Netflix has dropped a Pokémon Secrets of the Jungle trailer

This new animated film marks the 23rd animated Pokémon movie in the franchise, and will premiere on Netflix around the world with the exception of Japan, China, and Korea on October 8, 2021. Here’s the synopsis:

Deep within the Forest of Okoya, the Mythical Pokémon Zarude live in a troop and maintain a strict rule that forbids outsiders from entering their territory. Elsewhere in the jungle lives Koko, a human boy raised by a lone Zarude who left the troop. Koko has grown up never doubting that he is a Zarude. But one day, a chance meeting with Ash and Pikachu leaves Koko with his first human friend. Is he truly a Pokémon? Or is he, in fact, a human? When danger threatens the jungle, the bonds between Pokémon and human—and the love between parent and child—will be put to the test…

There’s a range of connected marketing happening across various games in the franchise, aiming to make this a global release event on October 8.

You can watch the Pokémon Secrets of the Jungle trailer here, and read more in the Netflix press release. The press release calls this the first official trailer, so expect more in the coming weeks.