{"id":131785,"date":"2023-02-10T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-145003"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T11:15:00","slug":"ash-ketchum-prepares-to-pass-torch-as-new-pokemon-anime-series-gets-air-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/10\/ash-ketchum-prepares-to-pass-torch-as-new-pokemon-anime-series-gets-air-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash Ketchum Prepares To Pass Torch As New Pok\u00e9mon Anime Series Gets Air Date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new protagonists of the Pok\u00e9mon anime will be taking over when the new series debuts in Japan on 14th April 2023 in Japan. Serebii<\/a> shared the news and the date on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Ash Ketchum and Pikachu will be hanging up their caps and passing the torch on to new protagonists Liko and Roy as the anime enters its Paldea phase following last year’s Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet & Violet<\/a>. Ash and Pikachu have been the face of the show for 25 years, and we’re definitely<\/em> not crying as the show begins to wrap up their arc.<\/p>\n

So far, the official Japanese Pok\u00e9mon Twitter account<\/a> has shared a brief clip of Liko, the female protagonist of this new era of the Pok\u00e9mon anime, along with a special pendant.<\/p>\n