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The last Pokemon Horizons episodes hit Netflix on September 18

Pokemon Horizons Season 3 — Rising Hope Part 4 arrives on Netflix on September 18, and the official channel says these are the final episodes.

Pokemon Horizons: Season 3 — Rising Hope Part 4 lands on Netflix on September 18. The official Pokemon channel announced the date and put out a clip from it, which is above.

The description calls these the final episodes. Part 4 closes out season three of the series that replaced the old Ash Ketchum run.

What the clip shows

The clip is called "Cheer with a Song!" and it puts Liko, Roy and Dot in a battle with a crowd behind them. That is all the official description commits to, so that is all we will say about it. It is a mood piece, not a plot leak.

Why the date is the real news

Netflix has been releasing Horizons in chunks rather than whole seasons at once. Season three has come out in parts, and Part 4 is the last of them. If you have been waiting for the season to be finished before starting it, September 18 is the day that becomes true.

That is a genuinely useful thing to know. Watching a story that arrives in four pieces across months is a different experience from watching it in a run, and a lot of people deliberately choose the second one.

Where to start if you have not

Horizons dropped the format the animated series had run on for decades. There is no Ash. The story follows Liko and Roy, two kids with their own reasons for travelling, and Dot, who joins them and does not much want to be outside.

Both earlier seasons are on Netflix in the United States, so the whole thing is in one place. Starting from the first episode is the right call. Horizons runs a continuing story rather than a monster-of-the-week structure, so jumping into the middle costs you more than it would have on the old series.

If you want a taste before committing, the official channel has been posting free compilations pulled from the show. We have covered two of them: a Water-type collection and one built around the Six Heroes storyline that drives season two.

What "final episodes" does and does not mean

The official description says these are the final episodes of Part 4 of season three. It does not say the series is over.

Those are different claims, and the difference matters. A Pokemon animated series ending is a large announcement, and it comes from The Pokemon Company directly rather than from a clip description. Nothing here confirms one. If you see somebody say Horizons is finished for good, that is not what has been announced.

What we can say plainly: season three wraps on September 18, and nothing about what follows it has been dated.

Sources & further reading

  1. The Official Pokemon YouTube Channel — Cheer with a Song! | Pokemon Horizons: Season 3—Rising Hope Part 4 | Official Clip
  2. The Official Pokemon YouTube Channel — Pokemon Horizons: Season 3 Part 4 is coming to Netflix on September 18