{"id":125807,"date":"2022-06-17T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-133285"},"modified":"2022-06-17T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:00:00","slug":"the-first-episode-of-the-40s-inspired-pokemon-cartoon-is-now-on-pokemon-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/17\/the-first-episode-of-the-40s-inspired-pokemon-cartoon-is-now-on-pokemon-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Episode Of The &#8217;40s-Inspired Pok\u00e9mon Cartoon Is Now On Pok\u00e9mon TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/483abb2266d97\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/483abb2266d97\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/483abb2266d97\/scraggy-and-mimikyu-poketoon-pokemon-cartoon.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Scraggy And Mimikyu PokeToon Pokemon Cartoon\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/anime\/poketoon\/scraggyandmimikyu.shtml\">The Pok\u00e9mon Company \/ via Serebii<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in 2020, The Pok\u00e9mon Company launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/pokemon_releases_new_looney_tunes-style_cartoon_starring_scraggy_and_mimikyu\">a brand new cartoon in Japan aimed at kids<\/a>. Inspired by 1940s Western animation and cartoons, <strong>Pok\u00e9Toon<\/strong> was a series of eight animated shorts featuring different Pok\u00e9mon getting up to some sneaky and fun antics.<\/p>\n<p>And now the Pok\u00e9Toon animations are getting released on Pok\u00e9mon TV worldwide! The first episode of the show, titled &#8216;Scraggy and Mimikyu&#8217; follows the generation 5 and 6 Pok\u00e9mon as Scraggy attempts to find snacks while Mimikyu just wants a friend!<\/p>\n<p>The show will be added to the Pok\u00e9mon TV service every Friday for the next eight weeks and will be available later this year on YouTube. Today&#8217;s episode is the first one to drop, so we&#8217;ve still got seven more weeks of wholesome fun to come.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cozy up and settle in\u2014POK\u00c9TOON has arrived on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonTV<\/a>! \ud83d\udcfa<\/p>\n<p>Starting this weekend, tune in for a new short featuring unique art and silly, heartwarming, and fun moments between Pok\u00e9mon!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvqA6Ftwhh\">https:\/\/t.co\/dvqA6Ftwhh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pnkEQXYouz\">pic.twitter.com\/pnkEQXYouz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon (@Pokemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon\/status\/1537091319939620867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You can watch the first episode of the show <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.pokemon.com\/en-us\/#\/season?id=poketoon\">right here<\/a> or on the Pok\u00e9mon TV app on your phone or Switch. And don&#8217;t forget, you can also tune into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_legends_arceus\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/a>-inspired show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/pokemon-hisuian-snow-episode-one-is-absolutely-gorgeous-and-available-now\">Pok\u00e9mon: Hisuian Snow<\/a> over on the official <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/pokemon\">Pok\u00e9mon YouTube channel<\/a>. Episodes one and two are both available on there now, with the finale due to air on 22nd June.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the show? Would you like to see more Pok\u00e9mon shows in different animation styles? Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company \/ via Serebii Back in 2020, The Pok\u00e9mon Company launched a brand new cartoon in Japan aimed at kids. Inspired by 1940s Western animation and cartoons, Pok\u00e9Toon was a series of eight animated shorts featuring different Pok\u00e9mon getting up to some sneaky and fun antics. And now the Pok\u00e9Toon animations are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}