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Pokémon Horizons Anime's New Promo Video Previews ZeroBaseOne's Opening Theme for New Arc
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The Pokémon Company began streaming on Friday a promotional video for the fourth arc "Rayquaza Rising" in the Pokémon Horizons: The Series anime. The video previews South Korean boy band ZeroBaseOne's new opening theme song "Only One Story" for the series.
The Pokémon Company is also streaming a comment video from ZeroBaseOne.
The fourth arc will start on October 11. The new arc's new cast includes:
- Marika Kōno as Sazare (Perrin in English)
- Yu Shimamura as Briar
- Misato Fukuen as Seille (Carmine in English)
The new arc will feature characters from Kitakami, a location that featured in "The Teal Mask" expansion for the Pokémon Scarlet/Violet game.
The anime premiered in Japan in April 2023 with a one-hour first-episode special. The show airs on Fridays at 6:55 p.m. JST. The anime started its second arc, "Terapagos no Kagayaki" (The Brilliance of Terapagos), with its 29th episode in October 2023 in Japan. The "Terastal Debut" arc for the anime debuted on April 12.
The Pokémon Company had originally announced that the anime would debut on Netflix in the U.S. on February 23, but the series debuted instead on March 7. The second part began streaming on May 10. The third part premiered on August 9. The fourth part will begin streaming on November 22.
The anime follows completely new dual protagonists, who are named Liko and Roy. The anime features Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly from the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, and also the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza in its Shiny form. The anime also introduces the new characters Friede and Captain Pikachu, who are a Pokémon professor and Pokémon partner duo who battle alongside Liko and Roy.
Saori Den (Mirage Queen Prefers Circus) is directing the anime, and Daiki Tomiyasu (Pokémon Sun & Moon, Pocket Monster Mezase Pokémon Master) is serving as creative director. Dai Satō (Eureka Seven, Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop) is overseeing the series scripts. 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.
Sources: Pokémon franchise's YouTube channel, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
