Di Pokémon Horizons, Scarlet adalah kanon

Di Pokémon Horizons, Scarlet adalah kanon

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Pokemon Horizons: Seri, the latest season of the Pokémon anime and the first to star protagonists other than Ash Ketchum, has finally premiered in the U.S. via a 12-episode drop on Netflix. It’s a big deal — Ash finally became the very best, and now we have to leave him behind. But the new Pokémon trainers are just the beginning.

[Ed. catatan: Slight spoilers for Pokemon Horizon episode 10 follow.]

After introducing us to the new protagonists and the basic story setup, Pokemon Horizon takes events to the Paldea region. There, in the city of Mesagoza, is a school; in Pokemon Scarlet, it’s called Naranja Academy, while in Ungu, it’s Uva Academy. Although there are two versions of the school in the games, there can only be one in the anime. And the winner is… Pokemon Scarlet.

For U.S. anime viewers, this might not be a surprise. Horizons isn’t the only animated Pokémon series to feature Paldea and Naranja Academy; there’s also Pokemon: Angin Paldean, a four-episode miniseries released on YouTube last year. But Horizons was released in Japan at the beginning of 2023, before Angin Paldean, and its status as part of the main Pokémon anime series means it’s the one setting the tone, if you ask me. Us Americans just had to wait a year to get the official word on which version is the canon one.

Like with any new generation of Pokémon games, prospective players had to decide which version to buy when Kirmizi dan Ungu came out. And a good portion of Pokémon fans have kuat opinions. Both games have hot professors, so that was a matter of personal preference. Ungu has the cooler legendary, in that it’s a dragon with wheels and the wheels actually work (unlike Kirmizi’s, which has wheel-like structures on its body but uses its feet to run). Me? I picked Kirmizi. Have you terlihat Profesor Sad?

The matter of which school you’d be attending wasn’t high on the list of pros and/or cons for either version. But the school does affect how your character looks through the entire base game. Neither version has particularly good fashion options; Kirmizi gives you a set of dorky orange uniforms, while Ungu offers the same dorky uniforms except in a more pleasant purple.

Tetapi bahkan jika Ungu has the slight edge, it’s Pokemon Scarlet that gets the official anime stamp of approval. In episode 9 of Horizons, the protagonists arrive in Paldea, and we’re shown the campus of Pokemon Scarlet’s Naranja Academy. Then, in episode 10, we meet a familiar character from the games — battle-happy rival Nemona — all decked out in her very orange Naranja Academy uniform.

Nemona poses energetically in front of Roy, who looks taken aback, and Liko, the two protagonists of the Pokémon Horizons anime. Nemona wears her orange-and-white school uniform, just like in Pokémon Scarlet.

Liko and Roy are so lucky they don’t go to Naranja Academy.
Image: OLM/The Pokémon Company, Netflix

Does this actually mean anything in the wider context of Pokémon? No, not really. While Pokémon games always have version differences — exclusive Pokémon, a different trainer battle here and there — the anime has typically combined them into a cohesive whole. It’s not like Ash Ketchum had to trade with another version of himself to catch ’em all. It’s just that sometimes, a version difference is big enough to be noticeable in the anime, and this is one of those times.

So yes, maybe Pokemon Scarlet’s version of Mesagoza is the canon one. But to Horizons’ credit, antagonist Amethio does have a Ceruledge — the evolution of Charcadet that’s native to Ungu. It’s just a shame that of the two schools, Horizons picked the one with the uglier uniforms.

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