Pokemon (2023)

In a world filled with strange yet majestic creatures known as Pokémon, a new adventure begins! Hailing from the pristine region of Paldea, the timid Liko travels to the Kanto region to attend the Indigo Academy and become a Pokémon trainer—a person who forms relationships with Pokémon and trains them to participate in battles. Soon, Liko acquires Nyahoja, a fickle Grass-type cat Pokémon, as her first partner.

Prior to Liko's transfer to Kanto, her grandmother gives her a uniquely patterned and gleaming pendant as a protective charm. However, an enigmatic organization—The Explorers—seems to know a secret about the pendant and nearly succeeds in stealing it from Liko. Fortunately, she is rescued by the Rising Volt Tacklers, a group of adventurers led by a Lizardon-riding trainer named Friede.

After a series of encounters with The Explorers, Liko decides to join Friede's team, accompanying him and his crew members on a grand journey across the regions. Along the way, they aim to unravel not only the mysteries of the world of Pokémon, but also the power that resides within her pendant.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Liko Main

Suzuki, Minori Japanese

Dot Main

Aoyama, Yoshino Japanese

Captain Pikachu Main

Ootani, Ikue Japanese

Friede Main

Yashiro, Taku Japanese

Nyahoja Main

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Hogator Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Roy Main

Terasaki, Yuka Japanese

Masquernya Main

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Achigator Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Nyarote Main

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Katou, Hiroyuki Producer

Kudou, Yuusuke Producer

Sekiguchi, Ayaka Producer

Kumemura, Makoto Producer

Reviews

Apr 8, 2025

Yapcona

Recommended

Preliminary (22/? eps)

Hella funny and cute.
I must admit, I like this a little more than the original Pokémon series. Why? Ash's ambition was "I want to be the best".
Liko's ambition is more reliable and understandable. A kind-hearted kid that just lives at the moment and decides day by day when to route to go till she finds the thing she really wants to fight for. Besides an interesting story, it also has some good old live lessons to teach. Positivity, laughter, and uplifting. And it's hilarious and cute AF. Just look at them, those little meow meows and wuff wuffs... owo

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by Yapcona (2)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Oct 2, 2025

OPBOTTO

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (80/? eps)

Here is my PERSONAL AND OBVIOUSLY NOT OBJECTIVE take on it.

Pros : Animation quality is really good (not everything has to be JJK level animation to count as good)
The fights are quite interesting, the character casts is great, the story is interesting.

Cons : At first the series had a quite fast, yet well paced (especially considering how they are clearly planning this anime to be long) so I expected the story to slow down at some point. And it sure did slow down throughout the middle (as of right now). However when it slowed down the story took a big dip in entertainment. It felt ... more like filler even tho it wasn't, leading to me putting the anime on hold for that time being.
My other problem is that this story emphasizes mysteries a lot, yet any mystery reveal does not feel exiting at all, like don't get me wrong, it's not like they were bad or straight up a waste of time, but the best reaction they got out of me was an unenthusiastic "wow".

Neutral: I might be rating it slightly to low considering how I am definitely not the target audience, however I'm not 100% sure.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by OPBOTTO (1)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Mar 5, 2024

Bobzi11a

Not Recommended

Preliminary (5/? eps)

Here's a unique review, coming from someone who genuinely doesn't care who the protag is. Ash was cookie cutter and the fact he got to star in like 20+ seasons is beyond me. It's a show about magical monsters, how did they manage to make it revolve around 1 person?!

So that's where I'm left with this. I went in thinking, "Oh nice! They're finally going to change the story formula and make use of the franchise" "We're finally going to get something like Scarlet Wings or Origins, fleshing out the world itself!"

And that's why I stopped watching, I got my hopes up.

It's just female ash, ... with weed cat, constantly making up her own emotional baggage to spend 15+ minutes an episode to "bravely push through". Writing gets a 1/10, all character personalities, ALL of them 1/10, the only positive I can give is the visuals. Show looks great but I have no idea who their target audience is or why they would even make this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by Bobzi11a (2)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Animes in which Koeda Animation has participated

by Shakitonu31

36 Entries · 6 Restacks

Pokémon Anime

by m3m3y

43 Entries · 17 Restacks

Pokemon (Part 3)

by PauloVictor310

50 Entries · 14 Restacks

New Series of 'Pokemon' Unveils Main Cast, Staff, First Promo [Update 3/10]

The official Twitter of the Pokemon television anime unveiled on Friday for its new anime series, the main cast, staff, a promotional video, and a key visual (pictur...read more

Mar 3, 2023 10:39 AM by Hyperion_PS | Discuss (23 comments)

'Pokemon' Gets New Anime Series in April 2023, Concludes 'Ultimate Journeys' in January 2023

The official website of the Pokemon anime series announced a new television anime on Friday, featuring two new main characters, Liko and Roy. The new anime will beg...read more

Dec 16, 2022 9:59 PM by Vindstot | Discuss (26 comments)

	Poll: Pokemon (2023) Episode 117 Discussion Soleks100000 - Nov 15	3 replies	by TheSelleri »» 9 hours ago
	Poll: Pokemon (2023) Episode 116 Discussion Soleks100000 - Nov 8	9 replies	by YuriEmpress »» Nov 10, 10:18 AM
	Poll: Pokemon (2023) Episode 115 Discussion Ashhk - Nov 1	11 replies	by RioFS »» Nov 8, 11:53 AM
	Poll: Pokemon (2023) Episode 114 Discussion GakutoDeathGlare - Oct 25	11 replies	by Kenchiin »» Nov 3, 2:49 PM
	Poll: Pokemon (2023) Episode 13 Discussion ChirekachiMizu - Jul 14, 2023	23 replies	by Roboman92 »» Nov 1, 5:56 PM