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The next arc of Pokémon Horizons is already making waves with its decision to employ a time skip — the first in Pokémon anime history! More news for the upcoming series was revealed today as musical duo Yuzu will perform the new opening theme "GET BACK."The group, consisting of Yujin Kitagawa and Kouji Iwasawa, performed theme songs for several other anime TV series and films, including Hunter x Hunter, Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan. "GET BACK" marks two big returns for the group: The first time the duo has collaborated on lyrics in five years and their first anime theme song since 2018!TeddyLoid also works on the production of the theme song under the concept "Yuzu's anime theme songs of the Reiwa era."Pokémon Horizons: Mega Voltage is scheduled to premiere on April 11 in Japan with a one-hour special.

A new chapter is on the horizon for the Pokémon anime series! Pokémon Horizons has announced that its next chapter will be subtitled Mega Voltage. And its stars are about to do something even Ash Ketchum never did: grow up!A new visual shows Liko, Roy and Dot as teenagers, accompanied by new character Ulto (spelling not yet confirmed) and 'mons old and new.

Pokémon Day is winding down for Japan, and with it comes the annual Pokémon Presents, where the latest news for the franchise gets thrown out so that everyone can catch it all. The headline for this year’s Pokémon Day stream was the newest trailer for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, revealing that the series' next mainline game will be released in Late 2025.Pokémon Legends: Z-A Trailer 2 and Extended LookThe above trailer shows a revamped battle system that focuses on where a Pokémon is on the battlefield in 3D space, based on the Pokémon battles in Legends: Arceus. Much like the previous game in the Legends sub-series, the starter Pokémon will be from past games not set in the Kalos region: Chikorita, Totodile, and Tepig.

Pokémon Day is only Squirtle days away (the turtle Pokémon is the seventh in the PokéDex), and the franchise's official accounts revealed a Gimmighoul of updates for the first generation of games' birthday next week.  These updates include the announcement of the annual Pokémon Presents live stream, which reveals the latest news, alongside the first trailer for the Kairyu to Yubinya-san ("Dragonite and the Postman") web anime and fun little anticipation videos.  The above video of Pikachu walking around reveals that the Pokémon Presents live stream will be held at 6:00 a.m.

Pokémon Inc. announced today that actor Riko Fukumoto will voice the protagonist, Hana, in the upcoming Pokémon Day 2025 memorial anime episode, Kairyu to Yubinya-san ("Dragonite and the Postman"). The memorial anime was first announced on February 5.Fukumoto won the grand prize at the 8th “Toho Cinderella” audition held in 2016 and began her performing career the following year.

Ahead of this year's Pokémon Day on February 27, the series' official accounts announced that a new anime titled Kairyu to Yubinya-san ("Dragonite and the Postman") will be expressly delivered to fans via YouTube on the aforementioned date.CoMix Wave Films, best known for producing Makoto Shinkai's Your Name., Weathering With You and Suzume, is producing the animation. Taku Kimura (DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION) is in charge of direction and storyboards and Tasuku Watanabe serves as art director, while Kentaro Nana provides the script, Evan Call (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) provides the music and Maho Aoki (Astro Note) adapts Asuka Dokai's character designs for animation."Kami Hiroki" ("Paper Plane"), composed by Evan Call and performed by yorushika vocalist suis, will be the theme song. The story of Kamiryu to Yubinya-san follows Hana, a young girl who admires a Dragonite postman.

Pokémon's baby brand monpoké reimagines the familiar video game creatures smaller, softer and cuter for very tiny fans. The line includes clothes and books... and soon, an anime!A new short anime, simply titled monpoké, will focus on the adventures of Pikachu arriving on Monpoké Island.

An intriguing little teaser popped up on the official Pokémon X (formerly Twitter) account. Apparently something is cooking between Pokémon and the folks at AARDMAN, the revered stop-motion studio behind the likes of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and more.For now, all we have to go on is the brief teaser animation below and the promise of something coming in 2027.Pokémon x AARDMAN TeaserBeyond that, details are nonexistent, so we'll just have to wait and see what the house of Pikachu is working on with AARDMAN. Source: Pokémon on X (formerly Twitter)

The POKÉTOON Project is back with a new installment! This collection of animated shorts expands on the ever-growing world of Pokémon through mini-episodes focused on specific 'mons. In the latest installment, Wooper and Clodsire take the spotlight.The short is

Just in time for the holidays, a new gaming headset will bring Pokémon style to your setup. Everyone's favorite electric Pokémon, Pikachu, is the model for the new product, dubbed the Narikiri Gaming Headset Standard for Nintendo Switch (Pikachu).Frankly, the

This week on The Anime Effect: Anime quotes go head-to-head in a bracket, the end of the JUJUTSU KAISEN manga is announced, plus more!Episode 28 of Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen

Pokémon trainers and fans descended onto Hawaii this weekend for this year's Pokémon World Championships, crowning the best of the best in the world of competitive Pokémon. During the closing ceremony of the event on the last day, The Pokémon Company CEO Tsune

Image via Rachel Lillis' X (formerly Twitter) accountIt was announced today that Rachael Lillis — known for a number of anime roles, particularly as the voice behind Misty and Jessie in the English dub of Pokémon — has passed away on August 10 after dealing wi

The first ever Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Red Rescue Team, is making its way onto the Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance app on August 9 – though without its Blue Rescue Team counterpart. Nintendo of America announced the news today on its social media acco

The Paldea Elite Four will be making a (actually effective) splash in the upcoming Terastal Debut arc of the Pokémon Horizons TV anime series when the new arc premieres next month. Ahead of the arc starting in April, the Japanese voice actors for the Elite Fou

Travel back to Paldea in the latest trailer for Pokémon Horizons! The new video gives us a fresh look into the upcoming Terastal Debut arc, as well as previewing one of the show's brand new theme songs.Performing the opening theme, titled "Will," is K-pop grou

No one gets a good night's sleep like Snorlax. And now, a new cozy pajama set lets you tap into those good rest vibes!The pajama set is part of an online collaboration between Pokémon and online clothing store Shimamura. The set includes two tops, a pair of pa

Animation studios CONTRAIL and MAPPA have teamed up with musicians Nulbarich, Sunny, and UMI to produce a music video for the newly released song “Lucky (feat. UMI)”. The song is part of the Pokémon Music Collective, a project that seeks to bring the sounds of