James Turner

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James Turner (Japanese: ジェイムス・ターナー) is a British graphic designer who worked at Game Freak. In 2010, he became the first Westerner to officially design Pokémon.

James Turner

Turner designed Pokémon for Pokémon Black and White, Pokémon X and Y, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and Pokémon Sword and Shield; he was also the Art Director for the latter. Additionally, he directed the 2012 Nintendo 3DS eShop title HarmoKnight and the 2015 video game published by Sega, Tembo the Badass Elephant.

Before joining Game Freak, James Turner worked for eight years at Genius Sonority and was credited under the name Jamie Turner (Japanese: ジェイミー・ターナー). Turner designed all the characters for Pokémon Battle Revolution and oversaw the designs of the different outfits.[1]

On June 9, 2022, Turner announced that he had left Game Freak to form his own game studio, All Possible Futures.[2][3][4]

Pokémon

The following is a list of Pokémon designed by James Turner.

Additionally, while Bruxish was designed by a different female designer, Turner finalized its design and drew its reference sheet.[23]

Works

Games

Title Platform Release date Position
Pokémon Colosseum Nintendo GameCube 2003-11-21 Camera Animation, Special Effects Art
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Nintendo GameCube 2005-08-04 Art Chief
Pokémon Trozei! Nintendo DS 2005-10-20 Art Director
Pokémon Battle Revolution Wii 2006-12-14 Art Director
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Wii 2007-07-12 Art Director
Pokémon Black and White Versions Nintendo DS 2010-09-18 Pokemon Designer, 3D Map Designer, Digital Movies
Pokémon Black and White Versions 2 Nintendo DS 2012-06-23 Pokémon Character Design, Pokémon Black Version and White Version Graphics Design
HarmoKnight Nintendo 3DS 2012-09-05 Director
Pokémon X and Y Nintendo 3DS 2013-10-12 Digital Movie Design Lead, Pokémon Character Design
Tembo the Badass Elephant Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2015-05-21 Director
Pokémon Sun and Moon Nintendo 3DS 2016-11-18 Digital Movie Design/Effect Design Section Director, Pokémon Character Design
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Nintendo 3DS 2017-11-17 Pokémon Character Design
Pokémon Sword and Shield Nintendo Switch 2019-11-15 Art Director

TCG illustration

James Turner is an artist in the Pokémon Trading Card Game who made his debut in Next Destinies. He has only illustrated one card.

Trivia

  • While Turner has several Pokémon among his favorites,[24] as of April 29, 2018, Salandit is his favorite Pokémon.[25]

References

External links


Pokémon designers

Emi AndoHitoshi ArigaKanako EoHiroki FuchinoMotofumi Fujiwara
Misaki HashimotoMana IbeAsuka IwashitaTomohiro KitakazeFumie Kittaka
Yusuke KozakiKazuyuki KurashimaLee HyunJungMegumi MizutaniShigeki Morimoto
Keiko MoritsuguKensaku NabanaAtsuko NishidaYusuke OhmuraTomohiko Ohkubo
Muneo SaitōKen SugimoritakeReiko TanoueAimi TomitaKenkichi Toyama
Saya TsurutaJames TurnerTakao UnnoEmi YoshidaHironobu Yoshida