Pokémon is getting the stop-motion treatment in a new Netflix series
Netflix has announced a new Pokémon series is set to launch on the platform, but fans of the franchise have been left hugely divided. In celebration of Pokémon Day on Monday , the streaming giant confirmed new series Pokémon Concierge is coming soon.
The stop-motion animated series is Netflix’s first collaboration with The Pokémon Company and is produced by Dwarf Studios, the Japanese animation studio behind 2019’s Rilakkuma and Kaoru. Little is known about the series, other than it follows Haru, a concierge at the Pokémon Resort, and her interactions with Pokémon and their owners who visit as guests.
Announcing the series, Minyoung Kim, Vice President of Netflix Content in Asia, said: “Netflix is looking forward to delighting fans in Japan and around the world with ‘Pokémon Concierge,’ an entirely new visual and storytelling experience featuring ground-breaking stop-motion animation set in the Pokémon world in close collaboration with The Pokémon Company.
It spawned a hugely popular trading card game and countless TV shows and feature-length films, with iconic duo Pikachu and his human trainer Ash Ketchum becoming cemented in popular culture for almost three decades. Pokémon is now one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, and more than 43.2 billion Pokémon cards had been sold worldwide as of March 2022, according to the Pokémon website.
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