HZ008

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HZ008   EP1240 あかずの扉のひみつ The Secret of the Unopened Door

First broadcast Japan May 26, 2023 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ドキメキダイアリー Ending RVR〜ライジングボルテッカーズラップ〜[ドットVer.]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 永川成基 Naruki Nagakawa Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 岩田義彦 Yoshihiko Iwata Animation directors 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: あかずの扉のひみつ The Secret of the Unopened Door) is the eighth episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,240th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 26, 2023.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Ann (on the phone)
• Students (on the phone)

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Rotom (Friede's; Rotom Phone)
• Rotom (Mollie's; Rotom Phone)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Rockruff (Murdock's; photo)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Pawmi (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Snorunt (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Noctowl (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Muk (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Alolan)
• Nosepass (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Alcremie (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Strawberry Ruby Swirl)
• Furret (Trainer's)
• Rotom (Trainer's)
• Roselia (Trainer's)
• Espeon (Trainer's)
• Darumaka (Trainer's; Galarian)
• Maractus (Trainer's)
• Sableye (Trainer's)
• Stufful (Trainer's)
• Skwovet (Trainer's)
• Luxio (Trainer's)
• Glameow (Trainer's)
• Sliggoo (Trainer's)
• Spoink (Vendor's)
• Clamperl (Vendor's)
• Remoraid
• Mantyke
• Wingull (×2)
• Spearow

Trivia

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: What do Spearow fight to protect?
  • Choices: Justice, territory, pride
  • Answer: Territory
• The first eyecatch of this episode features Liko and her Sprigatito, while the second one features Nidothing and her Quaxly.

In other languages

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