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How Ken Sugimori designed the most powerful Pokémon ever created a story where science met art. The Pokemon That Was Never Born Mewtwo wasn’t born it was manufactured. In the ruins of a lab, scientists used Mew’s DNA to create what they believed would be the ultimate Pokémon. It was humanity’s attempt to design perfection a fusion of biology, […]
The 1996 Bulbasaur card, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, marked the true beginning of Pokemon’s visual universe. Before Charizard’s flames or Pikachu’s sparks, there was life, green, calm, and quietly powerful. It was the moment when the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) found its artistic soul. The first breath of Pokemon TCG art The Bulbasaur Base Set card […]
How Atsuko Nishida gave shape to electricity itself. Pikachu isn’t just the face of Pokemon, it’s the face of collectible art. The Pikachu TCG original art created by Atsuko Nishida in 1996, became the foundation for how we perceive not just Pokemon, but cuteness, nostalgia, and simplicity in card art. From soft pastel outlines to modern […]