Pokemon's next adventure teams up with the iconic Wallace and Gromit stop-motion studio Aardman, although you'll be waiting quite a while for it.

The pokemon company and Ardman to unexpectedly name a team for a “special project”, you'll just be waiting a long time for it.

You know who is one of the best animation studios around? Ardman! The folks over there always hit, even when they miss, with a signature style that's easily recognizable anywhere, including their Star Wars Visions program. So when I heard the news that the beloved animation studio and The Pokemon Company are working together on something, I jumped for joy and shouted “yippee! ” (editor's note: Oisin did not do this literally). At the moment it is a mystery what this project is, in fact the language does not even make it clear if it will be a movie or a TV show.

In a reportVP or marketing and media at The Pokemon Company Taito Okiura said, “This is a dream partnership for Pokémon. Aardman are masters of their craft, and we are blown away by their talent and creativity What we've been working on together is making sure our Pokémon fans are in for a treat!”

Aardman managing director Sean Clarke also issued a statement, saying it's “a great honor to work with The Pokémon Company International – we feel honored to be trusted to 'bringing the characters and their world to life in a modern way. “Together Pokémon, the world's largest entertainment brand, with our love of craft, character and comic storytelling feels incredibly exciting.”

I'm not going to get my hopes up that it's anything like a game, even though Aardman has dabbled in the field with titles like 11-11: Memories Retold, but that would be pretty cute if you ask me (hint, hint). Either way, this will mark the latest stop-motion Pokemon project since last year Pokemon gamewhich was made by the Japanese animation company Dwarf Studios. As a lover of all things stop-motion, I'm all aboard this particular train – it's a shame we won't know what it is for another two dang years.