Japanese animators and composer channel the traditions of American slapstick shorts.
The entire credited staff is Japanese, however, and includes veteran Pokémon anime franchise animators Ryosuke Sembo, Shinichi Suzuki, and Shuya Yoshisato.
That makes the Pokémon team several generations of animators away from the artists who worked on Looney Tunes and other entries in the golden era of American animation slapstick shorts from the 1940s and ’50s.
The video was posted not to the main Pokémon YouTube channel, but instead to the Pokémon Kids TV channel, which focuses on content for especially young viewers.