{"id":2004541,"date":"2026-06-22T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2004541"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:13:00","slug":"wallace-and-gromit-studios-long-awaited-stop-motion-pokemon-series-is-heading-to-a-particularly-fitting-region-when-it-releases-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2004541","title":{"rendered":"Wallace and Gromit studio&#8217;s long-awaited stop-motion Pok\u00e9mon series is heading to a particularly &#8220;fitting&#8221; region when it releases next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-sword-and-shield\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Wallace and Gromit studio&#8217;s long-awaited stop-motion Pok\u00e9mon series is heading to a particularly &#8220;fitting&#8221; region when it releases next year<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Keep calm and quack on.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Crop-of-Aardman&apos;s-Sirfetchd-and-Pichi-artwork-showing-the-two-Pokemon-together.-Pichu-is-on-the-back-of-Sirfetch&apos;d&apos;s-leek-sword.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Crop of Aardman&apos;s Sirfetchd and Pichi artwork showing the two Pokemon together. Pichu is on the back of Sirfetch&apos;d&apos;s leek sword\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Crop-of-Aardman&apos;s-Sirfetchd-and-Pichi-artwork-showing-the-two-Pokemon-together.-Pichu-is-on-the-back-of-Sirfetch&apos;d&apos;s-leek-sword.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Aardman<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-22T13:13:00+00:00\">June 22, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"bb9b60ca-00e3-44c8-b487-61e8e0951eb7\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Sword and Shield\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Sword and Shield\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Sword and Shield\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Sword and Shield\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Sword and Shield\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has unveiled new details about its upcoming animated series, Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d &amp; Pichu. Initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-pokemon-project-in-the-works-with-wallace-and-gromit-maker-aardman\">teased back in 2024<\/a>, the stop-motion animation project is a collaboration between Pok\u00e9mon and British animation studio Aardman, known for the award-winning Wallace and Gromit, and as Shaun the Sheep.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4uBeQbL0VJA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First footage from the pilot episode of Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d &amp; Pichu &#8211; alongside in-development production material &#8211; was shown to attendees during Aardman&#8217;s &#8220;Lights, Camera, Aardman!&#8221; panel at this week&#8217;s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Fittingly, it was also revealed the series is set in Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Pok\u00e9mon Shield&#8217;s Galar region, where avian Sirfetch&#8217;d made its debut. As the Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d &amp; Pichu team noted, Galar is geographically very similar to the UK, and so makes it a &#8220;fitting backdrop&#8221; for the series. It <em>fits the bill<\/em>, if you will.<\/p>\n<p>The British-ness won&#8217;t stop with the show&#8217;s setting, though; it also reflects the humour seen in Aardman&#8217;s other productions. &#8220;Aardman is delighted to bring the vivid physicality of stop frame animation into the Pok\u00e9mon world,&#8221;  said the animation studio&#8217;s chief creative director Sarah Cox. &#8220;Director Tom Parkinson and team have created a hand-crafted spin on the wonderful Pok\u00e9mon we all know and love with comedic storytelling that celebrates the quirks, eccentricities and charms of our heroes as they explore Galar on a delightfully offbeat Quest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Sirfetchd-and-Pichi-artwork.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Sirfetchd-and-Pichi-artwork.webp\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Phil Rynda, director of original animation at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/the-pokemon-company\">The Pok\u00e9mon Company International<\/a>, added: &#8220;This project gives us a unique opportunity to tell stories from the point of view of Pok\u00e9mon, made possible by Aardman&#8217;s extraordinary craft, remarkable artistry. Their warmth, and affection for this much-loved Pok\u00e9mon cast are evident in every brilliantly crafted frame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d and Pichu is scheduled for release in 2027. We got our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-meets-shaun-the-sheep-in-upcoming-aardman-stop-motion-animated-series\">first teaser for the show last year<\/a>, and while The Pok\u00e9mon Company hasn&#8217;t made the footage shared with Annecy attendees public yet, hopefully we&#8217;ll get to see more soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has unveiled new details about its upcoming animated series, Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d &amp; Pichu. Initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-pokemon-project-in-the-works-with-wallace-and-gromit-maker-aardman\">teased back in 2024<\/a>, the stop-motion animation project is a collaboration between Pok\u00e9mon and British animation studio Aardman, known for the award-winning Wallace and Gromit, and as Shaun the Sheep.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4uBeQbL0VJA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First footage from the pilot episode of Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d &amp; Pichu &#8211; alongside in-development production material &#8211; was shown to attendees during Aardman&#8217;s &#8220;Lights, Camera, Aardman!&#8221; panel at this week&#8217;s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Fittingly, it was also revealed the series is set in Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Pok\u00e9mon Shield&#8217;s Galar region, where avian Sirfetch&#8217;d made its debut. As the Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d &amp; Pichu team noted, Galar is geographically very similar to the UK, and so makes it a &#8220;fitting backdrop&#8221; for the series. It <em>fits the bill<\/em>, if you will.<\/p>\n<p>The British-ness won&#8217;t stop with the show&#8217;s setting, though; it also reflects the humour seen in Aardman&#8217;s other productions. &#8220;Aardman is delighted to bring the vivid physicality of stop frame animation into the Pok\u00e9mon world,&#8221;  said the animation studio&#8217;s chief creative director Sarah Cox. &#8220;Director Tom Parkinson and team have created a hand-crafted spin on the wonderful Pok\u00e9mon we all know and love with comedic storytelling that celebrates the quirks, eccentricities and charms of our heroes as they explore Galar on a delightfully offbeat Quest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Sirfetchd-and-Pichi-artwork.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Sirfetchd-and-Pichi-artwork.webp\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Phil Rynda, director of original animation at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/the-pokemon-company\">The Pok\u00e9mon Company International<\/a>, added: &#8220;This project gives us a unique opportunity to tell stories from the point of view of Pok\u00e9mon, made possible by Aardman&#8217;s extraordinary craft, remarkable artistry. Their warmth, and affection for this much-loved Pok\u00e9mon cast are evident in every brilliantly crafted frame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch&#8217;d and Pichu is scheduled for release in 2027. We got our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-meets-shaun-the-sheep-in-upcoming-aardman-stop-motion-animated-series\">first teaser for the show last year<\/a>, and while The Pok\u00e9mon Company hasn&#8217;t made the footage shared with Annecy attendees public yet, hopefully we&#8217;ll get to see more soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield Wallace and Gromit studio&#8217;s long-awaited stop-motion Pok\u00e9mon series is heading to a particularly &#8220;fitting&#8221; region when it releases next year Keep calm and quack on. 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