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Anime origin of pikachu face decision, GI interview, 17 August 2017

GI interview, 17 August 2017

ReportedReported by a reliable secondary source, or read carefully from filed documents.

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

The value

  • decision came from anime producer OLM, not Game Freak

Where it comes from

The line in the source

That was a decision, or rather a suggestion, from the company that made the anime

In English

Masuda: making Pikachu the anime lead was OLM's suggestion; a partner-made story choice reshaped the brand and Game Freak accepted it.

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