Pokétoon
Appearance
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Released | June 5, 2020 – December 28, 2021 |
Episodes | 8 |
Pokétoon: The Pokémon Cartoon Animation is an original net animation (ONA) series featuring different kinds of short animations with different Pokémon. They first aired in June 2020 on the Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel, and later released on Pokémon TV in English in August 2022, and later on the English Pokémon YouTube channel in Fall 2022.
The first short, Scraggy and Mimikyu which released on June 5, 2020. After a year, the second short named as The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero was released on May 5, 2021. After some days, several additional episodes were announced on May 10, 2021, and ultimately there were a total of 8 episodes.[1]
Episode list
No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | English air date | Ref. | |
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1 | "Scraggy and Mimikyu" Transliteration: "Zuruggu to Mimikkyu" (Japanese: ズルッグとミミッキュ) | Taku Inoue | June 5, 2020 | June 17, 2022 | [2][3] | |
After a Scraggy is passed by a luggage-bearing vehicle on the way to a train, it notices that the vehicle is dropping Poké Beans while it moves. So, Scraggy begins to follow the vehicle, eating the entire path of Poké Beans. However, another vehicle pushes Scraggy into the train while it is distracted. After being launched into the train, the Pokémon continues to follow and eat the path of Poké Beans inside the train. Eventually, it locates the bag that dropped the Poké Beans, which is revealed to be the Pokémon Mimikyu. Scared of the Mimikyu, Scraggy begins attacking it while hiding in a suitcase, and the two Pokémon eventually begin wrestling. After grabbing Mimikyu and releasing that its body is full of Poké Beans, Scraggy looks under its cloth. This shocks Scraggy enough that it runs through the train and bursts out, ending up rolling down a hill and landing alongside Mimikyu. After Scraggy attempts to eat the Poké Beans in Mimikyu, it begins chasing Scraggy over the hillside. | ||||||
2 | "The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero" Transliteration: "Hero ni Naritai Yanchamu" (Japanese: ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム) | Junichi Yamamoto | May 5, 2021 | June 24, 2022 | [4][5][6] | |
A lone Pancham that lives on a mountain constantly trains to be a hero like the Arcanine that saved it years ago. Meanwhile, a young boy from a village near the mountain where Pancham resides hears about the Pokémon on the television. Despite others saying that Pancham is too far away to be caught, the boy sets out and looks for it. Seeing the boy approach, Pancham hides from him. After night falls and the boy has yet to find Pancham, he reveals that he wants Pancham's help to rescue his father, who is stuck inside of a mine after the enterance collapsed. This convinces the Pancham to allow the boy to catch it. At the mine, the Pancham, previously scared to evolve due to people being scared of it, is forced to hold up a boulder while a hot geyser springs toward it. This forces it to remove its Everstone and evolve into Pangoro. This makes the Pokémon strong enough to save everyone in the mine, and it finally becomes a hero. | ||||||
3 | "Blossom's Dream" Transliteration: "Yume no Tsubomi" (Japanese: ユメノツボミ) | Shingo Yamashita | June 4, 2021 | July 1, 2022 | [7][8][9] | |
A young girl named Blossom aims to be a Pokémon Trainer like her father, though her mother believes she is not yet ready. Since the family's Charizard is not in shape to battle, she goes out alone to catch a Pokémon of her own. She finds a male Nidoran that is about to be attacked by an Arbok, and after the Nidoran defeats the Arbok, she helps treat its injuries. While eating berries with the Nidoran, its parents, a Nidoqueen and Nidoking arrive angered at Blossom, and they begin following her back to the village. Once they reach the village, a group of people from the village send out their Pokémon to fight the Nidoran's parents. Blossom then elists the Charizard to help deter Nidoran's parents, after which they allow Blossom to keep the Nidoran, and Blossom's parents allow her to set out on her adventure. | ||||||
4 | "Wait for Me, Magikarp" Transliteration: "Mattete ne! Koiking" (Japanese: まっててね!コイキング) | Cédric Hérole | July 2, 2021 | July 8, 2022 | [10][11] | |
A young boy plays a flute in order to befriend a wild Magikarp. After arriving home, tha Magikarp is not allowed, so he takes it to the Pokémon day care. At the day care, the Magikarp reminisces about the boy and his music. When the boy returns to the day care, the Magikarp is excited to see him, but the boy is distracted by a Psyduck. However, when the boy plays the flute, the Magikarp evolves into a Gyarados, and the boy is impressed. | ||||||
5 | "The Slugma-Powered Home" Transliteration: "The Warm and Cozy Magmag House" (Japanese: ぽかぽかマグマッグハウス) | Kazuhiko Yabumoto and Jun Ishikawa | August 5, 2021 | July 15, 2022 | - | |
6 | "Help! I've Turned into a Gengar" Transliteration: "I Turned Into a Gangar!" (Japanese: ゲンガーになっちゃった!?) | Tatsurō Kawano, Akiko Watanabe and Natsuki Yamada | September 10, 2021 | July 21, 2022 | - | |
7 | "Snorunt's Summer Vacation" Transliteration: "Blizzard on a Summer Holiday" (Japanese: ふぶきのなつやすみ) | Masanobu Hiraoka | October 8, 2021 | July 29, 2022 | - | |
8 | "Jigglypuff's Song" Transliteration: "Purin's Song" (Japanese: プリンのうた) | Yū Satō and Mizuki Saitō | December 28, 2021 | August 25, 2022 | - |
References
- ^ ポケモン公式ツイッター [@Pokemon_cojp] (May 10, 2021). "YouTubeチャンネル「ポケモン Kids TV」では「POKÉTOON」シリーズとして、いろいろなポケモンたちが登場するアニメが公開予定だよ。公開中の「ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム」のほか、今後もさまざまなテイストのアニメが公開されるから、お楽しみに!" (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
- ^ Ankers-Range, Adele (June 5, 2020). "Pokemon Gets a Looney Tunes Style Animation". IGN. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ Alana, Hagues (June 17, 2022). "The First Episode Of The '40s-Inspired Pokémon Cartoon Is Now On Pokémon TV". Nintendo Life. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ Craddock, Ryan (May 11, 2021). "Video: Pokémon Launches New 'PokéToon' Animation Starring Pancham". Nintendo Life. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Yamamoto, Junichi (August 25, 2022). The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero 💪 | POKÉTOON Shorts. The Pokémon Company.
- ^ Gray, Kate (June 4, 2021). "There's A New Pokétoon Short, And It's Bloody Gorgeous". Nintendo Life. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ Swalley, Kirsten (June 4, 2021). "Learn About a Young Girl's Dream in the Latest Pokétoon Animation - Hardcore Gamer". hardcoregamer.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "ユメノツボミ" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Tolentino, Josh (July 3, 2021). "Pokétoon Anime Short Shows a Magikarp's Journey". Siliconera. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ Swalley, Kirstin (July 1, 2021). "Take a Watch of the Latest Adorable Pokétoon - Hardcore Gamer". hardcoregamer.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
External links
- Official website
(in Japanese)
- Official YouTube playlist