Essentially the most lovely low-fi entry within the Pokémon franchise, Pokémon Concierge, will return to Netflix with Season 2 this 12 months. Launched on December 28, 2023, Pokémon Concierge was a really totally different tackle the long-lasting franchise as the primary stop-motion animated sequence within the saga, which centered much less on battling and extra on leisure, giving viewers the final word chill viewing expertise. The sequence follows Haru, a younger lady in her twenties who’s a workaholic at a resort for Pokémon and learns to decelerate and worth herself.
Through the Pokémon Presents showcase for Pokémon Day, it was confirmed that Season 2 of Pokémon Concierge would debut on Netflix in September 2025. Netflix launched an official teaser (see under) on their social media, which included some new Pokémon for the sequence, together with the electrical Shinx, the flashy fire-type Arcanine, and the water-type Corphish. As well as, for a restricted time, the primary 4 episodes of Pokémon Concierge have been made free to observe on the official Pokémon YouTube channel till Mar. 9, 2025.
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Pokémon Concierge was a success with critics and followers. A lot reward was given to the unbelievable stop-motion work that created a beautiful environment in contrast to anything within the franchise. It presently sits on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% Tomatometer rating based mostly on 17 evaluations. A lot reward was given to the sequence specializing in a twenty-year-old protagonist as a substitute of the franchise’s traditional ten-year because it allowed the sequence to talk to the millennial audiences that grew up with the unique Pokémon sequence. With vibrant colours and a heat aesthetic that confirmed the worth of friendship, it was an all-ages winner and now seemingly a probably new long-running sequence within the Pokémon franchise.
‘Pokémon Concierge’ is One of many Finest Entries within the Franchise
Created by Satoshi Tajiri, Pokémon debuted in 1996 in Japan and rapidly turned a worldwide phenomenon. Whereas the franchise’s recognition is most fondly related to what many within the media known as “Pokémania,” the franchise has remained a present popular culture staple and in 2016 noticed a big resurgence with the unprecedented world sensation of Pokémon Go. Between a number of video video games, a buying and selling card sport, a long-running animated sequence that not too long ago concluded in 2024, a live-action film that includes Ryan Reynolds, and now Pokémon Concierge, Pokémon is estimated to be the world’s highest-grossing media franchise.
The choice to make Pokémon Concierge Season 1 free for a short while on YouTube exhibits that Netflix feels assured within the sequence and that the preliminary 4 episodes will hook the viewers into wanting to move over and watch Season 2 on Netflix in September. It was an identical tactic that AppleTV+ used after they made Season 1 of Severance free to stream on Roku Channels earlier than Season 2 debuted. That call paid off as Severance not too long ago surpassed Ted Lasso as AppleTV+’s most-watched sequence. Whereas we doubt Pokémon Concierge will change into Netflix’s most-watched sequence and even probably the most watched Pokémon sequence, it definitely will assist introduce the comfy sequence to a wider viewers who won’t have identified it existed.
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