Earphones on, eyes closed: How a Boy's Bug Collecting Became Pokémon | Japanese Bedtime Story
Lanterns of Japan: bedtime stories that take you to Japan. Put on your earphones, close your eyes, and visit Japan before you sleep. Follow for your next night in Japan.
The true story of Satoshi Tajiri, a boy who caught insects in Machida on the edge of Tokyo and grew up to make Pokémon, told from his own interview with TIME and Nintendo's interviews with the developers: the handwritten magazine Game Freak, the Game Boy link cable, two versions of one game, six lean years, and the hidden 151st creature, Mew. The summer evening at a friend's house that frames it is imagined, and the narration…
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