Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh fuck. Did you just eat that whole mushroom farm? Are you sure they were Shiitakes?
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However if descending, please accompany with the soundtrack for this weeks entry.
There’s no getting around it. Cloyster is a Gastly turned vagina dentata clam. You’ll never look at this peice the same way.
Only nothing but the whole Gastly is super underrated in the line although Gengar has remained constant outside TCG (being a substitute for Alakazam) not only due to mainstream popularity, also it’s VGC success. But we’re here to celebrate their visual journey. Gastly looks Bat like or even Looney Tunes inspired. You can see what Belle Delphine is trying to transform into when she makes that fucking stupid simpering gesture for all her losers, anyway I was one who LIKED Haunter as holofoil.
Despite the Doppelganger/ Cheshire Cat basis, there is a Joker somewhere in Gangar. Whereas Alakazam is sorta Pokémon’s Dark Magician. Alpha Alakazam/ Omega Gengar? Idk… I recently made a sketch of the evo line flying, based after sharks, air swimming.
It’s the Dark Haunter/ Gengar that gets me most but damn the consistency I suppose with three of the earliest abstract characters. Back then it’s absract nature woke me as the dimension wall breaking Pokémon equivalent to this. I’m sure all the ghosts act this way somewhere in the anime.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mpp5_aQDSA
Nice try Sabrina’s Gastly, but lol Slowbro isn’t one to fuck with. Kusajima’s Gastly (EX Legend Maker) got that 90’s Cartoon Newtork look going.
I started to change the accuracy of sync around the later sets because, well they looked better.
Honorable mentions with commentary: Onix was my introduction to Pokémon via anime and my first card and had a soft spot since. Yep. Komiya’s Vending Onix is incredibly heartfelt. Aww. The Aquapolis Kusajiima one too which syncs with his Steelix art but it’s the Arita one that captured me most and angrily was disappointed it wasn’t rare but Brock’s has got the Stadium vibes on point (Itoh).
Besides a few boring ones Drowzee and Hypno have several psychedelic masterpieces under their belt and that’s saying something, which is kinda disturbing but fuck, what are we Abra line cultists gonna do? Komiya’s and Himeno’s examples are some of Pokémon’s greatest work. I love them. Please make a shining Hypno card soon.
Kingler’s definitely been shafted after it’s anime character, hope to see something epic come out of its new form soon, unlike getting ignored (Mega Pinsir). Komiya Vending orb of course. Electrode is just shit. Voltorb has something going. The Shining Exeggcute was a great choice at a time when Shinings were a lure of mystery but man does Exeggutor rank high in that treatment too.
Having Threexeggutors one for each head here. Fight me. Southern Islands (Kimura) e-series (Baba & Kizuki) and OOyama’s were close but there’s something trippy about Toshinao Aoki’s Dark exe. Incase you’re wondering by now Exeggutor is a trip.
Speaking of trips it gets harder to look at Cubone’s work as life goes on, and has grown to favor it more as it resonates with you increasingly. Sowsow is one of the more prominent modern team members. Fuck.
The Hitmons work best when in sync together. If only Throh and Sawk kept the character tradition. Komiya’s Team UP rendition is close but actually for not it’s use of sunset setting popular to martial arts in Japan but the urban atmosphere. There’s just that little more symbolic theme happening leaning me toward Negishi’s. Yuka Morii’s take on being selected for Bruno of all characters was perfect.
Lickitung seems to me related to the Poliline, having close frog attributes. Nishida is brilliant with the white highlights but akin to Koizumi’s Unified Licki, it should go into the trippy, Uzumaki direction.
@azulryu meant to say this before but you don’t have to feel the need to reconsider after seeing mine. I assure you that I don’t intend on plagiarising and we’re merely being psychic, not seeing your choice until after.
As always, if you make it to the end. Thank you for sticking around to give a care about my opinion.