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Pokémon Horizons Anime Casts Kaede Hondo as Iono

TV Tokyo revealed on Friday that Kaede Hondo will voice Nanjamo (Iono in English) in Pokémon Horizons: The Series, the new anime in the Pokémon franchise. Iono is a popular streamer and a gym leader of the Levincia Gym. The character will debut in the anime in the episode airing on July 28.

The anime follows completely new dual protagonists, who are named Liko and Roy. The anime features Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly from the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, and also features the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza in its Shiny form. The anime also features the new characters Friede and Captain Pikachu, who are a Pokémon professor and Pokémon partner duo who will battle alongside Liko and Roy.

The anime premiered in Japan on April 14 with a one-hour first-episode special. The show airs on Fridays at 6:55 p.m.

The anime's English dub is "coming soon."

Saori Den (Mirage Queen Prefers Circus) is directing the anime, and Daiki Tomiyasu (Pokémon Sun & Moon, Pocket Monster Mezase Pokémon Master) is serving as creative director. Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop) is overseeing the series scripts. Tetsuo Yajima is the action director, Rei Yamazaki is the character designer, and Kyōko Itō is the sub-character designer. Masafumi Mima is the sound director and Conisch is composing the music.

Sources: Pokémon anime's Twitter account, Comic Natalie