OLM-Animated Scooby-Doo Series Yokoso Scooby-Doo! Heads to Tubi and Cartoon Network
This is the first time OLM, a studio best known for long-running Japanese franchises, has been tapped to animate a major Western cartoon property, signaling a deeper cross-Pacific production pipeline between Warner Bros. and Japanese animation studios.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, Niche Gamer (Anime).
Tubi TV announced on Monday that it has licensed Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, a new anime in the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise. Warner Bros. Animation is producing the series, with OLM, the studio known for Pokémon and The Apothecary Diaries, handling animation. Itsuro Kawasaki is directing the series, and Francisco Paredes is co-producing. Frank Welker voices Scooby-Doo, and Matthew Lillard voices Shaggy. The story follows Scooby and Shaggy on a food tour of Japan where they accidentally release hundreds of mythical monsters. They are joined by Scooby's uncle Daisuke-Doo, a magical girl named Yume, and a gadget whiz named Takumi. Tubi will stream the series exclusively in North America, while Cartoon Network will handle overseas distribution. Warner Bros. previously announced a series at Annecy in 2024 under the title Go-Go Mystery Machine, which had a similar premise. The studio also announced Scooby-Doo! Gokko, a short anime premiering in 2027, at an event in Brazil in November 2025.
Warner Bros. Animation first teased the project at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2024 under the working title Go-Go Mystery Machine, which featured a similar premise of Scooby and Shaggy traveling abroad. The series was then slated to air on Cartoon Network.
Itsuro Kawasaki, who directs the series, has previously directed Baban Baban Ban Vampire, Cardfight!! Vanguard (2018), and The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil. Co-producer Francisco Paredes has worked as a writer on Young Justice and Baby Shark's Big Show!.
Matthew Lillard, who voices Shaggy, also played the character in the live-action Scooby-Doo films released in 2002 and 2004. Frank Welker has voiced Scooby-Doo for more than 20 years.
Warner Bros. announced a separate project, Scooby-Doo! Gokko, at an event in Brazil in November 2025. That series is described as a short anime premiering in 2027, similar to the Tom & Jerry Gokko shorts that Warner Bros. Japan began releasing monthly in November 2022. Japan-based Fanworks, known for Aggretsuko, is handling animation production for Scooby-Doo! Gokko, with Studio Nanahoshi providing animation production assistance. Warner Bros. has not confirmed which studio is animating Scooby-Doo! Gokko.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.