Pokémon stop-motion show's first poster gives A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms vibes

Aardman's Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu looks quintessentially British On the first day of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Aardman and The Pokémon Company updated us on Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu and shared the first poster for the stop-motion animated series. Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu was first announced in 2024 and got its first teaser in 2025. At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, attendees were shown footage from the pilot. Aardman and The Pokémon Company also confirmed that the show will be set in Galar, the region where Pokémon Sword and Shield take place and where Sirfetch’d first appeared. That's fitting, considering Galar is based on the United Kingdom and Aardman is a British animation studio. That Britishness also comes across in the first poster: The pairing of Sirfetch'd and Pichu on the poster even reminds me of promotional materials for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, although this show will be much more kid-friendly than that Game of Thrones spin-off. Aardman chief creative director Sarah Cox stated in a press release that the show will embrace "comedic

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