Asian Pokemon Cards | Differences & Similarities

Pokemon as a franchise itself has had great popularity in Indonesia since the beginning of the Pokemon anime, but the country had to wait a long time for its own Pokemon cards and import English cards. However, this has changed recently and so there are now Indonesian maps. The map design differs little from that of the international maps. For example, the reverse side of Indonesian maps looks like a exactly the same as the back of our cards, only the language of the cards is different. Thus, the cards look quite similar to international maps and offer themselves as a cheaper alternative.

Similar to Indonesia, Pokemon is also quite popular in Thailand. But you had to wait a relatively long time until you finally got your own Pokemon cards. In Thailand, exclusive sets[012759 0127510] were released, which were not available anywhere else, to summarize international Pokemon eras and to bring the maps up to date. In terms of design, it is again quite similar to international maps, only the language of the cards clearly distinguishes them from our maps. Nevertheless, the cards are generally popular, also because they can also be regarded as cheaper alternatives.

Korean Pokemon cards have been around longer than e.g. Maps from Indonesia or Thailand, as Japan & Korea have been working together for a long time and in the course of this a branch office of the Pokemon Company in Korea was opened relatively early.

There have been interruptions over time where Korean cards have not been printed, but currently Korean cards are quite popular, especially because Pokemon is now quite popular in Korea, as well as almost everywhere else in the world, and because international markets for Korean Pokemon cards are getting bigger and bigger. This is primarily due to the fact that Japanese Pokemon cards became more and more expensive and alternatives became unavoidable for many.

Korean Pokemon sets are based on their Japanese equivalent, but keep e.g. international release dates and the map design is also very similar to international maps, since only the language differs again, but layout and design remain the same. All in all, definitely a great and compared to Japanese cards inexpensive alternative.

Chinese Pokemon cards exist the shortest of all Asian Pokemon cards so far [0127510 012759], but Pokemon is now also represented in the huge country of China. The first set was a combination of 3 different sets, which are a bit older from our point of view. In this way, an attempt is made to summarize past eras (from the Sun & Moon) as efficiently as possible and to quickly get to international topicality. It is done in a similar way in Thailand and has some advantages some advantages.

We can get wonderful sun & moon sets such as Hidden Destiny once again quite cheaply as a Chinese set and thus have great experiences again. They are unique, because this time the cards differ not only in their language, but also in their design. For example, on all foil cards, e.g. a exclusive Pokemon logo danced in at the bottom left and in general the cards have a slightly different holo effect.

These Pokemon cards are not the above-mentioned Chinese cards. traditional Chinese Pokemon cards from Hong Kong & Taiwan meant, which have existed longer than e.g. the now new Chinese maps from China itself. In terms of card design, they are similar to our maps, only the language is clearly different. The sets are based on the Japanese sets, but international release dates are adhered to. T-Chinese Pokemon cards are now also enjoying international popularity, especially since the 25th anniversary of Pokemon, as there were special collections of Charizard, Bisaflor, Turtok and Co., where you could get these cards relatively cheap[012759 0127510].

It all started with Japanese Pokemon cards. The Pokémon Company is still headquartered in the Land of the Rising Sun 0127510, and Japanese Pokemon cards have always enjoyed huge popularity 012759 012759 0127510.

At the beginning of the Pokémon TCG, they had a different design in Japan than they do today. At that time, the back looked different from today's back, which is nevertheless different from our card back. This makes Japanese Pokemon cards unique in the world, since all other cards, whether from America, Thailand or China, have the internationally customary back. Many Japanese cards also have a silver border, in contrast to the international cards, which all have a yellow border. From Crimson & Crimson, the international variant will also have a silver rim.