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Netflix Streams Pokémon Ultimate Journeys Anime on October 21
posted on by Alex Mateo
Netflix revealed on Wednesday that it will begin streaming Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series, the Pokémon anime 25th season, on October 21.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliates in Japan under the title Pocket Monster in November 2019, two days after the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games shipped worldwide. The series continues to air in Japan under that name.
The first 12 episodes of Pokémon Journeys: The Series debuted in the United States on Netflix in June 2020, and the service added new episodes quarterly. The anime also premiered on the Canadian television channel Teletoon in May 2020.
The localized title of the anime, Pokémon Journeys: The Series, has 48 episodes. Pokémon: Master Journeys: The Series continued with Pocket Monster's 49th episode, which premiered in Japan in December 2020.
Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles (Pocket Monster: Kami to Yobareshi Arceus), a four-episode special of the Pokémon: Master Journeys: The Series anime, will begin streaming on Netflix worldwide except Asia on Friday. The special debuted earlier at the Pokémon World Championships in London on August 19.
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