Pokemon Movie: Secrets of the Jungle Build-up & Payoff!

Here are official Trailers for Pokémon the Movie: Coco* (English Dubbed Below)

Can’t get enough of Zarude? Neither can we.

The Mythical Pokémon swings into action in Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle—coming in 2021! pic.twitter.com/tq9nm7Luyq

— Pokémon (@Pokemon) November 13, 2020

Since my Art School has scheduled me to teach Pokémon Cartooning Classes on Saturdays, I've become tuned into any relevant Pokémon events. The latest news that kept Pokémon fans abuzz is a Pokémon Movie: CoCo (originally scheduled to be released in July of 2020)!

Then a new date was announced! "Coco" became available on NETFLIX on October 8th 2021. See this movie trailer below when it was scheduled earlier:

 

 
Pokémon the Movie: Coco  includes what could be the first "Tarzan" of Pokémon. And it also heavily featured the latest legendary Pokémon Zarude (pronounced zah-ROO-deh)!

It even had a Pokemon GO tie in:

"A collaboration event between "Pokemon GO" and 'Pokemon the Movie' has begun!

Challenge special research with "Pokemon GO" and get Celebi in different colors!

The guide for this research is that duo who are also very active in movies!"

"A collaboration event between "Pokemon GO" and 'Pokemon the Movie' has begun! Challenge special research with "Pokemon GO" and get Celebi in different colors! The guide for this research is that duo who are also very active in movies!"『ポケモン GO』と「劇場版ポケットモンスター ココ」とのコラボイベントが始まったよ！
『ポケモン GO』でスペシャルリサーチに挑戦して、色違いのセレビィを手に入れよう！
今回のリサーチの案内役は、映画でも大活躍するあの2人組だよ！https://t.co/39WozjtmaJ #ポケモンGO #ポケモン映画 #ココ pic.twitter.com/GDlReDLlrO

— ポケモン公式ツイッター (@Pokemon_cojp) December 14, 2020

My Zarude Fan Art

                       BONUS LINK: My own UNOFFICIAL (fan art) Zarude Info Coloring Sheet!

In the meantime. I've been practicing making sketches of these characters so I'll be ready for any Coco Pokémon Comics my students might want to make!

My fan art of Coco on the left. Official Movie Poster on the Right.

This screenshot (below) from the Pokémon web site tells more of the movie premise (translated by Google):

The second official Pokémon the Movie: Coco poster

Here's a SPOILER-ey review of the Japanese version

 

To help celebrate the movie's upcoming release, I have provided a "Fan Art" Activity Fun Sheet for Free Download below:

UPDATE 2023: Pokemon Horizons Video

Pokémon Horizons - The Pendant of Beginning (Part 1)#anipoke pic.twitter.com/5PEWyV45Ut

— shirt (@shirtjs) April 14, 2023