Tell your mom that story where the US wanted Pikachu to be an anthro with tiddies or something

what the hell xD Is that true? Oh please let it be true!

I'm not sure of the complete validity but it's cited in a few places:

Tsunekazu Ishihara: "The first time we showed off some Pokémon in the US, we were told they were 'too cute'. The staff in America submitted their ideas for replacement designs, but we just couldn't believe the kind of stuff they were proposing."
"They turned Pikachu into something like a tiger with huge breasts. It looked like a character from the musical Cats. When I asked 'how is this supposed to be Pikachu??' they said, 'Well look, there's its tail right there'... Seriously, that was the kind of stuff being proposed."

This seems to be the original interview: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0007.....n1/page03.html

Original, and untranslated :v But I'll certainly take your word for it being true, since I know US companies have a long history of making ill-advised "adjustments" to anything ported over from Japan. I actually feel like if the situation was reversed and the Japanese pikachu had the big anthro tiddies, then US companies would want the character's appearance toned down for American audiences :P

If you slap it into google translate, it'll say something very similar. The one I pasted here is from a human translator.

Yes, Americans are hypocritical like that.

She's absolutely wonderful, clothed or not.

Couldn't have written it better myself.

It's nice to see she's staying fit. She's got to keep her strength up so she can win battles.

Bless~

Work it out! Work it out!~

Bangs is such a cute Zubat girl :3
Could I draw her someday, if you don't mind? Credits will be given ;)