HZ042

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HZ042

HZ042   EP1274 変身！海のヒーローイルカマン! Transform! The Hero of the Sea, Irukaman!

First broadcast Japan March 8, 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〜

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay うえのきみこ Kimiko Ueno Storyboard 森山愛弓 Ayumi Moriyama Assistant director 森山愛弓 Ayumi Moriyama Animation directors 高星佑平 Yūhei Takaboshi 服部奈津美 Natsumi Hattori 松本めぐみ Megumi Matsumoto No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 変身！海のヒーローイルカマン Transform! The Hero of the Sea, Irukaman!) is the 42nd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,274th episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan on March 8, 2024.

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Plot

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

Major events

• The Rising Volt Tacklers arrive in Paldea.
• Ludlow is revealed to own a Sharpedo.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Nacli
• Palafin (Zero and Hero Forms)
• Kilowattrel
• Tadbulb
• Klawf

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Trainers

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Rotom (Mollie's; Rotom Phone)
• Sharpedo (Ludlow's)
• Rockruff (Murdock's)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Tinkatink (Dot's)
• Carkol (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Slugma (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Pincurchin (Trainer's)
• Trubbish (Trainer's)
• Rotom (Trainer's; Rotom Phone)
• Patrat (Trainers'; ×3)
• Shellder
• Marill
• Shellos (East Sea Form; ×4)
• Wiglett
• Nacli (debut)
• Finizen (multiple)
• Palafin (Zero and Hero Forms; debut)
• Kilowattrel (debut)
• Luvdisc (multiple)
• Tadbulb (debut)
• Klawf (×3; debut)
• Diglett

Trivia

• The first eyecatch features Roy and Fuecoco, and the second one features Ludlow and his Quagsire.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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