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Pokémon: Twilight Wings Anime Shorts Stream in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu

The Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Telugu YouTube channels for the Pokémon franchise began streaming Pokémon: Twilight Wings (Hakumei no Tsubasa) ⁠— Studio Colorido's net anime short series for the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Nintendo Switch role-playing games ⁠— on June 30. The episodes have been uploaded non-chronologically.

The series consists of seven five-minute episodes. The first episode debuted on YouTube in January 2020, with a new episode debuting every month thereafter. The anime got a special episode titled "Twilight Wings—The Gathering of Stars" in November 2020.

The Pokémon Company International describes the shorts:

Galar is a region where Pokémon battles have developed into a cultural sensation. Over the span of seven episodes, “Pokémon: Twilight Wings” will show in detail the dreams of Galar's residents, the realities they face, the challenges they must overcome and the conflicts they must resolve. In addition to these new stories, fans can expect to see a variety of Pokémon originally discovered in the Galar region appearing in the capsule series.

The anime is an "ensemble drama" showing the struggles and conflicts of young people living in the Galar region.

Shingo Yamashita (League of Legends: A New Journey director, Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~ episode director, Fate/Apocrypha key animator episode 23) directed the anime. Sou Kinoshita penned the scripts, and Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!, ERASED, Fruits Basket) supervised the scripts. Shin Ogasawara designed the characters. Izumi Hirose was the color designer, and Yūsuke Takeda and Takamasa Masuki were the art directors. Masato Takahashi was in charge of the 3DCG. Katsuhito Ogawa was the director of photography, and Masafumi Mima was the sound director.

Sources: Pokémon Asia's Hindi YouTube channel, Bengali YouTube channel, Tamil YouTube channel, and Telugu YouTube channel