{"id":10329,"date":"2022-03-08T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T03:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=10329"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T07:20:24","slug":"20220308-10329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220308-10329\/","title":{"rendered":"One Pok\u00e9mon fan\u2019s database shines light on unsung designers of the series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220307-194517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-03-07 15:50<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Over 800 Pok\u00e9mon exist in the <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> series. And with the recent announcement of <em>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet <\/em>and <em>Violet<\/em> already showing off some new designs, that number could soon be closer to 1,000. While there is no official publicly available list of who designed which Pok\u00e9mon, one fan is getting attention online for trying to track down and sort this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Pok\u00e9mon Violet | Announcement Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MAmueMsFR1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The larger discussion started with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/list-of-pokemon-by-their-designers.558724\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thread<\/a> on ResetEra. The initial post mentions how fans tend to only praise Ken Sugimori for the designs in <em>Pok\u00e9mon Red<\/em> and <em>Blue<\/em>, and links to a <a href=\"https:\/\/m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net\/wiki\/User:Altruis\/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_their_designers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page<\/a> on the database website Bulbagarden. From there, it looks like a larger discussion about who designed which Pok\u00e9mon ignited among fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is still a lot of information that hasn\u2019t been gathered on the page yet. Bulbagarden user Altruis appears to be independently checking interviews and gathering other sources to compile the list and attempting to stick to official information as much as possible. Also remember that the list itself isn\u2019t an official source. But with that in mind, what\u2019s been gathered here is very interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Atsuko Nishida, known for designing Pikachu in <em>Pok\u00e9mon Red<\/em> and <em>Blue<\/em>, designed a wide variety of Pok\u00e9mon from Charmander through Charizard to Bulbasaur and Vileplume. Designs of Pok\u00e9mon like Mew and Dragonite are credited to Shigeki Morimoto, and Eevee is listed as being designed by Motofumi Fujiwara. When compared with stories that have already come out, the information here seems to be accurate. Ken Sugimori did create a lot of Pok\u00e9mon, but we can see there have been many other designers involved as well.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1148\" height=\"342\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1148px) 100vw, 1148px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001-600x179.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001-380x113.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001-150x45.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001-696x207.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220307-194517-001-1068x318.jpg 1068w\" \/><figcaption>From Altruis\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net\/wiki\/User:Altruis\/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_their_designers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bulbagarden user page<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>With each game, the artists involved with designing Pok\u00e9mon increases. The list includes Wobbuffet and Celebi designer Hironobu Yoshida, Chimchar and Garchomp designer Takao Unno, and Mana Ibe who designed Stunfisk and Haxorus. It really demonstrates the breadth of the <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic of who designed which Pok\u00e9mon has come up a number of times in recent years. One reason is likely the addition of James Turner as a Pok\u00e9mon designer. James Turner is an artist from the UK that left Genius Sonority and joined Game Freak. He is the first Westerner to work on designing Pok\u00e9mon and has been involved with the series since <em>Pok\u00e9mon Black<\/em> and <em>White<\/em>. Turner\u2019s unique designs like Vanilluxe, Golurk, Trevenant, and Buzzwole, along with being from the UK seems to have brought more attention to who the designers are behind <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boo! <br>You just got spooked by a Phantump \ud83d\udc7b <br><br>Happy Pok\u00e9mon X and Y anniversary <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QfT0U4eTYb\">pic.twitter.com\/QfT0U4eTYb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Turner (@JamesTurner_42) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesTurner_42\/status\/1448213302836932609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the age of social media, we\u2019re also seeing more designers come out themselves and announce which Pok\u00e9mon they worked on. With <em>Pok\u00e9mon Sword <\/em>and <em>Shield<\/em> for example, there\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yusuke_omura\/status\/1197832943630090241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a> from Yusuke Ohmura announcing their work on Zacian and Zamazenta. And Yusuke Kozaki <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kymg\/status\/1341384533459910656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcing<\/a> their work on Toxtricity and Falinks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ariga_megamix\/status\/1493600999038021632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">And another<\/a> from Hitoshi Ariga showing they designed Hisui Sneasel and Sneasler for <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, it\u2019s become easier in recent years to find which artist a Pok\u00e9mon was designed by. On the other hand, tracking down that information for older titles seems difficult. But Game Freak and The Pok\u00e9mon Company have taken the position to not hide this information from the public. While The Pok\u00e9mon Company manages the rights, it\u2019s a fact that the Pok\u00e9mon designs we know and love were born from artists, and it\u2019s fortunate that the company respects that. While not complete, we hope to see more information steadily added to Altruis\u2019s list. We\u2019re also excited to learn more about which artists are involved in <em>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet <\/em>and <em>Violet<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Pok\u00e9mon fan\u2019s database shines light on unsung designers of the series. 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