Aardman’s ‘Pokémon’ Present Appears to be like Completely Pleasant

Late final 12 months, the Pokémon Firm revealed a shock animation collab: it might work with the legendary British studio Aardman—the workforce behind Rooster Run, Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and extra—to create a brand new Pokémon collection. Now, we’ve had a pleasant first look, and it’ll be a suitably British-feeling journey into the world of Pocket Monsters.

Throughout at this time’s Pokémon Presents livestream, Aardman revealed that its collection could be known as Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d and Pichu. The temporary animated teaser confirmed the titular heroes, the Galarian-region evolution of Farfetch’d, and the newborn Pokémon pre-evolution of Pikachu, participating in unseen shenanigans as a delightfully oblivious Wooloo relaxed in a area. It’s maybe solely becoming that the minds behind Shaun the Sheep targeted their trailer on a sheep Pokémon!

Little else was revealed concerning the collection, aside from the truth that it should seemingly happen within the Galar area—the UK-inspired land launched in Pokémon Sword & Defend—and can give attention to the attitude of Pokémon moderately than human beings. That’s all, in fact, very becoming for Aardman, given their love of eccentric Britishisms and bodily comedy with silent characters like Gromit and Shaun.

We’ll be ready some time to see extra—Aardman says that The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d and Pichu will launch a while in 2027.

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