Chasing the Moon

Chasing the Moon

但愿梦长久 May Dreams Be Blessed with Longevity

Web release Japan September 17, 2024 United States September 17, 2024

English themes Opening None Ending

Japanese themes Opening None Ending None

Credits Animation Shanghai Animation Film Studio Screenplay Storyboard Assistant director Animation director No additional credits are available at this time.

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Chasing the Moon (Chinese: 但愿梦长久 Dànyuàn Mèng Chángjiǔ, transl. May Dreams Be Blessed with Longevity; Japanese: ポケモンたちと秋の月 Pokémon and the Autumn Moon) is an animated short based on the Mid-Autumn Festival. It was announced on Weibo on September 11, 2024. It was released on Bilibili, Douyin, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu in mainland China on September 14, 2024, and on the official Japanese Pokémon Twitter account and YouTube channel and on the English Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel on September 17, 2024.

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  Simplified Chinese poster

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  Simplified Chinese logo

Blurb

The moon shines big and bright in the night sky. As Pikachu and the other Pokémon chase its glow, where could they be heading? Let’s find out.

Plot

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Characters

Pokémon

• Pikachu
• Lunala
• Grookey
• Umbreon
• Growlithe (multiple)
• Corviknight
• Ledian (multiple)
• Butterfree (multiple)
• Teddiursa (multiple)
• Deerling (Autumn form)
• Sawsbuck (Autumn form)
• Poliwhirl
• Chinchou (multiple)
• Clefairy (multiple)

Staff

Production Supervisor 监制	Guan Minbo Chen Ning	管敏波 陈凝
Chief Director 总导演	Yu Ming	余明
Director 导演	Li Lan	李岚
Producer 制片	Liang Yanlin Xie Huizhen Huang Zhenyu	梁燕琳 谢惠珍 黄震宇
Art Design 美术设计	Yu Ming	余明
Art 美术	Fei Meng'an Lu Qiong Chen Yiwen	费梦安 陆琼 陈依雯
Design Draft 设计稿	An Feng Wu Wentao	安枫 吴闻涛
Original Animation 原动画	Wu Wentao Xu Li Li Xianwen Gu Yan Fei Meng'an Chen Yiwen	吴闻涛 徐立 李显文 顾焱 费梦安 陈依雯
Composite Clips 合成剪辑	Ye Shuhao	叶树豪
Dub 配音	Ikue Otani Liu Tong Cao Yawen Liu Fei	大谷育江 刘彤 曹雅雯 刘飞
Recording 录音	Guo Beiyi	郭倍佚
Soundtrack 配乐	Zhang Miao	张淼
Sound Effects 音效	Xu Jiachun	许佳淳
Foley 拟音	Yiting Yuanli	壹听原力
Mixing 混音	Xu Jiachun	许佳淳
Sound Production Coordinator 声音制作统筹	Wang Zhenyu	王振宇
Pokémon Shanghai	Jin Rong Jiang Yanqing Zhu ​​Yiyin Jiao Yu Yu Xing Gu Weiqi Liu Changhui Li Ke Wu Qikai Shen Jiasi Zhu ​​Lin Yang Qian Gao Yifei Kagekatsu Izawa Liu Baoping	金融 姜炎青 朱一吟 焦宇 余兴 辜伟祺 刘昶辉 李可 吴其开 沈佳思 朱琳 杨茜 高逸飞 伊泽景胜 刘宝平

Video

By Pokémon Kids TV

Trivia

• The short's Chinese title is a reference to the phrase 但愿人长久 dànyuàn rén chángjiǔ (may we all be blessed with longevity) from the poem Shuidiao Getou by Su Shi, which is associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is also a pun on the Chinese name of Pokémon (宝可梦).
• The Japanese and Pokémon Kids TV uploads of this short do not contain ending credits, and instead end by fading to a black screen with a copyright notice.
• The descriptions of the Simplified Chinese and Japanese uploads of this short mention that the short is based on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The description of the Pokémon Kids TV upload does not mention this.

External links

• Video:
  • Weibo, Douyin, Bilibili (Simplified Chinese)
  • YouTube (Japanese, English)

See also

• The Journey of One Dream
• Homecoming

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