Gym Leader Kasumi sticker I made for August’s substar reward! Will be coming to my [ store ] sometime in October!
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Tokuda Yumenosuke only directed about 15 episodes of the Pokemon anime and one special (The Blue Badge of Courage dubbed as part of Pokemon Chronicles,) but he has such an appealing art style, with thick lineart that tapers to fine points, defined corners of lips, fun expressions, and just such a lovely art style in general. Every character looks better in his style! There's still this 90's anime-esque sharpness to it (the very stiff popped collars, the little M part in Shuu/Drew's hair, even the shading style is more zig-zaggy... you'll notice as you move into the 2000's, anime prefer a simpler halo shine that shows smoothness for the most part rather than a detailed, more zig-zaggy shine that shows texture/implies strands.)
(Check out Shuu/Drew's introduction episode where he's still more of a cocky jerk before he loses the very 90's anime little part in his hair and his design turns softer and rounder along with his personality... he had his thorns filed down as he was forced to acknowledge Haruka as his equal after she saves his life and he drops the -kun and they no longer a senpai-kouhai dynamic. :D; )
Iwane is the most skillful animator and Tamagawa is my favourite for sheer style (those adorably huge eyes and more natural silhouettes--check out how natural Iris and Dent's figures are compared to how lower detail and more compact/cartoony they look in other animators' styles), but Yumenosuke has this dramatic, solid art style and I just love it.
The corners of mouths and thick, tapering lineart are the most distinctive tells. Also, little wrinkles and folds and things. Check out the wrinkles on Mightyena's snout!!
Naturally, he's also the one who drew the (much nicer) first half of the unfortunate Groudon VS Kyoge two-parter... which also had this fun scene where Ash and Mightyena stare each other down and growl (yes, feral Ash, growling at a hyena/wolf/dog monster.)
It's easy to recognize it as his work too because just look at Izumi (Shelly)! The hair animation (which was very rare back in that era of the Pokemon anime, it was so stiff, aha...), the face, and again, really stretching the expressions.
Other important episodes Tokuda worked on was the episode Misty said goodbye to Togetic... (again, look at the very 90's shine to the hair in the sunset. Also, the hair has more of a natural texture in that closeup. ^^)
So, I hope this helps you appreciate an animator you might not've known the name of before, even if you might've loved their work. ^^ It's quite fun if you recognize the unique touches each animator and artist brings to the characters.
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It came to my attention that Rachael Lillis, the english voice actress of Misty and other characters from the Pokemon anime passed away recently.
Pokemon was one of the 1st anime I remember watching, especialy the 1st season. Her passing was really unfortunate, so I decided to make something as a tribute for her.
R.I.P Rachael Lillis, thank you for all the memories
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Did you know Ash x Misty already happened
#pokeshipping
Yeah this was the first movie promo with an older Misty with her daughter who is presumably asking about Ash.
Now I don’t know how pink hair is made in general or how you get blue eyes from Misty’s green eyes but have you seen Misty’s sisters lol but yeah this implies Misty and Ash got together and had her
This is a scrapped concept obviously but shows how behind Ash x Misty the anime team was that they even animated this
Granted it was original series there was no idea it would have blown up to be this big and have gone on for how long it has
Pokeshipping got eclipsed by the more recent ones like Pearl and Amour but just a reminder Misty was first and in an alternate world, they are both adults with a kid
Not even really a shipper (I do have a preference though)
But I just thought it was fun to bring this up with all the talk about if the new protagonist is Ash’s kid happening now with the new series announcement and how a lot is debating between Dawn or Serena
But Misty did technically have a kid with Ash first lol
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Drawtober 2022 Day 11 - Water
I've drawn Misty for drawtobers multiple times by now haha. She has a character design I find fun to draw I think!
(This year I’m using this prompt list.)
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Quick Misty Drawpile doodle based off of @redrabbu and her recent Kasumi cosplay set.
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