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Pokemon Horizons Season 2 Will Come To BBC iPlayer in January 2025

According to the above trailer, posted on the official Pokémon channel on YouTube, the second season of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, subtitled "The Search For Laqua," will be released on BBC iPlayer in January 2025.

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 features the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza in its Shiny form. The anime also features the new characters Friede and Captain Pikachu, who are a Pokémon professor and Pokémon partner duo who will battle alongside Liko and Roy.

The anime premiered in Japan on April 14 2023 with a one-hour first-episode special.

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.

As of writing, BBC iPlayer is already streaming the first season of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, as well as the series Pokémon XY, Pokémon Sun & Moon, Pokémon: Black and White and Pokémon - Diamond and Pearl.

Via UK Anime Network.