MAPPA takes on first Pokémon project, releases music video in collaboration with Contrail

The latest song from the Pokemon Music Collective, a project that brings new music to the world based on the game sounds of the Pokemon series, “Lucky (feat. UMI)” by Nulbarich and Sunny, has been released as a digital single.

This song is produced by singer-songwriter JQ and is a collaboration between Nulbarich, a representative Japanese band that is active internationally with its one-of-a-kind groove, and Sunny, a popular producer who has worked with many top artists in K-POP and J-POP, and features UMI, a Japanese-American artist who gained attention with the hit single “wherever ur'' in which she performed with BTS's V. The song has been a hot topic even before its release due to its luxurious combination.

The music video, which was released at the same time as the song's release, was produced by MAPPA, Japan's leading animation studio that worked on films such as “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “Attack on Titan: The Final Season,” and “Chainsaw Man.” Contrail, a newly established animation film studio centered around the production staff of “'', will be in charge of joint production.

This is the first time that MAPPA has worked on a Pokémon-related project, and the heartwarming animation, which features characters based on the three artists, JQ, Sunny, and UMI, as well as Pokémon such as Lucky, who has the same name as the song, Dragapult, and Empoleon, is likely to be a hot topic.