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Hard-drinking Wrinkly Pikachu fan art explodes on Twitter following Detective Pikachu trailer
投稿日 2019年3月6日 11:00:09 (ニュース)
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Japanese artists bring the Pokémon icon’s anime-to-live-action evolution back to illustrated form.
Japan has always had an energetic and extensive fan artist community, so when the latest trailer for the live-action Detective Pikachu movie was released, Pokémon fans with artistic skills picked up their pencils and got drawing. But wait, with the Pokémon anime and video game franchises both having already existed for decades, is Detective Pikachu fan art the same as regular Pikachu fan art, just with a hat?
Nope. Say hello to “Shiwa Shiwa Pikachu,” alternately known as “Shiwakucha Pikachu,” or, to translate the Japanese terms into English, Wrinkly Pikachu.
名探偵ピカチュウ絶対観たい… https://t.co/dCxixjhTSC
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cocoro🌹 (@CocoroCcr) February 27, 2019
As the first official piece of live-action Pokémon media, Detective Pikachu has the admittedly difficult task of making the various Pocket Monster species look like creatures that could exist in the real world. The visual effects team has attempted to do that by giving them more fibrous fur and detailed muscle tone, but a side effect is that Detective Pikachu looks far more wrinkly than his smoothly contoured anime counterpart.
しわしわピカチュウめっちゃ可愛い…
赤ちゃんの表情に似てる気がするー https://t.co/AbGoNh9dDZ
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ちひろ (@ti3103bi) March 02, 2019
わたしもしわしわのピカチュウ 描きたかったんや………… https://t.co/ol3t5TkCfa
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みんと🐋チャレ!B29 (@mint_nappa) February 28, 2019
The contrast is particularly jarring when you insert the Wrinkly Pikachu design back into the anime setting…
行け!ピカチュウ…! お? https://t.co/H00z0i0SDN
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いまむー (@tomoyanandayo) March 02, 2019
…or apply the same changes to other characters from the animated version, like Ash/Satoshi.
しわしわピカチュウさんかわいい
クレしんの前が見えねェを彷彿とさせる https://t.co/pG6HS6Ex1I
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ササキリサ🌷 (@ssm_dp) March 02, 2019
Things get even more surreal when artists interpret all those extra folds not as expressive scruffiness, but just plain age, transforming Pikachu from an energetic adventurer into a weary old man who just wants to get quietly liquored up, usually at a Japanese-style izakaya pub.
昨日描いたしわしわピカチュウの背景を居酒屋にした https://t.co/SAVTpYEWTK
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🌴ωもぶこTWDリアタイ🥥おじさんω🌴 (@ochin_mbk) March 04, 2019
今話題のしわしわピカチュウの落書き置いて寝るね https://t.co/OtO9Bc461p
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ひ (@ichicla1215) March 03, 2019
スルー困難なしわしわピカチュウがTLで盛り上がっていたのでつい……描いてしまった……
チロ太郎さんかと思った。 https://t.co/gbs6nC6r95
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KORIRI (@koriri222) March 04, 2019
▼ Wrinkly Pikachu shares some sake with…the Ikea shark?!?
ピカチュウさんとIKEAのサメさん
#ドット絵 #edgetouch https://t.co/keNzJ7XeGz
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緑\('ω')/箱verse (@midori_box) March 03, 2019
Some artists have even turned Detective Pikachu into Company Employee Pikachu, a downtrodden, burned-out salaryman.
▼ Clockwise from top left: “Pikapika…I don’t want to go to work.”
“Pikaaaa…I don’t want to get up…”
“Pi…pika…My boss is such a loudmouthed jerk…”
“Pikaa…Looks like overtime again today…”
会社員ピカチュウ https://t.co/LJ1qvVnszd
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コハラモトシ@『アニワル』スタンプ審査中 (@kohara_motoshi) March 03, 2019
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金曜の夜に月曜朝までの仕事が発生したしわしわピカチュウ https://t.co/ozvvI0OxxP
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せるこ (@seruko) March 02, 2019
1日中パソコンの前にいたのに1Pも作業が進まなかったしわしわのピカチュウ https://t.co/UF5Cbn9dyb
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お肉おいしい (@029_umai) March 03, 2019
Some Wrinkly Pikachu artwork even gets meta, like this one that acknowledges the English-language production of the Detective Pikachu movie…
しわしわピカチュウとリパさんの親和性でちゅ https://t.co/WW4zQpioQf
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鮭だらけ🐠(新刊通販開始) (@shakemamire) March 02, 2019
…or this one which features a guest appearance by Wrinkly Chopper, since Japanese voice actresses Ikue Otani portrays the lovable mascots of both the Pokemon and One Piece franchises.
もう最近おしごと中もずっとしわしわピカチュウのことばっかり考えてるから描いてみた。 https://t.co/eBIBFiFiss
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めーやん🎍 (@meiji005) March 03, 2019
Creative chefs have even started making edible Wrinkly Pikachus out of omelets and noodles.
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kurageおじさん原稿しなさい𓁿 (@kurage_nin) March 02, 2019
しわしわピカチュウを見て息子は「これはピカチュウじゃない」と断言しておりました。再現度の問題か… https://t.co/0nZDd3b53w
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侑奈よしお兄担@卒業で錯乱中 (@yuuna410) March 03, 2019
The whole thing serves as a reminder of an often overlooked aspect of Japanese graphic design, in which artists, particularly anime character designers, make expressive and distinct artwork with far fewer lines than artists in other countries often employ.
私の脳はしわしわピカチュウに侵食されたのだ! https://t.co/FPYybdrMB1
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Saki Yukita (雪田早希 (@saksakddd2) March 02, 2019
However, Japanese Twitter seems to be more accepting of Wrinkly Pikachu than they were of the “fat” Godzilla who appeared in the U.S.-produced Godzilla reboot in 2014. He’s even being called “kawaii” by certain fans, and believe it or not, some artists have found ways to make that cuteness shine through.
しわしわのピカチュウ飼いたい https://t.co/mAoFF1mpky
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にゃもす【肉球】 (@2ku9nyamosu) March 03, 2019
Others might argue, however, that he’s actually kimokawaii, or “cute in a gross way.”
しわしわのピカチュウ描きたくて夜中に描いてしまった…
#名探偵ピカチュウ https://t.co/9nmMdtaU8L
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ササピー (@donsasasu) March 03, 2019
In any case, we can probably expect Wrinkly Pikachu to continue multiplying through fan art in the runup to Detective Pikachu’s theatrical release in May.
Source: IT Media
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