'Pokémon Horizons: The Series' Clears The Turtle For Part 3 Netflix Release
11 episodes (probably) redeemed for a quarter! Goodbye Liko and Roy’s Departure, hello The Sparkling Terapagos!
Well, it’s July 10. That means it’s been 2 months since the second batch of episodes, encompassing episodes 13 to 23 of Pokémon Horizons: The Series landed on Netflix in the United States. With quarterly releases, that means the next is around the corner, and indeed it has been confirmed. Part 3 will arrive on the streamer on August 9. An exact episode count is unknown but it and part 4 should be about 11 episodes.
The officially provided part synopsis describes what’s to come for this part, however long it is: “Liko finally learns the identity of the Pokémon who was her pendant—Terapagos—and the Rising Volt Tacklers have a lead on another one of the Six Heroes. The Explorers won’t just sit around and watch, though—they’re going on the offensive as they pursue Terapagos, and the black Rayquaza is in their sights next. Meanwhile, what will Roy find out about his Ancient Poké Ball, and how will he and Liko continue to develop as Trainers?” This part will see the end of the opening “Liko and Roy's Departure” chapter after the second episode, the 25th overall. Those two episodes are called “Reunion at the Ancient Castle!” and “Rivals in the Dark of Night!”.
Episode 26, “Terapagos’s Adventure” starts the show’s second chapter “The Sparkling of Terapagos”. And in English, the opening sequence will change to match, which it had only really done for non-new season circumstances just once: last year’s “To Be a Pokémon Master” Ash finale arc. While that also changed the theme song, here, it is still “Becoming Me”, but with new visuals. The only previous time that happened was when in DP Galactic Battles, the twelfth season, and the show had made its transition to HD widescreen with new visuals for “Battle Cry - (Stand Up!)” Currently, the English titles of only the next six episodes are known thanks to sooner English dub releases in places like the United Kingdom, Australia and sub-Saharan Africa. They are “As Long as I'm with My Friends”, “The Stolen Treasure”, “Orla and the Poké Ball Smith”, “Slip and Crash! A Mystery Pokémon?!”, “Song Within the Mist”, and “Lapras's Feelings for its Friends”. While English titles for what are likely the final two episodes of the batch have not been released, those before it have been pretty direct lifts from the Japanese, which I’m sure some of my audience has picked up by their structure. With that in mind, expect them to sound something like “The Roaring Black Rayquaza” and “Respective Departures” respectively.
An 11-episode drop would allow for an 11-episode Part 4 that would conclude on what would become the most season finale-feeling season finale that didn’t end the series probably in the entire history of the anime. That 45th episode, “To a Place Far, Far Away” was a climactic one that saw major progress against the Explorers and in Liko’s career as a Pokémon trainer, even if a scuffle with Lucius’s shiny Rayquaza didn’t go so well. It would be a few episodes short of what Journeys ended on, but it makes the most sense. Seasons, at least by title, have finished with less. Maybe it sets a “two chapters per season” precedent, but this is how I see it.
The English dub cast features Alejandra Reynoso as Liko, Anjali Kunapaneni as Roy, and Faye Mata as Dot, forming quite the trio by where the Japanese airings currently are in the “Terastal Debut” arc. Daman Mills voices Dot’s Quaxly and Explorers admin Amethio, Kira Buckland takes on Liko’s Sprigatito, and Zeno Robinson voices Roy’s Fuecoco. Friede is voiced by Crispin Freeman, and of course Captain Pikachu is voiced by Ikue Ohtani. There are other members of the Rising Volt Tacklers I’ve neglected to mention, including Erica Mendez as Mollie, Mara Junot as Orla (important considering that focus episode), Larry Kenney as Ludlow, Major Attaway as Murdock, and Xanthe Huynh as Liko’s Indigo Academy roommate and friend Ann.
The official Pokémon YouTube channel also posted a preview clip, called “Curious Terapagos”, which can be watched below, and does seem to come from “Reunion at the Ancient Castle!” but I don’t know for sure.
Source: Pokémon