The Pokémon Company International and Narrative Entertainment have announced that Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series, the 25th season of the long-running Pokémon animated series, will be airing on the UK's popular kids TV channel POP from September 1st. New episodes will be broadcast every weekday at 6.30pm. The series will also be available to watch on-demand on the POP Player.

A limited-time distribution of Dracovish was announced for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield during the August 12th broadcast of Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Pocket Monsters) in Japan. This Dracovish is based on the Dracovish used by Ash Ketchum in the World Coronation Series. Players can redeem this Dracovish using the code「GANJ0UAG0882」. This code can only be redeemed until August 25th.

The Pokémon Company International has announced that Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles will be available for streaming on-demand on Netflix from September 23rd. This 4-part special episodes of Pokémon Journeys: The Series features Ash and Pikachu returning to the Sinnoh region, along with Goh, and meeting up with Dawn, Brock, and Cynthia, to stop Team Plasma from bringing back Cyrus back to the real-world. Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles was first available in Japan on Amazon Prime Video as "Arceus: The One Called God". Netflix is exclusively handling the streaming release of this mini-series outside of Asia.

The Pokémon Company has announced a series of distribution gifts that movie-goers can receive when they watch the re-airing of previous Pokémon movies: Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias, Jirachi: Wish Maker and The Rise of Darkrai in Japanese theaters that are taking place as part of the Summer Memories GET! 25 years of Pokémon Film Festival (夏の思い出、ゲットだぜ！25周年ポケモン映画祭). Codes to redeem Pokémon in-game will only be available while stock lasts, and can be claimed in Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield until September 30th this year.

The Pokémon Company has announced that every Friday between August 12th to September 16th, a different passcode will be announced during the Japanese broadcast of Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Pocket Monsters in Japan). These passcodes allow Trainers to receive 5 of Ash's Pokémon from the anime, Dracovish, Dragonite, Gengar, Sirfetch'd, and Lucario, via Mystery Gift in Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield.

In a truly shocking surprise, Ash Ketchum, the protagonist of the Pokémon anime series, will be joining Pokémon Masters EX for a Special Event this week. Additionally, a Dark-type Gear Event is now live in-game, alongside the return of Cresselia to the Legendary Arena, and a 6★ EX upgrade for Karen & Houndoom.

Two Hues, the third and final 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. The series was being produced by The Pokémon Company International in collaboration with WIT STUDIO.

The Pokémon Company International has announced that the POKÉTOON animated shorts will be available in English on Pokémon TV from this Friday, June 17th with the first episode "Scraggy and Mimikyu". POKÉTOON were originally released on the Japanese-language Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel. There are eight POKÉTOON episodes in total, and a new one will release every Friday.

Fiery Reflections in Snow, the second 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. The final episode will be released on June 22nd. The series is being produced by The Pokémon Company International in collaboration with WIT STUDIO.

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".