New Multi-Volume Box Sets For POKÉMON BLACK AND WHITE And POKÉMON ADVENTURES As Well As A New POKÉMON POCKET COMIC
San Francisco, CA, April 15, 2015 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga, graphic
novels and anime in North America, expands its POKÉMON catalog with
three notable new releases later this year.
Set
to be published under the company’s Perfect Square imprint, the POKÉMON
BLACK AND WHITE Box Set Vol. 3 will debut in September and will be
quickly followed by the October publication of POKÉMON POCKET COMICs Vol. 2 and the POKÉMON ADVENTURES MANGA BOX SET Vol. 4. Perfect Square’s POKÉMON manga and box set titles are each rated ‘A’ for All Ages.
POKÉMON BLACK AND WHITE MANGA BOX SeT Vol. 3
MSRP: $25.99 U.S. / $29.99 CAN · Rated ‘A’ For All Ages · Available September 2015
Meet Pokémon Trainers Black and White! His
entire life, Black has dreamed of winning the Pokémon League. Now he
embarks on a journey to explore the Unova region and fill a Pokédex for
Professor Juniper. White has an exciting career as the Trainer of a talented troupe of performing Pokémon. She dreams of making her Tepig Gigi a star! Together, Black and White continue on their journey... What surprising new Pokémon – and people – will they meet next?! Box Set comes with a POKÉMON mini-poster and contains Volumes 15-20 of the POKÉMON BLACK AND WHITE manga series.
POKÉMON POCKET COMICS Vol. 2: LEGENDARY POKÉMON
MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Rated ‘A’ For All Ages · Available October 2014
A pocket-sized book jam-packed with four-panel comic strips featuring POKÉMON characters linked to the wildly popular Pokémon handheld video games along with extra story content and bonus information, POKÉMON vital statistics, trivia, puzzles, and fun quizzes!
POKÉMON ADVENTURES FireRed & LeafGreen / Emerald BOX SET
MSRP: $54.99 U.S. / $69.99 CAN · Rated ‘A’ For All Ages · Available October 2015
The newest POKÉMON ADVENTURES Manga Box Set contains Volumes 23-29 of the FireRed & LeafGreen
and EMERALD story arcs along with a special mini-poster. Just as Green
is about to meet her long-lost parents, they are sucked into a vortex
created by a mysterious Pokémon! Red and Blue want to help, but first
they must improve their battle skills. Then, the Three Beasts of Team
Rocket are up to their old tricks again! Which former enemy will
unexpectedly come to our friends’ aid...?
In
the Emerald arc volumes, one of Team Rocket’s Three Beasts turns
against its leader Giovanni and seeks to usurp his power. Silver learns a
shocking secret about his family. Red and Mewtwo hazard a daring
escape. And—whoa! The Team Rocket airship is about to crash-land! Then,
in a battle between powerful Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo and Mythical
Pokémon Deoxys, who will triumph...?!
POKÉMON
is one of the most successful international entertainment franchises of
all time. To date more than 270 million POKÉMON video game titles and
over 21.5 billion Pokémon Trading Cards have been sold in more than 73
countries in addition to substantial publishing and merchandise sales.
VIZ Media and its Perfect Square imprint are the official North American
publishers for POKÉMON manga graphic novel series including POKÉMON
ADVENTURES X•Y, POKÉMON ADVENTURES, POKÉMON ADVENTURES: DIAMOND &
PEARL, POKÉMON ADVENTURES: GOLD & SILVER, POKÉMON ADVENTURES: BLACK
& WHITE as well as a variety of POKÉMON animated feature films.
VIZ
Media’s Perfect Square imprint focuses on delivering original comics,
manga (graphic novels) and other children’s books with an emphasis on
strong storytelling, eye-popping graphics, empowering themes, and a dash
of irreverence, that captures the imagination of a whole new
generation.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ
Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English
speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN
JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ
Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties
for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ
Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated
television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a
variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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