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A collage of the series main characters up through the Emerald installment. Clockwise: Emerald (center), Yellow (Top Center), Red, Gold, Ruby, Blue, Silver, Sapphire, Green, and Crys

Pokémon Adventures is a super popular manga series. It's based on the fun Pokémon video games you might know! In Japan, it's called Pocket Monsters SPECIAL.

Did you know that Satoshi Tajiri, the person who created Pokémon, once said this manga is the closest to what he imagined the Pokémon world would be like? He thought it really showed his ideas!

Who Creates Pokémon Adventures?

The stories for Pokémon Adventures are written by Hidenori Kusaka. The drawings were first done by Mato for the first 9 books.

Later, Satoshi Yamamoto took over as the artist because Mato was not well. Satoshi Yamamoto has been drawing the series ever since!

Where Can You Read It?

This manga has been translated into many languages around the world.

English Editions

In North America, VIZ Media publishes the English version. They started releasing the series again in 2009.

In Southeast Asia, a company called Chuang Yi translates Pokémon Adventures into English. They continue to release new books even today.

Other Language Editions

In China, Jilin Fine Arts and VIZ Media Shanghai Branch have translated the manga into Chinese.

In Taiwan, Ching Win publishes the series. They translate it into Mandarin Chinese and release it in their monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Pocket Monsters Special para niños

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