About

Gyaru Bulbasaur or Bulbasaur Gal, also known as Kogal Bulbasaur, is a moe anthropomorphism version of the Pokemon Bulbasaur depicting her as an anime school girl who follows the rebellious "gyaru" aesthetic. Gyaru Bulbasaur is inspired by Bulbasaur in the 2026 video game Pokemon Pokopia, who some players believe acts like a gyaru. Fan art depicting Gyaru Bulbasaur went viral in early March 2026 as Pokopia was released, with many pieces of art depicting her in a schoolgirl outfit.

Origin

On March 5th, 2026, Pokemon Pokopia was released for the Nintendo Switch 2. That day, fan art depicting Bulbasaur, a grass-type Pokémon, as a "gyaru" anime girl started appearing online. "Gyaru" is an aesthetic denoted by a non-conformist, rebellious style.^[1]

One of the earliest examples of the trend was posted by Japanese X^[2] user @echieichi_ that day, writing, "Do you know about Gal Fushigidane…?" garnering over 32,000 likes and 5,800 reposts in five days.

Spread

The Gyaru Bulbasaur trend continued throughout early March 2026 as Pokopia continued to go viral.

On March 6th, 2026, X^[3] user @sinnop10 posted a piece of Gyaru Bulbasaur artwork, garnering over 119,000 likes and 18,000 reposts in four days. That day, X^[9] user @tottu_1280 posted, "I think you guys need to know that bulbasaur in Japanese speaks like gyaru," gaining over 39,000 likes in five days.

On March 7th, Redditor OP_Looks_Fishy2 reposted @echieichi_'s art to the /r/MoeMorphism^[4] subreddit to over 730 upvotes in three days.

Later that day, X^[5] user @RhymeWithRay posted a piece of art playing into the trend, which was reposted to the /r/MoeMorphism^[6] subreddit later that day, garnering over 14,000 likes on the former and 3,300 upvotes on the latter in three days.

On March 9th, 2026, X^[7] user @Lilroundpumpkin posted art following the trend, writing, "I don't even have the game but I couldn't resist adding to the kogal Bulbasaur craze that's hit my TL," garnering over 18,000 likes and 2,600 reposts in a day.

Later that day, X^[8] user @owlsoda posted a piece of art redrawing a scene of the Pokémon Heracross biting Bulbasaur, depicting each character as an anime girl, garnering over 23,000 likes and 3,200 reposts in a day.

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