Summary
The ongoingGame Freakleaks, which appear to stem from a hack against the company, now include information about Pokemon Horizons. As part ofthe material circulating online, there’s a document that includes an apparent plot outline for the anime, with major plot details.
Potential spoilers for a future plotline in Pokemon Horizons ahead.
According to the document, Pokemon Horizons is going to have a two-year timeskip at some point, allowing the cast to age up over the show’s run. This would be a huge diversion from otherPokemonanimes, which kept the previous series protagonist, Ash Ketchum, as a child for 25 years.
Potential Spoilers For Pokemon Horizons Circulate Online Following Game Freak Hack
This document was shared by Centro Leaks online and was apparently put together in 2022. This would have been about a year before Pokemon Horizons' premiere, following the end of Pokemon Journeys.
When machine translated into English, it makes reference to a two-year timeskip, as well as the appearance of a “trainer who has grown up a little”. Unsurprisingly, some are wondering if this is teasing a cameo from Ash.
On top of this, there’s a note in the document about “Fried[e]’s betrayal”, so it seems that this is another plot point that is being planned for the anime, or was at least planned at some point in development.
It’s worth noting that, even if the document is real, it might be outdated. It’s very possible that the plot was changed during production, and we won’t get this timeskip after all. However, it’s worth noting that something else included in the leak is a transcript of an apparent meeting between The Pokemon Company and Game Freak, in whichthe companies discussed Ash’s departure from the show. Here, they mention the next anime having a female protagonist who could age as the show goes on, which lines up with what we’re seeing here.
As for the leak itself, Game Freak is yet to acknowledge all of the material being shared online. It has, however,admitted that it was hacked in August, but has only referenced employee information as part of the data that was stolen.
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