The Pokémon Horizons trailer is a crash course in adventuring

If there was any doubt concerning the upcoming Pokémon anime’s new incoming protagonists being a really completely different sort of unit than Ash Ketchum and all his varied companions, the collection’ latest trailer makes it crystal clear that Liko and Roy are going to be breaths of contemporary air.

Simply hours after the Japanese airing of Ash’s final episode because the Pokémon anime’s predominant character, The Pokémon Firm right this moment introduced that the upcoming collection might be titled Pokémon Horizons right here within the West and debuted a full-length trailer detailing a number of the present’s early episodes.

Although Liko’s one in every of many college students getting their first style of pokémon battles, the trailer spotlights how the mysterious crystal pendant she wears wherever she goes seemingly has a connection to highly effective pokémon like a wild, shiny Rayquaza residing someplace excessive above Paldea. Each the way in which Liko’s pendant glows and the way in which the trailer emphasizes her battling along with her associate Sprigatito make it appear the terastal phenomenon will issue largely into her Horizons journey whereas Roy and his associate Fuecoco give attention to searching for out legendary pokémon.

The trailer doesn’t say all that a lot about Roy’s steampunk-looking pokéball and whether or not it is likely to be the anime’s reply to a certain Key Item from the video games. However it does provide you with a greater sense of how Friede and his Captain Pikachu will issue into the present. It’s a trailer’s job to get you hype for issues, nevertheless it actually does appear to be Pokémon Horizons is likely to be attempting to carry a contemporary sort of vitality to the franchise reasonably than simply telling an easy story about extra younger pokémon masters within the making.

Pokemon Horizon is slated to debut in Japan on April 14th and premieres in different nations slated for later in 2023.