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@Dogasu, your services are required here.
I don't have magazine myself (yet) but here's what Pokémon Matome reports:
- Characters will the past will regularly show up (Yasuda). The scan of the relevant portion of the interview the site posted reads "Of course, characters from the past will also show up regularly so we hope those who have been anipoke fans for a long time will also look forward to it!"
- The visuals in the opening theme will change in the near future and will include hints for what may happen in the show. Fans of Kibana will be particularly happy (Kishimoto)
※ The opening song itself will not change - They wrote the Kibana episode before Sword & Shield came out and so they had no idea that Gym Leader would end up being as popular as he is. They just chose him because they thought he'd be a suitably strong opponent to go up against Dande (Kishimoto)
- Another quote from Kishimoto: "I can't reveal too much right now...but we're seriously considering bringing Kibana back."
Taguchi: "They might go to other regions and might meet or reunite with older characters as a sort of extracurricular class. "
Other posts in the article have fans saying who they'd like to see come back and how they should take this chance to bring in game characters the show skipped over the first time.