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).
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, the 21st film in the franchise, opened in Japan in July 2018.
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 staff of Gekijōban Pocket Monster Koko, the 23rd anime film in the Pokémon franchise, revealed four cast members on Friday.