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Palafin ex 4 images

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Section
Games
Date
December 6, 2024
Client or publisher
The Pokémon Company
Subject
Palafin (Pokémon)
Game
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Japanese set
High Class Pack Terastal Festival ex (ハイクラスパック「テラスタルフェスex」)
English set
Scarlet & Violet – Prismatic Evolutions (17 January 2025)
Japanese number
207/187 (sv8a)
English and French number
151/131
Rarity
SAR (Special Art Rare)
Hara’s work
Original illustration
Media
Card, Poster, Exhibition, Magazine

Rights

©2024 Pokémon/Nintendo/Creatures/GAME FREAK

Games CardPosterExhibitionMagazineOriginal illustration 4 items

Palafin ex

Superdofin-ex in French

The Pokémon Company entrusted Hara with an SAR card of Palafin, its fists multiplied like a Hyakuretsu Ken, backed by a giant poster in Shibuya and an exhibition of the original.

The Irukaman ex card, Palafin ex in English, was released in Japan on 6 December 2024 in the High Class Pack Terastal Festival ex (テラスタルフェスex), then internationally on 17 January 2025 in the Scarlet & Violet – Prismatic Evolutions set, as number 151/131. Hara said he struggled to reconcile the spirit of Pokémon with his own style, and redrew the illustration several times, ending up with these afterimage fists reminiscent of the Hyakuretsu Ken. A giant poster stood at the entrance of MAGNET by SHIBUYA109 from 2 to 8 December 2024, the original was exhibited at the Pokémon Card Station of the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo from 6 December 2024 to 5 January 2025, and the February 2025 issue of Comic Zenon ran a long interview along with a clear file.

Gallery

SAR cardSAR cardDecember 6, 2024
Giant poster, MAGNET by SHIBUYA109Giant poster, MAGNET by SHIBUYA109December 2, 2024 to December 8, 2024
Tetsuo Hara and the original, later exhibited at the Pokémon Card StationTetsuo Hara and the original, later exhibited at the Pokémon Card StationDecember 6, 2024 to January 5, 2025
February 2025 Comic Zenon, clear file supplement and long interviewFebruary 2025 Comic Zenon, clear file supplement and long interviewDecember 25, 2024

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