Pokémon worldS 2026
about this project
Here we go again!
For the second year in a row, we created the opening ceremony film that kicked off the Pokémon 2026 World Championships! This one was our most epic Pokémon adventure yet: an action-packed voyage across the stars featuring over 50 Pokémon, 6 unique planets, a futuristic arena, and sky-shaking battles aplenty.
Our incredible team, and our amazing collaborators at The Pokèmon Company International, all worked their wizardry to deliver some of the strongest visuals and most dynamic storytelling that the World Championships have ever seen.
Who’s ready to blast off?!? 🚀
Production Company:
Nathan Love
Executive Producers:
Derrick Huang, Joe Burrascano
Producer:
Derrick Huang
Director:
Joe Burrascano
Design & Concept Artists:
Envar, Ellen Su
Storyboards:
Rémy Poisson, Courtland Ellis, Richard Go
CG Supervisor:
Jin Fang Jang
Technical Director:
Eduardo Enriquez
Rigging:
Danilo Pinheiro
Character Assets:
Brian Luong, Firelight
3D Character Animation:
Jabimation
Environment Lead:
Julien Hazebroucq
Environment Modeling:
Yoel Pereira
Lighting:
Jin Fang Jiang, Eric Xu, Brithney Rivera, Mirelle Underwood
Compositing:
Jeff Dragon, Herculano Fernandes, Paulo Dias
3D FX:
Alex Cheparev
2D FX Animation Lead:
Peter Ahern
2D FX Animation:
Peter Schmidt, Tyler DiBiasio, Nash Tanabodee
Editor:
Sam Feske
Systems Administrator:
Polly McGuire
Business Manager:
Genesis Fernandez
STILLS
let’s make magic together!
