That makes the Pokémon team several generations of animators away from the artists who worked on Looney Tunes and other entries in the golden era of American animation slapstick shorts from the 1940s and ’50s. But what if Pokémon had been around in those days?

Starring Scraggy and Mimikyu (or Zuruggu and Mimikkyu, to use their Japanese names), Chase the Beans is a new short produced by Yoshiyuki Koie, who also served as producer for the Pokémon: Twilight Wings net animation series. Dubbed a Pokétoon, the dialogue-free video takes clear inspiration from classic Looney Tunes and its contemporaries, from the smooth but cycling animation, stretching and squashing of character models, and even the soft brush-style backgrounds with a different color design than what’s used for the characters and foregrounds.

Get a closer look at the process behind the creation of this zany animation in the original article from our friends at SoraNews24 via the link below!

Related Stories from SoraNews24

Anything Pikachu can do Mimikyu can do, including turn into an adorable PC cushion plushie
First-ever permanent Pokémon cafe set to open in Tokyo alongside new Pokémon Center megastore
Pokémon GO game adds Sableye, Banette, more Hoenn Pokémon
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu movie trailer surprises fans with first look at live-action characters