Image source: Official Pokémon YouTube channel, Comic Natalie — via Anime News Network
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 islandat 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. Kyōsuke Kagawa composed the music.
The short stars Sayaka Senbongi as Rikuto, Tasuku Hatanaka as Gaku, Akiko Hiramatsu as Shuri, Kana Hanazawaas Wartortle (Kameil), Natsumi Haruse as Leafeon, and Michiyo Murase as Bellsprout (Madatsubomi).