Posted on February 8, 2010. Filed under: Japan, anime, manga | Tags: anime, manga, Pokemon |
Pokemon, but not as we know them: re-imagined as a series of Edo-era panel drawings, they can be seen here. This is obviously a labour of love for blogger nojosan, whose pixiv page is here.
Pokemon © Nintendo, this image by nojosan
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