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Ancient Mew (our first De-holo!) and its official lexicon from Sept. 99 Coro Coro. It's interesting to get the meaning of the Mayan symbols behind Mew: Death, Birth, Succession, and Enthronement. One mystery remains, who's the author!? Restored back and extras in thread (1/2)
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Today on "Average-Res Pokémon" Koga and Giovanni battling using "Toxic Cloud" and "Call the Boss" from their cards by Kagemaru Himeno, in June 99 CoroCoro. Unfortunately, these pics are always so tiny there's no use in up-res-ing them up all the way :/ really funny anyways
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Peak Sugimori Alert! At last, we are proud to present the page from the Pokémon 1998 Calendar, the last time he painted gen 1 Pokémon in his trademark watercolor style. A wonderful piece we re-scanned, and this time you can find a 12k pixel version for download in the thread!
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AMAZIIING! Finally, a ton of HQ Pokémon Anime Settei from the first season has been just dropped by the awesome @setteidreams ! check them out setteidreams.net/settei/pocket-… and follow them on twitter :D
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Friends! What you see is the EARLIEST Pokémon illustration ever published we know of. GameFreak 93 New Year postcard by Ken Sugimori found and scanned by the awesome collector instagram.com/hapycakeoven A truly exciting discovery. There's probably a color version around ò.o7
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1997 rendition of the Gen 1 Elite 4 by Akiko Narita, in the book ポケットモンスター 用語辞典 (Pokémon Vocabulary)
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Bill's biography from the 1997 book 大人にもわかるポケモンカード 戦略, revealing his birth date as well as an alternate surname (Kido) and... he's from Pallet Town now xD? Translated by @BristleBris
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1997, Elite 4 Lorelei and her Pokémon by Mato 真斗 , from the manga Pokémon Special (Pokémon Adventures). Scanned and enhanced by us.
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It's almost Summer here, but let's celebrate Spring anyways with this 1999 piece by the great Keiko Fukuyama.
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A very cool 1999 Dugtrio blinded by the sun, by Keiko Fukuyama
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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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Summer! A 1999 piece by Keiko Fukuyama
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Pikachu and Togepi eating watermelon in a 1999 illustration by Keiko Fukuyama
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New Pokémon Tale available, thank you all for your support on Ko-fi, this wasn't on the list, but since it's pretty rare we thought to do it anyways, Sumiyoshi Kizuki's 2001 Detective Chikorita, written by Akihito Toda and translated by @jeikonbuhonyaku [1/5]
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Who are you running from? The time has come, I had to do this. AI-enhanced error faces from the 1998 Game Boy Camera. Yea... sorry
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Illustration by Atsuko Nishida from the promotional Jumbo Card "Pikachu's Summer Vacation" for the June 1998 issue of CoroCoro Comic.
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Camping Pokémon in a 1999 postcard by Keiko Fukuyama
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More camping Pokémon in a 1999 postcard by Keiko Fukuyama
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1998 postcard by Keiko Fukuyama also featuring Ash
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Nidoking and his little Nidoran in this piece by Mina Nakai for the 2016 Pokémon Card expansion "Steam Siege"
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One of my favourite pieces, Nidoran M by Mitsuhiro Arita for the 2007 Pokémon TCG expansion "Secret Wonders"
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Tomokazu Komiya's artwork for "Pokémon March" , from the 2000 Pokémon TCG expansion "Neo Genesis"
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Emolga by Tomokazu Komiya from the 2013 expansion set "Legendary Treasures"
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A sweet Cubone by Tomokazu Komiya from the 2001 Pokémon TCG set "Expedition"
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