The new Pokémon anime by studio CoMix Wave Films titled Kairyu to Yubinyasan (Dragonite and the Mail Carrier) has been released and is now available to watch on YouTube. The anime was announced earlier this month, and it arrived on February 27, which is celebrated as Pokémon Day. The anime runs for 14 minutes.
The story follows Hana, a young girl who dreams of becoming a mail carrier like Dragonite. It was announced that Rika Fukumoto will voice the character. One day, she discovers an unaddressed letter and sets out to find its sender. With her partner Fuecoco, she rushes through the city and eventually finds the sender, a boy named Rio. He reveals that the letter was meant to celebrate his father’s birthday, but his father is away working alone in the Kanto region, and today is the big day.
In an interview regarding the new anime, Director Kimura said, “Since it’s the 29th anniversary, we made an effort to include Pokémon from various series. Structurally, the story is designed to gradually trace back through past series, starting from the Paldea region.”
Additionally, screenwriter Kentaro Nana commented on the scene featuring Kyogre: “Visually, it left a strong impression, and I felt it would work well in a particularly exciting part of the story. Director Kimura added some fantastic direction to it, so I hope the audience enjoys it.”
You can watch the special anime below.
The studio animating is CoMix Wave Films, a studio best known for animating Makoto Shinkai’s works such as Your Name., Weathering With You, and Suzume. Dragonite and the Mailman will be themed around a “memorable day.” Serving as director will be Taku Kimura from Studio Lemon. The full staff includes:
- Director / Storyboard: Taku Kimura (Studio Lemon)
- Script / Composition: Kentaro Nana
- Character Designer (Original Concept): Asuka Dokai
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Maho Aoki
- Art Director: Tasuku Watanabe
- Music: Evan Call
- Animation Production: CoMix Wave Films
The anime’s theme song, “Paper Airplane,” is performed by suis from Yorushika, with music composed by Evan Call, who previously also worked on anime like Violet Evergarden, My Happy Marriage, and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. Evan Call also composed the full soundtrack for the new Pokémon anime. We recently had the amazing opportunity to speak with Evan Call and talk about his career.
Call also commented on the release, praising suis for performing the theme song in both Japanese and English.
Pokémon (short for Pocket Monsters) is a globally popular multimedia franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri and developed by Game Freak, with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company managing its operations. Since its debut in 1996 with Pokémon Red and Green (released internationally as Red and Blue) for the Game Boy, the franchise has grown into one of the highest-grossing entertainment franchises in the world.
The franchise now spans across most available media, including video games, anime, trading card game (TCG), movies, and merchandise. WIT Studio also animated a 4-episode special anime in 2023.
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