Is Luberto canon? Not officially, but Luca story lead McKenna Harris posted some cute fan art of the two young sea monsters, with a sweet Luberto kiss.
Fans of Pixar’s Luca — specifically those who ship the titular young sea monster and his best friend Alberto — are rejoicing on social media, announcing that “Luberto” (as the ship has been dubbed) has been declared canon. This conversation sparked when McKenna Harris, story artist on Luca and director of the companion short Ciao Alberto, shared a sequence of cute (and unofficial) art of Luca and Alberto in an Instagram story, ending with a picture of the two kissing beneath an umbrella.
“I had a whole sequence in mind of Luca and Alberto reuniting for four summers in a row culminating in a kiss,” Harris wrote.
Just to clarify, Pixar has not actually confirmed that Luca and Alberto are a couple. Some people on social media are calling Harris the director of Luca, but Harris only directed the accompanying short. These images are unofficial, and even if Harris is more intimately acquainted with the characters than a typical fan artist, director Enrico Casarosa has not weighed in.
