Fuck Yeah, Pokémon Villains

Here’s some quick shots of some new stuff for my Magma/Aqua collection–my first settei! I’ll be framing these babies later in the week.

“Settei” are reference sheets that animators use to make sure that characters are drawn consistently between episodes/teams/individual artists. These settei have the generic male and female team grunt designs, but also the individual “background grunts” for Team Magma that pop up throughout the Hoenn saga, as well as Team Aqua’s submarine. It’s pretty neat to see these designs make it all the way to final animation!

Another cool thing to notice is the dates. See how the grunt designs were finalized at the end of September 2002? The Ruby and Sapphire games weren’t released until late November of that year. The anime has to get info about new games from GameFreak ahead of time, so that Ash can arrive in a new region right when the new versions hit shelves. That’s also why you’ll see the next gen’s Pokémon start to pop up in the anime months before new games are released.

Ahhh, I’m so excited to own these settei! My goal is to have as many Team Aqua and Magma animation references as possible, so if you ever see or hear of any for sale, let me know right away! I’m willing to pay very handsomely for this sort of thing.

askarchieandmaxie:

[I’m not dead!]

this is now a PETA-Ghetsis appreciation blog

ask-admin-shelly:

/Have a quick thing I doodled in class.

Will be back to answering tomorrow./

METEOR FALLS

solos1s:

428

ask-admin-shelly:

So since the punk kid trounced us I don’t have much too do. So go ahead ask me some questions by all means.

ask-admin-shelly:

They aren’t even my type.

rosanates:

collectorblackjackwantstobattle:

In the spirit of Halloween, have Kyogre dressed as Archie! Or possibly Archie turned into a Kyogre. Either way.

eeeeeeeeh this always makes me squee~! I have a 14" bootie Kyogre that obvy needs an outfit like this ♥

onslaught-14spooky:

Happy Tumblrween!
I’m going out as Archie, leader of Team Aqua from Pokemon.
I’m off to trick ‘r treat with some friends, so I won’t be on tonight.
My heart goes out to the people who’s Halloween has been ruined by Sandy.
Have fun and stay safe guys!

Happy Halloween, everyone! If you’re going out tonight, stay safe! If you’re not…well, stay safe too! :)

askarchieandmaxie:

[Since someone has already drawn Archie and Maxie dressed as each other, I went ahead and just drew their PETA versions. Enjoy!]

The episode of Captain Planet I never knew I needed. Happy Halloween, everyone!

Gen V: Former Team Grunts

For people who have seen the different screencap posts floating around, here’s a handy guide to the fact that in Gen V, you can find a former member of every single evil team prior to Team Plasma somewhere around Unova! Where they’re located:

former Team Rocket member: in Black and White, lives in Icirrus City with his wife and child. His house is only accessible by climbing a snow bank during winter, and his wife will sell you RageCandyBars. He is the Rocket grunt who, in GSC/HGSS, stole the Machine Part from the Power Plant in Kanto.
former Team Aqua and Magma members: live in the same house listed above (instead of the ex-Rocket) in Black 2/White 2, together with a sound designer NPC. The ex-Aqua is dressed like a female Pokémon Ranger and the ex-Magma is dressed like a Hooligan. [PHOTO]
former Team Galactic member: while fighting your way though the belly of the Plasma Frigate in Black 2/White 2, one Team Plasma member will challenge you with the phrase, “I’ll blast you into space!” Talk to him again after you win the fight to find out he’s an ex-Galactic. [PHOTO]