#pokemon ova

[slutpoppers]

Pokemon

[jadeazora]

Unpopular opinion, I'm completely cool with Horizons doing it's own thing and not incorporating the storyline of Scarlet and Violet. I'm already pretty interested in how they'll play out Liko's story and the mystery of the Terapagos in the pendant. Plus, with how JN basically did a speedrun of the SwSh plot with Rose, I'd be worried about how they would handle the Team Star stuff or Arven's storyline.

That said, I hope we get an OVA series more along the lines of Origins to compensate (but perhaps a bit longer than just four episodes. Maybe, like 10 episodes)? Full-length episodes tho, not 5-10 minutes like the other OVAs.

The OVAs tend to look better and have nicer animation than the weekly series anyway, so I feel that could be an added bonus. 😉

[videogames-i-wish-were-real]

Videogames I wish were real #85

Oh to live in play a pixel art Pokemon farming sim. You have a cute lil house you can decorate to your liking. Every day you get to take care of your berries and apricorns. You get to feed and pet and take care of your pokemon. There's minigames where you get to bath them or play stuff like hide and seek or tag or tic-tac-toe or with them. You can pick one pokemon to follow you around. When you reach a high enough friendship level with one pokemon they'll sometimes bring you gifts and you can ask them to help you with some chores around the house or the farm. You use the wool you get from Mareeps and Wooloos to knit sweaters and socks and blankets. You make cheese and butter with the milk you get from Miltank. Once you progress enough in the game you get to open a cute lil store in the town where you sell all your homemade wares to the townspeople and also items to visiting trainers such as the pokeballs you make from apricorns. Every couple of months you turn on your tv and hear about a ten year old saving the world and half the time you know the kid because they've been to your store. Sometimes you'll find wild pokemon you can approach and befriend. No combat mechanics, you feed the pokemon or pet them or offer them shinies and they usually leave you alone except sometimes they'll follow you home. The cute lil town you live in has a ton of festivities and charming npcs. You can ask npcs to be your (platonic or not) roommates, you can marry npcs, you can have kids or adopt them (without being on a relationship) or stay single. There's no limit to how many pokemon beds you can place inside your house. You can place pokebeds, food and water bowls anywhere in the world. You can also fish and dive and mine and forage. If you leave a bunch of berries in an ancient hidden shrine to Groudon/Kyogre you can ensure that the next day is rainy or extra sunny. One time you ran into Palkia and Dialga and offered them some really tasty pokepuffs so now you have the gods of space and time at your beck and call and you can basically time travel and teleport as long as you give them treats first. You like to stay up late on the nights when the tv says there's going to be Minior showers to watch the colorful falling stars with your pokemon cuddled at your side. Life is good.

Similar games that actually exist: Stardew Valley, Pokemon, Moonstone Island, Ooblets, Monster Harvest, Critter Crops, Ova Magica

[souenkun]

"for just a minute, a day, or the rest of our lives" | huntershipping

It only took Silver a second for him to connect the dots, and if the cages of his ribs were ready to burst open before from the frantic thumping of his heart, it certainly did now with how much warmth was oozing from it, expanding bigger and larger when he glanced back at Ethan, meeting the same shade of the rising moon that he just saw coating one of the rocks, glinting with the brilliance of life in his lover's irises.

Or: on one, summer evening at one of Pasio's many beaches, Ethan was determined to find specific-colored rocks, and Silver received more than just beach pebbles when his boyfriend finally found the perfect ones.

This is a standalone fanfic.

[snailfen]

hey pokemon fans!!! does anyone know some TOTALLY LEGAL SITES where i can TOTALLY LEGALLY FIND THESE PROLOGUES? cant seem to find any :(

[scapegoat-fanverse]

Cain & Mabel by Scapegoat Fanverse [Comic Drama Part #1]

OVAS have started dubbing Cain and Mabel and it is beautiful

[a-prism-of-deceit]

I apparently forgot to post them here so I'll just catch it up. I took a break on Saturday from the #colorwheelchallenge but came back for number three today. We have

Red- Alucard

Orange - Kento of Hardrock from Ronin Warriors

Yellow- Gigantamax Pikachu

[runawaycarouselhorse]

[focussashay]

Every time i talk to my cousin in paldea i feel like the drive thru anon meme

[slutpoppers]

Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (1999)

[squeakitties]

We see have rubber Pokemon but what about rubber Digimon?

I would kill for some Lekismon

im just not invested in digimon; i didn't grow up with it and haven't really been around it much. a friend showed us that really funny weird mix of the three digimons OVAs frankensteined together with insane pop culture music. fucking all star by smash mouth was in it

[guys-in-distress-database]

GID Masterlist: Anime

This is every anime GID scene I could compile from my sources. It's definitely not complete, but has all the ones I know about!

Adventures of the Little Mermaid (eps. 4-6, 8, 17, 20, 21; tied up, bound and gagged)

Akame ga Kill! (eps. 9/10, 21; chained, tied up, crucified)

Akira (15 mins in; handcuffed, gagged)

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna (eps. 9; bound and gagged)

Arata the Legend (eps. 2; wooden handcuffs)

Attack on Titan season 1 (eps. 14; handcuffed)

Attack on Titan season 2 (eps. 10-12; bound and gagged)

Attack on Titan season 3 (eps. 1/2, 5-7; chained and gagged, tied up)

Attack on Titan season 4 (eps. 8, 9, 15, 19-22; tied up, chained, bound and gagged)

Attack on Titan: No Regrets (pt. 1; handcuffed)

Bakumatsu season 1 (eps. 8-11; tied up)

Bakumatsu season 2 (eps. 1, 6, 7, 10; tied up)

Banana Fish (eps. 2-4, 8-10, 13-15, 20-22, 24; tied up, handcuffed, handgagged, chained, ziptied, duct tapped)

Be Boy Kidnappin' Idol (OVA; tied up, handgagged)

Black Butler season 1 (eps. 2, 4, 7, 16; tied up, handgagged, bound and gagged)

Black Butler OVA (pt. 2; bound and gagged)

Brave Story (six minutes in; bound and gagged)

Bungou Stray Dogs (eps. 6, 9; chained, bound and gagged)

Castle in the Sky (roughly halfway through/during the climax; tied up)

Chaika the Coffin Princess (eps. 5; tied up)

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion season 1 (eps. 3/4; straightjacketed)

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion season 2 (eps. 2, 10; straightjacketed, bound and gagged)

Cuticle Detective Inaba (eps. 1; bound and gagged)

Death Note (eps. 16/17; handcuffed, leather straps)

Detective Conan (eps. 563/564, 803, 845/846, 871, 968; bound and gagged, blindfolded, tied up)

Deltora Quest (eps. 19, 33/34, 38, 43, 47; tied up, bound and gagged)

Dies Irae (eps. 1, 4, 5, 7, 11; tied up, chained, strapped down)

Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean (eps. 3; bound and gagged, duct taped)

Fairy Tail (eps. 5, 35, 54, 89, 125, 300; tied up, bound and gagged, chained, crucified)

Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch (1 hour and 10 mins in/after the end credits; bound and gagged)

Fate/Stay Night (eps. 13/14; tied up)

Fullmetal Alchemist (eps. 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 19, 24, 27, 29, 41, 48, 49; chained, tied up, bound and gagged, handcuffed)

Garo the Animation (eps. 14; tied up)

Giant Gorg (eps. 12-14, 19/20; tied up, bound and gagged, strapped down)

Girly Air Force (eps. 1; bound and gagged)

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (eps. 1/2, 4, 6, 8, 11; bound and gagged, tied up, handcuffed)

Hanasakeru Seishounen (eps. 16/17; tied up)

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast season 1 (eps. 3; bound and gagged)

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast season 2 (eps. 4; bound and gagged)

Idolish7 season 3 (eps. 14/15; tied up, handcuffed, bound and gagged)

Kamisama Dolls (eps. 4; bound and gagged)

Kekkaishi (eps. 3/4, 44-46; bound and gagged)

Libra of Nil Admirari (eps. 12; bound and gagged)

The Lost Village (eps. 3, 5, 12; tied up, bound and gagged)

Magical Girl Ore (eps. 1/2, 8, 11/12; tied up)

Midori no Hibi (eps. 1/2, 11; tied up, bound and gagged)

My Hero Academia season 2 (eps. 12, 22; tied up, bound and gagged)

My Hero Academia season 3 (eps. 7/8; handcuffed)

Nabari no Ou (eps. 23; bound and gagged)

Naruto (eps. 2, 175/176, 209-212; tied up, bound and gagged)

Naruto OVA (Mission: Protect the Hidden Waterfall Village; tied up)

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (around 13 mins in; bound and gagged)

Natsume's Book of Friends season 1 (eps. 9; tied up)

Natsume's Book of Friends season 3 (eps. 7; tied up)

Natsume's Book of Friends season 4 (eps. 1; tied up)

One Piece (eps. 457-480; chained)

Persona 5: The Animation (eps. 1; handcuffed)

Pokemon season 1 (eps. 12, 26, 33, 45, 46, 62, 63, 68; tied up, gagged)

Pokemon season 2 (eps. 10, 35; tied up)

Pokemon season 3 (eps. 6, 22, 30, 41; tied up, bound and gagged)

Pokemon season 5 (eps. 47, 53, 57; tied up, bound and gagged)

Pokemon season 6 (eps. 10, 32, 38; tied up, bound and gagged)

Pokemon season 8 (eps. 7; tied up)

Pokemon season 12 (eps. 32; tied up)

Pokemon season 17 (eps. 7, 10; tied up)

Pokemon season 18 (eps. 7, 14, 34; tied up)

Pokemon season 19 (eps. 15, 39; tied up)

Pokemon season 21 (eps. 47; tied up)

Psychic Detective Yakumo (eps. 9; tied up)

Rewrite (eps. 6, 11; bound and gagged, blindfolded)

The Royal Tutors (eps. 9; tied up, bound and gagged)

Rurouni Kenshin (eps. 3, 18, 19, 22, 26, 44, 76, 85; tied up, bound and gagged, chained, wooden handcuffs)

Samurai Flamenco (eps. 4, 9, 15, 17, 21; tied up, handcuffed)

Sands of Destruction (eps. 1, 3, 8, 10; tied up, bound and gagged)

Seraph of the End: Battle of Nagoya (eps. 1; handcuffed and gagged)

Shikizakura (eps. 1/2, 6; ziptied, gagged)

Snow White with the Red Hair (eps. 18, 19, 21; tied up)

Spice and Wolf (eps. 12/13; tied up)

Tales from Earthsea (roughly a quarter into the movie; chained)

Tokyo Ghoul (eps. 10-12; chained, blindfolded, bound and gagged)

Uninhabited Planet Survive (eps. 28/29; tied up)

Valvrave the Liberator (eps. 2, 3, 4; tied up, bound and gagged)

Yu-gi-oh! (eps. 70, 72; tied up)

[wanderersrest]

An Abbreviated History of Mecha Part 5: It's (Dahlia of) Wednesday, My Dudes (2000-2010)

I apologize for nothing.

Welcome back to An Abbreviated History of Mecha! Last time we left off, the 90's had come and gone, bringing with it a whole cavalcade of mecha shows as well as Pokemon in its wake. Now the Torchics have come home to roost, as Pokemon explodes in popularity in the 2000's. This means that mecha shows can no longer rely on child audiences in order to make their money. Add onto this the slow shift into the modern seasonal format throughout the decade, and we begin to see the start of the decline of mecha.

Though not all is bad news, as a fair bit of mecha stories would come out and become some of the most iconic stories of the decade. Heck, this era of mecha stories is rife with at least three examples of "Not Like the Other Girl" mecha shows, two of which are pretty bizarre as "Not Like the Other Girl" shows.

So with that out of the way...

Wake up, Dann!

FLCL (2000)

So, uh... what a way to start, huh?

FLCL (pronounced fooly-cooly) is a Studio Gainax/Production I.G. OVA series made in 2000 supposedly as a way to relieve the studio's stress from working on a little series called Neon Genesis Evangelion. FLCL is, to put it lightly, very bizarre while also being surprisingly heartfelt.

FLCL was another major [adult swim]/Toonami series in the US, and like The Big O before it, the folks at Toonami would eventually reach out to Production I.G. to produce sequels that, in my opinion, generally fail to capture the energy of the original.

Bionicle (2001)

LEGO would release its BIONICLE line of Technic toys in 2001 as a last-ditch effort to save the company from financial ruin, and boy would it succeed. Building off of the success of Throwbots, BIONICLE would have a serialized adventure centered around the six Toa as they fought against the forces of the evil Makuta.

Bionicle would last throughout the decade as well as a little bit into the next, until LEGO, who was at a much better place financially at this point, decided that it was time to pull the plug on the series. Bionicle would receive a reboot in 2017 only to be shut down a few years later.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002), Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2005), & Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom (2024)

Coming in with a bang, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED would air in 2002. The first series of the Cosmic Era timeline is, without a doubt, one of the most important entries in the entire Gundam franchise due to how it renewed interest in the franchise. Gundam SEED would also be the first series in the franchise to use digital animation over the more traditional cel animation.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED would be followed up with Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny in 2005. There were plans for a movie releasing shortly after Destiny wrapped up its run, bit it wouldn't be until 2024 that the film, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, would finally release.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is also a, shall we say, very contentious series to talk about. While it is almost always one of the most popular entries in Japan, the series is a lot more hotly debated about here in the west. A lot of people tend to downplay this series' importance (*cough*Professor Otaku*cough*). But that is not for me to say, as I have never really watched Gundam SEED or anything related to it.

Xenosaga (2002)

Returning to the director's chair in 2002, Tetsuya Takahashi and the newly formed Monolith Soft would release Xenosaga for the PlayStation 2. Acting as a spiritual successor to Xenogears, Xenosaga brings all of that complex Gnosticism goodness to a new console generation. Originally planned for six games in total, Xenosaga was ultimately cut down in size into three games.

Eventually, Monolith Soft would be bought out by Nintendo (if I had a nickel etc.), and Takahashi would be given another chance to explore the Xeno series once again. But that's a story for another time.

Diebuster/Gunbuster 2 (2004)

Releasing in 2004 as a sequel to 1989's Gunbuster, Diebuster would be the third of Gainax's Big Four series. If you're wondering why Diebuster is the fourth, that's because this OVA series would be the starting point for a lot of the members of the team that would give us Gurren Lagann in about four years.

With the slow death of Studio Gainax, both Diebuster and its older sister series Gunbuster would transfer ownership to Gaina (formerly Fukushima Gainax) at some point in the 2010's. Gaina has plans to make a Gunbuster 3, though that will have to wait until they at least wrap up production of Grendizer U later this year.

Megas XLR (2004)

Meanwhile, Cartoon Network would also see the release of the mecha parody series Megas XLR. Originally an alien robot whose head has been replaced with a car, this series would lovingly riff on a lot of the tropes present in old mecha shows like Mazinger Z and Getter Robo. Unlike most other shows at the time though, Megas XLR has become hard to find since it wrapped up its run. A lot of that has to do with, if I remember correctly, legal issues.

Gun X Sword (2005)

2005 would see AIC Productions release Gun X Sword, a mecha sci-fi/western mash-up directed by Goro Taniguchi. Set on the wasteland planet Endless Illusion, Gun X Sword pulls a lot of its aesthetic sensibilities from shows like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun, though another show that may have helped influence Gun X Sword is...

Mobile Fighter G Gundam?! I really hope that's a stretch from me...

As a series, Gun X Sword is often left out of the conversation when it comes to 2000's mecha shows. A large part of that stems from people incorrectly assuming its just a ripoff of Cowboy Bebop and Trigun, which is only remotely true due to some more superficial elements like the planet of Endless Illusion being similar to Trigun's Gunsmoke, and Van's name being a riff on Vash the Stampede (a joke early on is that Van is constantly changing his title).

Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven (2005)

In 1999, a group of former animators for Sunrise would leave to form Studio Bones. While they had worked on a fair bit of shows prior to 2005, including one RahXephon, Bones would come to be known for, among other shows, Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven (or just Eureka Seven for short). With a unique style and a focus on romance (specifically the romantic relationships present amongst the main cast), Eureka Seven would leave an indelible mark on a whole generation of mecha fans.

I would also argue, due in part to personal experience, that Eurkea Seven is one of the "Not Like the Other Girl" shows, though I think I can see why some might disagree: You need to have watched Eureka Seven first in order to make a claim like that, and boy is the original TV series hard to find online.

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2007)

The year 2007 would see the publication of the first novel in the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn series. Gundam Unicorn would be an important series in the history of Gundam due to both its popularity and the fact that it represents a changing of the guard, as Universal Century Gundam stories would now be handled primarily by Harutoshi Fukui instead of series creator Yoshiyuki Tomino.

I think I'd also be remiss to point out that Fukui is a rather divisive figure when it comes to Gundam, as the original Gundam Unicorn light novels lean much more into fascist apologia than any other UC series. This would, thankfully, be almost entirely cut out in the animated adaptation of Unicorn that would air in the 2010's.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2008)

2008 would see a trio of mecha shows that would more or less serve as a capstone to the 2000's as a decade. The first I will cover is Goro Taniguchi's Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Mixing in smaller mechs similar to that of Armored Trooper VOTOMs along with actual magic, Code Geass would cement its legacy amongst mecha shows by being one of the "Not Like the Other Girl" shows.

Which is weird, because the plot of Code Geass is that the show's equivalent of the British Empire is able to conquer most of the world through its use of the show's mecha, known in-universe as Knightmare Frames.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2008)

Also releasing in 2008 is Sunrise's Mobile Suit Gundam 00. Leaning into real life elements like the rising awareness of terrorism while taking inspiration from Full Metal Panic, Gundam 00 would be the second of the three mecha stars of 2008. Whereas Gundam SEED would be Gundam's first foray into digital animation, Gundam 00 would up the ante in what is possible. If anything, part of Gundam SEED's legacy in the west is marred due to it's release being sandwiched between Turn A Gundam and Gundam 00, both of which are considered to be some of the best Gundam shows in terms of animation quality.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2008)

Capping off this post is Studio Gainax's final series of their Big Four, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Created as a celebration of mecha stories, with Getter Robo in particular being a primary inspiration, Gurren Lagann is oftentimes considered to be the single most HOT-BLOODED entry in the mecha canon. What helps is this series would build off of the general tone of shows like its big sister show Diebuster as well as the aforementioned Getter Robo. I would even argue that other shows such as Mobile Fighter G Gundam and The King of Braves GaoGaiGar also had a hand in shaping this series.

Gurren Lagann is also, bizarrely enough, one of the "Not Like the Other Girls" shows. If you thought Code Geass was a weird example, then Gurren Lagann is far and away the most perplexing example of these types of shows. At least the other three have a "plausible" explanation as to why they're considered to be different. Gurren Lagann is pretty similar in terms of character dynamics and themes, not that similar to pretty much every mecha show I just compared it to.

Conclusion

That more or less wraps up the 2000's in terms of major works in the mecha canon. It's not until the next decade that we really see mecha works go into a true dark age, though the nature of the dark age is largely overstated. The 2010's is marked by a lot of duds, though I will not touch on the two biggest duds of the decade in the next post. It should be noted that the 2010's also has some major hits scattered throughout the decade, though a lot of them tend to be legacy titles from existing works. We'll also see two major entries in the canon appear from western creators that will also homage the works of old.

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“̵͇͗͂͠͝Ï̴͇̮̝̽̾ ̴̡̜̯̽̽͜f̵̠̘̈́̔̽ể̸͇̗͐͜l̸̻̟͓͉̀͆t̶̢̫̱̜̔́̾͠ ̸͈̙̜̟̊̅̈́t̵̗̟̤͓̿̂̂͑h̶̖͌͌e̶͕̣̅̒ ̵̡̞̀b̶̪̾̾̓̀ù̵̳͊͑͑ľ̸̢͕̺̭́ļ̸̛̰̈́̍̀é̵͈̯̳͐t̵̪̱̾͜ ̸͖͖̃t̵̥̓͆̄̕ȅ̷́̅͜͜a̵̬̘̙̻̋͆͠͠r̷͚̲̟̠̆̔̄̈ ̴̩̂̌̋t̵̨̳̆͜͠ḥ̸̥̿̈́̂̐r̵̩͇̀͛̿͗o̵̟̮̙͋ͅȕ̵̧̳̙̆g̷̜̜̏̐h̶̡̤͔̃̚͝ ̴̨͈́m̴̳̦̅̎̑̕e̷̼̼̣̭͑͝͠.̵͚̌ ̵̟̺͕̈̎̎́Į̵͕̿ͅ ̶̖͙̑͆̔͝f̶̠̉̂̃ḙ̸͝l̵̻̈́̌̈́̃t̷͇̣̱͐͋̀͆ ̸̙̲̎t̸͔̝̀͠h̶̛̜͔͋̿͌͜é̵̦̼̆̋̓ ̶̞̂̕b̴̰̲͈̽́̔u̶̯͛̇̓ḽ̸̭̮̘̔̇͋͘l̵̰̒̇̇ẹ̵͑͠t̵̡̼̫̙͌̈͆̃ ̸͉͙̀̓͒͝t̸͓̣̮͚̽̈́̽ē̷̬̲ą̷͇͙͐̈͑r̵͇̮̬̾ ̷͚̞͕̎͑ͅt̴̤̥̽̏͒ḩ̷̬̌͆́r̴̯̓̍̿̕õ̸̝͓ṳ̶͈̫͒̎͠g̴͍̯͒͌́h̸̰̯͖͕͊͗̕ ̶̳̫͛m̸͉̏̉̋͜e̸͖͉̭̱͗.̵͓̗̞͓́̏ ̷̺͕̖̀I̵̫̟͌̓̄̈́ ̶̢̞̯͗̾͂̽ͅf̸̲̝̖̈́͜ë̴̱͓́́l̸̫͓̪̆̾͝ţ̸̱̟̼͒ ̷̱̇̚t̵̲͔̻̋̏h̷̠͋ẽ̴̢̦̤̦̔ ̵̻̠̊p̴̞͗r̴̗͉͐̒͑e̷̘͙̼̩͊̾s̵͇̰͐s̶̪͔͚͛͌̍ű̴̱̪͖̌̊̎r̶̪̬̿̈́ḛ̷͐̐̑ ̸̝͙̉͗̎̑a̴͍̜̾̒͝n̸̡̹̓d̸̨̲͎͎̏̃̄ ̸̛̱̙̦̤͌͝͠ȉ̵̡̟̱͖͘t̷̢̛̥̉̀ ̷̛̺͖w̶̨͋ȃ̶̢͕̃s̷̢̤̦̀̊̈́͘ ̵̛̥̲̰̂͂͗͜m̵̦̋̔̀y̵̮͈̼͐̋ ̸̥̹͕̦̿̄͘b̴͉͔̑͂̓ṛ̵̇̿̇o̵͖͎̗̰̊̾ẗ̶͙́̈́͑̀͜ͅh̶̢̺͉̖͌̔̓͝e̶̬͍̝̞͛r̵̗̩͛̐̂,̶̤͎͎̉̊̎ ̸̨̖͉̬̇͑̈̅h̸͇̏į̴͉̄̚s̷̨̝͈̽̓̅ ̴̟̩̃f̵̦͖̩͂̏ȉ̸̡̯̳̈́̈̾ś̶͙̺ṭ̵̜̯̭̓,̸̮̭̇̓ ̸͚̜̃̑ḿ̷̻͈̓y̸̡͌̊̓ ̵̞̈́̇c̷͍̘͌̃͜͠h̵͖̉͘e̸̮͙̊̎ş̵͚̚t̸̡̗́̈́͋̑͜,̸̜͋͠͝ ̷̧̣͎̙̓͌͝͝a̴̖̥̅n̶̡̯͆d̶̢̠͛̿ ̵̭̈́I̴͎͚̺̥͆̋̕ ̸̧̥͙̦̔w̷̭̐̈́å̵̢̙͔s̷̖̋̿ ̶̫̘̾͊l̴̨̧̙̐́a̸͎̹͕͕̔̓̾y̷̧͈͖͚̌̀̂̊i̴̠̝͗͌̕͘n̵͙̻͌̄g̸̛̥̯̹̫͝ ̷̣̔̋̀͠ọ̸̀̾̃̃n̵̰͐ ̷̼̄͂͗m̴̟͘y̵̩̻̺̪̎̽̐ ̴͔̹̀b̸̛͆ͅa̵̡̧̬̓c̴͇͝k̸̢̐̍̏́ ̸̼̠̳͕̑̃̏͝ä̷̫̣̂̓͝n̴̫̬̐ḓ̵̎̈͝ ̶̦͈̈́̆̓͜t̵̨͗̎̈h̶̭̗͔̣̋̑̆̕ę̷͈̗̰͑ ̷̛̪͎̞͒͌͝s̵̼̝̽͝͠ͅk̶̰̠̥̔͘y̸̝͐̆̓̈́ ̷͉͖̳̀̈w̸̛͇̝̭̺ȁ̶̳̥̰̐̉̄s̴͙̊̈ͅ ̶̟̐̿b̴̭̞͗̔̓l̴͉̰̓ų̴̒̓͘e̴͍̟̐̋,̷̡̀̎ ̷͈̈́̈́̉a̴͈̠̓n̴̽̾̊͜ͅd̴͙͍͇̲̾ ̴͇̭̩́̂͐m̸̛̭͉̈̒͂ỳ̴͙͔͉̾͂̽ ̴̻̙̊͝m̴̨̽̚o̵͍̠͆̓t̸̡̻͖̫̉̈́h̴̛̗̺̖̾ë̶̖r̷̥͗ ̵̟̱̞͖̎̿̒͝ḥ̷̂o̷̧̓̓ļ̵̻̜̊̇l̵̖̬̹͑ḛ̴͚̈̕r̵̪͈͈̭̄̈́̃́ȩ̴͇̥̽d̴̨̼͓̿̽͂ ̴̻͎̬̩̔͐́a̴̫͔͐̃̽t̶̩̏̏ ̷̦̭͋ȟ̴̺͚̤͖ḭ̸̝̺̐̆͗m̶̞̄̋͘͠ ̶͌ͅá̶͉̜̜̪̈́̆͂ń̵̘̪̮̉̃d̸͔̥̟͌͂͗͝ ̶̛̺̪̲̩́̑t̸͓̱͐̀͗͊h̴̠̮̄̐̽͝ę̶͔̏̈́̄͝ ̷̗̖̌̉͝ͅb̷̭̄̚u̷̮̎̇̃̀l̸͉̣̓l̵̦̺̟̔͗̾͜͝è̴̡͔̝̲̑͌ț̵̮̽ ̵͎̗̏̀ȟ̷̹̝͕̀́ȃ̷̪͒̋͜d̸̞̤͕̦̈́̑͠͝ ̸̻̤͆̈́̊͝n̶̼̆͌̑̈́ē̷̳͔̝͙͌́́v̷͍͙̻̘̈́ẽ̷̗̞̳̓͝͝ͅr̴̾̽͜͠ ̵̣̜̂̌͠ͅh̷̦̜̦͚̓i̴͓̠͖͐ţ̸̂̋̿̾ ̶͕̑̕̚ͅm̴̛̥̈́ế̸̟̠͔̳,̵̱͖̳̲̊ ̷̨͍͛a̶̗̞͝n̵̯͇̿̏̚d̸̙͎̭͆͊͠ ̶̬͍͐̇t̴̢̛̲̖̟h̴̙̿͗̎͜è̷͖̱̞́̇̀ ̵͉̆͘l̷̡̬̀̌̌̒e̷̢͋̈̃̓͜g̷̢̢͉͜͝ï̵̟͈͉̞̇̆̐o̴̺̜̒́̔͜n̸͉̏͌ṇ̷̀͝a̶̡̖̓̽͛̍i̸̬̮͂͋̕r̵̲̗̈ë̶̮́ ̵̨̣̓ẅ̷̲̹͓̗͗h̵̻͉̠̱͑̓o̶̹̱̺͉̕ ̶͖̝͚̎͆̂̓s̸̛̛̰͓͜h̵̤̐o̵̭̝̹̅̇͑͜͝t̴̠͊̋̾͐ ̴̠̰̞̟̇͒̾͠ḿ̸̟̤̗͈̊͗ȩ̸̟̏ ̸̻̀h̴͕͈̹̾͛͌̓a̵̻̬̝̰̅͛d̵̨̘̀ ̷̢̹͉͑̿͜n̷̯͔̏͊̌o̷͙̟͔̍t̸̢̮͖̋ ̶͈̞̀̒ͅy̸̠͈͋̿e̷̮̬͍͂͛̑t̵̝̓͐͜ͅ ̶̨̛͓̌̐͐p̵̳̏̎̌̕͜u̴̗̎́̉l̵̢̩̩͇̆̍l̴͚͗̀̔̅e̵̞̼̐̎́d̶̜̲̃͊̈́̚ ̴̨̡͍̀̀̚̚t̶̘͙̤͙̍͋̚͝h̷̢̯͋è̵̹̳͑͒ ̴̳͋t̷̰́r̸̛̭̭̪ĩ̵̯̭̄̄g̶̻̹̥̅͛̀͠g̴͍͓̻̑̿̈́ͅẽ̴̦̞͚̾̀r̴̥̖͈̭̂͆,̷͖͕̊͜͜ ̵̧̤̪̻́̕â̵̯͂n̶͖̊͝d̶͉̠̭̠͆͂ ̵̗̫̪̬͘͠s̸̫̫̱̫̚o̴̡̤̘͊͒̈́ ̸̙̯͋̋ͅÍ̸͕̃ ̶̬͂́͆͝k̵̬̻̊̀̋͝ï̵̪̫̖̜ḻ̶̡͐̈́̂̄l̴͍͎̘̙̊̐̅͠e̵͛ͅd̸͎̰̋̊̾ ̴͇͖̗̃̽͠ḩ̴̟̓̀͆̕ĩ̸͚͐̆ṃ̵̧͍͙̊.̴̮̰͗̓ ̵͈̿̄͐Ḯ̴͖͎̊ ̸͓͍̮̲̀͝͠ḏ̶̘̲̐͋̕r̷͍̔͜a̴̧̛n̵̘̾͗͝k̷̰̋͑͝ ̵̪͙͎̆ḑ̴̱͙̔̈ë̸̙̝́̿͝ë̴̻̓͝p̷͖͔̔̎̎ ̵̢̪̣́͆͠ȁ̴̭n̵̡̧̗͒̌d̸͉̠̔͘ ̴̺͔̠̟́ḵ̵̫̈́̀͛̕ḯ̸̪l̵̠͋̂͋ͅl̸̼̯̬̲͛e̸̯̯̿͜ͅd̶͚͚͕̺́ ̵͎̩̃h̶̪͚̏̚î̵̩͍͍̲̒͗m̵͈͘ͅ.̷͚̼̪̺͐̈́”̶͙̌̊͝

[histi27]

Hi love your art!! Wanted to ask if you think Giovanni has any opinions on Ghetsis' damaged arm? (personally think Ghetsis makes it into a bigger deal more than anyone else, he's so dramatic)

Hi! Thank you for the ask. I’m glad that you like my art!

The question actually made me realize I never decided on what exactly is wrong with Ghetsis’ right arm besides the fact that a) he can use it but only for very general movements/gestures as shown in the bw opening animatic, b) it’s scarred in some way as shown in the evolutions ova, and c) it came after his eye injury (won’t be able to find a source for this one rn). So uh I’ve sketched some concepts for what it might be.

(Personally, I’m partial to the electric one I modelled after lightning scars but Pokemon attack scars are probably the most likely option)

Going back to the question, I agree with you to a degree. Ghetsis is obsessed with being perfect so any “imperfections” like that really get to him. His pride doesn't let him admit to it though unless he's veeery close to someone. Meanwhile yeah, Giovanni either doesn’t really care about it or finds it quite cool. If Ghetsis actually has a prosthetic he’d probably commission a fancy gold-plated one for him or something like that lmao. Either way, he got them matching pairs of gloves at some point <3

[scapegoat-fanverse]

The next OVAS dub for Cain and Mabel has been released