roy for the first time. (HZ004)
* Roy strikes up a friendship with the that travels with the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ004)
* Roy encounters the Explorers for the first time. (HZ005)
* Roy's Ancient Poké Ball opens to reveal a , which flies away. (HZ006)
* Roy joins the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ006)
* Gibeon removes Amethio from the mission to obtain Liko's pendant and assigns it to instead. (HZ006)
* Nidothing is secretly revealed to be Dot, a member of the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ007)
* Liko tries to befriend Dot. (HZ008)
* Liko returns to Paldea, while Roy visits the region for the first time. (HZ009)
* Roy meets Alex, Liko's father, for the first time. (HZ009)
* Liko decides to head for Artazon with Roy to meet Brassius. (HZ009)
* Liko and Roy meet Nemona, a Paldean , and Artazon Gym Leader Brassius. (HZ010)
* Roy has an unofficial with Brassius and loses. (HZ010)
* Liko, Roy, and Mollie encounter a with another Ancient Poké Ball. (HZ011)
* The briefly emerges from Liko's pendant again. (HZ012)
* Friede meets Lucca, Liko's mother. (HZ012)
* Liko and Roy learn more about the Ancient Adventurer, Lucius. (HZ012)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers decide to head for Galar. (HZ012)
* Spinel is revealed to be spying on the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ012)
* Roy encounters a . (HZ013)
* Spinel begins his attack on the Brave Olivine. (HZ013)
* Friede is revealed to own a Tera Orb. (HZ014)
* Spinel steals Liko's pendant. (HZ014)
* Liko and Roy see Dot in person for the first time. (HZ015)
* Liko and Roy meet Levincia Gym Leader Iono for the first time. (HZ015)
* Liko retrieves her pendant from Spinel. (HZ016)
* Liko's pendant activates and briefly summons from its Ancient Poké Ball. (HZ016)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers begin heading to Galar. (HZ016)
* Dot reveals herself as Nidothing to Liko. (HZ016)
* Friede reveals how he met Captain Pikachu and formed the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ018)
* Liko and Roy visit Galar for the first time. (HZ019)
* Murdock's past is revealed. (HZ019)
* Liko and Roy meet Motostoke Gym Leader Kabu for the first time. (HZ019)
* Liko and Roy have an unofficial Tag Battle with Kabu, with Roy losing and Liko forfeiting. (HZ020)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers find out that the Black Rayquaza is at the Galar Mine. (HZ020)
* Amethio, Zirc, and Onia arrive in Galar to search for the Black Rayquaza at the Galar Mine. (HZ021)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers encounter Amethio and his cohorts again. (HZ022)
* Liko and Roy encounter Lucius's third Pokémon, a . (HZ022)
* The emerges from Liko's pendant again, but does not change back. (HZ023)
* Roy and Friede meet Liko's grandmother, Diana, for the first time. (HZ024)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers learn that the mysterious Pokémon is called . (HZ024)
* Amethio, Onia, and Zirc arrive at Diana's castle and prepare to attack the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ024)
* Liko and Roy encounter Sidian and Coral for the first time. (HZ025)
* Diana starts traveling with the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ025)
* Diana reveals that Lucius's last three Pokémon are , , and . (HZ025)
* Liko receives Lucius's belt from Diana. (HZ026)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers set out to find the remaining members of Lucius's Six Heroes. (HZ026)
* The Explorers decide to go after the Black Rayquaza. (HZ027)
* A and join the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ030)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers find Lucius's fourth Pokémon, a . (HZ031)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers encounter the Black Rayquaza again. (HZ032)
* Amethio battles the Black Rayquaza and is defeated. (HZ033)
* transforms into its for the first time on-screen. (HZ033)
* Diana reveals to Friede that she intends to travel alone again. (HZ033)
* Liko and Roy have a training with Diana, which ends after they complete their objective of trying to land a single hit. (HZ033)
* Amethio returns to the Explorers' base and requests to train with Hamber. (HZ033)
* The Explorers are revealed to be looking for Laqua. (HZ034)
* Amethio receives a Tera Orb from Hamber. (HZ034)
* Diana leaves the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ034)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers decide to return to Paldea. (HZ034)
* A family joins the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ038)
* Liko and Roy meet Franka, Dot's mother and Murdock's sister, for the first time. (HZ041)
* Dot reveals to Liko and Roy the story of how she joined the Rising Volt Tacklers. (HZ041)
* Dot s Franka and wins. (HZ041)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers arrive back in Paldea. (HZ042)
* Friede is informed of the existence of a mysterious tower. (HZ042)
* Liko and Roy cross paths with the Explorers again and have a Multi Battle with Coral and Sidian, which is called off. (HZ043)
* The Explorers are revealed to be planning to summon and capture the Black Rayquaza. (HZ043)
* Friede meets Spinel in person for the first time and has another against him. (HZ044)
* The Explorers begin their operation to capture the Black Rayquaza. (HZ044)
* The Rising Volt Tacklers confront the Explorers to stop their plan. (HZ044)
* The Brave Olivine suffers major damage when the Black Rayquaza is sent crashing into it. (HZ044)
* Spinel, Coral, Sidian, and Chalce retreat. (HZ045)
* Amethio uses stallization for the first time. (HZ045)
* Amethio and the Rising Volt Tacklers battle against the Black Rayquaza, but they are all defeated. (HZ045)
* Liko, Roy, and Dot decide they want to learn more about the Terastal phenomenon. (HZ045)
* Gibeon orders the Explorers admins to continue monitoring Liko and while waiting for the Rising Volt Tacklers to gather the Six Heroes. (HZ045)
===Party changes===
====Additions====
* Liko's Sprigatito (HZ001)
* Roy's Fuecoco (HZ006)
* Roy's Wattrel (HZ014)
* Dot's Quaxly (HZ016)
* Liko's Hatenna (HZ021)
* Dot's Tinkatink (HZ039)
====Evolutions====
The following Pokémon evolve:
* Liko's → (HZ045)
===Lucius's Pokémon===
Liko takes these Pokémon from Lucius under her care:
* (HZ012)
* (HZ023)
* (HZ032)
==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 and as main protagonists and the Team Rocket trio as main antagonists.
** to use direct translations of the Japanese titles for most of the English titles of episodes.
** where the English dub uses different opening themes for different releases of the same episodes depending on the country, with Becoming Me for the international release and We Go (English Ver.) for the Asian release.
** to be 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.
* The season was initially announced to be releasing in and internationally on February 23, 2024,Pokémon Horizons: The Series Will Debut on Netflix in February 2024 - Pokémon.com but was later delayed till March 7, 2024.Pokémon Horizons: The Series Launch Date is Now March 7 - Pokémon.com.
* In Asian territories where The Pokémon Company holds distribution rights, this season is numbered as season 26.The Pendant That Starts It All: Part One | Pokémon Horizons | S26 EP1 | @disneyindiaMentari TV on Facebook寶可夢地平線：系列Pokémon Horizons The Series - mewatch However The Pokémon Company International refers to this season as the first of a new, separate series different from the previous anime series. This includes referring to the show as the "new Pokémon animated series"https://press.pokemon.com/en/products/New-Pokemon-Animated-Series in pre-release material, starting the numbering from Season 1,https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0grjk93/episodes/player and using "Pokémon the Series" in social media material of prior episodes after this point.https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation
==In other languages==
==References==
==External links==
* Pokémon Horizons: The Series website
* Pokémon Horizons: The Series page at Pokemon.com
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