You Get a Neat Postcard for Embarking on the Pokemon Plane

I had no idea until right this moment that ANA airlines have customized a couple of their planes Pokemon style. It makes you wonder why, but once you look at the planes, you don't even want to know why anymore, 'cause they're beautiful, just gorgeous, simply sublime... I could go on like this forever. Kotaku cites John, who traveled between Tokyo and Sapporo with one of these planes and was very impressed by the whole thing, too: "When I was in Japan recently and took the trip from Tokyo to Sapporo, ANA has this super awesome Pokémon plane! It's pretty sweet. I even got a free postcard from the lovely flight attendants (who are soooo nice). Talk about awesome. You never get swag on American planes..."

Clicking to enlarge, you will see both the card John received from the sweet flight attendants and the plane itself, customized with all the characters in the Nintendo DS series. And of course, the reason for making the Pokemon plane was to attract people and especially children, who have more or less some influence over their parents' decisions. Some may even find it friendly and consider it safe for that exact reason, but the thing is, it should crash no smoother than normal Jumbo Jets. Still, it's probably the most beautiful airplane I've ever seen and one of the biggest and best pieces of art.

Now, if by any chance you go on that same route and get your very own free Pokemon postcard, be sure to hide it, get another and mail me the other. I'm kind of afraid of flying you know, even with Pikachu watching over from the tail of the aircraft.