These Kids Are Replacing Ash In The Next Pokemon Anime, Pokemon Horizons

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Time to feel old everyone. The Pokemon Company have shared an official English language trailer for the next Pokemon anime, called Pokemon Horizons.

The current Pokemon anime, Pokemon: I Wanna Be A Pokemon Master, is ending soon. With Ash having already achieved his dream of being the Pokemon World Champion, his 26 year journey is mostly over, with the final episodes serving to fill in whatever story gaps are left.

The next anime, Pokemon Horizons, is starting with a completely new story, based on the Paldea region in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and features two protagonists. A lot of the details about those new protagonists, Liko and Roy, and their professor, Professor Friede, have already been shared before, but this new trailer puts it all together in a way we can all understand.

Liko is seen taking her mysterious pendant, and then there are other scenes showing her with her Sprigatito (that’s the green cat).

We then cut to Professor Friede, and Captain Pikachu just behind him, as they navigate a massive airship over Paldea. The camera then pans to Friede’s crew, before moving back to Liko.

Apparently her mysterious pendant holds mysterious powers, as the camera pans to an extreme close up of Miraidon.

We then get a shot of Professor Friede riding what looks like a Charizard in the air, before the camera pans to Roy.

We don’t know as much about Roy, but he seems to be a lot like Pikachu, an earnest young boy who only dreams of becoming a Pokemon master. Roy has a Fuecoco, whose orange fur (or is it feathers? Scales?) somehow matches well with the red of his shirt.

Finally, Liko is seen challenging a mysterious antagonist, who may be a member of this anime’s version of Team Rocket.

The trailer is combination of new and