Summary
A fan artist recently gave theDemon Slayercharacter Inosuke Hashibara aPokemonteam in their newest art piece.PokemonandDemon Slayerare very popular Japanese franchises, and it’s always exciting for fans to see the community coming up with these crossovers.
Inosuke is one ofDemon Slayer’s main characters, alongside Tanjiro Kamado, his sister Nezuko, and their companion Zenitsu Agatsuma. He’s one of the most popular characters in the series, mostly due to how his short-tempered, proud nature often ends up being used for comic relief.
Now, aDemon Slayerfan called xthememoryshopx decided to give Inosuke aPokemonteam in their latest fan art, picking Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Meowth, Primeape, Scyther, and Kabutops as the character’s line-up. The black-and-white art piece shared by xthememoryshopx comes in two forms, a shaded one with a dark background, and another with a white one. One interesting detail of this fan work is that, apart from Meowth’s joyful face as they play with a ball of wool, all the other Pokemon look as angry as Inosuke. Overall, these feel like good picks, as big, aggressive monsters such as Scyther and Primeape are right at home with Inosuke’s personality and fighting style.
Demon Slayer’s Inosuke’s Pokemon Team
Last month, xthememoryshopx also picked aPokemonteam forDemon Slayer’s protagonist Tanjiro. In this earlier artwork, Tanjiro is featured among Water-type creatures, including Squirtle, Blastoise, Gyarados, Psyduck, and Poliwrath.
Other artists have created fan art inspired byPokemonandDemon Slayer, too. Last month, a fan reimaginedSnorlax as aDemon Slayercharacter. In this artwork, the Gen 1 Pokemon was featured wearing the traditional clothing from the Demon Slayer Corps and using a weapon that seemed like a modified version of a Japanese kama. The Normal-type creature also seemed slimmer than usual, and agile enough to use as a double-edged weapon, which would be unusual for Snorlax.
Back in May, anotherPokemon-Demon Slayerunofficial crossover design was shared with the community, this time featuringDragonite as a Demon Slayer. This artwork followed a similar style to Snorlax’s, making the Pokemon more agile-looking and giving it clothes from the Demon Slayer Corps, as well as a blue katana. Considering thatPokemonandDemon Slayerare among the most popular Japanese media franchises in recent years and that none is declining in popularity anytime soon, fans of these series can likely expect to see more fan art depicting characters from these franchises in the future.
Pokemon
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