Pokémon has an established presence in animation with a full-fledged anime, which the most dedicated fans can attest. With the advent of web videos, it has gotten into the trend with original content in this domain as well. One such content is a series called PokéToon, which involves animated content of a slightly different kind. It can be loosely described as a "magical wonder", which in relation to animation is often identified with that from a certain other pioneering party in this field, which I shall not discuss. But PokéToon deserves more discussion in all regards.
The animation is different because it's less like the style of the commonly seen Pokémon anime and more like the style of classical traditional animation. It becomes easy to see why I've described this series as a "magical wonder", because the traditional animation - particularly from the other party I've hinted above - quite evokes the sentiment. Even so, it may have its own impression for Pokémon fans, who are likely to be more familiar with the anime style and may find this style refreshing even if it isn't (seemingly) terribly different.
Currently, there are five episodes of PokéToon, and they are available on the Pokémon Kids TV channel on YouTube... which is a mostly Japanese-oriented channel for Pokémon entertainment directed to young audiences, and that obviously includes this series. In fact, a few episodes already contain Japanese dialogue and even the first episode with Scraggy and Mimikyu have the names romanized from Japanese. English subtitles are present for those who don't know the language but are still willing to enjoy the series.
When it comes to Pokémon, it's hard not to escape the anime for something entertaining other than being active in playing the games. Yet it's also clear that the animation style presented in the anime is just one kind of animation, and there are many of these. It is therefore neat that with PokéToon, Pokémon decided to honor the classical traditional style while at the same time creating content that the most dedicated fans can enjoy. This also becomes its own brand of "magical wonder", which pretty much goes for the franchise in its entirety regardless.
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