{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d0d786cbfc284b07a8c666e7","clusterId":"c_504700033b5f4760a28e275d","slug":"olm-animates-new-scooby-doo-anime-yokoso-scooby-doo","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"OLM-Animated Scooby-Doo Series Yokoso Scooby-Doo! Heads to Tubi and Cartoon Network","summary":"Tubi TV announced on Monday that it has licensed Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, a new anime in the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise. Warner Bros. Animation is producing the series, with OLM, the studio known for Pokémon and The Apothecary Diaries, handling animation. Itsuro Kawasaki is directing the series, and Francisco Paredes is co-producing. Frank Welker voices Scooby-Doo, and Matthew Lillard voices Shaggy. The story follows Scooby and Shaggy on a food tour of Japan where they accidentally release hundreds of mythical monsters. They are joined by Scooby's uncle Daisuke-Doo, a magical girl named Yume, and a gadget whiz named Takumi. Tubi will stream the series exclusively in North America, while Cartoon Network will handle overseas distribution. Warner Bros. previously announced a series at Annecy in 2024 under the title Go-Go Mystery Machine, which had a similar premise. The studio also announced Scooby-Doo! Gokko, a short anime premiering in 2027, at an event in Brazil in November 2025.","whyItMatters":"This is the first time OLM, a studio best known for long-running Japanese franchises, has been tapped to animate a major Western cartoon property, signaling a deeper cross-Pacific production pipeline between Warner Bros. and Japanese animation studios.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eWarner Bros. Animation first teased the project at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2024 under the working title \u003cem\u003eGo-Go Mystery Machine\u003c/em\u003e, which featured a similar premise of Scooby and Shaggy traveling abroad. The series was then slated to air on Cartoon Network.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItsuro Kawasaki, who directs the series, has previously directed \u003cem\u003eBaban Baban Ban Vampire\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCardfight!! Vanguard\u003c/em\u003e (2018), and \u003cem\u003eThe Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil\u003c/em\u003e. Co-producer Francisco Paredes has worked as a writer on \u003cem\u003eYoung Justice\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBaby Shark's Big Show!\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew Lillard, who voices Shaggy, also played the character in the live-action \u003cem\u003eScooby-Doo\u003c/em\u003e films released in 2002 and 2004. Frank Welker has voiced Scooby-Doo for more than 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarner Bros. announced a separate project, \u003cem\u003eScooby-Doo! Gokko\u003c/em\u003e, at an event in Brazil in November 2025. That series is described as a short anime premiering in 2027, similar to the \u003cem\u003eTom \u0026 Jerry Gokko\u003c/em\u003e shorts that Warner Bros. Japan began releasing monthly in November 2022. Japan-based Fanworks, known for \u003cem\u003eAggretsuko\u003c/em\u003e, is handling animation production for \u003cem\u003eScooby-Doo! Gokko\u003c/em\u003e, with Studio Nanahoshi providing animation production assistance. Warner Bros. has not confirmed which studio is animating \u003cem\u003eScooby-Doo! Gokko\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"OLM, the studio behind Pokémon and The Apothecary Diaries, is animating a Scooby-Doo anime called Yokoso Scooby-Doo! for Tubi and Cartoon Network. Scooby and Shaggy accidentally unleash mythical monsters in Japan.","twitterPost":"Warner Bros. is producing two Scooby-Doo anime projects: the full series Yokoso Scooby-Doo! by OLM, and the short-form Scooby-Doo! Gokko by Fanworks, set for 2027.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Tubi TV announced on Monday that it has licensed Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, a new anime in the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise. Warner Bros. Animation is producing the series, with OLM, the studio known for Pokémon and The Apothecary Diaries, handling animation. Itsuro Kawasaki is directing the series, and Francisco Paredes is co-producing. Frank Welker voices Scooby-Doo, and Matthew Lillard voices Shaggy. The story follows Scooby and Shaggy on a food tour of Japan where they accidentally release hundreds of mythical monsters. They are joined by Scooby's uncle Daisuke-Doo, a magical girl named Yume, and a gadget whiz named Takumi. Tubi will stream the series exclusively in North America, while Cartoon Network will handle overseas distribution. Warner Bros. previously announced a series at Annecy in 2024 under the title Go-Go Mystery Machine, which had a similar premise. The studio also announced Scooby-Doo! 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