Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, the 21st film in the franchise, opened in Japan in July 2018.
Hirotaka Marufuji (Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us chief animation director, sub-character designer) is designing the characters, and is also the chief animation director alongside Yasushi Nishitani (Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us).
Tetsuo Yajima returns from 2018’s Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us film at OLM, and is co-writing the film’s script with Pokémon series writer Atsuhiro Tomioka.
The film centers on Koko, a boy who was raised by Pokémon and also considers himself as one, treating the Mythical Pokémon Zarude as his father.