This is what Pokémon looks like when nobody's fighting. Every frame is handcrafted stop-motion so detailed you can count the sand grains, and the show knows exactly what it's doing with that, it's not trying to explode off the screen, it's trying to make you stay. Haru and Psyduck solve small problems for small guests, and somehow that's enough. The episodes are predictable in the best way, the kind of comfort that doesn't demand anything from you except to sit there and let it be beautiful.

Worn down by a string of misfortunes, Haru leaves her corporate job to become a rookie concierge at the Pokémon Resort, a tropical island getaway where people and Pokémon come to unwind. Alongside her partner Psyduck and under the cheerful manager Watanabe, she looks after visiting trainers and their Pokémon. Letting go of her old priorities is hard, but the work slowly teaches her to relax and value companionship. Told in stop-motion animation by dwarf studio, this short slice-of-life fantasy is a warm story of personal growth.