Pokémon Sleeves - Write a Report! (64 pcs, Japanese)

64 official Japanese Pokémon sleeves from the Write a Report! design series by the Pokémon Center.

Specifications

• Count: 64 sleeves
• Series: Write a Report! (レポートかいてね!), Pokémon Center Japan
• Design: Noriyuki Echigawa
• Officially licensed Japanese product

Why 64 and not 65

Western sleeve packs contain 65, Japanese ones 64 — a difference that comes purely from the habits of the two markets. A deck holds 60 cards either way, so you’re left with a few spares regardless. Just keep in mind that Japanese sleeves are sized for Japanese cards, which are a fraction smaller than Western ones.

What “Write a Report” means

In the Japanese Pokémon games, saving isn’t called save but “writing a report” — レポートをかく. The prompt “Write a report?” is the last thing you see before you turn off the console, and for anyone who grew up with these games in Japanese, that line is pure nostalgia. In July 2021, the Pokémon Center built a whole design series around it, illustrated by picture-book artist and cartoonist Noriyuki Echigawa in a soft, hand-drawn style.

What sleeves are for

Sleeves protect your cards from fingerprints, moisture, and damaged edges, and they let a deck shuffle more smoothly. At tournaments they’re practically mandatory: every card back in your deck has to look identical, so no one can tell which card you’re holding from the back.

The matching deck box from the same series is also available here, and another design in the same corner is Battle Start!.