Discover the Cast and Theme Songs for Pokémon Horizons New Season

The team behind the Pokémon: Horizons anime has unveiled exciting new cast members and theme songs for the upcoming arc titled “Rising Again.” Eve will be performing the opening theme song “Iolite,” while Polkadot Stingray will handle the ending theme song “Netemo Sametemo” (Whether Asleep or Awake).

The series welcomes Seiran Kobayashi as Lacey (Taro), Hiroyuki Yoshino as Drayton (Kakitsubata), and Shinya Ōwada as Cyrano (Cyano in Japanese). Lacey and Drayton are members of the BB League’s Elite Four, and Cyrano is the director of Blueberry Academy.

The anime will kick off its new arc on October 31. In this arc, the characters will venture to Blueberry Academy, a location first introduced in “The Indigo Disk” DLC from the Pokémon Scarlet/Violet games.

The anime debuted in Japan in April 2023 with a one-hour special episode. It airs every Friday at 6:55 p.m. JST. The second arc, “Terapagos no Kagayaki” (The Brilliance of Terapagos), began with its 29th episode in October 2023. The “Terastal Debut” arc premiered in April 2024, and the fourth arc started last October, featuring characters from Kitakami, a location in “The Teal Mask” expansion for the Pokémon Scarlet/Violet games.

Pokémon: Horizons follows new dual protagonists, Liko and Roy, and features Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly from the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet video games, as well as the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza in its Shiny form. The anime also introduces new characters Friede and Captain Pikachu, who are a Pokémon professor and Pokémon partner duo battling alongside Liko and Roy.

Saori Den is directing the anime, with Daiki Tomiyasu serving as creative director. Dai Satō is overseeing the series scripts, while Tetsuo Yajima is the action director. Rei Yamazaki is the character designer, and Kyōko Itō is the sub-character designer. Masafumi Mima is the sound director, and Conisch is composing the music.

The Pokémon Company originally announced that the anime would debut on Netflix in the U.S. in February 2024, but it actually premiered in March 2024. Netflix streamed Pokémon Horizons: The Series—The Search for Laqua on February 7, with the third part beginning on June 27.

The Pokémon Scarlet/Violet games launched on Nintendo Switch worldwide in November 2022. “The Indigo Disk,” the second part of the DLC, launched in December 2023, and “The Teal Mask,” the first DLC, launched in September 2023.

Pokémon Legends Z-A is set to launch for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on October 16.

The series has cast Seiran Kobayashi as Lacey (Taro), Hiroyuki Yoshino as Drayton (Kakitsubata), and Shinya Ōwada as Cyrano (Cyano in Japanese). The first two are members of the BB League’s Elite Four, and Cyrano is the director of Blueberry Academy (pictured above from left to right):

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