Netflix producing stop-motion Pokemon series, stars human concierge at resort for Pokemon

You won’t find many multimedia franchises whose media has multiplied into more forms than Pokemon. Video games, hand-drawn anime, and collectible cards maybe its three major pillars, but there are also the Pokemon manga, CG shorts, a CG theatrical anime, and even the live-action "Detective Pikachu" movie.

But there are still media in which Pokemon stories have yet to be told, and so Netflix is going to be bringing us the first-ever Pokemon stop-motion animation series. Titled "Pokemon Concierge," the series is set at the Pokemon Resort. This isn’t a vacation destination where tourists come to frolic with Pokemon, though, but a resort Pocket Monsters themselves visit when they want to relax.

The teaser video shows a Psyduck walking across the soft sands of a tropical beach. As the most regularly stressed-out species of Pokemon, it could definitely benefit from some seaside tranquility, and the key art image released by Netflix shows it in the company of Haru, a human woman who works as a concierge at the resort.

The series’ stop-motion visuals are being produced by Japan’s Dwarf Studio, the same studio behind Netflix’s "Rilakkuma" and "Kaoru" stop-motion series that debuted in 2019 and got a second season last summer. Netflix has yet to give any release window other than “coming soon” for "Pokemon Concierge," so for now fans will have to stay calm and patient, just like Psyduck is trying to do in the teaser.