Pokémon Meets Wallace & Gromit: Aardman's Stop-Motion Series Heads to Disney+ in 2027
A duck knight and a baby electric mouse walk into a quest. The first teaser trailer for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu premiered on 28 August at Pokémon XP in San Francisco, during a Behind the Scenes with Aardman panel held alongside the 2026 Pokémon World Championships. Eurogamer
Disney+ will be the exclusive worldwide streaming home for the series when it arrives in 2027. The deal was framed by Ayo Davis, president of Disney Kids & Family, as part of a wider Pokémon push on the platform — one that also includes Pokémon the Series: The Beginning. Eurogamer
The show is a stop-motion animated series set in the Galar region, the Britain-inspired world introduced in the 2019 Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Stop-motion means physical puppets moved frame by frame — the technique behind Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, both made by the same studio behind this project.
That studio is Aardman, the Bristol-based animation house celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. The Pokémon collaboration was first announced in December 2024, with Aardman offering a first look in July 2025. Aardman
The trailer's description sets up Sirfetch'd and Pichu as unlikely heroes on a gallant quest to protect Pokémon across Galar. Director Tom Parkinson, who appeared on the San Francisco panel alongside Aardman's creative director for IP development Nat McKay and model-making creative lead James Young, described Sirfetch'd as noble and slightly bumbling — determined to be the best knight in Galar — while Pichu serves as the playful, curious squire and voice of reason. Eurogamer
Pokémon's director of original animation Phil Rynda joined the panel as well, representing The Pokémon Company International's side of the partnership. The teaser also revealed new characters and locations for the series, including Obstagoon and the Crown Tundra area, both previously seen in Sword and Shield. Eurogamer
What makes this pairing click on paper is the overlap between two traditions built on stubborn, handcrafted charm. Aardman has spent five decades making clay figures look alive; Pokémon has spent nearly three making pocket monsters feel like friends. A knight who can't quite get it right, paired with a squire too small to be taken seriously, sits comfortably in the space where both studios do their best work.
For viewers, the takeaway is straightforward: a new Pokémon animated series is coming, it is stop-motion rather than the usual 2D anime style, and Disney+ is where it will live. No release date beyond 2027 has been confirmed.
