Pokemon Taps World-Famous Manga Artist for New Card Art
The is working with one of the biggest manga artists of all time on its newest card set. Later this month, the will release, a new card set in Japan focused on Eevee and its evolution. This is a «High Class Pack» set with guaranteed rares, more cards, and more full art and alternate art cards than normal Japanese sets. Today, The Company revealed one more big surprise tied to the set.
Recently, The Company released advertisements for in subway stations in Japan, featuring art of Palafin. As noted by PokeBeach, the artwork was by Tetsuo Hara, the illustrator of. This famous manga sold over 100 million copies and is considered one of the most influential manga of all time, having influenced manga like and with its hyper-violence and inspiring to utilize fatalities as its finishing moves. This marks one of the biggest collaborations of all time for The Company.
Assumably, the Palafin artwork will appear as alternate art on one of the cards, making it an instant chase card for fans. While the cards will be released in Japan first, international fans will be able to grab the cards when they are released as part of the set in January 2025. will be a special set that won't be released as individual booster packs, as it will only be sold in special boxed products, similar to or
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In addition to this amazing Palafin artwork,Eevee and all of its evolutions will also have alternate art cards, featuring the Pokémon with Stellar Tera Crowns. The set will contain over 30 special illustration rare cards and five gold-etched cards. The set will also use a special reverse holofoil treatment featuring Poké Balls. The full set will be released in the United States on January 17th, 2025, with additional products released throughout the year.
Tetsuo Hara is a legend and it's amazing that he contributed artwork for a card. has worked with other
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