For anybody who thought (or indeed hoped) that the Pokemon phenomenon was at long last drawing to a close, I suggest you think again. As it seems that the brightly coloured beasties are far from finished. Quite the opposite in fact.
For starters it was announced last month that a Pokemon theme park will open next year along with the 2005 Aichi Expo. And to keep fans content until then, ANA has just unveiled a Pokemon jet.
Here’s a drawing of the aircraft’s paint job in all its glory.
And here’s the equally gaudy real life version.
Now I must say that I was really surprised when Pokemon really, ahem, took off. But now several years down the line there are games galore, mountains of merchandise, and a soon to be opened theme park.
Why?
テッド says
NOOOO!
Lee says
Oh yes I’m afraid.
nyanko says
When I went on student exchange I went on a Pokejet, this was in 98 so Pokemon still had not reached the shoes of NA when I went. I was waiting with a bunch of tired salarymen when the plane pulled up in front of the huge in windows at the Kansai airport, the reactions were priceless. I got a free postcard and watched Pikachu’s vacation (after 20 hours with no sleep it was like an acid trip) Ithink at this point Pokemon is no longer a fad but an institution.
jessica maestre says
I love pokemon and i wish i could get the new games pokemon pearl and pokemon dimond. I also wish i could get all the cards of pokemon traiding card games please send me a notice of where to get all those things.
p.s.send me a notice
Commodore 64 says
Neat. I want one. Or to ride on one. Until then I’ll continue to play Pokémon Gold on my brick Gameboy.