We introduce the great Keiko Fukuyama on our feed, by blessing you with this totally out of context pic of a Pikachu and a skull-less Cubone from one of her 1999 illustrated tales.
Sayuri Ichiishi’s settei for Bruno’s character in the 1998 episode “To Master the Onixpected!”. Has anyone ever found Lorelei/Prima’s sheet? :o
1997 rendition of the Generation 1 Elite 4 by Akiko Narita 成田章子, in the book, ポケットモンスター 用語辞典 “Pokémon Vocabulary”.
Friends! What you see might be the EARLIEST officially released Pokémon illustration ever.
It’s a Game Freak 1993 New Year postcard by Ken Sugimori found and scanned by the awesome collector http://instagram.com/hapycakeoven A truly exciting discovery. This does not pre-date Capsule Monsters, this card might represent the first time Game Freak showed Pokémon to the public. It surely is the earliest published picture to date. As you might know, these cards are usually in colour, so let the hunt for the original begin!
More details in HapyCakeOven’s original post (I got his permission to clean it up and retweet it) HERE!
paleo-witch asked:
Me: It's "Hi Res Pokémon"
"Hi. Res. Pokémon."
That's all it is.
It's not-
My brain: "Hires Pokémon"
However we fire them too
1998, Brock (タケシ Takeshi) the Gym Leader of Pewter City by Ken Sugimori for the expansion Gym Heroes (ジム拡張第1弾 リーダーズスタジアム), scanned by us and enhanced by the kind @pinkgermy! An amazing Pokémon Artist, go and follow her account now both here and on Twitter.
1999, Blaine (カツラ Katsura) the Gym Leader of Cinnabar Island by Ken Sugimori for the expansion Gym Challenge (ジム拡張第2弾 闇からの挑戦), scanned by us and enhanced by FLECKABEN!
Peak Sugimori Alert! At last, we are proud to present the page from the Pokémon 1998 Calendar, the last time Ken Sugimori painted the gen 1 Pokémon in his trademark watercolor style. A wonderful piece we re-scanned and smoothed a bit, and this time you can find a 12k pixel version for download HERE.
Mitsuhiro Arita’s page is also done, you can find it HERE.
Possibly late 1997, awesome ancient-looking Kanto Map by the amazing Mitsuhiro Arita, made for the 1998 Pokémon Calendar. Click here for the 5000px download (20Mb)
1999, Giovanni (サカキ Sakaki) the Gym Leader of Viridian City and Boss of Team Rocket by Ken Sugimori for the expansion Gym Challenge (ジム拡張第2弾 闇からの挑戦), scanned by us and enhanced by FLECKABEN!
