The final part of Pokémon Horizons Season 3, Rising Hope, is all set to arrive on Netflix as Japan moves toward a new arc called “Wonder Voyage,” which began airing on TV Tokyo on May 22, 2026. It’s safe to say that since Ash Ketchum’s departure, the new storyline has finally begun to feel canon. Pokémon Horizons Season 3 Part 3 ended with Episode 33, with Roy (Anjali Kunapaneni) essentially graduating into leadership, Friede (Crispin Freeman) passing responsibility to the younger generation, and the group finally being equipped to move from training/research into the actual endgame against Spinel, the Explorers, the Strong Spheres, and Laquium.
According to ScreenRant, Pokémon Horizons Part 4 will now begin immediately after that with “Mochi Mayhem!” before the story accelerates toward the Six Heroes conflict and the final Laquium battle. And that’s not all, the release date reveal also comes with a fresh new glimpse of Roy and the Rising Volt Tacklers trying to recover Six Heroes, who are captured by the Explorers. TheNetflix release for Pokémon Horizons Part 4 is set for September 18, and it’s expected to be available to stream at approximately 12:00 AM PT. The upcoming part will double down on Terastallization and Mega Evolution as per the official Netflix synopsis that goes as follows:
“Racing against the spread of the Strong Spheres, Liko, Roy, and the rest of the Rising Volt Tacklers move to stop Laquium and the Explorers once and for all! But to put their plan in motion, they’ll need to call on the many friends and Pokémon they’ve met throughout their adventures. After coming this far, Liko, Roy, Dot, and Ult aren’t holding back—and with Terastilization, Mega Evolution, and new moves making their Pokémon stronger than ever.”
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
01
You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Netflix Releases ‘Pokemon Horizons’ Seasons in Parts
While Japan broadcasts Pokémon Horizons weekly, Netflix releases the English/International version in batches and calls them Parts, which is often confusing for anybody not familiar with late anime rollouts on the streamer. So Season 3 Part 4 is not Pokémon Horizons Season 4 but the fourth and final Netflix batch of Pokémon Horizons: Season 3— Rising Hope. Pokémon’s UK site already describes this collection as the final collection of episodes from the season.
Pokémon Horizons: Season 3 — Rising Hope Part 4 is all set to be available to stream on Netflix starting September 18 at 12:000 AM PT. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Release Date
April 14, 2023
Network
TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVh, TVQ, GBS, TSC, Nara Television
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