A new piece of Pokemon fan art reinterprets the popular Snorlax as a character from the anime Demon Slayer. It's certainly an unorthodox mixture of worlds, but somehow mixing Pokemon and the gory supernatural shonen works surprisingly well.
Demon Slayer is one of the most popular anime in the world. The franchise's first movie Demon Slayer: Mugen Train being the highest-grossing anime film of all time evidences how big of a deal it is. Pokemon is also one of the most successful anime with 25 seasons and nearly the same number of films. With how different the content of the two anime is, combining them wouldn't be the first thing on the mind of most fans, but somebody did it anyway, and the result is impressive.
The Demon Slayer and Pokemon fan collaboration comes courtesy of abz-art on Reddit, reimagining the Pokemon Snorlax as part of the Demon Slayer Corps. Pokemon and Demon Slayer are already an unexpected combination, and then adding in the fact that the chosen Pokemon to become a Demon Slayer is Snorlax makes this fan art just straight-up odd. While Snorlax is the type of Pokemon people want to squish and hug rather than fight, it is looking good in this artwork, wielding what seems to be some modified version of a Japanese kama with an axe and morning star heads at each end.
Snorlax seems to have been hitting the gym in preparation for joining the Demon Slayer Corps, too. It's not often that the typically lazy Pokemon is depicted with legs. In Snorlax's own anime, he's usually seen with just feet sticking out of his round build as he bumbles around. This weapon-wielding Snorlax seems a lot more agile and intimidating by comparison. Still, Snorlax fits a bit strangely into the world of Demon Slayer, especially when his fellow Pokemon like Bisharp's new evolution Kingambit and Hitmonlee seem like they would fit right in.
The tones of these two anime are completely different, with Pokemon tending to focus more on upbeat stories and lighthearted fun, while Demon Slayer is full of tragic backstories and painful tales that ultimately build up to large and bloody fights. A blending of the two isn't something fans will likely ever officially see happen, considering Game Freak is very adamant about maintaining Pokemon as a family-friendly franchise and Demon Slayer is certainly not for young children. However, that's what makes fan art like this special.