Pokémon Adventures
Pokémon Adventures (Japanese: ポケットモンスター SPECIAL, Hepburn: Poketto Monsutā Supesharu, lit. “Pocket Monsters Special”) is a Japanese manga series based on the Pokémon media franchise created by video game designer Satoshi Tajiri and managed by The Pokémon Company. Tajiri once stated that the series is closest to how he imagined the universe of Pokémon to be.[2]
The series is written by Hidenori Kusaka. Mato was the illustrator for the first nine volumes. When Mato became ill and was unable to continue illustrating the series, Satoshi Yamamoto took over as the illustrator and still continues as the series’ artist.
Pokémon Adventures is translated into English in North America by Viz Media. As of April 2021, 54 volumes have been released, along with four pairs of mini-volumes depicting the “Black & White”, “X & Y”, “OmegaRuby & AlphaSapphire”, and “Sun & Moon” arc. In Southeast Asia, Singapore publisher Chuang Yi was translating Pokémon Adventures into English, and continued to translate new volumes up to volume 41. The company, however, has entered voluntary liquidation in early 2014 and translation stopped. Shogakukan Asia now handles the series in Singapore.[3] Jilin Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Viz Media Shanghai Branch, has translated the manga into Chinese. In Taiwan, it is published by Ching Win, who translates it into Chinese and releases it in their monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine. In Vietnam, it is published by Kim Đồng Publishing House, who translates it into Vietnamese.
