Disney+ and The Pokémon Company International announced a global distribution agreement that will make the stop‑motion series Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d and Pichu available on Disney+ starting in 2027. The series will also debut on Disney XD. A teaser trailer was posted on the official Pokémon YouTube channel and the Aardman YouTube channel. Aardman, known for Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, is producing the series in collaboration with The Pokémon Company. Peter Lord, cofounder and creative director at Aardman, said the story will take place in a region close to the studio’s heart. The setting is the Galar region, based on the United Kingdom, as shown in the Pokémon Sword and Shield games. Tom Parkinson directs the series, Natalie McKay serves as creative director, and James Young is the creative lead. The series is part of a broader deal that also includes streaming of the original Indigo League season on Disney+ beginning August 7, with the first 27 episodes now available. Disney XD has begun airing the original series as well. Pokémon Concierge, another stop‑motion series, premiered on Netflix in December 2023 with four episodes, and new episodes were released in September 2025. The Pokémon Horizons anime premiered in Japan in April 2023, airing Fridays at 6:55 p.m. JST, and later debuted in the United States on Netflix in March 2024 after an earlier announced February release. Netflix added the second season in February 2025 and the third season on January 6. The deal’s terms were not disclosed.