Today marks the one year anniversary of my Pokémon collection on E4. Typically on birthdays and special occasions we make wishes. Well, today I’m making a wish upon a star and celebrating with Jirachi, The Wish Maker.
My favorite artwork of Jirachi is Nishida’s Nintendo Promo #21. It released in 2003 and the English version of the card was packaged with DVD copies of Jirachi: Wish Maker. I love how Nishida placed Jirachi in the sky amongst the moon and the stars. Whimsical and buoyant, Jirachi seems to hang in the sky. Drawn with white light luminating from its body and mouth slightly agape, Jirachi appears to have risen from a deep slumber. It is said that Jirachi only awakens for seven days every thousand years. On this cosmic time scale, a sighting of the mythical Jirachi would be akin to seeing a comet orbiting once every millennium. Have you ever wished upon a shooting star?