Pikachu Used To Be Way Cuter (and Fatter)

By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001

Pikachu, the iconic Pokémon from Pocket Monsters, looks slightly different these days. Adorable, sure, but not nearly as adorable as y1 games

in 1997, back when the Pokémon anime first debuted. Not nearly y1 com

as fat, either. Over the weekend, a thread called “Pikachu in the early days was way too cute” (初期のピカチュウかわいすぎ) appeared on 2ch, Japan’s largest web forum. Net users posted images from the first few anime episodes, showing just how different the round and cuddly Pikachu of y1 games yesteryear looked.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); This thread isn’t the first to notice Pikachu’s altered appearance in the anime—and the games. For a while now, Pokémon fans have been pointing out just how different the character now looks. There’s even a “Pikachu: Losing Weight Since 1998” image that’s been floating around the internet for donkey’s yonks. Website ScrewAttack thought the change might be because Pokémon‘s creators want a fitter Pikachu—a theory that doesn’t really hold water when you consider all the Pokémon-branded junk food Japan sees. Nor if you look at the very y1 com round Doraemon, Japan’s favorite cartoon cat robot. The answer is probably a lot more simple: Over time, animated characters change. สมาชิกใหม่ รับเครดิตฟรีทันที

Just look at Mickey Mouse “Oh, wow, this really takes me back,” wrote one net user. “Pikachu these days seems over-refined,” added another. “Pikachu was more cute and cuddly. Now, Pikachu is a little too thin and scary.” At this rate, though, in ten years, here’s how Pikachu is gonna look: 初期のピカチュウかわいすぎワロタｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ [暇つぶしニュース] (Top photo: てがき) Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the สมาชิกใหม่ รับเครดิตฟรีทันที latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.

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