Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series
Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series is the twenty-fifth season of the Pokémon animated series, and the third and final season of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā). The season premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from December 17, 2021 to March 24, 2023, and in the United States Netflix released new episodes on October 21, 2022; February 24, 2023 and June 23, 2023 and the final part titled Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (Japanese: ポケットモンスター めざせポケモンマスター, Pocket Monsters: Mezase Pokémon Master) on September 8, 2023. In Canada, the season aired from May 28, 2022 to July 29, 2023. This season culminates the research fellowship adventures of Ash Ketchum and Goh as they travel across all eight regions, including the new Galar region from Pokémon Sword and Shield and the Galar region's Crown Tundra from Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra, based at Cerise Laboratory in Vermillion City in the Kanto region. Ash ascends through the ranks of the World Coronation Series and Goh continues his work with Project Mew. Four episodes released on January 21 and 28, 2022 (exclusive to Amazon Prime Video in Japan) are an arc based on the Pokémon Legends: Arceus game, with the third and fourth episodes coinciding with the release of the games. The story arc debuted on Netflix on September 23, 2022, under the name Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles. Announced on December 17, 2022, this season marks a significant milestone as it concludes the longstanding narrative of Ash and Pikachu as the main characters. Taking a departure from the familiar, the next season, which premiered in Japan on April 14, 2023, introduces new protagonists. Episode list

Special episodes

Music 
The Japanese opening songs are "One, Two, Three" ・・, Wan, Tsū, Surī) by Karaage Sisters for 9 episodes, and by Rika Matsumoto and Daiki Yamashita for 37 episodes, and "Aim to Be a Pokémon Master -with my friends-" (めざせポケモンマスター -with my friends-, Mezase Pokémon Masutā -with my friends-) by Rika Matsumoto for 11 episodes. The ending songs are "Supereffective Type" (バツグンタイプ, Batsugun Taipu) by the Pokémon Music Club for 65 episodes, "One Hundred Fifty-One" (ひゃくごじゅういち, Hyakugojūichi) by Unshō Ishizuka for 6 episodes, "Takeshi's Paradise" (タケシのパラダイス, Takeshi no Paradaisu) by Yūji Ueda for 1 episode, "Riding on Lapras" (ラプラスにのって, Rapurasu ni Notte) by Mayumi Iizuka and Rikako Aikawa for 1 episode, "Face Forward Team Rocket!" (前向きロケット団！, Maemuki Roketto-dan) by Team Rocket (Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet) for 1 episode, "Type: Wild" (タイプ：ワイルド, Taipu: Wairudo) by Rika Matsumoto for 1 episode, in which the latter ending themes are taken from past seasons of the anime, and the English opening songs are "With You" by Echosmith, and "Gotta Catch ém All" by Ben Dixon and the Sad Truth with Haven Paschall and Hilary Thomas. These instrumental versions serves as ending themes. Notes

References

2021 Japanese television seasons
2022 Japanese television seasons
2023 Japanese television seasons
Season 25