Pokemon teams up with manga horror legend Junji Ito to ruin your childhood
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Pokemon, on the surface, seem fun and colourful and a bit of light fun. Once you start reading the Pokedex in any great detail, though, things can get a little sinister.
In short, the world of Pokemon is pretty ripe for some spooky stories -- and who better to tell them than Junji Ito, author of some of the finest horror comics ever produced? Uzumaki, the tale of a town haunted by spirals; Gyo, where humans are being attacked by undead cyborg sea creatures; and, of course, the internet-famous The Enigma of Amigara Fault.
The collaboration, part of a special Pokemon event called "Kowapoke" ("Scarypoke"), was announced on the Pokemon Japan website, accompanied by an illustration drawn by Ito -- of a young girl in an alley being stalked by a Banette.
A doll that became a Pokemon over its grudge from being junked. It seeks the child that disowned it," Banette's most recent Pokedex entries read. "Strong feelings of hatred turned a puppet into a Pokemon. If it opens its mouth, its cursed energy escapes."
More content is on the way, although whether it will be officially translated into English is unknown.
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I've read some of the works of Junji and i can't believe that the Pokemon Company/Nintendo (?) is actually doing it.
