its only taken 27 years but i might finally be ready to get into the pokemon series ive dabbled in the nintendo franchise before but have struggled to get into it as much as it seems like everyone else has if theres anything to break through to me after all this time though its got to be the upcoming netflix series pokemon conciergein february the pokemon company hosted a pokemon presents where it announced new dlc for pokemon scarlet and violet details about pokemon sleep and more the main attraction for me though was the teaser trailer for a new pokemon stop motion animated series the premise of the show sees haru a concierge at the pokemon resort welcome a number of familiar guests into the retreat including psyduck who is the only pokemon to make an appearance in the teaser trailer but thats all we know about it right now we havent even got a release date yet better late than never image credit the pokemon companymy introduction to pokemon could have been around the early 2000s when i was about three or four years old i was too young to understand the games or to see the trading card game as anything more than a deck of sparkly pieces of paper so naturally my way into pokemon was through the early seasons of the anime i remember being a fan of jigglypuff togepi and of course pikachu but i cant say i really knew anything about how pokemon actually worked or the bigger story behind these cute creatures on my screen nowadays im not a huge fan of rpgs so dont find a lot of enjoyment out of the pokemon games however shocking it might be to hear a 90s baby say that that doesnt mean that i dont love a good lifesized pokemon plush or just the little critters in general in fact i wish there were more ways for me to enjoy the pokemon companys creations outside of the games and longrunning anime series which is where im hoping pokemon concierge comes in upon seeing the teaser trailer i was instantly reminded of netflixs other stopmotion animation series rilakkuma and kaoru and its followup series rilakkumas theme park adventure and for good reason as revealed during the pokemon presents stream the studio behind rilakkuma and his various adventures dwarf studios will be working with netflix once again for pokemon concierge so im basically guaranteed to like it both of the rilakkuma shows follow office worker kaoru and her beary cute roommates and humansized teddy bears rilakkuma korilakkuma and her pet bird kiiroitori as youd expect from dwarf studios the series is a very sweet stopmotion animation production where the episodes are all under 20 minutes long and literally just show the group as they get into a range of harmless shenanigans this is exactly what im hoping were going to get from pokemon concierge which if accurate might just be enough to make me