Incredible Pokémon, Anime Sneaker Designs Are Too Good For Nike

Whereas Nike likes to dabble within the out-and-out nerd market generally, from Doraemon to Good day Kitty, for essentially the most half the corporate likes to maintain its collabs refined, and has not labored with Nintendo for a lengthy time. That means it would doubtless by no means formally launch sneakers this good.

The sneakers you’re seeing on this gallery are all of the work of artist Andrew Chiou, who has been doing the rounds on shoe blogs this week for his latest Pokémon work, however that stuff is simply scratching the floor. Utilizing Dunks and Jordans as his canvas, Chiou has painted (or at the least designed) a ton of customized sneakers recently primarily based on the whole lot from Dragon Ball to Sailor Moon, generally for patrons, and generally as one-offs for celebrities and athletes.

These are a pair of “What The” Tremendous Mario ideas (“What The” sneakers are Nike’s particular traces the place designs get wild):

Listed below are some Pokémon ones he launched earlier this week, that includes Scyther, Bulbasaur, Shiny Gyarados and Dragonite:

This can be a pair of Sailor Moon ideas, once more on a pair of Dunks, which with their retro styling and clear panel design makes them superb to sketch out themes like this:

This pair of Dragon Ball Dunks, primarily based on Vegeta, aren’t a mock-up, these have really been painted up on an actual pair:

I’m in love with the colourway on these Snorlax Jordan IVs:

And eventually, simply to interrupt up the monotony of Dunks and Jordan IVs, right here’s a Venusaur mocked up over a pair of very beautiful CDG x Nike ACG Mowabbs (scroll by way of to see the all-cream colourway of the unique sneakers, an all-timer for the silhouette):

If you wish to see extra of Chiou’s stuff, you’ll find extra shoe designs—each mockups and precise customized sneaker paintjobs—at his Instagram web page.