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 storytelling that celebrates the quirks, eccentricities and charms of our heroes as they explore Galar on a delightfully offbeat quest.” Considering Sirfetch’d is about to walk off a cliff in that poster, that description seems about right.
An official synopsis in that press release offers a little more insight into the plot. Sirfetch’d and Pichu are apparently working together to protect Pokémon in the wilds of the Galar region. “Their missions rarely go as planned, but their noble deeds forge their friendship as they step bravely into the unknown,” the synopsis teases. “Peril, alliances and rivalries, extraordinary Pokémon, and endless laughs await them.”
Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu will be released sometime in 2027. As a big fan of Pokémon and Aardman’s other stop-motion animated work, I can’t wait to watch it, even if we don’t yet know which streaming service it will air on.
