Pokémon: Wild Card

Pokémon: Wild Card
Pokémon: Wild Card
	Teaser poster
Japanese	ポケモン：ワイルドカード
Revised Hepburn	Pokemon: Wairudokādo
Directed by	Katsuhiko Kitada
Based on	Pokémon; by Satoshi Tajiri
Production; companies	Story Inc.; CloverWorks (animation);
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	2027;
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Pokémon: Wild Card (Japanese: ポケモン：ワイルドカード, Hepburn: Pokemon: Wairudokādo) is an upcoming Japanese anime film produced by CloverWorks with Story Inc. handling planning and production. It is the twenty-fourth overall animated film in the Pokémon media franchise, the first animated film to be released since Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle in 2020, and the first to focus exclusively on the ongoing collectible card game Pokémon Trading Card Game. It is directed by Katsuhiko Kitada and features character designs by Akemi Hayashi.

Pokémon: Wild Card was first announced during the Pokémon World Championships in August 2026. It is scheduled to be released by Toho in Japan in 2027.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Premise

The film centers on a competitive Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) player and his partner Mimikyu.^[4]

Production

On August 31, 2026, it was announced that a new Pokémon anime film was in production at CloverWorks, marking the first Pokemon anime film not produced by OLM, Inc., the production company behind all the previous films, and the first to be set in a separate continuity from the Pokémon anime series.^[5] Scheduled for release in 2027, the film was announced with a 39-second teaser shown during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Pokémon World Championships.^[4]^[6] It is the first film to specifically focus on the TCG, and the first not to star Ash Ketchum, the original protagonist of the Pokémon anime series.

References

↑ 『ポケモン』7年ぶり新作アニメ映画制作決定ポケカ題材で『ポケモン:ワイルドカード』2027年公開!制作はCloverWorks. Oricon News (in Japanese). August 31, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
↑ アニメ映画『ポケモン：ワイルドカード』2027年に公開決定。約7年ぶりの劇場新作は『ポケカ』が題材、主役はミミッキュ＆プレイヤー. Famitsu (in Japanese). August 31, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
↑ 『ポケモン』7年ぶりの新作映画「ポケモン：ワイルドカード」が公開決定！題材は『ポケモンカードゲーム』. Inside (in Japanese). IID, Inc. August 31, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
1 2 Sanchez, Miranda (August 31, 2026). "Pokémon: Wild Card Announced for 2027". IGN. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
↑ Moreau, Jordan (August 31, 2026). "'Pokémon: Wild Card' Movie Sets 2027 Release Date, Drops Anime Teaser Starring Trading Card Game Player". Variety. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
↑ "New Feature-Length Animated Film, Pokémon: Wild Card, Coming Soon". Pokémon. August 30, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Pokémon: Wild Card (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Pokémon: Wild Card at IMDb

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[1] 『ポケモン』7年ぶり新作アニメ映画制作決定ポケカ題材で『ポケモン:ワイルドカード』2027年公開!制作はCloverWorks. Oricon News (in Japanese). August 31, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.

[2] アニメ映画『ポケモン：ワイルドカード』2027年に公開決定。約7年ぶりの劇場新作は『ポケカ』が題材、主役はミミッキュ＆プレイヤー. Famitsu (in Japanese). August 31, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.

[3] 『ポケモン』7年ぶりの新作映画「ポケモン：ワイルドカード」が公開決定！題材は『ポケモンカードゲーム』. Inside (in Japanese). IID, Inc. August 31, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.

[Sanchez-4] 1 2 Sanchez, Miranda (August 31, 2026). "Pokémon: Wild Card Announced for 2027". IGN. Retrieved August 31, 2026.

[5] Moreau, Jordan (August 31, 2026). "'Pokémon: Wild Card' Movie Sets 2027 Release Date, Drops Anime Teaser Starring Trading Card Game Player". Variety. Retrieved August 31, 2026.

[6] "New Feature-Length Animated Film, Pokémon: Wild Card, Coming Soon". Pokémon. August 30, 2026. Retrieved August 31, 2026.

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