Patron-exclusive content summary

Between my website, Twitter, and YouTube, I've posted a lot about Lost Pokemon History over the past couple years. But in recent months, I've also published some stuff here on Patreon that hasn't been made public. This summary is for new visitors, and also for current Patrons who might have missed previous posts:

1. Pokemon Anime: Fueled by Booze - this translation-based article focuses on Takeshi Shudo's blog. Takeshi was the head writer of the first several years of the anime, as well as the first 3 movies, and in these translations he explains how he alcohol and painkillers fueled his creative writing process. He also discusses how he wanted to end the anime, as well as Mewtwo Strikes Back -- two endings that never became a reality.

2. Creating the Tao Trio - this article includes translations from two issues of Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream, which were first published in 2011 and 2012. Game Freak developers Ken Sugimori, Junichi Masuda, and Go Ichinose discuss how the Tao Trio were created, and the topic of Pokemon Gray Version is raised as well. This article also includes commissioned speculative artwork of beta Zekrom & Reshiram by Nick Kron.

3. Japanese Blue's Bizarre Release - it's common knowledge that Japanese Blue Version was originally sold ONLY to subscribers of Japanese magazine Corocoro Comics. But there's much more to the story. This article include high-resolution scans from a 1996 issue of Corocoro, as well as translations from that same issue. The full story of Blue's release is covered in-depth, and some Blue beta sprites are revealed as well.

4. White Pichu: The Full Story - recently, I briefly touched on White Pichu in a short Twitter thread. After buying Shōko Nakagawa's book from Japan, I was able to write this full-length article on Gen 4's Lost Pichu variant. The article includes White Pichu's official concept art, a high-resolution recreation of that artwork, translations from Shōko's book about White Pichu, and a translation of Shōko's Twitter.

All these articles also include lots of my own commentary of course. I've also uploaded a few other goodies to this Patreon in recent months, including some Japanese art book scans. As always, I really appreciate y'all's support, and let me know if there's every anything I can do. Cheers guys.