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British Museum adds Pokemon exhibit featuring the artwork of Ken Sugimori

Artwork worthy of a museum
by rawmeatcowboy
26 May 2019
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The British Museum in London has just added in an exhibit that Nintendo fans will want to check out. A new display features original Pokemon artwork from Game Freak artist Ken Sugimori. You can see the illustrations above, which are accompanied by the following blurb..

Pokemon illustrations, 1996 and 2018 by Sugimori Ken (born 1966): A small group of artists including Sugimori Ken designed the first Pokemon. These illustrations show how Pikachu has developed since his creation in 1996 (left) to 2018 (right). Others show Bulbasaur and Mew, numbers 001 and 151 of the original 151 Pokemon species. With regular new additions, there are currently over 800 collectible Pokemon.

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