Corocoro Comic August 2025 Issue (月刊コロコロコミック 2025年8月号) was published by Shogakukan on July 15th, 2025. There was a page dedicated to the anime.

Liko's new partner,
CARBOU IS HERE!!
Keep your eyes on Carbou, the Pokémon Liko got in the ruins of the Paldea region! We'll now delve into its secrets!!

LIKO'S PARTNERS:
MASQUERNYA: Battles with lots of technique, utilizing its Flower Trick!
TEBRIM: After it evolved, it now helps out by battling as well, not just by healing!
PAGOGO (LIKO'S TERAPAGOS): A highly mysterious Pokémon hiding limitless power.

MEGA DON'T MEGAVERT YOUR EYES FROM WHAT THE NEW COMPANION CARBOU IS UP TO!!
Possessing a heated fighting spirit, Carbou will battle even tough opponents. Is it going to play a major role in the plot?!
CARBOU:
Species: Fire Child Pokémon
Type: Fire
Height: 0.6m
Weight: 10.5kg
Ability: Flash Fire
*It is said that burnt charcoal came to life and became a Pokémon.

IT CAN EVOLVE INTO TWO DIFFERENT FORMS:
SOUBLADES: One of Carbou's evolved forms. Fire/Ghost type.
*This Pokémon is also Amethio's dependable partner!
GURENARMA: Fire/Psychic type. Which of them is Carbou going to evolve into...?!

Check out the episode Corocoro spotlights:

Scheduled for July 18th: "Stay Ablaze, My Love for Gurumin!"
Nanjamo and Gurumin are going to do a collab event, which Gurumin fan Liko is overjoyed about! Zir from the Explorers, who's likewise a big Gurumin fan, had been planning to attend as well, but...?!

Source: https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/magazines/0380908125

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted an airing reminder on July 9th, 2025.

The Pokémon anime will be on a break this Friday, with the next episode, episode 103, "Stay Ablaze, My Love for Gurumin!", airing Friday July 18th, 2025 (airdate and airtime may vary depending on region)! Nanjamo and Gurumin are going to collaborate on an event, and it looks like lots of fans are showing up...! Check out Dot-shi's battle in the Youtube upload as well, okay?

今週金曜日のアニポケ 放送はお休み
次回は、7/18(金)放送
第103話「燃やせ、ぐるみん愛！」
※一部地域では放送日時が異なります
ナンジャモとぐるみんがコラボしてイベントを開催
ファンが大集結するみたい…！
ドット氏のバトルも見逃し配信でチェックしてね

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a Pokémon Anime Recap on July 10th, 2025.

Pokémon Anime Recap:
Did you know that Amethio's subordinate Zir is a huge fan of Gurumin? He's given her information on a popular sweet treat under the name "SidonMuscles", and even used words from a Gurumin movie against Amethio once...! It seems he's really passionate about her!

アニポケ 振り返り
アメジオの部下であるジルがぐるみんの大ファンであることはご存じですか？
「サイドンの筋肉」として流行スイーツの情報提供もしていました
ぐるみんの動画での言葉をアメジオにぶつけていたことも…！
熱いぐるみん愛があるようです！

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted an episode preview on July 16th, 2025.

The Pokémon anime episode airing Friday July 18th, 2025 is... episode 103, "Stay Ablaze, My Love for Gurumin!" Nanjamo and Gurumin are going to do a collab event, and Amethio's subordinate Zir decides to participate. However, after finally managing to obtain an entry ticket, he...?!

アニポケ 7/18(金)の放送は第103話「燃やせ、ぐるみん愛！」
ナンジャモとぐるみん
夢のコラボイベント開催
アメジオの部下・ジルも参加を決め
やっとのことで整理券をゲットしますが…!?

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a Next Episode Featured Points on July 16th, 2025.

Gurumin fan Nyahoja Daisukikko, aka Liko, is overjoyed about the event, beaming with happiness upon receiving entry ticket number 78!! "Unless you stand properly in line for a ticket, you don't truly deserve to meet Gurumin!", she tells Dot.

アニポケ次回注目ポイント
ぐるみんファンの“ニャオハ大好きっ子”ことリコはイベントの開催を聞いて大歓喜
「ちゃんと並んで手に入れてこそぐるみんと会う資格があるの！」
とドットに言い放ち、整理券番号78番を手に入れてホクホクです

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a summary of Liko's love for Gurumin on July 16th, 2025.

"Gurumin is Gurumin! There's nobody "playing" her!"
A summary of Liko's love for Gurumin in the Pokémon anime:
Liko loves Gurumin, even now that she's become friends with Dot. She screamed at the top of her lungs when Gurumin read her comment during a livestream, and her eyes sparkle whenever she talks about her! And it seems like the event held in episode 103 will give Liko a chance to shake hands with Gurumin... and even hug her...?!

ぐるみんはぐるみんだから！中の人なんていないから！
アニポケ リコのぐるみん愛まとめ
生配信でコメントを読まれて大絶叫
ぐるみんを語る時の目はキラッキラ
ドットと友達になってもぐるみんが大好きなリコ
103話のイベントではぐるみんと握手や…ハグもできちゃうみたいで…!?

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a Next Episode Featured Points on July 17th, 2025.

Grusha, the Gym Leader of the Mt. Napper Gym, attends the collab event as well, having got himself an entry ticket. Is he a long-time fan of Nanjamo? You have to stand in line for these precious tickets, something Liko did as well, but Grusha is the one that nonchalantly secured himself one of the earliest ones...!

アニポケ 次回注目ポイント
ナンジャモの古参ファン？
ナッペ山ジムのジムリーダー・グルーシャも
コラボイベントの整理券を手に入れて参加
リコも行列に並んで手に入れた貴重な整理券
グルーシャは涼しい顔をしてずいぶんと早番を確保しています…！

The official Japanese Pokémon PR X account posted a preview on July 17th, 2025.

In tomorrow's episode of the Pokémon anime, Gurumin and Nanjamo are holding a collab event, and both Gurumin fan Liko and a certain person from the Explorers are there to watch? Check out the episode preview on the official Youtube channel!

明日のアニポケでは、ぐるみんとナンジャモがコラボイベントを開催！
会場にはぐるみんファンのリコ、そしてエクスプローラーズのあの人の姿も？
公式YouTubeチャンネルで予告編をチェック！

On July 18th, 2025, the official Japanese AniPoke X account posted a Pokémon Anime Day promotional message.

Friday is Pokémon Anime Day! While depressed about losing his entry ticket, Zir runs into Liko and the others, and when Liko hears him say he has no right to attend the event without the specific entry ticket No. 112 he personally obtained with his own hands, she totally gets what he means and decides to help him search for it! But as everyone, including Dot, are searching all over the place to no avail, the event gets closer and closer to starting...?!

金曜日はアニポケの日
整理券をなくしてしまい落ち込むジルとリコたちが遭遇
「自分で手に入れた112番の整理券でなければ
イベントへ行く資格などないんだ！」
その言葉に共感したリコは、一緒に探すことに！
ドットも含めてみんなで大捜索するも
イベントの時間が迫り…!?

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted an episode airing reminder on July 18th, 2025.

You might even get to shake hands with or hug Nanjamo and Gurumin... at this event. Liko and the others help out with the desperate search for Zir's entry ticket as well, but... they end up having to battle a wild Umitrio as time is about to run out?! Will they actually be able to attend the event?! Don't miss the Pokémon anime episode coming up soon at 6:55pm!!

アニポケ 第103話「燃やせ、ぐるみん愛！」
握手やハグもできちゃうかも…なナンジャモとぐるみんのイベント
ジルの整理券を、リコたちも協力して必死で探しますが…
時間も迫る中で野生のウミトリオ とバトルに!?
無事に参加できるのか!?
よる6時55分からのアニポケをお見逃しなく

CoroCoro Comic's Official website posted an article about this episode just before the original airing on July 18th, 2025.


Who would've thought silent fans would gather at the Nanjamo and Gurumin collab event!?

Broadcasting every week from 6:55 pm! The anime "Pocket Monsters" will start airing soon! In this article, we'll introduce you to the Pokémon and characters that will appear in today's episode, as well as comments from the voice actors and director, and other information you won't find anywhere else!


A collab event featuring Nanjamo and Gurumin has been confirmed for Hakko City! Fans are ecstatic over this major collaboration between two super-popular streamers and they have a chance to meet them in person! Liko, a huge Gurumin fan, is no exception...

On the day of the event, crowds gather in Hakko City to get their hands on tickets! Among them is an unexpected person......!?


▲ Liko's super excited, but this is also a crucial event for raising funds for the Rising Volt Tacklers!


▲ Grusha was also spotted in the line for event tickets. He was there super early! He may look cool but he's actually a passionate fan.....?


▲ Zir is also in Hakko City, and he is also a big viewer of Gurumin videos who leaves comments asking for battle advice under the name "SidonMuscles"!!

With the event start time fast approaching, Zir managed to snag a numbered ticket—only to lose it in a moment of carelessness!!

Zir sinks into despair... Just then, Liko and the others show up and, for some reason, decide to help him search for the ticket......!?


▲ Zir was holding the event ticket and was jumping around like a child. But the next moment, tragedy struck......!!


▲ Zir's precious numbered ticket gets blown away by the wind. He got too excited!!


▲ Seeing Zir feeling down, Liko helps out a fellow Gurumin fan!


▲ Liko and the others are searching Hakko City high and low! There's no time to waste before the event starts!!


▲ Why is Sidon flexing its muscles against a Umitrio?! There isn't much time before the event starts!!

The rest of the story airs tonight on the AniPoke at 6:55 PM! Come enjoy the Nanjamo & Gurumin event too!!
※ No tickets are required to watch the AniPoke.

【アニポケまであとちょっと！】ナンジャモとぐるみんのコラボイベントにまさかの隠れファンも集結!?
ナンジャモとぐるみんのコラボイベントにまさかの隠れファンも集結!?
毎週金曜よる6時55分から放送中！
アニメ「ポケットモンスター」まもなく放送開始!!
この記事はアニメ放送前に、今日の放送回に登場するポケモンやキャラクターの紹介、声優さんや監督からのコメントなどなど、ほかでは聞けないアニポケ情報をお届けするコーナーだ!!
ハッコウシティでナンジャモとぐるみんによるコラボイベントの開催が決定！　超人気配信者同士の大型コラボ、しかも2人と直接会えるチャンスに大歓喜するファンたち！　それは、ぐるみんの大ファンであるリコも例外ではない様子……。
そしてイベント当日、ハッコウシティにはイベントの参加整理券をゲットするために大勢の人が！　その中には意外な人物も……!?
▲大興奮のリコだけど、ライジングボルテッカーズの資金調達のためでもある大事なイベントだってこと……忘れないでね！
▲イベントの整理券をもらう列にはグルーシャのすがたも。しかもかなりの早番！　クールに見えて実は熱いファンなのかも……？
▲ハッコウシティにはハンドルネーム「サイドンの筋肉」の名でバトルの相談をコメントに残すぐるみん動画のヘビーリスナー、ジルの姿も……!!
イベント開始の時間が迫るなか、なんとか整理券をゲットしたジルだったが、一瞬の油断で大事な整理券をなくしてしまう事態に!!
どん底まで落ち込むジル……。と、そこへ現れたリコたちは、なぜか一緒に整理券探しを手伝うことに……!?
▲イベントの整理券を手にして子供のようにはしゃぐジル。しかし次の瞬間、悲劇が……!!
▲大事な整理券が風で飛ばされてしまうジル。はしゃぎすぎた!!

▲落ち込むジルの様子を見て、同じぐるみんファンとしてリコが立ち上がる！
▲ハッコウシティを大捜索するリコたち！　イベント開始まで時間がないぞ!!
▲なぜかウミトリオを相手にバトルするサイドンの筋肉！　もう一度言うけどイベント開始まで時間がないぞ!!
この続きは今日よる6時55分からのアニポケで！　キミもナンジャモ＆ぐるみんのイベントを楽しもう!!　※アニポケの視聴に整理券は必要ございません。

On July 18th, 2025, the official Japanese AniPoke X account reminded that this episode was available to watch on the official Japanese YouTube channel. The video was region locked. It was available from July 18th, 2025 to August 1st, 2025. This episode was specifically labeled as a missed-program webcast (見逃し配信).

What did you think of Pokémon anime episode 103, "Stay Ablaze, My Love for Gurumin!"? Zir and Conia are asking Liko to help them in their ongoing search for Amethio...?! The show will be on a break next week, so we'll see you again in the next episode on Friday August 1st! (airdate and airtime may vary depending on region) The Youtube upload will be available for two weeks!

アニポケ 第103話「燃やせ、ぐるみん愛！」
いかがでしたか？
アメジオを探すジルとコニアはリコも捜索に協力してほしいと言い…!?
来週の放送はお休みです
次回は8/1(金)にお会いしましょう
※一部地域では放送日時が異なります
見逃し配信は本日より2週間です！

The official Japanese Anime PR X account posted a key frame on July 17th, 2025 of Zir and Conia.

We present a key frame of Zir and Conia from episode 103. Amethio's subordinate Zir is a huge fan of Gurumin who calls himself "SidonMuscles". He'll be attending the event together with his colleague Conia, both of them dressed in civilian clothes.

アニポケ マニア
第103話より、ジルとコニアの原画をご紹介
アメジオの部下・ジルは“サイドンの筋肉”と名乗るぐるみんの大ファン
同僚のコニアと、私服姿でイベントに参加します