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Pokémon Horizons Anime Reveals 4 New Cast Members for 'Terastal Debut' Arc

A stage event for the Pokémon anime franchise at AnimeJapan 2024 on Saturday revealed four more cast members for the new "Terastal Debut" arc for the Pokémon Horizons: The Series anime. The new cast members are the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Paldea.

The cast includes (as they are introduced in the below video):

• Mitsuki Saiga as Chili
• Miria Takagishi as Poppy
• Kōsuke Toriumi as Aoki
• Ryōtarō Okiayu as Hassak

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 (4:55 a.m. EDT). The anime started its second arc, "Terapagos no Kagayaki" (The Brilliance of Terapagos), with its 29th episode on October 27 in Japan.

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 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 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 Sato (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.

Source: Pokémon stage event at AnimeJapan 2024 (Ken Iikura-Gross)