The Pokémon Firm Worldwide and British stop-motion animation studio Aardman have introduced a particular venture that will probably be launched in 2027. The collaboration will see Aardman bringing their distinctive model of storytelling to the Pokémon universe. Extra data on the collaboration will probably be shared sooner or later.
Each corporations launched a brief teaser video on its socials in commemoration of the announcement.
Pokémon x Aardman
Coming in 2027! pic.twitter.com/v36y729GSp— Aardman (@aardman) December 11, 2024
Taito Okiura, VP of Advertising and marketing and Media at The Pokémon Firm Worldwide, feedback:
This can be a dream partnership for Pokémon. Aardman are masters of their craft, and we now have been blown away by their expertise and creativity. What we now have been engaged on collectively ensures our international Pokémon followers are in for a deal with!
Sean Clarke, Managing Director of Aardman, additionally provides:
It’s an enormous honor to be working with The Pokémon Firm Worldwide — we really feel sincerely privileged to be trusted with bringing their characters and world to life in a brand-new approach. Bringing collectively Pokémon, the world’s greatest leisure model, along with our love of craft, character and comedic storytelling feels extremely thrilling. Aardman and TPCi share an emphasis on heritage and a spotlight to element in addition to placing our followers and audiences on the coronary heart of what we do, which we all know will steer us proper as we collectively create charming, unique and new tales for audiences world wide.
The Pokémon franchise beforehand launched the stop-motion Netflix collection Pokémon Concierge on December 28, 2023. Studio Colorido additionally beforehand labored on the brief 8-episode internet collection Pokémon: Twilight Wings and one other 8-episode internet collection titled Pokétoon.
Netflix will stream the second season of the Pokémon Horizons: The Sequence, titled Pokémon Horizons: The Sequence—The Seek for Laqua, on February 7, 2025. The primary season debuted within the U.S on Netflix on March 7, 2024. The second half started streaming on Might 10, 2024, whereas The third half premiered on August 9, 2024. The fourth half started streaming on November 22, 2024 after first airing in Japan on October 11, 2024.
Aardman beforehand contributed the episode “I Am Your Mom” for the second quantity of the Star Wars: Visions anime anthology collection.
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