The celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of the Pokémon Franchise have spawned numerous initiatives, most recently a series of thematic exhibitions in collaboration with artist Daniel Arsham. At the same time, a new animated short was released that creates a time rift.
The partnership between The Pokemon Company and Daniel Arsham, who has previously collaborated with the company on some special illustrations, will lead to a series of art exhibitions across Japan. Here, visitors can admire some of the author’s time-eaten Pokémon sculpts. To promote this event, the animated short film was launched on YouTube Pokemon A Wave of Time. But this is just the latest of many celebratory initiatives, in recent weeks even the Converse All-Stars have arrived with a Pokémon theme.
Directed by anime series director Kunihiko Yuyama, the short episode sees Ash and Pikachu engage in an official battle against a Cubone. However, the battle between the two Pokémon ends in involve a celebiwhich produces a crack in response over time.
Ash and Pikachu are then merged into one Parallel timeline, in which nature triumphed over man. In this mysterious setting, viewers can see some of the previews Statues created by Arsham, like the one dedicated to Squirtle or Slowpoke. So if you don’t have the opportunity to visit the Japanese exhibitions, you can get a taste of them in this mini-episode. For some homemade figures here are the three new Funko Pop! Pokemon are coming.
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