Hello everyone! I came across pictures from Chinese social media of signed cards from the previous Kagemaru Himeno signing in Shanghai this year. All the cards signed at this event look amazing, and I have some here to share with you. All the custom artworks looks like something pokemon would commission themselves to use on cards and not just quick sketches you typically see. (There is definitely a love of the custom poncho sketches)
I know Himeno also had a signing in Charlotte, and you can quickly see that the ones then are hard to compare to the level you see here.
I’m curious to see what everyone thinks about these sketches and the direction of Pokémon autograph. Is this a strategy by Pokémon to build up popularity in China fast? Would Himeno do this kind of signing again for her fans? If anyone has other pictures of signed cards from this event, I would love to see them because each is so unique.
Wow, those artworks are stellar. That Reshiram sketch is really well made. Do you happen to know the size of the event or the how many people were allowed to have their cards signed? Given how elaborate these signatures are, it seems like a quite some time is needed for the artist to do them so clean and with this level of detail. I can imagine this will not be possible for a very large signing event. Maybe it was for a group of private collectors?
At the moment, I only know that it was a multi-day event in Shanghai. I’m not sure the scale of this event is. I’ve found some information regarding the signings here with translation.
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