Pokemon Horizons spoilers appear to be included in the Game Freak leak

Key insights

• Details about Pokémon games, movies and anime are circulating online after a hack against Game Freak.
• This leak contains obvious plot details about Pokemon Horizons.
• An internal document about the anime reveals major spoilers that may reveal what we can expect from future episodes.

The ongoing Game Freak leaks, which appear to be the result of a hack against the company, now contain information about Pokemon Horizons. As part of the material circulating online, there is a document that contains an apparent plot outline for the anime with important plot details.

Potential spoilers for a future storyline in Pokemon Horizons lie ahead.

According to the document, “Pokémon Horizons” will eventually have a two-year period to allow the cast to age as the series progresses. This would be a big change from other Pokémon anime, where the previous series’ protagonist, Ash Ketchum, was a child for 25 years.

Potential spoilers for Pokemon Horizons are circulating online after Game Freak hack

This document was shared online by Centro Leaks and appears to have been created in 2022. This would have been about a year before Pokemon Horizons premiered, after the end of Pokemon Journeys.

The machine translation into English indicates a time jump of two years and the appearance of a “coach who has grown up a little”. Unsurprisingly, some are wondering if this is a cameo from Ash.

In addition, there is a note in the document about “Fried[e]”‘s betrayal”, so it seems that this is another plot point that is planned for the anime, or at least was planned at some point in development.

It is worth noting that even if the document is genuine, it may be out of date. It’s entirely possible that the plot was changed during production and we won’t get that time jump after all. However, it’s worth noting that the leak also includes a transcript of an apparent meeting between The Pokemon Company and Game Freak, where the companies discussed Ash’s departure from the show. Here they mention the next anime with a female protagonist who might age over the course of the series, which is consistent with what we see here.

As for the leak itself, Game Freak has yet to acknowledge all of the material shared online. However, the company has admitted that the company was hacked in August, but only cites employee information as part of the stolen data.