Pokémon (2019 anime series)

Pokémon the Series: Sword and Shield (Japanese: ポケットモンスター 剣と盾 Pocket Monsters: Sword and Shield), commonly referred to as the Sword & Shield series is the twenty-fourth season and seventh season anime series. It will features all of the regions of core series from the Pokémon games, including the Generation VIII games Pokémon Sword and Shield. This series shares its name with the original series when the anime first premiered in 1997. A new art style is implemented for the fourth series in a row.

This new series will focus on the two protagonists Ash Ketchum and Gō, along with their partners Pikachu and Scorbunny.

It will premiere on November 17, 2019 in Japan.

Major

 * Ash Ketchum
 * Gō

Key Pokémon

 * Ash's Pikachu
 * Gō's Scorbunny

Trivia

 * The design of the Japanese logo of the series is shared with MS020 and MS021, which were set in an alternate continuity to the main series.
 * This makes it the first series logo to not have any shade of green, being completely blue instead. It is also the first one without any 3D perspective, having a flat design.
 * This is the first series:
 * To be set in more than two game-original regions.
 * To fully air in the Reiwa period.
 * Ash's outfit is not identical to the player character's outfit for Generation VIII since the Advanced Generation series.