Pokémon Day 2023 has left several juicy announcements for the most faithful Pokémaniacs between DLCs and other extensions… but it has hit us by surprise with the announcement of a stop motion anime which is already running since Netflixand with a slightly different approach than what the original series has accustomed us to.
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Because instead of focusing on a trainer like the Ash series did or the Paldea anime that premieres in nothing, ‘The Pokemon Janitor‘ will be set in a Pokémon hotel complex. The protagonist is the janitor, Haruand during the anime we will be able to see their interactions with the Pokémon and their trainers who stay at the hotel to disconnect from their adventures.
The other big news is that it will be a stop-motion anime animated from Dwarf Studiosa Japanese studio that has already worked with Netflix on ‘Oni: The Legend of the God of Thunder’ and ‘My Dad is a Bounty Hunter’.
We still don’t have a release date for ‘The pokemon janitorbut the first teaser trailer already lets us see a bit of stop-motion animationand judging by the Psyduck it looks like the Pokémon’s models will hold up pretty well with the style change.
“Netflix is looking forward to delighting fans in Japan and around the world with ‘The Pokémon Concierge,’ with a fresh visual style and storytelling experience that includes revolutionary stop-motion animation set in the world of Pokémon made in a very close collaboration with The Pokémon Company,” said Minyoung Kim, Netflix’s Vice President of Asian Content. “In addition, we are very excited to announce this new series on Pokémon Day and offer fans even more incentive to look forward to this very special celebration of the popular franchise.”