UNIQLO’s Pokémon 30th-anniversary UT collaboration is back for a second wave — and this drop fully commits to retro. Eight graphic tees built from the original Game Boy’s monochrome pixel art hit stores on 24 July, with the collection already confirmed for Singapore through the UNIQLO Singapore UT page, listed there as “Launching Late July.”
From Watercolour to Game Boy Grey
The first wave of UNIQLO’s Pokémon anniversary UT (March 2026) celebrated the franchise through Ken Sugimori’s original watercolour illustration style. Wave 2 takes the opposite approach, dialling back to Pokémon Red and Green’s 160×144 Game Boy display. Every adult design in this collection uses the same dot-matrix sprites that appeared on screen back in 1996 — black and white, no gradients, pure nostalgia.
The Men’s Line: Four Kanto Designs
Four adult graphic tees make up the collection, priced at ¥1,990 each in Japan (sizes XS to 4XL):
- Pokémon UT Red Version — The opening-screen pixel art (Trainer Red and Charmander mid-battle) printed on a white tee, exactly as it appeared in the game.
- Pokémon UT Kanto Gym — A light grey tee with the eight Gym Leaders’ partner Pokémon marching across the chest (Onix, Starmie, Raichu, Vileplume, Weezing, Alakazam, Arcanine, Rhydon), plus the eight Gym Badges embroidered on the left sleeve as a discrete detail.
- Pokémon UT Mewtwo and Mew — White shirt with Mewtwo rendered as No. 150 on the front in the original Japanese Pokédex label style; flip the shirt and Mew appears as a hidden print on the back hem.
- Pokémon UT Pikachu Evolution — A black pocket tee with original-sprite Pikachu on the chest pocket, with Raichu hidden inside the pocket lining — the evolution reveal you have to earn by actually opening the pocket.
Kids’ Line: Same Pixel DNA, With Colour
The kids’ range (¥990, sizes 100–160 cm) pulls the same retro sprites but adds colour, landing on a different wavelength from the adult monochrome line. The four children’s designs include a light blue Red Version screen tee, a Pikachu multi-expression tee, a white tee with a pixel lineup of fan favourites (Charizard, Caterpie, Jigglypuff, Eevee, Dragonite), and — the standout of the kids’ set — a black Gengar tee, No. 094 rendered in purple pixel art.
The Gengar shirt is the only piece across both adult and kids’ lines to spotlight a Pokémon outside of the Kanto trio and Pikachu/Mewtwo. On a black base with purple pixel sprite, it reads like a proper Halloween piece and will likely sell fast.
Getting It in Singapore
The UNIQLO Singapore website already has the Pokémon 30th Anniversary section active with a “Launching Late July” label, placing the local on-sale date in line with Japan’s 24 July launch. The collection should be available both in-store at UNIQLO outlets across Singapore and through the UNIQLO Singapore online store — SGD pricing has not been confirmed, but the Japan price of ¥1,990 per adult tee is roughly SGD $18–20 at current rates.
If the first-wave sell-through is anything to go by, the Gengar and Kanto Gym tees will be the first to go in the more popular sizes. UNIQLO’s larger stores (ION Orchard, Jewel Changi Airport, VivoCity) tend to carry the fuller UT size range, so those are worth heading to early if you need XS or XL options.
