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Studio Chromato, Studio Colorido, Shingo Yamashita Produce New Pokémon Short About Wartortle
posted on by Alex Mateo
The Pokémon Company began streaming a new "POKÉTOON" anime short on Wednesday. The short is titled "Kameil to Natsu no Tsuzuku" (Wartortle and the Ongoing Summer).
The short follows a boy named Rikuto who visits his grandmother on an island at the end of summer. There, he meets a Wartortle.
Shingo Yamashita (Cosmic Princess Kaguya!) directed the short at Studio Chromato and Studio Colorido. Aya Satsuki (Solo Camping for Two) wrote the script. Riiki Miura designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Kyosuke Kagawa composed the music.
The short stars Sayaka Senbongi as Rikuto, Tasuku Hatanaka as Gaku, Akiko Hiramatsu as Shuri, Kana Hanazawa as Wartortle (Kameil), Natsumi Haruse as Leafeon, and Michiyo Murase as Bellsprout (Madatsubomi).
Sources: Official Pokémon YouTube channel, Comic Natalie