Halo

Halo (Japanese: ハロ lit. Haro) is the second opening song of Pokémon Horizons: The Series. It debuted in HZ026, replacing Heart-Pounding Diary.
The full version of the song was first released as a digital single on October 27, 2023.
==Opening animation==
===Synopsis===
The black background is lit up as the pendant floats down between Liko's hands and turns into . The camera zooms across the sea before the series logo appears in front of the sunset.
Young Liko speaks as she walks with her parents through a market when the background turns gray. On a blue background, Liko's look of uncertainty is lifted. As she lifts her pendant up to the blue moon while sitting on the rooftop, green leaves of energy surround her and disappear to show Liko, , , and Terapagos enjoying the breeze outside the Brave Olivine's observation room together. Young Roy is amazed at the ancient adventurer story his grandpa shows him. On a dirt road, a dirtied Roy is wearing the Rising Volt Tacklers' flag as a cape while he gazes at his Ancient Poké Ball before confidently raising it up to the sky. A circle of flames surrounds him and disappears to show Roy, , and watching the sunset on the Brave Olivine's wing deck together. Transitions with lines showing off the Rising Volt Tacklers and their occur, starting with Friede and , Orla and /, Mollie and , Dot and , Murdock and /, Ludlow and , ending with Captain Pikachu and Friede at the wheel in the captain's deck.
The Brave Olivine rises from the clouds, with Liko and Roy on the front, Dot, Orla, Mollie, Murdock, and Ludlow outside the observation deck, and the flying next to the ship. Terapagos runs along Rayquaza's back, followed by Liko, Roy, Dot, Murdock, and Ludlow, with Orla and Mollie riding on Metagross. As Amethio trains and at the Explorers' base, he starts to feel exhausted as Hamber and oversee his progress.
Liko is next to Diana and Lucca as she holds Terapagos, who releases light from its shell. Projections of , , , , , and Rayquaza appear, ending with Lucius as the camera zooms into his blue eye. At sunset, Sprigatito, Terapagos, and Liko walk towards Lucius overlooking the sea on a cliff. The next shots are off the Explorer admins; Coral on 's head, Sidian walking with , and Chalce doing a kung fu pose with . Roy wakes up Liko from her dream. Scenes show of Zirc and Onia tending to and , Spinel with in front of Gibeon's monolith, and someone charging up a Tera Orb. As the Rising Volt Tacklers look to the sky, Lucius's belt is shown next to his memoirs. Terapagos is in its stal form as someone reaches for it.
The final shot shows the Rising Volt Tacklers' hands doing their trademark handshake below the bright sun.
===Characters===
====Humans====
* Liko
* Roy
* Friede
* Mollie
* Orla
* Ludlow
* Murdock
* Dot
* Amethio
* Onia
* Zirc
* Roy's grandfather
* Lucca
* Alex
* Diana
* Hamber
* Spinel
* Coral
* Sidian
* Chalce
====Pokémon====
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* (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
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* (Orla's)
* (Orla's)
* (Ludlow's)
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* (; )
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* (Amethio's)
* (Onia's)
* (Onia's)
* (Zirc's)
* (Zirc's)
* (Diana's)
* (Hamber's)
* (Spinel's)
* (Coral's)
* (Sidian's)
* (Chalce's)
* (Lucius's; Black Rayquaza)
* (; )
* (; Galarian Form)
* (Lucius's)
* (Lucius's)
* (Lucius's)
* (; ; )
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==Lyrics==
===TV size===
! Japanese
! English
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| lang="ja" | <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>Come on, break through the clouds ahead
When I remember the words I couldn't say
I dove down to hide myself
Swimming my way through in uncertainty
I cut through the clouds and head for the blue sky
One day, I'll look back
At that fiery red sunset
And burn it all into memory
Even if I can't reach the truth of the world
Or the feelings of that girl
It's okay to not understand
Just shine like a rainbow
Come on, break through the clouds ahead
Even if we stumble and stagger
Just hold on and go farther
Come on, run on to my future
At the end of this long, long journey
I'll remember you
One day, we'll shake hands
And laugh
A light appeared
At the end of the rainbow
And I found my dream</ab>
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===Full version===
! Japanese
! English
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| lang="ja" | <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>Come on, break through the clouds ahead
When I remember the words I couldn't say
I dove down to hide myself
Swimming my way through in uncertainty
I cut through the clouds and head for the blue sky
One day, I'll look back
At that fiery red sunset
And burn it all into memory
Even if I can't reach the truth of the world
Or the feelings of that girl
It's okay to not understand
Just shine like a rainbow
Come on, break through the clouds ahead
Even if we stumble and stagger
Just hold on and go farther
Come on, run on to my future
At the end of this long, long journey
I'll remember you
One day, we'll shake hands
And laugh
The sun beats down
On the burning concrete
Wearing my functional sneakers
I skip through the air like a blimp
One day, we would joke around
And sing our dream song together
Having kept it in my pocket all this time
Come on, sing to the stars beyond
When I've been happy and when I've been sad
In the days that I cried thousands of times
Come on, be proud at the end of the rainbow
I have something to tell you
(Hello, hello)
The sound of the clock
(Hello, hello)
Stop the video
(Hello, hello)
Brush those teeth
(Hello, hello)
Went to sleep
(Hello, hello)
How are you doing?
(Hello, hello)
I hope you're well
(Hello, hello)
With your song
Let's go together
Come on, break through the clouds ahead
Even if we stumble and stagger
Just hold on and go farther
Come on, run to my future
There's still a long way to go
Come on, let's see the rest of our dream
One day, the rainbow flower
That we've cherished so much will bloom
So let's walk
So that we never lose it
A light appeared at the end of the rainbow
And I found my dream</ab>
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==Variants==
#HZ026 - HZ031: The original animation.
#HZ032 - HZ045: The part with the Six Heroes more accurately depicts Lucius's Lapras, with a scar on its eye. Additionally, the appearance of Lapras changes within the animation.
OPJ30 Lapras Design.png|Lapras without a scar
OPJ30 Lapras Design 2.png|With a scar
==Videos==
 
==Trivia==
* This song along with Summerly Slope was used as an opening during a span of 20 episodes, the shortest for any original song in the (that is, without counting remixes of different songs).
*It is the first Pokémon Horizons: The Series theme to be used as an insert song.
==Staff==
Storyboard/Director 	
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* 冨安大貴
Action animation director 	
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* 忍田雄介
Animation supervisor 	
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* 伊藤京子
Key animators 	
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* The ending credits incorrectly spelled out 宮沢聖麿 as 宮沢聖磨 in HZ026 and HZ027.
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* 安田周平
* 忍田雄介
* 海老沢咲希
* 酒井裕未
* 柳原好貴
* 吉野真一
* 花井柚都子
* 宮沢聖麿
* 高星佑平
* 涂泳策
* 宮田忠明
* 萩原慶汰
* 田中修司
* 辻早智子
* 山崎玲愛
* 松本めぐみ
* 大野泰江
Second key animation 	
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* 山本早苗
* 植田千湖
* 駒野楓矢
* 加藤理佐子
* 石塚空良
* 森山愛弓
In-between animation inspection 	
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* 冨塚真理恵
In-between animation 	
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* 関根有理
* スタジオPaTHoS
* OLM Asia
Color script 	
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* おつまみ
Touchup animation 	
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* おつまみ
* スタジオエル
CGI director 	
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* 川崎崇由
Photography 	
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* STEREOTYPE
Video director/EditorColor grading	
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* 伊東正志
Director of photography 	
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* 石見優作
Photography/Motion graphicsVFX 	
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* 伊東正志
* 石見優作
* 森下晴心
Telop design 	
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* 渡邉翔太
Assistant coordinator 	
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* 住山恭平
===Notes===
==Related articles==
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