#Pokémon pronounces a collaboration with Aardman Animations

Pokémon has simply introduced a brand-new partnership with Aardman Animations, the legendary British studio behind a number of stop-motion classics, like Rooster Run, Shaun the Sheep and Wallace & Gromit.

The temporary however charming trailer launched alongside this announcement exhibits two crimson and white balls becoming a member of to type a stop-motion Pokéball, and it’s accompanied by a message that confirms this challenge is coming in 2027. Aardman revealed a bit extra about this collaboration on its official web site, with an announcement that claims the studio is “bringing its distinctive model of storytelling to the Pokémon universe in brand-new adventures.”

Aardman’s managing director, Sean Clarke, said that “Aardman and TPCi share an emphasis on heritage and a focus 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, authentic and new tales for audiences world wide.” Lastly, The Pokémon Firm’s vice chairman of promoting and media, Taito Okiura, stated, “It is a dream partnership for Pokémon. Aardman are masters of their craft, and now we have been blown away by their expertise and creativity.”

So what are Pokémon & Aardman going to work collectively on?

Neither firm has revealed whether or not they’re engaged on a present, a film, a stop-motion online game, or one thing else completely. The Pokémon IP isn’t any stranger to stop-motion animation since Netflix launched Pokémon Concierge in early 2024. Whereas Dwarf Studios animated that present, it’s attainable that Aardman might help within the manufacturing of its second season.

Nonetheless, it’s unlikely that The Pokémon Firm would accomplice with an animation studio as prestigious and famend as Aardman for one thing as minimal help on the second season of an current present. Contemplating that TPCi has been additional adapting its flagship IP into different types of leisure over the previous couple of years, like live-action films and TV exhibits, it’s attainable that its challenge with Aardman might find yourself being far more formidable than we initially thought.