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The final 15 episodes of Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series, the 24th season of the long-running Pokémon animated series, are now available on demand on Netflix in the United States. These episodes will continue to follow Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu climbing the ranks in the World Coronation Series, as well as Goh and Chloe, as they embark on their latest adventures in the Pokémon world.

The second official soundtrack for the Pokémon Journeys anime (known simply as Pocket Monsters in Japan), will release in Japan on June 22nd. Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Vol.2 will feature more than 40 songs from the soundtrack of the 2019 anime.

The first episode of the three-episode animated series, Pokémon: Hisuian Snow, based on Pokémon Legends: Arceus and set in the Hisui region is now available on the official Pokémon Youtube channel and Pokémon TV. It is titled "Onto the Icy Blue". The second episode will be released on June 8th. The series is being produced by The Pokémon Company International in collaboration with WIT STUDIO.

The Pokémon Company International has announced that the 25th season of the long-running Pokémon animated series will be known as Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series when it sees its international release later this year. The series will continue to follow Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu, as well as Goh and Chloe, as they embark on their latest adventures in the Pokémon world. For viewers in the United States, Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series will premiere on Netflix later this year.

This week, the official Pokémon Anime Twitter account released a new key visual to commemorate recent developments in the Pokémon anime. The poster features the top eight trainers ranked in the Pokémon World Coronation Series, a championship to determine the world's strongest Trainer, with their Pokémon. From left to right, the trainers are: Lance with his Gyrados, Alain with his Charizard, Diantha with her Gardevoir, Ash with his Pikachu, Leon with his Charizard, Cynthia with her Garchomp, Steven with his Metagross, and Iris with her Haxorus.

The online animated series set in the Hisui region that was teased during the Pokémon Presents livestream on Pokémon Day 2022 has now been fully revealed. The new three-episode series animated series, titled, "Pokémon: Hisuian Snow", is slated to premiere on May 18, 2022, exclusively on the official Pokémon YouTube channel and Pokémon TV. The series is being produced by The Pokémon Company International in collaboration with WIT STUDIO, who previously worked on 2018's Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us in collaboration with OLM. Wit Studio is best known for producing the first three seasons of Attack on Titan, and has most recently been working on the incredibly popular Ranking of Kings, and this season's Spy × Family.

The Pokémon anime will celebrate its 25th anniversary on April 1st. To commemorate this occasion, a one-hour anime special, featuring two Pokémon Journeys: The Series episodes, has been announced. VS shitennou 1jikan batoru supesharu (VS四天王1時間バトルスペシャル - VS The Elite Four 1 Hour Battle Special) will feature both new and returning characters, including the first Pokémon Journeys appearances of Clemont and Bonnie, who traveled with Ash in the Kalos region in Pokémon the Series: XY. The specials will air on TV Tokyo on April 1st, from 6.55 P.M. JST to 7.55 P.M. JST. The first episode of the Pokémon anime aired in Japan on April 1st, 1997.

Masamitsu Hidaka (日高政光), who directed the Pokémon anime up to the Battle Frontier arc, and then continued as a storyboard artist until Pokémon the Series: Black & White, has passed away this month aged 61.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus has received an update to software Ver. 1.1.0, "Daybreak". In addition to bugfixes, the Daybreak update adds additional content that will be available after viewing the game's end credits. In this update, Trainers will begin investigating mysterious mass outbreaks of Pokémon that are popping up all over the Hisui region. Players will also have a chance to battle powerful opponents, like Legendary Pokémon and wardens.

In this original web animation, which premiered today on The Official Pokémon YouTube channel, a bumbling Bidoof with a tendency to bite off more than it can chew finds itself between a rock and a hard place as it embarks on a journey to find its place in the world.

The eighth episode of Pokétoon was released on the official Pokémon Kids TV Japan YouTube channel at the beginning of this week. The episode is titled "Jigglypuff's Song".

The 23th Pokémon animated film, Secrets of the Jungle, will premiere in cinemas in Taiwan on 10 December 2021 as 《寶可夢：皮卡丘與可可的冒險》(Pokémon: Pikachu and Koko's Adventure).

The latest Pokétoon episode has been officially released on the official Pokémon Kids TV Japan Youtube channel, including both English and Japanese subtitles.

Niantic has announced an event will be coming to Pokémon GO to commemorate the premiere of the latest Pokémon animated film, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, on Netflix on October 8, 2021. The Rogue Monkey Mythical Pokémon, Zarude will be making its Pokémon GO debut as part of this event, with players able to encounter it by completing limited-time Special Research. Trainers can also look forward to lots of other in-game content inspired by the movie, including the return of Jessie and James to Pokémon GO. The event will take place from October 1, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. to October 10, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

The sixth episode of Pokétoon was uploaded earlier today to the official Pokémon Kids TV Japan Youtube channel. The episode is titled "I've Become a Gengar!?"

The Pokémon Company International has announced that the twenty-third animated Pokémon movie, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, will premiere on Netflix around the world (with the exception of Japan, China, and Korea) on October 8, 2021.

The Pokémon Company International has announced a new animated series, "Pokémon Evolutions", to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pokémon, which will be available on the official Pokémon YouTube channel and Pokémon TV worldwide. The series is being produced by The Pokémon Company International in collaboration with OLM Studios.

In a message posted to their official Twitter account, DuArt, who had been involved in dubbing the Pokémon anime for 13 years, have announced that they will be ceasing all of its media services operations. Moving forward, the company will continue to rent out office space in its historic DuArt building in New York City to media companies working on production products.

The Pokémon TV app, which has been available for download for some time now on Android and Apple mobile and TV devices, has now been released for download on the Nintendo Switch eShop.

The first batch of 12 episodes of Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series will be available on Netflix in the United States from September 10, 2021, with more episodes following approximately every three months for the duration of the season.