New Translation/Archive Available, Other Updates

Heya folks. For this update I've got a new translation/archive, some updates on other projects in the works, and links to all previous Patreon-exclusive articles (in case you missed them). Okay, I've just finished archiving and translating all 21 Pokemon-related pages of the 2014 art book "Ken Sugimori Works." Most of the artwork and trivia included is stuff you've probably seen before, but the book also includes a 5 page Sugimori interview. To be perfectly honest, it's not the most explosive thing I've posted here -- sometimes you go to the trouble of translating a buttload of material and it ends up not blowing your mind. But it's still worth archiving, and the interview's a nice read, so I figured I might as well polish it up for you guys.

Here's a link to the interview translation: lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-works-artbook-translation/

And here's a link to scans and translations of all the other pages: lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-works-artbook-scans/

As always, the password to all Patreon-exclusive articles is "Pokemon History Club".

I've also got a 34 page Tajiri interview translation in the works. That's right, 34 pages. Prior to last year, there were only two Tajiri interviews available online in English, both rather short. I've translated a few since then, but this seems to be the largest interview he ever sat down for. It comes from a 20 year old book called "Pokemon Story," which I've been slowly working my way through. It's 600 pages in total. I've already had another 25 pages translated, and it's got me set off on a new project that looks like it'll be my biggest project yet. I don't wanna say too much too soon, but there's Lost Pokemon designs never seen publicly before, and it's looking like there'll probably be an art book produced about them. I don't wanna make promises just yet, because there's always the possibility things won't work out. It's gonna take a while to complete this project though, as there are multiple rights-holders and a lot of physical and digital clean-up involved. But it's looking very good so far, and I'll let y'all know when progress is made.

There's a few other books and magazines I've been working on as well, but the Tajiri interview, Lost Pokemon designs, and the 600 page book are the biggest projects with top priority right now. The next thing I'll bring y'all will probably be 5 page Famitsu interview with Masuda on Game Freak and Pokemon's early days. It's not top priority, but it's something I started working on before these bigger things came along.

And in case you missed any of them, here's a link to all previous Patreon articles. The password for entry is the same for all of them, "Pokemon History Club". I just wanna say thanks once again for your generous support, these projects literally wouldn't be possible without you guys. Cheers :)

1. Translation from the Pokedex book, all nine Game Freak developers are interviewed to discuss Gen 1's development (1996): http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-tajiri-pokedex-interview

2. Tajiri and Ishihara interview translation about Game Freak and Pokemon's early days (2000): 

  a. Part 1 is freely and publicly available on my website: http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-tajiri-ishihara-interview/

  b. Part 2 is only on Patreon: http://lavacutcontent.com/tajiri-tsunekazu-ishihara-interview/

3. Sugimori and Masuda interview translation about the Tao Trio's development, taken from two Japanese magazines (2011-2012): http://lavacutcontent.com/sugimori-masuda-tao-trio/

4. Two Morimoto video interview translations about Mew's development (2019): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qq4COx9KoazUvL-bqOMNOMWSyeTQzMSM?usp=sharing

5. Sugimori and Masuda interview about Diamond & Pearl's development (2007): http://lavacutcontent.com/diamond-pearl-masuda-sugimori/

6. Artwork preservations and caption translations from the Japanese art book "Pokedex" (1996): http://lavacutcontent.com/kanto-pokedex-extra-entries/