A promotional video for the Pokémon Day 2025 animation Kairyu to Yuubinya-san has been released, with the previewed footage promising an epic adventure. Several stills from the 14-minute animation were revealed as well.
It was also announced that the Pokémon Presents broadcast will begin streaming at 11 PM on February 27 JST, and that Kairyu to Yuubinya-san is planned to premiere at 12 AM JST on that date.
Kairyu to Yuubinya-san‘s plot involves an aspiring Paldean delivery person called Hana, whose reception of a letter with no address eventually leads her to a boy called Rio. The letter contains Rio’s birthday wishes for his father, who has transferred to Kanto for work, and that very day happens to Rio’s father’s birthday.
Staff
• Storyboard artist and director: Lemon Studio’s Taku Kimura
• Script writer and story composition: Kentaro Nana
• Original character designer: Asuka Dokai (Pokémon WCS2023 “Kimi ni Aeta!” animation CM director, storyboard artist, and co-unit director)
• Character designer and animation director: Maho Aoki (Astro Note)
• Background art director: Tasuku Watanabe (Pokémon WCS2023 “Kimi ni Aeta!” animation CM)
• Music composer: Evan Call (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
• Animation production: CoMix Wave Films
Sources: Press release, Cinema Today YouTube channel