Unprecedented Video Showing How Pokemon Cards are Made from Start to Finish!

[Water Pokémon Master]

The Pokemon Company International and Millennium Print Group have produced an internal video showing how English Pokemon card are designed and printed. The video leaked to the Internet a few months ago, but we’ve now learned it doesn’t contain proprietary information. It was originally intended for employees. The Pokemon community has never seen a video of this process, let alone one this detailed.

TPCi receives sets lists from Creatures, the makers of the Japanese TCG. The lists are within an Excel file and show if a card has new text or artwork. TPCi arranges the cards into a new Excel file to create the English set list.

From here, translation work begins. TPCi...

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[Polaris]

That's super cool! Imagine your job being the quality control/inspector for Pokemon cards.

 

[Yaginku]

"Internal video showing how Pokemon card are designed!"
???
"...starting from TPCi getting finished cards from Creatures, Japan"
?

I like the video, I just wish the company that designs and makes the cards communicated with the consumers in any way.

 

[Chaosbeat]

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[Deikun]

This did not conclude the public version of this article.

Very impressed by the story and video! Good work!

 

[ProfesserPopplio]

So interesting what goes behind a pack of Pokémon Cards

 

[Skeleton Liar]

Even if aspects of this are bit mundane for a job, it's fascinating to see the entire process!

Also, got an absolute kick out of both "Prism Prison" and "Imprismed" as potential set names.

 

[bbb888]

This is also great for scammers to improve the quality of their fake cards.

 

[Water Pokémon Master]

This is also great for scammers to improve the quality of their fake cards.

Nothing shown in the video is proprietary. Scammers also don't have access to a $8.5 million printing machine and all the resources required to run one.

 

[TheWildAreaTCG]

Ultra Prism should've been named Imprismed or Prism Prison, those are such good set names. Seriously, whoever thought of those deserves a raise.

 

[Ignoramus]

Typical.

 

[aschefield101]

This is also great for scammers to improve the quality of their fake cards.

Why? When people seem happy enough to buy their crap as it is =/

I find it quite amusing that their photoshop/editing files and layouts are the same way I do mine (or as close to).

 

[Nintenfreak]

So the holofoil they were using in the GX era was called Sun Pillars. interesting. Bring back Pixelated Galaxy holofoil

 

[Hongo]

I like the choice of GTA V music in the video.

(Which could acceptably be applied to the 2020 era of scammers and conmen clawing to the forefront.)

Groovy.

 

[Hâlian]

That was really cool to look at! I do wish we could get a look into the game design of PTCG, similarly to Magic, but there is the matter of language and cultural barriers. :/

 

[fleshrum]

>it takes three weeks to translate the sets

Bangiras:

 

[N's Rhyperior]

>it takes three weeks to translate the sets

Bangiras:
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Other sources like ToineLay and @JustInBasil :

 

[TheChadderbox]

What an incredibly beautiful video. Theme Decks/Battle Decks are so often disregarded by the collector community but seeing the detail and amount of art that goes in to these is just beautiful. Those giant embossing/impression machines are incredible!

 

[pokeg]

Does anybody have a copy of the video? I am a bit late to the party, yet it sounds super interesting

 

[Pikachuisunderrated]

Does anybody have a copy of the video? I am a bit late to the party, yet it sounds super interesting

SAME. Please, anyone have a link to the video? It was taken down