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HZ133   EP1365 最後の戦いへ To the Final Battle

First broadcast Japan April 10, 2026 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アイオライト Ending ねてもさめても

Credits Animation Team Kumemura Screenplay 松澤くれは Kureha Matsuzawa Storyboard 清島ゆうこ Yūko Kiyoshima Assistant director 藤野陽介 Yōsuke Fujino Animation director 仲金 Zhong Jin No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 最後の戦いへ To the Final Battle) is the 133rd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,365th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on April 10, 2026.

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

• The Rising Volt Tacklers and their allies arrive at Laqua, dividing into multiple battlefronts, but are intercepted by the Explorers.
  • Dot, Nemona and Penny face Indi and Rubina.
  • Roy, Friede and Ult face Chalce, Coral and Sidian.
  • Liko, Diana, and Ann continue towards the Laquium Core.
• Dot's Gholdengo is revealed to have Good as Gold as its Ability.
• Coral and Sidian are revealed to own a Mega Ring, as well as a Glalitite and Aerodactylite, respectively.
• Dot meets Hamber again.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Main series debuts

• Mega Aerodactyl
• Mega Glalie

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Dot
• Ult
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Friede
• Hamber
• Coral
• Sidian
• Chalce
• Spinel
• Indi
• Rubina
• Ann
• Nemona
• Penny
• Diana
• Perrin
• Wy-Yes
• Yuha
• Yuha's father

Pokémon

• Meowscarada (Liko's)
• Hatterene (Liko's)
• Terapagos (Liko's; Pagogo; Normal Form)
• Armarouge (Liko's)
• Skeledirge (Roy's)
• Kilowattrel (Roy's)
• Lucario (Roy's; Shiny; Mega Lucario Z)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Quaquaval (Dot's)
• Tinkaton (Dot's)
• Gholdengo (Dot's)
• Sableye (Ult's; Mega Sableye)
• Dragonite (Ult's)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Elekid (Orla's)
• Quagsire (Ludlow's)
• Lycanroc (Murdock's; Midday Form)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Starmie (Friede's; Instructor Starmie; Mega Starmie)
• Umbreon (Spinel's)
• Dusknoir (Hamber's)
• Ursaluna (Hamber's; Bloodmoon)
• Glalie (Coral's; Mega Glalie)
• Scream Tail (Coral's; Screamypuff)
• Garganacl (Sidian's)
• Aerodactyl (Sidian's; Mega Aerodactyl)
• Medicham (Chalce's; Mega Medicham)
• Xatu (Chalce's)
• Rotom (Chalce's; Rotom Phone)
• Cofagrigus (Indi's; ×6)
• Runerigus (Rubina's; ×6)
• Arcanine (Diana's)
• Samurott (Ann's)
• Pawmot (Nemona's)
• Decidueye (Nemona's)
• Ribombee (Nemona's)
• Jolteon (Penny's)
• Vaporeon (Penny's)
• Flareon (Penny's)
• Noibat (Yuha's)
• Golbat (Explorers's)
• Granbull (Explorers's)
• Liepard (Explorers's)
• Gurdurr (Explorers's)
• Malamar (Explorers's)
• Thievul (Explorers's)

Trivia

• Mega Nidothing's Mega Mega! Mega Evolution: Diancie
• The first eyecatch features Dot with her Quaquaval, Tinkaton, and Gholdengo, and the second features Roy with Skeledirge, Kilowattrel, Mega Lucario, and Captain Pikachu.
• Despite Curse having existed in the games since Generation II, this is the first time it's been used in the animated series.
  • This is the longest period of time between the introduction of a move in the core series games and its first appearance in the animated series, excluding moves that have yet to debut.
• Despite making its debut in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, this episode makes the first time that a Starmie has used a Psychic-type move in the animated series.
• Ult, Sableye, Roy, Lucario, Friede, and Instructor Starmie narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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