I don’t know about you, but in the winter time, I tend to gravitate toward all the “cozy” things, whether that be through my movies, TV shows, books, video gaming or… hot soup. As we transition from the holiday season to a brand new year, it’s simply the perfect time to curl up into my soft girl aesthetic. This time around, Netflix’s acclaimed series Pokémon Concierge helped me get into the spirit of that big time. While I felt like the new stop-motion series kind of came out of thin air, I enjoyed binge watching the unexpected Pokémon entry. Now it has me thinking about what I want to see from the iconic franchise next.
For some reason, Pokémon is not a major Hollywood franchise. It's weird, right? While there are tons of anime films produced in Japan, Hollywood barely got the first live-action Pokémon movie back in 2019 with the Ryan Reynolds-led Detective Pikachu film, and that’s wild to me. I expect this has something to do with rights and business strategy, but now that Netflix has gotten a partial hold of the franchise, both through Pokémon Concierge and the upcoming animated show Pokémon Horizons coming to the streaming service next month, I have thoughts about what should come in the future.
