Many of the Pokémon Company’s animated tasks outdoors of the mainline anime have been enjoyable explorations of what folks and their pokémon stand up to in addition to battling. But director Maho Aoki’s Dragonite and the Special Delivery additionally seems like a reminder to thank your mail carriers for all of the arduous work they do. Produced by CoMix Wave Films — the studio behind Suzume, Weathering With You, and Your Name — Dragonite and the Special Delivery tells the story of Hana (Riko Fukumoto), a younger Paldean postal employee who desires of changing into an knowledgeable deliveryperson.
While most deliverypeople get the possibility to enterprise out into the world, as a letter sorter, Hana’s days are often spent behind a desk together with her accomplice Fuecoco. But when Hana occurs to seek out an unaddressed letter from a younger boy who’s attempting to want his touring father a contented birthday, she acknowledges it as a possibility to show that she has what it takes to develop into one of many postal system’s greats like a sure pleasant Dragonite.
The quick spotlights the way it takes all types of specialised human and pokémon labor to maintain the inter-regional postal system working easily. Unsurprisingly, CoMix Wave’s tackle the pokémon world is a visible delight that makes all the quick’s creatures look downright majestic no matter whether or not they’re extraordinary or legendary monsters. The quick additionally includes a sweeping shot of Kalos’ Lumiose City and fairly just a few pokémon able to Mega Evolution.