Halo
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The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is the official English translation of the Japanese name. |
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Sony Music Labels single
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Halo (Japanese: ハロ lit. Haro) is the second opening song of Pokémon Horizons: The Series. It debuted in HZ026, replacing Heart-Pounding Diary.
The full version of the song was first released as a digital single on October 27, 2023.
Opening animation
Synopsis
The black background is lit up as the pendant floats down between Liko's hands and turns into Terapagos. The camera zooms across the sea before the series logo appears in front of the sunset.
Young Liko speaks as she walks with her parents through a market when the background turns gray. On a blue background, Liko's look of uncertainty is lifted. As she lifts her pendant up to the blue moon while sitting on the rooftop, green leaves of energy surround her and disappear to show Liko, Sprigatito, Hatenna, and Terapagos enjoying the breeze outside the Brave Olivine's observation room together. Young Roy is amazed at the ancient adventurer story his grandpa shows him. On a dirt road, a dirtied Roy is wearing the Rising Volt Tacklers' flag as a cape while he gazes at his Ancient Poké Ball before confidently raising it up to the sky. A circle of flames surrounds him and disappears to show Roy, Fuecoco, and Wattrel watching the sunset on the Brave Olivine's wing deck together. Transitions with lines showing off the Rising Volt Tacklers and their Pokémon occur, starting with Friede and Charizard, Orla and Metagross/Elekid, Mollie and Chansey, Dot and Quaxly, Murdock and Rockruff/Alcremie, Ludlow and Quagsire, ending with Captain Pikachu and Friede at the wheel in the captain's deck.
The Brave Olivine rises from the clouds, with Liko and Roy on the front, Dot, Orla, Mollie, Murdock, and Ludlow outside the observation deck, and the Black Rayquaza flying next to the ship. Terapagos runs along Rayquaza's back, followed by Liko, Roy, Dot, Murdock, and Ludlow, with Orla and Mollie riding on Metagross. As Amethio trains Ceruledge and Corviknight at the Explorers' base, he starts to feel exhausted as Hamber and Dusknoir oversee his progress.
Liko is next to Diana and Lucca as she holds Terapagos, who releases light from its shell. Projections of Arboliva, Galarian Moltres, Lapras, Kleavor, Entei, and Rayquaza appear, ending with Lucius as the camera zooms into his blue eye. At sunset, Sprigatito, Terapagos, and Liko walk towards Lucius overlooking the sea on a cliff. The next shots are off the Explorer admins; Coral on Glalie's head, Sidian walking with Garganacl, and Chalce doing a kung fu pose with Medicham. Roy wakes up Liko from her dream. Scenes show of Zirc and Onia tending to Rhydon and Golduck, Spinel with Umbreon in front of Gibeon's monolith, and someone charging up a Tera Orb. As the Rising Volt Tacklers look to the sky, Lucius's belt is shown next to his memoirs. Terapagos is in its Terastal form as someone reaches for it.
The final shot shows the Rising Volt Tacklers' hands doing their trademark handshake below the bright sun.
Characters
Humans
- Liko
- Roy
- Friede
- Mollie
- Orla
- Ludlow
- Murdock
- Dot
- Amethio
- Onia
- Zirc
- Roy's grandfather
- Lucca
- Alex
- Diana
- Hamber
- Spinel
- Coral
- Sidian
- Chalce
Pokémon
- Sprigatito (Liko's)
- Hatenna (Liko's)
- Fuecoco (Roy's)
- Wattrel (Roy's)
- Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
- Charizard (Friede's)
- Chansey (Mollie's)
- Metagross (Orla's)
- Elekid (Orla's)
- Quagsire (Ludlow's)
- Rockruff (Murdock's)
- Alcremie (Murdock's; Strawberry Ruby Swirl)
- Quaxly (Dot's)
- Ceruledge (Amethio's)
- Corviknight (Amethio's)
- Skarmory (Onia's)
- Golduck (Onia's)
- Rhydon (Zirc's)
- Skarmory (Zirc's)
- Arcanine (Diana's)
- Dusknoir (Hamber's)
- Umbreon (Spinel's)
- Glalie (Coral's)
- Garganacl (Sidian's)
- Medicham (Chalce's)
- Rayquaza (Lucius's; Shiny)
- Arboliva (Lucius's; giant)
- Moltres (Lucius's; Galarian Form)
- Lapras (Lucius's)
- Kleavor (Lucius's)
- Entei (Lucius's)
- Terapagos (anime; Normal Form; Terastal Form)
- Aipom
- Ralts
- Fletchling
- Fletchinder
Lyrics
TV size
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Full version
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Variants
- HZ026 - HZ031: The original animation.
- HZ032 - HZ045: The part with the Six Heroes more accurately depicts Lucius's Lapras, with a scar on its eye. Additionally, the appearance of Lapras changes within the animation.
Lapras without a scar
With a scar
Video
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Trivia
- This song along with Summerly Slope was used as an opening during a span of 20 episodes, the shortest for any original song in the anime (that is, without counting remixes of different songs).
Staff
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| Action animation director アクション |
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| Animation supervisor |
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| In-between animation inspection |
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| Color script カラースクリプト |
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| Touchup animation |
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| CGI director CGIディレクター |
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| Photography |
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| Video director/Editor Color grading カラーグレーディング |
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| Director of photography |
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| Photography/Motion graphics VFX VFX |
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| Telop design テロップデザイン |
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| Assistant coordinator |
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Japanese opening themes |
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This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician. |