The Adventures of Snorlax & Cubone

The Adventures of Snorlax & Cubone

カビゴンとカラカラ
Kabigon and Karakara

Web release

Japan	December 8, 2023 (Episode 1) December 15, 2023 (Episode 2) December 22, 2023 (Episode 3) December 29, 2023 (Episode 4) December 29, 2023 (Compilation)
United States	December 8, 2023 (Episode 1) December 15, 2023 (Episode 2) December 22, 2023 (Episode 3) December 29, 2023 (Episode 4) December 29, 2023 (Compilation)

English themes

Opening	None
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	None
Ending	None

Credits

No additional credits are available at this time.
Animation	Polygon Pictures Inc.
Screenplay	Midori Sato Template:Romanizations/Midori Sato
Storyboard	Yoshimitsu Saito Template:Romanizations/Yoshimitsu Saito
Assistant director	Yoshimitsu Saito Template:Romanizations/Yoshimitsu Saito
Animation director	Hiroshi Shimada Template:Romanizations/Hiroshi Shimada

The Adventures of Snorlax & Cubone (Japanese: カビゴンとカラカラ Kabigon and Karakara) is a set of four 1-minute shorts released as part of Project Snorlax. They were announced on December 7, 2023^[1] through the official Project Snorlax Twitter and Instagram accounts, and were initially released on the Project Snorlax accounts^[2] and the official Pokémon English,^[3] and Latin American^[4] Twitter and Instagram accounts each Friday from December 8 to December 29, 2023. The first and second parts were released on the UK English,^[5] French,^[6] German,^[7] Italian,^[8] and European Spanish^[9] Twitter and Instagram accounts a few days later, with the third and fourth parts being released on the same day of their Japanese and US release.

A 5-minute compilation of all four shorts was released on the official Pokémon Japanese^[10] and English^[11] YouTube channels on December 29, 2023, and on the Indian YouTube channels on February 14, 2024.^[12]

Blurb

Watch the friendship between Cubone and Snorlax blossom over the course of all four seasons! 🌞🍁❄🌺

Plot

Summer

Deep within a forest, beneath the glow of the moon, a Cubone mourns for its mother. Suddenly, some mushrooms start glowing in the moonlight. Cubone gets startled by some spores from the mushroom, and noticing a glow coming from far away, starts making its way there. Emerging into a clearing, it runs into a Snorlax. Cubone gets scared by Snorlax's huge size, but Snorlax is just focused on eating the mushrooms. Snorlax then lays down to rest, and Cubone gazes at it in awe from behind a rock.

Fall

Cubone is still following Snorlax from afar, as Snorlax eats a lot of fruit and berries. Its belly full, it lays down to sleep again. Cubone warily approaches Snorlax and prods it with its bone. However, as Snorlax shifts in its sleep, Cubone is startled and runs away. Its bone ends up on top of Snorlax's belly. As Cubone climbs on top of Snorlax to retrive the bone, it gets bounced into the air due to Snorlax's heavy breathing. It tires itself out due to having fun while bouncing and falls asleep atop Snorlax's belly. Snorlax is later awoken from its sleep and noticing Cubone, smiles and goes back to sleep.

Winter

Cubone is walking around in the snow, and noticing Snorlax's footprints, starts happily following them. It gets dejected after losing track of Snorlax near a huge mound of snow. Suddenly, Snorlax emerges from the mound of snow. Some snow falls on Cubone's head, which makes it happy. Snorlax and Cubone have fun together, with Cubone bouncing on Snorlax's belly again, rolling snow together, and having some fruits for a meal. At night, Snorlax and Cubone look at an aurora in the sky. Noticing Cubone shivering, Snorlax holds it closer for warmth, making Cubone hug it in happiness.

Spring

Snorlax wakes up in a flowery clearing in the forest. A gust of wind blows some flowers around them, which makes Cubone excited. As Snorlax tries to get up, Cubone dances excitedly, but Snorlax falls down. As it sits back up, it notices Cubone bringing some fruits. Snorlax pats Cubone's head and Cubone happily climbs onto Snorlax's shoulder. They both look at the sunrise. Grateful to have Snorlax, Cubone hugs it with tears of joy.

Characters

Pokémon

Cast

Cast
Snorlax	Katsuyuki Konishi	Kabigon	Katsuyuki Konishi	カビゴン	小西克幸
Cubone	Rikako Aikawa	Karakara	Rikako Aikawa	カラカラ	愛河里花子

Staff

Director / Script / Storyboards	Yoshimitsu Saito
Script	Midori Sato
Script Support	&REAM,Inc.
Concept Design / Set Design	OKACHEKE
CG Supervisor	Kosuke Kawamura
Character Modeling	Yutaka Kasama
Background / Prop Modeling	Koji Umegaki Liew Hoi Leong Chua Pei San
Rigging	Masaya Takahashi Ayame Nara
Look Development	Masahiro Kudo Kenta Miyake
Layout / Animation Supervisor	Hiroshi Shimada
Layout / Animation	Yukiko Inaishi Punith Goel Abhishek Lal
Effects	Chizuru Nakamura Kana Kitta Tomohiro Akiyama
3D Texture / Drawing	Yoshikatsu Matsumoto Sae Ishii Yuta Kawano
Lighting / Compositing	Hiroyuki Matsushima
Editor	Mutsumi Okamura
Production Management	Yasushi Nagami Zihua Li Wong Ching Ching Phalak Anjum Monalisha Nikalje
Production Support	Polygon Pictures Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Polygon Studios India Private Ltd.
Sound Director	Tetsuya Gunji
Sound Effects	Shota Yaso
Audio Recording	Shuji Suzuki
Audio Recording Assistance	Kosei Ohishi
Music	Yuko Komiyama (comymusic)
Sound Production	Glovision Inc.
Sound Production Management	Naoki Kishida
Line Producer	Shiho Tanaka
Producer	Ryo Nakaoka Shiori Kuramatsu
Animation by	Polygon Pictures Inc.
Supervisory Cooperation	GAME FREAK inc. The Pokémon Company
Supervisor	Tsunekazu Ishihara
Project Cooperation	Eisuke Kasejima Kaname Kosugi Junya Nakagawa Sanami Makino