The Halloween season — apparently it's a season and not just one day — is well underway, and The Pokémon Company and Game Freak have gotten into the spirit of the occasion in their own unique way. One would assume they have some high profile games to sell.
A week ago the first image of a rather fun collaboration was posted — horror manga artist Junji Ito has been tasked with making some well known 'mon rather scary. They are Pocket Monsters after all, and below is Ito-san's Banette:
The most recent image is, in our view, even better. It's a rather stylised image of Gengar getting ready to consume a poor civilian:
We certainly like these, and suspect that 'mon fans may never look at these particular monsters the same way. Let us know whether they've chilled you to your core in the comments below.
[source pokemon.jp, via tinycartridge.com]
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I love Junji Ito's work. Uzumaki was the first manga I read in full. He's the best in body horror that I've come across in manga.
Spooooooky!
..of all people they got Junji Ito? I can imagine people saying "hey, I like the style of these artworks, maybe I'll look up the artist" and then get scarred for life
Those images sure look cool though...
I saw this floating around Tumblr like a week ago or something
Yeh, I can dig it.
Ito not only is a talented artist, he's also very creative with perspectives and designs. So yes, I'm very much looking forward to seeing more!
Completely off topic, but do people in Pokémon circles really abbreviate pokémon to 'mon?
the first one is creepier than #2
@Usagi-san sometimes, they also say "pokes"
Dang. I should really watch the Critters flicks again one of these days.
The first one's a lot more disturbing if you know the story behind Banette...
Yeah. Knowing Banette's background makes its image kinda creepy as heck.
Honestly just about every Ghost type has some amount of creepiness. You can thank the Pokèdex for that.
@WingedSnagret Yeah, the informaton of the pokedex, for some Pokemon, really "creepy", and not all is for the ghost type Pokemon, Yay!
wicked
Christy Mack and Gengar would get along.
@Usagi-san I know I have!
Junji Ito!! The really sad thing is that because is a Nintendo thing, the art won't be as terrifying as it could be. Junji Ito is the master of horror manga.
@Usagi-san I do at times.
These aren't even the scariest Ghost-types if Banette was replaced by Phantump and a forest setting I'd be even more creepied out. Do like the artwork of the first though.
@Usagi-san I tend to type "pokes" a lot. It sounds funny and is quicker to type out.
I don't recall anything super creepy about Gengar, but these pictures are nothing compared to the Pokédex entries for many Ghost types.
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