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yamatoking.bsky.social
@yamatoking.bsky.social
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Diane Ernzen - Yamatoking
Retro 80s/90s anime artist, from Luxembourg 🇱🇺
❤️Nintendo🕹️Retro Anime 🇯🇵 Art🖌️
I don't do requests or commissions.
https://www.deviantart.com/yamatoking
#art #fanart #illustration
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To buy used anime DVDs go rather to Book-off stores. Mandarake is a bit all over the place: figures, doujinshi, old magazines like Animage etc, but in general I liked Osaka better for buying retro stuff.
Animage magazine from december 1997, featuring Ash and Pikachu with santa clause outfits.
September 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Mandarake Grand Chaos Shop in Nipponbashi and some shops around the corner there. Like this one. I was there in January:
Entrance sign for Nipponbashi anime goods shops. Anime figure shop in Nipponbashi Osaka which is great for retro figures.
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Paris In France had a lousy Pop-up Pokemon Store, (mainly TCGs) and people went nuts over it! Now imagine a real Pokemon Center with exclusive merch like in Japan. I visited many Pokemon centers in Japan and they’re all great. They really don‘t want money. I agree… #pokemon #dolls
Ash and Misty dolls wearing Kimonos in front of Pokemon center Osaka at Daimaru shopping center.
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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This is my contribution to this great summer themed retro anime zine! It shows my oc Sofia the witch and her cat Tameo. Please check it out. Everyone pulled of their best work! #summeradzine #retroanime
#ocsky #illustration #witch #art #artwork #anime #originalcharacter #90sanime #diskman #caturday
A red-haired girl with medium length hair, wearing a pink summer skirt is flying on a broom high up in the air through the clouds. She's a modern witch and listening with headphones to music on her portable CD-Player. Her purple witch cat is holding on tight too and smiles to the camera. The Suny logo is reference to another well-known electronic brand I adore a lot. The title says"Only Suny makes you feel like a magical girl".
July 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Yes,yes in the next days something really cool will be published where I participated with other artists! Here‘s a sneak peak: #art #illustration #retroanime #summerart
A teenage girl or young woman with red hair is smiling into the camera with headphones. Drawn in a retro anime style.
July 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Never stop drawing!
Ash and Misty eating ice cream and wearing Y2K fashion.
2000 - 2025
#fanarts #pokemon #artwork #retroanime
Traditional artwork of Ash and Misty wearing green/white summer clothes and eating icecream. Ash playfully trying to steel Mistys icecream. Misty is wearing a green crop-top football shirt and and short flower skirt. Ash has brown shorts and white shirt with green side sleeves. Digital artwork of Ash and Misty wearing green/blue and white summer clothes and eating icecream. This time Misty gives Ash her icecream cone voluntary so that he can try the flavor. Misty is wearing a green crop-top football shirt with the number 40 and and a blue/purple short skirt with green flowers. She's also wearing green chucks. Ash has brown shorts and a white polo-shirt with blue side sleeves and black shoes. On his chest is also a blue/green stripe. Pikachu is sitting on the stairs this time enjoying his icecream blueberry cone.
June 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The deathline of the Pokeshipping zine comes closer and I still don‘t have a good idea that represents the „Sparks on the water“ subject.
Ash and Pikachu are crying.
June 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Here is my original character Scott. He loves surfing and outdoor activities. #ocs #art #malecharacters #retroanime
A red haired boy with long hair drawn in a chibi-character design with cute features is riding a surfboard. Everything is colorful and cute reminds the viewer of old Sanrio 80s merch with simple designs. A happy red haired boy with semi-lenght red hair is sitting at beach. He‘s wearing a red hoodie, short jeans and black sneakers. Next to him is a seagull in the sand who looks at a soda bottle. It is sunny and bright. Everything is drawn on a classic 80s anime style.
May 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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The color sheme of this 1998 Delias shirt was an inspiration for Jimmy's summer shirt.
May 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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My ocs Jimmy and Sofia the witch witch summer clothes from the late 90s and early Y2K fashion. I'm planning a story with them that takes places during that time. (1998/1999)
#ocs #retroanime #couple #witch #illustration #art #ocsky #humanart #characterdesign #90sanime #food #cola #90sfashion #y2k
A boy with blue hair and a ponytail is leaning is left hand on his girfriends shoulder, while a can of soda in his right hand. She has surprised look on her face and holding a soda can in her left hand. She has red short hair with two ponytails and pink crop top and light long jeans and pink sport shoes. Its a warm summer day at the beach and both are sitting on stairs.
May 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I rarely post unfinished pieces, sketches or wips but here they are. My ocs Jimmy and Sofia with ponytails. Trying to give them some summer outfits. All my outlines are done with pencil on paper. #ocsky #artbyhumans #art #90sanime #characterdesign #pencil #summer #ponytail #retroanime #illustration
A pencil sketch of a boy and a girl with ponytails and smiling faces. It‘s a 90s anime design with puffy hair.
May 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Reworking older ocs and their stories is really fun. It's always challenging to keep a good balance between details and simplification and enhance that 90s anime look. Jimmy rocks the ponytail! #illustration #oc-sky #characterdesign #retroanime #90sanime #artwork #ocs #art #pencil #evolution
On left you see how I drew my character Jimmy in the year 2013 with messy medium black hair and dark eyes and a pale skin color. The style is mix of american comic and anime. In 2025 I drew him more in typical 90s anime style with a warmer color palette. His hair is dark blue and his eyes are green. His messy hair is tied back in a ponytail. His skin is slightly tanned.
May 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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In my old initial design Sofia had two braids. But I tought one makes her stand more out. And Jimmy sometimes has a ponytail, and sometimes not. I can't make a decision. #ocs #art
April 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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My ocs Sofia the witch, and her cat Tameo, aswell as her best friend Jimmy. It feels good just to scribble around your ideas, without thinking to much about a perfect outcome. #ocs #retroanime #cat #caturday #witch #illustration #art #ocsky #humanart #characterdesign #90sanime #food
A redhaired girl with semi-length short hair and a single braid on her left side and a red ear-ring is looking at her best friend Jimmy, who's eating a lot of bread and seams angry. The purple cat Tameo is lying on the young man's lap. Jimmy has darkblue messy hair and short ponytail in the back, a yellow t-shirt and long jeans. The illustration is done with a messy pencil and digital coloration.
April 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Concerning the first german broadcast, some sources say 1994, others say 1995. I probably watched Lady Oscar/The Rose of Versaille around 1995, and drew even some fanarts. Unfortunately I there's no date on my older drawings. #oldart #retroanime #ladyoscar
This is an old fanart of Lady Oscar from the 1979 anime The Rose of Versailles, that I drew when I was around 9 or 10 years old in 1994 or either 1995. The woman Oscar is depicted with long blond hair and a white royal uniform. She is posing in front of a colorful church window that depicts her name. Geeh, what was I creative as a 9 year old.
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Today I drew my OC Sofia only with my mouse in Paint and it was not a humbling experience at all. It was really fun! After scanning my other art in the computer I also use my mouse for the coloration anyway. I don't have a tablet. Art is done with love for the craft. #humanart #oc #mouse #paint
A redhaired teeange girl with semi-lenght short hair and single braid in the left side is smiling into the camera. She is wearing a jeans jacket with a pink hoodie. Her eyes are purple. The art of this picture was drawn in Microsoft paint and my mouse. It has pixelated lineart.
April 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Quote this PINK 💖 art with your CYAN 🩵 art!
@miyatoriaka.bsky.social @fairybees.bsky.social @hollylu.bsky.social

#art #pokemon #pokeshipping #illustration #pink
Ash and Misty lying on a pink futon bed next to each other and playing Pokemon red and blue on the classic Nintendo Gameboy. Ash and Misty hugging each other on a sleeping snorlax. Both are laughing out loud and are happy. Ash is wearing his blue pyjama shorts and Misty is wearing pink pyjama shorts and a white/pink short top. Pikachu is standing in the ground smiling at them with a big smile.
January 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Handcrafted gifts for family members. Made with Stabilo colored pencils on 130 g paper. #handmade #art #pokemon #illustration #traditionalart #xmas #dedenne #ash #squirtle #cute #kawaii #retroanime
An illustration with colored pencils with Ash and Squirtle smiling at his shoulder. Aswell as Dedenne who is esting a big blueberry in a garden.
December 25, 2024 at 11:57 AM
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Quote repost your old art vs your new art!!!

2003 vs 2022
#illustration #art #ocsky #retronanime
A black and white illustration of y light haired young man sitting on stairs. It was drawn in 2003 with black ink. On the new illusrtration from 2020-2022 the young man is still sitting on stairs, but this time in color and with headphones. There's also a sunset in the background. He's wearing a black and red jacket, light blue jeans. His hair blond and medium length.
December 11, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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If you see this, post a cat! 🐱

(My oc Tameo, a witch cat) #art #illustration #ocsky #oc #cat #cute #retroanime
This is my oc Tameo a male witchmaster cat. A cute little purple cat with big, bright yellow and red eyes. He's wearing a bell around his neck and has long ruffled hair on top of his head with longer strands of hair that cover his forehead.
December 4, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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I forgot to upload the version with the cover. This was a professional commission I did in fall 2023 for a touristic outdoor kids activity brochure. It was an exception since I had free hand. #ocs #ocsky #illustration #art #retroanime #artwork #sofia #jimmy
Jimmy a blue haired boy with medium lenght messy hair and Sofia a red haired girl with two long braids are posing friendly for the cover of a kids brochure. They‘re both wearing outdoor clothes. The background features green rocks from the Mullerthal region.
November 28, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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My original characters Scott the surfer and his father Eric. Here I stepped out of my comfort zone, of drawing cute boys and girls and went into middle-aged men territory. 😅
It was important that father and son had a certain resemblance.
#ocs #oc-sky #art #characterdesign #retroanime #illustration
Character designs of Scott a yong surfer boy in his early 20s and his father Eric. The father is a kind and grounded person with a lot of heart. Scott on the other hanb can be impulsive and loud. Both have long ginger hair.
November 8, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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The characters VS how I drew them.
Ash and Misty in the 90s anime style. Both are standing close the together touching each others shoulders and posing with their pokeballs. Ash and Misty from Pokemon in my drawing style. Misty has a pink jacket and a Staryu necklace. Ash is wearing a blue/white college jacket with long sleeves. My personal style is a general homage to 80s/90s anime and soft colors.
November 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Ash and Misty having tea with Psyduck, Rowlet and Pikachu. The doll furniture is from Maileg. #dolls #pokemon #animefigures #pokeshipping #kawaii
Ash and Misty dolls sitting at a coffee shop table enjoying some tea and burned blueberry pie. Rowlet is sitting on Misty‘s head. Psyduck is next to Ash waiting for some cake.
October 31, 2024 at 5:56 AM
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I‘m also a retro anime artist.Around 2017 I fully commited to it.
My ocs Scott the surfer and Jesse the merman.
October 27, 2024 at 7:19 AM