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==Release information== | ==Release information== | ||
[[Image:ANAArticuno.jpg|left|180px|Alternate version.]] | [[Image:ANAArticuno.jpg|left|180px|Alternate version.]] | ||
This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was released as a special card by {{wp|All Nippon Airways|All Nippon Airlines}} throughout June and July in 1999 with artwork by [[Toshinao Aoki]]. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Pokémon Getaways" campaign could redeem their boarding passes for the 2 card set including Articuno and {{TCG ID|ANA promo|Flying Pikachu|99}}. The English version was given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of [[ | This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was released as a special card by {{wp|All Nippon Airways|All Nippon Airlines}} throughout June and July in 1999 with artwork by [[Toshinao Aoki]]. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Pokémon Getaways" campaign could redeem their boarding passes for the 2 card set including Articuno and {{TCG ID|ANA promo|Flying Pikachu|99}}. The English version was given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of [[M02|Pokémon The Movie 2000]] with then English-exclusive artwork by Naoyo Kimura.<br> | ||
The card was reprinted in Japan with the English artwork in {{TCG|Pokémon Web}}. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in {{TCG|Supreme Victors}} as a {{TCG|retro card}}; this print omitted the second comma from the attack effect. | The card was reprinted in Japan with the English artwork in {{TCG|Pokémon Web}}. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in {{TCG|Supreme Victors}} as a {{TCG|retro card}}; this print omitted the second comma from the attack effect. | ||