Illustrated by an early 3D artist, Keiji Kinebuchi contributed to over 100 illustrations for Pokemon TCG especially in the early years. Keiji was a pioneer in using 3D animation especially for cards. This led to some of them appearing to be somewhat basic by today's standards but they are endearing all the same. He passed away sometime around 2002. 

Originally released in English in January, 1999 and comes from the original base set for Pokemon! Iconic, and taken for granted by millennials in elementary school from ocean to ocean. Base set comes in many flavors from First edition (shadowless), Shadowless (Unlimited), Unlimited (with Shadow), and Unlimited (with an updated Copyright).