Studio Chromato and Studio Colorido Release New POKÉTOON Short About Wartortle
The Pokémon Company released a new POKÉTOON short titled "Kameil to Natsu no Tsuzuku" (Wartortle and the Ongoing Summer) on its official YouTube channel on August 12. Shingo Yamashita, known for his opening direction on JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 1 and Chainsaw Man Season 1, directed the short at Studio Chromato and Studio Colorido. The story follows a boy named Rikuto who visits his grandmother on an island at the end of summer and meets a Wartortle with a differently colored tail and a moss-covered shell. The Wartortle turns out to have been friends with Rikuto's father 30 years earlier. Aya Satsuki wrote the script, Riiki Miura designed the characters and served as chief animation director, and Kyosuke Kagawa composed the music. The cast includes Sayaka Senbongi as Rikuto, Kana Hanazawa as Wartortle, Tasuku Hatanaka as Gaku, Akiko Hiramatsu as Shuri, Natsumi Haruse as Leafeon, and Michiyo Murase as Bellsprout. Yamashita previously directed Pokémon: Twilight Wings in 2020 and the 2021 POKÉTOON episode "Yume no Tsubomi," both animated by Studio Colorido.