The Pokémon Company Releases New Gardevoir Anime Short

The Pokémon Company has released a new “POKÉTOON” anime short titled “Tomorrow With Gardevoir Too.” The Pokémon anime short focuses on Yūgo (CV: Yūma Uchida), a young deliveryman who once strived to be a champion with his partner Pokémon Gardevoir (CV: Kana Hanazawa). Despite that setback, the two are inseparable.

Yoshihide Ibata directs the short anime at 100 Studio, and Yōsuke Suzuki wrote the script. Yutaka Araki was the character designer and prop designer. Aoi Ishigami composed the music. Thus far, 18 entries in the POKÉTOON anime short series have been released.

What’s more, the Pokémon Horizons: Rising Again anime will premiere on October 31, and it focuses on a new arc set in Blueberry Academy from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s The Indigo Disk DLC. Eve performs the opening theme song “Iolite,” and Polkadot Stingray perform the new ending theme song “Netemo Sametemo (Whether Asleep or Awake).”

The new cast members include Seiran Kobayashi as Lacey (Taro), Hiroyuki Yoshino as Drayton (Kakitsubata), and Shinya Ōwada as Cyrano (Cyano). The main cast of the Pokémon Horizons Blueberry Academy Arc also includes Misaki Kuno as Emma (Matiere) and Masahiko Tanaka (Master Mayonnaise).

Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua Part 1 is available on Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play. Part 2 premiered on April 25, followed by Part 3 on June 27. Netflix will begin streaming Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua Part 4 on September 26.

Pokémon Horizons premiered in Japan in April 2023. The anime’s second arc began in October 2023 and focused on Terapagos. The Terastal Debut arc of Pokémon Horizons: The Series premiered in April 2024, followed by the Rayquaza Rising arc in October 2024.