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Pokémon Company Streams New 9-Minute Pokétoon Short by Twin Engine, ZEXCS
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The official YouTube channel of The Pokémon Company started streaming a new nine-minute Pokétoon episode titled "Gogoat ni Notte" (Ride a Gogoat), on Wednesday.
Mariya Ise and Marina Inoue voiced the episode's characters Julian and Lucas, respectively.
Artist Fukurow note performed the ending song "Kimi no Senaka" (Your Back).
Miwa Sasaki (animation director for My Hero Academia season 3, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes film) directed the episode at Twin Engine and ZEXCS. Sasaki was also in charge of the storyboards and technical direction. Yasumi Atarashi (Ikari no Okorizaru Kansatsu Nikki) wrote the script, Shizue Kaneko (Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us) designed the characters, and was also the animation director. Kisuke Koizumi (Chainsaw Man) was the sound director, Sonilude was in charge of sound production, and Fujipacific Music composed the music.
The Pokémon Company announced that it will release new animated Pokétoon shorts for eight weeks in a row, and streamed the first episode "Pamo Pamotto Pawmot!" on September 18. Studio Nanahoshi and Studio Colorido Kyoto produced the anime short.
The second new Pokétoon episode titled "Ikari no Okorizaru Kansatsu Nikki" (Angry Primeape's Observation Journal) started streaming on September 25. ZEXCS produced the 10-minute episode. Rie Kugimiya voiced the young boy, and Mitsuo Iwata voiced Primeape.
The third animated short titled "Dooh Tairyō Hassei-chū?" (Is This a Clodsire Outbreak?) produced by Studio Colorido Kyoto, started streaming on October 2.
The first previous Pokétoon short, "POKÉTOON: Scraggy and Mimikyu," premiered in June 2020 on the Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel. Eight shorts from that earlier run are available on that YouTube channel with English subtitles (although some of the shorts do not have dialogue).
Taku Inoue (MAN WITH A MISSION THE ANIMATION) was the animation director of the first short. Yoshiyuki Koie, who was also a producer of the Pokémon: Twilight Wings short animated series, produced the animation. The short featured animations by Miyako Makio, Ryousuke Senbo, Shinichi Suzuki, and Shūya Yoshisato. Tsutomu Ikeda drew the backgrounds, and Kei Tsuda handled the music.
Two new shorts in the series, "Hero ni Naritai Yanchamu" (Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero) and "Yume no Tsubomi" (Dreaming Tsubomi) debuted in May and June 2021.
The Pokémon Kids TV channel then debuted the "Mattete ne Koiking" (Just Wait, Magikarp) short in July 2021, the "Poka-Poka MaguMaggu House" (Cozy Slugma House) short in August 2021, the "Gengar ni Nacchatta!?" (I Became a Gengar?!) short in September 2021, the "Fubuki no Natsu Yasumi" (Summer Vacation Blizzard) short in October 2021, and the "Purin no Uta" (Jigglypuff's Song) short in December 2021.
Sources: Pokémon's Japanese YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
