With nearly 1,100 episodes to its name, the original Pokemon series ended last year and things were set up for the new series that began on November 17th, 2019. It’s been moving along since then but the production has was suspended thanks to the growing COVID-19 pandemic in Japan at the end of April 2020. Now, the official site has revealed that new episodes are set to come back on June 7th, 2020 as the show gets moving forward again. They didn’t reveal how many episodes they have banked at this point so the potential for another pause is certainly there.
Daiki Tomiyasu serves as the chief director with Maki Odaira directing based on the series composition by Shoji Yonemura. Shuhei Yasuda is working on the character designs with OLM again producing the animation.
The Japanese cast so far includes:
- Daiki Yamashita as Gō
- Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi
- Kana Hanazawa as Koharu
- Yūichi Nakamura as Professor Sakuragi
＜番組からのお知らせ＞
新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大にともなう「緊急事態宣言」の解除を受け、一時見合わせていた番組制作を再開いたしました。
これに伴いアニメ「ポケットモンスター」は来週６月７日（日）夕方６時の放送より、最新話の放送を再開いたします。
みなさま是非ご覧ください！！ pic.twitter.com/G8JaUCepSI— アニメ「ポケットモンスター」公式 (@anipoke_PR) May 30, 2020
Plot Concept: In a forest somewhere in Kanto, there once was a lonely Pichu. This Pichu – who was still quite young – had a certain encounter and farewell. This took place shortly before Ash and his partner Pikachu started travelling together. This is the beginning of the anime “Pocket Monster.”
