Piers and Team Yell from the Collector's Edition of the official Pokémon Sword and Shield Guide
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
Hey, it's been a while, right? We're coming back this month with new and enhanced artwork! This is the legendary 3rd generation duo designed by Emiko Yoshino. ✍️
A 1995 manga of 6 pages drawn by Yamabuki Shouma in a collection of strips with many other authors. Showing Red and Green in stupid situations in the Pokémon world! Translation -> @animalcr0ss1ng 1/2
Red, Ponyta, Pidgeotto and his faithful pikachu, drawn by Marumi Yamamoto ❤️
Here's another artwork (enhanced) from the Gamefreak webpage. The great team!
The old Japanese covers of Pokémon were slightly different from the ones we had in Europe and America. 🇯🇵 -> 🌍
We start this Monday with an iconic illustration of Feraligatr by Arita. Expect more enhancements from his work this week !
It's gen 2 madness season again huh? Great! This is how Kagemaru Himeno envisioned Lugia aka "Legendary Pokémon X" in November 1998
Mitsuhiro Arita : "At that time, it was still very difficult to color a poster-sized picture on the computer, so I had to cut it in half and paint each character separately."
First Grimer card published in 1997 and illustrated by Arita!
Dark Golduck, drawn for the Team Rocket extension in 1997 by Mitsuhiro Arita. 😊
Pokémon cards can have special characteristics ... like here: The two versions of the card represent the same scene, but from different angles. It's not great? 😍
In these uncertain times, do like this 1998 Kagemaru Himeno's Sandshrew does and stay home watching the Pokémon anime xD
Bowser, Mario, Luigi, and Shy Guy welcome Pokémon to the Nintendo 64 in this crossover comic by Shigehisa Nakaue appeared on the 1998 July issue of 64DREAM. Translated by @animalcr0ss1ng who's also a freelance jp translator if you need her :D
Bowser, Luigi and Mario crash Pokémon Stadium disguised as Pokémon, in a promotional crossover comic by Shigehisa Nakaue featured in the 1998 July issue of 64Dream, check it out on our twitter, translation by @animalcr0ss1ng
Here's a little Squirtle playing in the water... It reminds me of a famous album cover... By Mitsuhiro Arita - 2004.
More Arita TCG art for you! Today, a double illustration of Umbreon ! 🌓
First iconic illustration of Pikachu card, published as part of the Base Set (TCG) in 1996! 😍
The final TCG artwork for the Charmander family by Mitsuhiro Arita
Lt. Surge and Electabuzz ready for battle. ⚔️ Designed in 1998 by Ken Sugimori for the TCG Gym Heroes Extension Pack.
First illustration of Rattata card by Arita, published as part of the Base Set (TCG) in 1996! 🐀