{"rewrite":{"id":"r_53c24d525beb65ddab147c2c","clusterId":"c_d86a9a580750930da9890a77","slug":"pokemon-horizons-and-pokemon-go-announce-episode-150-collaboration","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Pokémon Horizons and Pokémon GO Announce Episode 150 Collaboration","summary":"The Pokémon Horizons anime and the Pokémon GO mobile game are collaborating on both a television episode and an in-game event. Episode 150, titled \"Hirogaru Sekai, Kimi to GO!\" (The Expanding World, With You and GO!), airs in Japan on September 18. The episode features Professor Willow from Pokémon GO, and Liko and her companions head out on fieldwork alongside him. As the investigation progresses, the episode reveals how Friede first met Charizard. PokéStops appear in the episode. A promotional video previewing the collaboration was released on September 2.\n\nThe in-game event, named \"Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event,\" runs worldwide from September 16 to 22. Charmander wearing Friede's goggles makes its Pokémon GO debut during the event, appearing in the wild, through Field Research, with regular Lure Modules, and through the event GO Pass. Players can evolve it into Charmeleon and then Charizard while keeping the goggles. Shiny versions and Special Backgrounds are available. Pikachu wearing Cap's hat returns as a wild encounter and in one-star raids. Three-star raids feature Charizard wearing Friede's goggles, Meowscarada, Skeledirge, and Quaquaval. The wild lineup varies by time of day. A promotional code announced during the September 18 broadcast guarantees an encounter with Charmander wearing Friede's goggles with a Special Background.","whyItMatters":"The collaboration folds the mobile game's Professor Willow into the anime's cast and uses the crossover episode to reveal the origin of Friede and Charizard's partnership, tying the game's lore directly into the series' ongoing story.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eA limited-time GO Pass is distributed automatically to players when the event begins, bringing double Candy for catching Pokémon, one-hour regular Lure Modules, and extra Stardust for catching Hatenna and Wattrel. The wild encounter lineup shifts by time of day: Fidough and Wattrel appear from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Chansey as a rarer find, while Eevee and Hatenna appear from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. with Rockruff as the rarer encounter. Kecleon has an increased chance of appearing at PokéStops, and GO Snapshot features surprise appearances from characters and Pokémon seen in Pokémon Horizons.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe episode airs in the anime\u0026#39;s regular Friday 6:55 p.m. JST slot. The current \u0026#34;Wonder Voyage\u0026#34; arc premiered on May 22. Minori Suzuki and Yuka Terasaki, who voice Liko and Roy, perform the new opening theme \u0026#34;Sekai Tsunagare,\u0026#34; produced by HoneyWorks, and CUTIE STREET perform the ending theme \u0026#34;Cute na Kyūtai.\u0026#34; Saori Den directs the anime, Daiki Tomiyasu is the creative director, and Dai Satō oversees the series scripts. Pokémon GO launched in July 2016, and Scopely bought the game and its team in 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Episode 150 of Pokémon Horizons brings Professor Willow from Pokémon GO into the anime and finally shows how Friede met Charizard. The game's celebration event runs September 16-22, with a goggle-wearing Charmander that keeps its goggles through evolution.","twitterPost":"Charmander wearing Friede's goggles can be caught in the wild, via Field Research, Lure Modules, and the event GO Pass in Pokémon GO from September 16-22. Evolve it to Charizard and the goggles stay on. Shiny versions and Special Backgrounds are in the mix.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Pokémon Horizons and Pokémon GO are crossing over on both screens. Episode 150, airing September 18 in Japan, brings Professor Willow into the anime and reveals how Friede met Charizard, while a worldwide in-game event from September 16 to 22 adds a goggle-wearing Charmander to Pokémon GO. A broadcast code guarantees a Special Background encounter.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-02/pokemon-horizons-anime-video-previews-pokemon-go-collaboration-episode/.241240\",\"title\":\"Pokémon Horizons Anime's Video Previews Pokémon GO Collaboration Episode\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/pokemon-anime-and-pokemon-go-collaboration-episode-and-in-game-event-announced/\",\"title\":\"Pokémon Anime and Pokémon GO Collaboration Episode and In-Game Event Announced\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6502,"outputTokens":5546,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788371249,"createdAt":"2026-09-02T17:37:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T17:42:30.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T17:42:30.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d86a9a580750930da9890a77","canonicalTitle":"Pokémon Anime and Pokémon GO Collaboration Episode and In-Game Event Announced","representativeArticleId":"a_eb64b6caf39d840e06365c22","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":1,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Pokémon Horizons: The Series\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Pokémon GO\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-02T13:24:09.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-02T15:46:01.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T17:42:35.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-02/pokemon-horizons-anime-video-previews-pokemon-go-collaboration-episode/.241240","title":"News\nPokémon Horizons Anime's Video Previews Pokémon GO Collaboration Episode"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/pokemon-anime-and-pokemon-go-collaboration-episode-and-in-game-event-announced/","title":"Pokémon Anime and Pokémon GO Collaboration Episode and In-Game Event Announced"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Pokémon Horizons: The Series"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Pokémon GO"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Episode 150 of Pokémon Horizons, titled \"Hirogaru Sekai, Kimi to GO!\", airs in Japan on September 18 and features Professor Willow from Pokémon GO.","The Pokémon GO event \"Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event\" runs worldwide from September 16 to 22.","Charmander wearing Friede's goggles debuts in Pokémon GO during the event and can evolve into Charmeleon and Charizard while keeping the goggles.","A promotional code announced during the September 18 broadcast guarantees an encounter with Charmander wearing Friede's goggles with a Special Background.","The episode reveals how Friede first met Charizard, and PokéStops appear in the episode."]}