Pokémon Debuts New Pokétoon Anime Short

The latest Pokémon anime short tells an adorable story about Slugma that showcases how the monsters are integrated into daily life. A new Pokémon anime short has been released online. The new six-minute short was released to the Japanese Pokémon Kids YouTube channel. While the audio language is only in Japanese, English subtitles are available. The short was directed by Kazuhiko Yabumoto, who previously worked as an animator on series such as Code Geass and Samurai Champloo. The animation was produced by Studio Colorido, which is best known for its work on Fruits Basket, Golden Kamuy and for assisting in the production of Jujutsu Kaisen.

 

 RELATED: Japan's Pokemon Local Acts Show the Healing Power of Pop Culture The new short is part of the Pokétoon series intended for younger audiences, and stars a young girl visiting her grandparents' house. During her stay she gets to see how Pokémon are integrated into every aspect of daily life, as they help the grandparents clean, knit and even warm the house. While the short features a wide variety of Pokémon from different generations, including an Eevee and a Darumaka, the story centers on the girl's attempts to befriend the house's Slugma, who finds a way to show its appreciation for the girl despite not being able to get near her due to its magma-hot body. The Pokémon Kids channel was launched in 2019 with the intention of creating content based on Nintendo's long-running franchise for younger audiences.The Pokémon franchise is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the original games release in 1996. Two Pokémon games were released for the Nintendo Switch this year, the first being the photography based New Pokémon Snap, and the second is Nintendo's attempt at breaking into the competitive MOBA genre, Pokémon Unite. Netflix will stream the next season of the Pokémon anime this fall, and is also developing a live-action TV series based on the games.

Pokemon GO is Teasing Generation 7 and Mega Mewtwo

Pokemon GO has now officially been running for five years. Starting today, the day of its release, a special anniversary event to celebrate the occasion will run until July 15th and allow players to encounter starter Pokemon from every generation added to the game so far, as well as flying Pikachu. But as anyone could guess, support for Pokemon GO is far from over. Aside from the fact that the game is a massive money maker, generating over $1 billion in revenue in 2020 alone, Niantic still has two more generations of Pokemon to include, namely the ones from Pokemon Sun & Moon and Pokemon Sword and Shield, (Generations 7 and 8 respectively). Granted, some of the Galar forms and new evolutions of already available Pokemon are in the game, but none of the completely original Pokemon have been included yet. And while it's probably going to be a while before any Gen 8 Pokemon show up, Niantic appears to at least be teasing the arrival of Gen 7 Pokemon.

The official Pokemon GO Twitter recently uploaded an anniversary illustration. Every year, one of these is made to celebrate the game's anniversary and they usually contain teases for future Pokemon additions. In this case, fans can very easily notice the inclusions of Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio, the three starter Pokemon from Sun & Moon. It's too early to tell when they and any other Gen 7 Pokemon will actually appear in-game, but hopefully this tease indicates that it will happen this year. Perhaps what's even more eye-catching is Mewtwo's appearance in the picture. More specifically, it's Mega Mewtwo X, one of its two possible Mega Evolutions. Mega Evolutions were added to the game only last year, but there are still a number of Pokemon missing theirs, Mewtwo being one of them. Since there's no sign of Mega Mewtwo Y in the illustration, it stands to reason that Mega Mewtwo X will be added first. Despite the tease, there's no guarantee that Gen 7 Pokemon or any new Mega Evolutions will appear throughout 2021. As some fans have pointed out, previous anniversary pictures that featured Pokemon that wound up being absent from that year's content updates. Mega Lucario, for example, appeared in the picture for the fourth anniversary yet remains absent from the game. At the very least, these Pokemon will definitely be added at some point, it just remains a question of when. Speaking of Mega Evolutions, this month is playing host to raids featuring these powerful forms. Right now, Mega Houndoom can be encountered until July 16th, with two others to follow in the coming weeks. There are also raids for Mewtwo itself and the Mythical Deoxys.

Pokemon Journeys Releases New Teaser For 2021

Pokemon Journeys has been continuing the world tour for both Ash Ketchum and Goh as they attempt to capture the strongest pocket monsters around the world and to get fans hyped for the new year, the latest season of the anime has released a new trailer to hint at the adventures that are to come for the familiar anime trainers. With Ash and Pikachu working to defeat their ultimate challenge, the champion of the Galar Region, Leon, it's clear that these upcoming adventures will test the mettle of all the characters involved in the long-running anime!

One of the latest episodes shocked fans with a return of the cloned Pokemon of Mewtwo, pitting Ash and Goh against one of the most popular, and powerful, pocket monsters to ever wander the Earth. While next year will see the continuation of the television series, it will also see the release of Pokemon: Secret of the Jungle, the twenty-third feature-length film of the franchise that will introduce the legendary creature known as Zarude, as well as introduce Ash to a unique "trainer" in the form of Coco who is more like Tarzan than any other character we've seen in the series to date!

The Official Pokemon Twitter Account shared this trailer that shows off some of the events from upcoming episodes of Pokemon Journeys, showing off a return of a Legendary Pokemon, along with some old favorites making their big returns to the series as well:

Pokemon Journeys has hit North America thanks to the streaming service of Netflix, steadily releasing episodes of the latest adventures of Ash Ketchum as he travels the world with his new friend Goh in order to celebrate his victory in the Alola Region Pokemon Tournament. With both Ash and Goh capturing some of the strongest creatures that they've ever encountered with this latest season, they have been given some very serious threats, not only with the Galar Region trainers, but a new powered-up version of Team Rocket that has some insane new technology at their disposal!