To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Pokémon on February 27th, 2026, many noteable staff members and voice actors from the franchise posted congratulatory messages on social media.

Masayuki Goto:

My final Japan as an animator was at OLM doing Animation Production for the Pokémon anime.
I didn't work on the TV series, but I did quite a bit of mecha design for the movies.
The first thing I designed was Armored Mewtwo.

実はアニメーター時代の最後のキャリアはポケモンのアニメを制作してるＯＬＭだったんだよね
ポケモンのテレビの仕事はやってないけど映画のメカデザは結構やったんだ
最初にデザインしたのはアーマードミューツーっす

https://x.com/aws49t8evynpx7u/status/2027178335693082643

Inuko Inuyama: