A seemingly innocuous scene has declared definitively which version of the 9th generation Pokémon games will be canonical to the anime.
The Pokémon Horizons anime has made its way to the Paldea region, the land featured in the recent Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games. However, these two games depict certain parts of the region differently, meaning that the anime would have to pick one or the other eventually. Now, the anime has made it's choice, confirming which version of the game it will be drawing primarily from.
Episode 9 of Pokémon Horizons saw the airship touch down in Liko's homeland of Paldea. The characters are given a chance to explore the area a bit, and head to Mesagoza, one of the biggest cities in the region and home of the school which the games' protagonist attends. While they aren't in Mesagoza long, they do take a moment to stop by the school, which goes by a different name depending on what version the player is playing.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Pokémon Horizons Declares Scarlet Version Canonical In addition to the Academy using its Scarlet name, the students seen milling about are all wearing the orange uniforms seen in Scarlet, as opposed to the purple ones seen in Violet. The Academy's name and uniforms, however, are relatively small compared to some of the differences between versions.
It's worth pointing out, however, that Pokémon Horizons doesn't have to follow one or the other. Instead, it could do a mix of both, incorporating both the past and future Paradox Pokémon, as well as both professors. This would have some interesting implications for Arven, as his connection to both professors is implied to exist in both versions, but only one professor is ever seen.
Pokémon Horizons isn't trying to be a straight anime adaptation of Scarlet and Violet, so it would make a lot of sense to draw from both and create a new version of events. Fans have been dying to find out, though, how the series would handle the academy and the other differences between versions, and now they finally know. Hopefully, Pokémon Horizons is able to bring together the best of both Scarlet and Violet, and create a new path that aims even higher than the games did.
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