Stop Motion Series Pokemon Concierge Coming To Netflix

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Pokemon's anime is currently going through its biggest period of change in its 25-year history as Ash and Pikachu are in the process of saying goodbye and being replaced. On top of the new series kicking off in Japan this April, The Pokemon Company has also revealed it will be launching a brand new stop-motion series called Pokemon Concierge.

Announced during today's Pokemon Presents, a presentation marking the anniversary of the launch of the first games, Pokemon Concierge has been created alongside Netflix. Very little about what to expect from the new series was revealed, although we did get a sneak peek of what to expect from it when it does eventually drop on the streaming service.

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The clip showed a claymation Psyduck walking along a beach, leaving little Psyduck footprints behind it. The Psyduck is joined by a woman, presumably its trainer or perhaps the concierge of the resort, who stands alongside the Pokemon and looks up into the sky. While the narrator was speaking in Japanese, the subtitles suggested the show will be based around an island on which Pokemon will be the guests.

While pretty much everything that has come before when it comes to Pokemon shows has been in an anime style, there is a little bit of previous when it comes to stop-motion and claymation Pokemon animation. There have been claymation Pokemon cards in the past, and the brief look we got at Psyduck in Pokemon Concierge suggests the Netflix show's 'mon will look very similar to the ones from the cards.

The Pokemon Presents was predictably packed with lots of stuff you can look forward to in the coming months. Perhaps most notably the very long-awaited arrival of Pokemon Sleep launching