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This weird weird weird weird weeeird Summer is now over, I'm having what this super chill 1996 Staryu by Mitsuhiro Arita is having and hope for a better Autumn. From the original Pokémon TCG base set japanese booklet.
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First artwork by Toshihiro Ono for our blogs! A mermaid (Carpmaid?) Misty from the 1999 manga "The Electric Tale of Pikachu"
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Melony, Gordie and his siblings from the Collector's Edition of the Official Pokémon Sword and Shield guide, I hope to see them in the anime :D !
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Welcome back, Pokémon Snap! Let's celebrate with this art by Benimaru Itoh featuring Todd Snap (トオル) and his vehicles from the original 1999 Pokémon Snap (1/3)
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More Arita TCG art for you! Today, a double illustration of Umbreon ! 🌓
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'98 vignettes by Tamotsu Watanabe showing the "Batomen Cyclone" attacks, as I understood it (@DogasusBackpack might know more) an electronic toy that can read barcode to play Pokémon battles with little discs. These are Mr.Mime's "Zombie" and Jynx' "Transparent", more later!
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Guys I'm really hyped up for "Let's go Johto", am I delusional? XD More 2000 Pokémon Crystal art by Ken Sugimori. This is Kris, finally! Your first playable female protagonist, show her some love! (The left one is from the VC presskit the right one is our scan and enhancement.)
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Thanks to @negagogo93 who let us scan his postcard collection, we've finally rescued this iconic piece by Ken Sugimori, dated March 2002 on the back
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Heeey! We're back with some nightmarish brioches from the October 97 issue of the short lived magazine "Pokémon Wonderland"... enjoy this treat
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Ken Sugimori, 1997 art for the Pokémon Carddass no. 000 featuring Red, Green, Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur Scanned by @linkdu83 enhanced by your very @FLECKABEN and @louminosus
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Fact - The full name of N is Natural Harmonia Gropius.
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Hey friends! Would you like to contribute to get the 22 Pokémon tales translated into English? We've finally bought all of them, now we need to commission the translations. If you wish you can read the first ones > tinyurl.com/ucsz2ny2 and help on
ko-fi.com/hi_res_pokemon 🤗
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Possibly late 1997, awesome ancient-looking Kanto Map by the amazing Mitsuhiro Arita, made for the 1998 Pokémon Calendar. 5000px download mediafire.com/view/nbzoscl14… (20Mb)
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"Ghost Times" issue no.7 -1997, Indigo league Ghost Pokémon specialist Agatha, and her Pokémon by Mato, from the manga Pokémon Special (Pokémon Adventures). Scanned and enhanced.
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Illustration of the Regi Gang by Kouki Saitou for a 2004 Pokémon TCG expansion pack.
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A magnificent Suicune, drawn for the BREAKpoint expansion in 2015 by Mitsuhiro Arita. 🌅
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2012, All of Arceus' type changes by Satoshi Yamamoto. Originally from the manga "Pokémon Special", aka "Pokémon Adventures" vol. 42
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Multi-"Ghost Times" triple issue! Three amazing illustrations for the Pokémon Card Game of ... well, three of my favorite Pokémon ever! Gengar, Misdreavous, and Chandelure. Check out So-Taro's gallery here pixiv.net/member.php?id=…, they're amazing. More info later on our Tumblr.
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This 2001 Latios & Latias emblem made for the teaser poster of "Pokemon Heroes" is also one of my favorite pieces ever, RS was the first prerelease/hype period I witnessed and I have great memories of it <3 unknown author, unfortunately
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Here in Italy, the last days of January are traditionally the coldest days of the year, this is a winter-y illustration from the Feb 99 CoroCoro Comic featuring a lot of Johto Pokémon, you're supposed to find the exact Togepi in the upper-right corner... or whatever you like XD
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Ken Sugimori, 1996 art for the Jumbo Carddass no. 5, featuring Pidgeot, Red, Green and the infamous mono-horn Charizard that was apparently a thing in '96 and '97
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A crossover between the Crystal set and Ghost Times! XD Marina (Kris) and her Misdreavus by Ken Sugimori. Posted on the old Game Freak’s website in 2002, with the title 女の子とよなきポケモン “Girl and Screech Pokémon”, original file name “marina.jpg”
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Wild babies appeared!
2020 "Pokémon Nonbiri Life" a series of illustrations for the Pokémon Center by Chiharu Sakazaki.
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First illustration of Rattata card by Arita, published as part of the Base Set (TCG) in 1996! 🐀
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Eevee by Yuko Higuchi for the 2018 exhibition EVs
HQ Pokémon art archive! making the PokéArt book we deserve! Also on Tumblr and Instagram, help translate the PokéTales ko-fi.com/hi_res_pokemon