What this is
How the credits for the 2027 film Pokémon: Wild Card differ from every earlier Pokémon film and series.
How it’s built
- Compared the film’s copyright line with the line used 2003–2026. TV Tokyo, ShoPro and JR Kikaku are gone; the film vehicle is renamed “Wild Card Project”.
- The studio changes from OLM to CloverWorks; STORY inc. plans and produces; no distributor is named.
What we assumed
- The change suggests The Pokémon Company has brought the film’s copyright in-house with the game owners.An interpretation, not stated anywhere. Former partners could still invest in the project without a copyright credit.
Sanity check
Copyright lines show credited ownership, not financing; the interpretation would fail if partners turn out to be investors.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
- FiledCopyright line, Pokémon: Wild Card (2027 film), announced August 2026
- ReportedThe copyright line on Pokémon anime credits, and evidence that the same seven rights holders appear on every dated credit from 2003 to 2026
- FiledStaff and studio, Pokémon: Wild Card, announced August 2026
- ReportedNew film credits: not OLM, not ShoPro, 2027
Show the working
- Retained: ©Pokémon, ©Nintendo, ©Creatures, ©GAME FREAK
- Dropped from ©: TV Tokyo, ShoPro, JR Kikaku
- Vehicle: ピカチュウプロジェクト -> Pokémon: Wild Card Project
- Studio: OLM -> CloverWorks
- Planning production: STORY inc.
- Distributor: not named
- Compare (Wild Card ©) with (roster 2003-2026): the three non-owner co-holders are absent and the film vehicle is renamed
- studio and producer are new
- no distributor or committee is named