HZ068

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

← HZ067

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

HZ069 →

HZ068

HZ068   EP1300 新たなる空へ！ブレイブアサギ号！！ To a New Sky! Brave Asagi!!

First broadcast Japan October 11, 2024 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Only One Story Ending ピッカーン!

Credits Animation Team Kumemura Screenplay 松澤くれは Kureha Matsuzawa Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director ウヱノ史博 Fumihiro Ueno Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 新たなる空へ！ブレイブアサギ号！！ To a New Sky! Brave Asagi!!) is the 68th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,300th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on October 11, 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

• Raifort suggests that Liko, Roy, and Dot travel to Kitakami to meet Briar, a Terapagos expert.
• Liko, Roy, and Dot reunite with the Rising Volt Tacklers.
• The Brave Olivine's repairs are completed.
• Friede returns Lucius's Pokémon to Liko's care.
• A group of three wild Tatsugiri are revealed to have joined the Rising Volt Tacklers.
• Liko, Roy, and Dot battle Lucius's Arboliva, Moltres, and Lapras.
• Amethio permits Zirc and Onia to join him on his own mission despite being fired from the Explorers.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Humans

• Perrin

Pokémon debuts

• Tatsugiri (Curly, Droopy, and Stretchy)

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Amethio
• Onia
• Zirc
• Raifort
• Perrin (debut)
• Students

Pokémon

• Floragato (Liko's; Terastallized)
• Hattrem (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Crocalor (Roy's; Terastallized)
• Kilowattrel (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Elekid (Orla's)
• Quagsire (Ludlow's)
• Rockruff (Murdock's)
• Alcremie (Murdock's; Strawberry Ruby Swirl)
• Quaxwell (Dot's; Terastallized)
• Tinkatink (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Ceruledge (Amethio's)
• Rotom (Onia's; Rotom Phone)
• Rotom (Zirc's; Rotom Phone)
• Arboliva (Lucius's; giant)
• Moltres (Lucius's; Galarian Form)
• Lapras (Lucius's; giant)
• Kleavor (Lucius's; shadow)
• Zoroark (Raifort's)
• Psyduck (Student's)
• Sneasel (Student's)
• Furret (Student's)
• Swablu (Student's)
• Greedent (Student's)
• Delcatty (Student's)
• Heracross (Student's)
• Marill (Student's)
• Toedscool (Student's)
• Rotom (Students'; ×3; Rotom Phone)
• Pawmi (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Shuckle (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Snorunt (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Noctowl (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Carkol (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Slugma (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Muk (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Alolan form)
• Nosepass (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Polteageist (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Sinistea (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Maushold (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Family of Four)
• Tatsugiri (×3; Rising Volt Tacklers'; Curly, Droopy, and Stretchy forms; debut)
• Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
• Dragonite
• Sprigatito (x3; photo)

Trivia

The updated title card

• The first eyecatch features the wild Pokémon aboard the Brave Olivine, and the second features Liko and Terapagos.
  • Tatsugiri has been added to the group of Brave Olivine's Pokémon shown in the eyecatch.
• This is the first episode of the Rayquaza Rising chapter.
• The episode title card is updated to include Roy's Crocalor.
• Dragonite flying through the sky could be a reference to the traveling between regions animation in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, seeing as the Rising Volt Tacklers are heading to Kitakami.
• Liko, Crocalor, Dot, and Roy narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

This anime-related article is a stub. You can help Bulbapedia by expanding it.

← HZ067

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

HZ069 →

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.