From: Brian Brokaw To: TIMO RUHNAU Subject: Re: japanese art Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:50 PM ----- Original Message ----- From: TIMO RUHNAU To: Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:03 AM Subject: japanese art > I was hoping you could help me find some info on a particular card > art.I have recently purchased some Japanese gym leaders booster packs.I > came upon a trainer card.I am not sure of the name of the card but the > art is a zubat in the lower left corner and a wiggly or jigglypuff > around the top right corner.The jiggly or wigglypuff looks like it is > laying in yellow goo.In that artwork there is a red swatzika in the > yellow goo near the middle of the card.I was wondering why the would > include that in the card and what its purpose is.I noticed it right > away because I am a German citizen and i do not take the symbol well.If > you have any info on it please e-mail me at turbo1er@yahoo.com. > thank you Hi. This topic has surfaced before on a newsgroup that I monitor, but I didn't save any of the posts... I will try to research this for you. However, I am pretty sure that the symbol is actually a "reversed" swastika symbol and in Japan (and other cultures) is a _good_ symbol (not associated with Natzis). Check the website in the future for updates... Brian Brokaw