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HZ043   EP1275 エクスプローラーズからの果たし状 A Letter of Challenge from the Explorers

First broadcast Japan March 15, 2024 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハロ Ending RVR〜ライジングボルテッカーズラップ〜[オリオVer.PART2]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 永川成基 Naruki Nagakawa Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu Assistant director 岩田義彦 Yoshihiko Iwata Animation directors 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 萩原慶汰 Keita Hagiwara 服部奈津美 Natsumi Hattori 松本めぐみ Megumi Matsumoto 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi Additional credits

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: エクスプローラーズからの果たし状 A Letter of Challenge from the Explorers) is the 43rd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,275th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 15, 2024.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Liko's Sprigatito is revealed to have Overgrow as her Ability.

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

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Amethio
• Spinel
• Chalce
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Coral
• Sidian

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Hatenna (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Quagsire (Ludlow's)
• Rockruff (Murdock's)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Tinkatink (Dot's)
• Glalie (Coral's)
• Rotom (Coral's; Rotom Phone)
• Garganacl (Sidian's)
• Aerodactyl (Sidian's)
• Pawmi (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Shuckle (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Snorunt (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Maushold (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Family of Four)
• Wiglett (Trainer's)
• Rotom (Trainers'; Rotom Phone; ×2)
• Cutiefly (Trainer's)
• Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
• Finizen (×; image)

Trivia

• For the initial airing of this episode, Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar was replaced by a preview of the next two episodes and a preview of the next arc, Pocket Monsters: Terastal Debut.
• The first eyecatch features Sidian and his Garganacl, and the second features Coral and her Glalie.

In other languages

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