Homecoming

Homecoming

良辰有梦
A Good Day for a Dream

Web release

Japan	February 9, 2024
United States	February 10, 2024

English themes

Opening	None
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	None
Ending	None

Credits

No additional credits are available at this time.
Animation	HMCH Anime Studio
Screenplay
Storyboard	周达炜 Zhou Dawei
Assistant director	周达炜 Zhou Dawei
Animation directors	小黄 Xiao Huang
Animation directors	大爽 Bigshuang

Original review thread on BMGf

Homecoming (Chinese: 良辰有梦 Liángchén Yǒu Mèng, transl. A Good Day for a Dream; Japanese: ただいま Homecoming) is a two-minute animated short based on Chinese New Year. It was announced on Weibo on January 31, 2024. It was released on Weibo, Douyin, and Bilibili in mainland China on February 2, 2024, on YouTube in Traditional Chinese on February 6, 2024, on the official Asian Pokémon and Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channels on February 9, 2024, and on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in English and Latin American Spanish on February 10, 2024.

Plot

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Characters

Pokémon

Lucario (Trainer's)
Dedenne (Trainer's)
Piplup (Trainer's)
Psyduck (Trainer's)
Magnemite (Trainer's)
Buneary (Trainer's)
Totodile (Trainer's)
Makuhita (Trainer's)
Dewott (Trainer's)
Chikorita (Trainer's)
Mimikyu (Trainer's)
Pikachu (Trainer's; ×2)
Rowlet (Trainer's)
Kecleon (Trainer's)
Bidoof (Trainer's)
Slakoth (Trainer's)
Arcanine (Trainer's)
Lapras (Trainer's)
Bagon (Trainer's)
Vulpix (Trainer's; Alolan form)
Flygon (Trainer's)
Charizard (Trainer's)
Squirtle (Trainer's)
Scraggy (Trainer's)
Skitty (Trainer's)
Mienfoo (Trainer's)
Machoke (Trainer's)
Incineroar (Trainer's)
Bonsly (Trainer's)
Ralts (Trainer's)
Treecko (Trainer's)
Croagunk (Trainer's)
Mime Jr. (Trainer's)
Cubone (Trainer's)
Drifloon (Trainer's)
Chespin (Trainer's)
Yamper (Trainer's)
Quagsire (Trainer's)
Whismur (Trainer's)
Marshtomp (Trainer's)
Wobbuffet (Trainer's)
Gastly (Trainer's)
Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
Aipom (Trainer's)
Swirlix (Trainer's)
Eevee (Trainer's)
Meowth (Trainer's)
Combusken (Trainer's)
Munchlax (Trainer's)
Litten (Trainer's)
Oshawott (Trainer's)
Charmander (Trainer's)
Shinx (Trainer's)
Azumarill (Trainer's)
Spinda (Trainer's)
Tepig (Trainer's)
Snivy (Trainer's)
Wooper (Trainer's)
Thwackey (Trainer's)
Cleffa (Trainer's)
Farfetch'd (Trainer's)
Oddish (Trainer's)
Sandshrew (Trainer's)
Togepi (Trainer's)
Gardevoir (Trainer's)
Misdreavus (Trainer's)
Hoppip (Trainer's)
Woobat (Trainer's)
Bewear (Trainer's)
Wigglytuff (Train attendant's)
Rockruff (×2)
Snorunt (×2)
Fletchling (×5)
Remoraid
Wingull (multiple)
Rayquaza

Cast

Cast
Dedenne	Dedenne	Lin Chanchan	咚咚鼠	蔺婵婵
Totodile	Totodile	Lin Chanchan	小锯鳄	蔺婵婵
Wingull	Wingull	Albby	长翅鸥	关云月
Crowd	Crowd	Wu Zhenxin	群杂	真心
Crowd	Crowd	Song Wenkai	群杂	宋文凯
Crowd	Crowd	Garren	群杂	归什
Crowd	Crowd	Albby	群杂	关云月
Crowd	Crowd	Lin Chanchan	群杂	蔺婵婵

Staff

Director 导演	Zhou Dawei	周达炜
Screenplay 编剧	Zhou Dawei aBone Gill Wang MTJJ	周达炜阿棒基尔 MTJJ
Storyboards 分镜	Zhou Dawei	周达炜
Executive Producer 监制	MTJJ	MTJJ
Character Design 人物设定	Xiao Huang	小黄
Art Director 美术总监	Gill Wang	基尔
Key Animation Assistance 作画监督	Xiao Huang Bigshuang	小黄大爽
Producer 制片	Janice Ru Li Zeyu	茹意婷李泽宇
Layout	Mao Zhiqing Qibi Bigshuang Dai Wei DAZHI Zheng Ligang Xiao Rong	毛芷清七臂大爽呆尾大志郑立刚小榕
Backgrounds 背景	Gill Wang Zhamao aBone Cao Xinyuan	基尔猫渣阿棒曹心缘
Key Animators 原画	Xiao Rong Li Gen DAZHI Zheng Ligang Kali Ahe Atian Zhang Zhongye Axiao Fu Zhipeng Chen Xingyue Gao Pei Li Jiaxing Zhang Qiuyi Jinlong Wei Yuling	小榕李根大志郑立刚卡里阿赫阿天张忠烨阿鸮傅志鹏陈星月高陪李佳星张秋逸金龙魏钰凌
Secondary Key Animators 二原	Zhou Yuling RYOYA Yuegui Jiumian Jinlong Zhang Qiuyi	周昱伶 RYOYA 月归酒眠金龙张秋逸
Animators 动画	RYOYA Tangguo Yuegui Chi Nian Jiumian Xiaonangua Li Jiaxing Jinlong Wei Yuling Nihaha Heiyang Zhang Bofan Maoji Zhang Qiuyi	RYOYA 糖果月归池年酒眠小难瓜李佳星金龙魏钰凌哈总黑阳张卜凡猫吉张秋逸
Color Setting 色指定	Gill Wang	基尔
Finishing 上色	Wang Gongshang Xiaonangua Heiyang Zhang Bofan Chi Nian	王功尚小难瓜黑阳张卜凡池年
3DCG 三维	Pang Yiran Zhou Guanxu	庞依然周冠旭
Postproduction 后期	Liang Shuang Li Heng Sanshi Neon	凉爽李亨叁拾尼昂
Dubbing Director 配音导演	Shan Xin	山新
Dubbing Producer 制片统筹	Li Xinmiao	李鑫淼
Editor 录音师	Hao Ming	郝敏
Music 音乐	Sun Yujing Weng Teng	孙玉镜翁腾
Sound Effects 音效	Lou Xiaocheng	娄孝诚
The Pokémon Company	Yasunori Suenaga Rui Kawaguchi Kei Chen Sayaka Tamochi Gabriel He	末永康典川口类陈启翔多持清香何玉琦
Pokémon Shanghai	Yu Xing Jin Rong Jiang Yanqing Zhu Lin Tang Na Liu Changhui Chen Kangcheng Zhu Yiyin Jiao Yu Ouyang Jiesai Mai Hao Xu Jingping Yang Jing Wang Liang Chen Mengling Kagekatsu Izawa Masafumi Nakamura Akari Isemura Kang Yiling Wu Qikai Li Ke Shi Xiaoli Yu Jie	余兴金融姜炎青朱琳唐娜刘昶辉陈康成朱一吟焦宇欧阳捷赛麦昊徐静萍杨静王亮陈梦灵伊泽景胜中村公典伊势村明里康怡菱吴其开李可施晓黎余杰

Video

By Pokémon Asia ENG

Trivia

The short's name is a pun on the Chinese name of Pokémon (宝可梦).
The Traditional Chinese, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and Western uploads of this short do not contain ending credits, and instead end by fading to a black screen with a copyright notice.
The Western uploads of this short do not include the short's title, instead only being posted with the text "Wishing you all a weekend filled with togetherness and joy, Trainers! 🥰" in English and the text "Un mundo Pokémon 🥰" in Spanish.
The descriptions of the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Asian English uploads of this short mention that the short is based on the Spring Festival. The descriptions of the Pokémon Kids TV uploads and uploads in other languages do not mention this.

In other languages

Language		Title
Bengali		Homecoming
Chinese	Cantonese	良辰有夢
Chinese	Mandarin	良辰有夢 / 良辰有梦
Hindi		Homecoming
Indonesian		Aku Pulang
Tamil		Homecoming
Telugu		Homecoming
Thai		กลับมาแล้วนะ
Vietnamese		Homecoming