Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu — Aardman's Stop-Motion Pokémon Series Hits Disney+ in 2027

Pokémon is getting the claymation treatment. On August 28, 2026, during the "Behind the Scenes with Aardman" panel at Pokémon XP alongside the 2026 World Championships, The Pokémon Company International and British studio Aardman unveiled a fresh teaser trailer for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu. The stop-motion series is set for a 2027 debut and will stream worldwide on Disney+, with a broadcast home on the Disney XD channel. For collectors, it is a rare thing: a wholly new visual style for a franchise that has been drawn, rendered, and sculpted almost every other way imaginable.

What Aardman is making

Aardman is the Bristol studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, and that pedigree is the headline. The series follows Sirfetch'd and Pichu on a knight-and-squire style adventure through the Galar region — the setting of Pokémon Sword and Shield — including recognizable Wild Area locales such as the Crown Tundra. Their mission, per the reveal, is to help and protect the Pokémon they meet across the region.

The creative team is led by director Tom Parkinson, with Nat McKay as creative director and IP development lead and James Young heading up the modelmaking. Early reports describe a storytelling approach with no spoken human dialogue, leaning entirely on puppetry, physical comedy, and Pokémon expressing themselves the way they always have — by saying their own names. If that holds, it puts the show closer in spirit to Aardman's dialogue-light shorts than to a conventional TV anime.

How it fits Pokémon's bigger media push

The series was first announced in July 2025, so the new trailer is the first real look at the puppets and sets in motion. It also slots into a wider Pokémon–Disney arrangement: the same global distribution deal that is bringing classic Pokémon anime to Disney+ (the original Indigo League season began streaming there in August 2026). In other words, Sirfetch'd & Pichu is not a one-off experiment but part of a deliberate expansion of where and how Pokémon stories reach fans outside Japan.

From a collector's chair, style shifts like this matter. A distinctive art direction — hand-built puppets, tactile sets, a Galar backdrop — tends to inspire equally distinctive merchandise down the line. Sirfetch'd, the gallant Galarian evolution of Farfetch'd, has never been a merchandise mainstay the way Pikachu or Charizard are, and a starring role could finally change that.

What collectors should watch

It is far too early for a tie-in figure or prize lineup — nothing of the sort has been announced, and we would not guess at products that do not exist yet. But the timing is worth noting. Pichu and the Galar cast already appear across Bandai gashapon capsules, prize figures, and Pokémon card sets, and a high-profile new series historically nudges demand for characters that share its spotlight. If you have wanted a reason to start a Galar-themed shelf, a 2027 series is a good excuse to get ahead of the crowd.

The practical move for collectors is to build around characters, not hype: Pichu, Farfetch'd/Sirfetch'd, and the Sword-and-Shield roster are all collectible today, long before any Aardman-branded goods could arrive.

Start your Galar shelf at Akibato

Whether you are drawn in by the claymation charm or you have loved these Pokémon since Sword and Shield, now is a great time to build the display. Browse Pokémon figures and collectibles at Akibato, and if you enjoy the blind-box thrill that suits a cast this playful, our gashapon capsule toys are an easy, affordable way to grow a Pokémon lineup while you wait for 2027.

Sources

• Anime Trending — Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu Reveals New Teaser Trailer and Staff
• Final Weapon — Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu Stop-Motion Series Gets a New Trailer
• The Pokémon Company (Press) — Exclusive Teaser Trailer Revealed for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu
• Kotaku — The Wallace & Gromit Studio's Pokémon Stop Motion Show Looks Delightful