List of Pokémon Adventures volumes

Pokémon Adventures, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Special (ポケットモンスター SPECIAL, Poketto Monsutā SPECIAL), is a Japanese manga series published by Shogakukan. The story arcs of the series are based on most of the Pokémon video games released by Nintendo and, as such, the main characters of the series have the name of their video game. Since the manga is based on the video games, there are some delays with the serialization since the authors need to have seen the games in order to continue with the plot.[1]

The first volume of the Pokémon Adventures manga, released by Shogakukan on August 8, 1997.

The series is written by Hidenori Kusaka. It was illustrated by Mato during the first nine volumes, while Satoshi Yamamoto started illustrating it since the tenth volume. The Japanese publisher Shogakukan has been releasing the individual chapters in tankōbon format with the first one being released on August 8, 1997, and currently, 53 tankōbon have been released.[2][3]

The distributing company Viz Media has licensed the series for English in the United States. Viz released the first seven volumes of the series in tankōbon format from July 6, 2000[4] to January 2003[5] as well as in magazine format.[6] During 2006 they released two volumes with the name The Best of Pokémon Adventures, which are various chapters from the first two arcs put into one book.[7][8] On June 1, 2009, Viz restarted publishing the tankōbon volumes, and are now up to volume 9 as of October 2010. Volume 10 was released in December 2010, and volumes 11, 12 and volume 30 of the DP arc (known as volume 1 of Platinum in Viz's release) were released in 2011. However, these releases feature both visual and dialogue edits not found in the original English release and original Japanese tankobon release.[9]

On July 24, 2018, Viz announced their plans to release the regular volume releases digitally on their digital platform, as well as the digital platforms of their associates such as ComiXology and Amazon Kindle with the first seven volumes available initially and the remaining sagas planned for release between August to December 2018.[10]

Volume list

Volumes 1–20

Red, Green & Blue chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
1	Desperado Pikachu	August 8, 1997[2] 4-09-149331-9	July 6, 2000[4][11] 978-1-569-31507-1
2	Legendary Pokémon	December 16, 1997[12] 4-09-149332-7	December 6, 2000[13][14] 978-1-569-31508-8
3	Saffron City Siege	May 28, 1998[15] 4-09-149333-5	August 5, 2001[16][17] 978-1-569-31560-6

Yellow chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
4	A Trainer in Yellow	December 16, 1998[18] 4-09-149334-3	January 9, 2002[19][20] 978-1-569-31710-5
5	The Gym Leaders' Alliance	April 26, 1999[21] 4-09-149335-1	January 9, 2002[22][23] 978-1-569-31563-7
6	The Cave Campaign	November 27, 1999[24] 4-09-149336-X	September 5, 2002[25][26] 978-1-591-16028-1
7	The Pokémon Elite	April 26, 2000[27] 4-09-149336-X	January 2003[5][28] 978-1-421-53060-4

Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
8	—	August 8, 2001[29] 4-09-149338-6	August 3, 2010[30] 978-1-421-53061-1
9	—	August 8, 2001[31] 4-09-149339-4	October 5, 2010[32] 978-1-421-53062-8
10	—	August 8, 2001[33] 4-09-149340-8	December 7, 2010[34] 978-1-421-53063-5
11	—	December 25, 2001[35] 4-09-149711-X	February 1, 2011[36] 978-1-421-53545-6
12	—	April 26, 2002[37] 4-09-149712-8	April 5, 2011[38] 978-1-421-53546-3
13	—	August 28, 2002[39] 4-09-149713-6	June 7, 2011[40] 978-1-421-53547-0
14	—	January 28, 2003[41] 4-09-149714-4	August 2, 2011[42] 978-1-421-53548-7

Ruby & Sapphire chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
15	—	July 28, 2003[43] 4-09-149715-2	March 5, 2013[44] 978-1-421-53549-4
16	—	October 28, 2003[45] 4-09-149716-0	May 7, 2013[46] 978-1-421-53550-0
17	—	February 28, 2004[47] 4-09-149717-9	July 2, 2013[48] 978-1-421-53551-7
18	—	June 19, 2004[49] 4-09-149718-7	September 3, 2013[50] 978-1-421-53552-4
19	—	October 28, 2004[51] 4-09-149719-5	November 5, 2013[52] 978-1-421-53553-1
20	—	April 26, 2005[53] 4-09-149720-9	January 7, 2014[54] 978-1-421-53554-8

Volumes 21–40

Ruby & Sapphire chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
21	—	December 24, 2005[55] 4-09-140096-5	March 4, 2014[56] 978-1-421-53555-5
22	—	August 28, 2006[57] 4-09-140228-3	May 6, 2014[58] 978-1-421-53556-2

FireRed & LeafGreen chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
23	—	October 27, 2006[59] 4-09-140254-2	July 1, 2014[60] 978-1-421-53557-9
24	—	January 26, 2007[61] 978-4-09-140318-6	September 2, 2014[62] 978-1-421-53558-6
25	—	March 28, 2007[63] 978-4-09-140329-2	November 4, 2014[64] 978-1-421-53559-3

Emerald chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
26	—	June 23, 2007[65] 978-4-09-140366-7	January 6, 2015[66] 978-1-421-53560-9
27	—	August 28, 2007[67] 978-4-09-140398-8	March 3, 2015[68] 978-1-421-53561-6
28	—	December 25, 2007[69] 978-4-09-140456-5	May 5, 2015[70] 978-1-421-53562-3
29	—	November 27, 2008[71] 978-4-09-140743-6	July 7, 2015[72] 978-1-421-53563-0

Diamond & Pearl chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
30	—	December 25, 2008[73] 978-4-09-140770-2	March 1, 2011[74] 978-1-421-53816-7
31	—	March 27, 2009[75] 978-4-09-140799-3	June 7, 2011[76] 978-1-421-53817-4
32	—	June 19, 2009[77] 978-4-09-140839-6	October 4, 2011[78] 978-1-421-53818-1
33	—	October 28, 2009[79] 978-4-09-140868-6	February 7, 2012[80] 978-1-421-53912-6
34	—	February 26, 2010[81] 978-4-09-140887-7	June 5, 2012[82] 978-1-421-53913-3
35	—	May 28, 2010[83] 978-4-09-141057-3	October 2, 2012[84] 978-1-421-53914-0
36	—	August 27, 2010[85] 978-4-09-141118-1	February 5, 2013[86] 978-1-421-54247-8
37	—	November 26, 2010[87] 978-4-09-141207-2	June 4, 2013[88] 978-1-421-55404-4

Platinum chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
38	The Other Side of This World この世の裏側	February 28, 2011[89] 978-4-09-141208-9	October 1, 2013[90] 978-1-421-55405-1
39	Renegade Dragon 叛骨のドラゴン	July 28, 2011[91] 978-4-09-141314-7	February 4, 2014[92] 978-1-421-55406-8
40	Legends and Myths! 伝説！幻！！	May 28, 2012[3] 978-4-09-141468-7	June 3, 2014[93] 978-1-421-56179-0

Volumes 41–current

HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
41	—	June 28, 2012[94] 978-4-09-141497-7	August 6, 2013[95] 978-1-421-55900-1
42	—	October 26, 2012[96] 978-4-09-141497-7	October 29, 2013[97] 978-1-421-55901-8

Black & White chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
43	—	January 25, 2013[98] 978-4-09-141583-7	July 2, 2013[99] 978-1-421-55898-1
44	—	March 28, 2013[100] 978-4-09-141644-5	November 5, 2013[101] 978-1-421-55899-8
45	—	June 28, 2013[102] 978-4-09-141684-1	March 4, 2014[103] 978-1-421-56178-3
46	—	July 26, 2013[104] 978-4-09-141688-9	July 1, 2014[105] 978-1-421-56180-6
47	—	August 24, 2013[106] 978-4-09-141587-5	November 4, 2014[107] 978-1-421-56181-3
48	—	November 28, 2013[108] 978-4-09-141625-4	March 3, 2015[109] 978-1-421-57181-2
49	—	January 25, 2014[110] 978-4-09-141699-5	April 7, 2015[111] 978-1-421-57836-1
50	—	March 25, 2014[112] 978-4-09-141708-4	July 7, 2015[113] 978-1-421-57837-8
51	—	July 25, 2014[114] 978-4-09-141809-8	October 6, 2015[115] 978-1-421-57961-0

Black 2 & White 2 chapter

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
52	—	December 26, 2014[116] 978-4-09-141894-4	January 3, 2017[117] 978-1-421-58437-9
53	—	August 8, 2017[118] 978-4-09-142412-9	July 10, 2018[119] 978-1-421-58438-6
54	—	May 28, 2020[120][121] 978-4-09-142745-8 ISBN 978-4-09-943066-5 (limited edition)	—
55	—	May 28, 2020[122][123] 978-4-09-142746-5 ISBN 978-4-09-943067-2 (limited edition)	—

2 rounds in Black 2 & White 2 Chapter, 39 rounds & 7 side stories in X & Y Chapter, 22 rounds in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Chapter and 26 rounds in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Chapter are yet to be published in a tankōbon volume, but have been printed in the magazine, mini volumes, or published online. These titles, and their order, are subject to change, both in collection into tankōbon, and translation into English.

Black 2 & White 2 Chapter (published online)

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
54	—	—	—

X & Y Chapter (published in CoroCoro Ichiban! magazine)

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
1	—	April 28, 2014	December 2, 2014
2	—	April 28, 2014	March 3, 2015
3	—	November 28, 2014	June 2, 2015
4	—	November 28, 2014	September 1, 2015
5	—	June 26, 2015	December 1, 2015
6	—	June 26, 2015	March 1, 2016
7	—	December 28, 2015	July 5, 2016
8	—	December 28, 2015	October 4, 2016
9	—	June 24, 2016	January 3, 2017
10	—	June 24, 2016	April 4, 2017
11	—	December 28, 2016	July 4, 2017
12	—	December 28, 2016	October 3, 2017

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Chapter (published online)

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
1	—	July 24, 2015	September 6, 2016
2	—	July 24, 2015	December 6, 2016
3	—	February 26, 2016	March 7, 2017
4	—	February 26, 2016	July 4, 2017
5	—	September 28, 2016	November 7, 2017
6	—	September 28, 2016	March 6, 2018

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon chapter (published in CoroCoro Ichiban! magazine)

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
1	—	June 23, 2017	May 8, 2018
2	—	December 27, 2017	September 11, 2018
3	—	June 22, 2018	January 8, 2019
4	—	December 28, 2018	May 14, 2019
5	—	—	—

References

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27. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 7 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
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29. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 8 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
30. Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver Volume 8, Amazon.com
31. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 9 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
32. Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver Volume 9, Amazon.com
33. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 10 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
34. Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver Volume 10, Amazon.com
35. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 11 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
36. Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver Volume 11, Amazon.com
37. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 12 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
38. Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver Volume 12, Amazon.com
39. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 13 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
40. Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver Volume 13, Amazon.com
41. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 14 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
42. Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver Volume 14, Amazon.com
43. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 15 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
44. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 15, Amazon.com
45. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 16 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
46. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 16, Amazon.com
47. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 17 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
48. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 17, Amazon.com
49. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 18 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
50. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 18, Amazon.com
51. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 19 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
52. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 19, Amazon.com
53. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 20 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
54. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 20, Amazon.com
55. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 21 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
56. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 21, Amazon.com
57. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 22 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
58. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Volume 22, Amazon.com
59. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 23 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
60. Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen Volume 23, Amazon.com
61. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 24 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
62. Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen Volume 24, Amazon.com
63. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 25 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
64. Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen Volume 25, Amazon.com
65. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 26 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
66. Pokémon Adventures: Emerald Volume 26, Amazon.com
67. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 27 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
68. Pokémon Adventures: Emerald Volume 27, Amazon.com
69. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 28 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
70. Pokémon Adventures: Emerald Volume 28, Amazon.com
71. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 29 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
72. Pokémon Adventures: Emerald Volume 29, Amazon.com
73. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 30 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
74. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 1, Amazon.com
75. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 31 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
76. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 2, Amazon.com
77. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 32 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
78. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 3, Amazon.com
79. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 33 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
80. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 4, Amazon.com
81. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 34 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
82. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 5, Amazon.com
83. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 35 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
84. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 6, Amazon.com
85. ポケットモンスタースペシャル / 36 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
86. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 7, Amazon.com
87. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 37 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
88. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 8, Amazon.com
89. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 38 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
90. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 9, Amazon.com
91. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 39 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
92. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 10, Amazon.com
93. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Volume 11, Amazon.com
94. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 41 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
95. Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver Volume 1, Amazon.com
96. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 42 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
97. Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver Volume 2, Amazon.com
98. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 43 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
99. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 1, Amazon.com
100. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 44 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
101. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 2, Amazon.com
102. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 45 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
103. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 3, Amazon.com
104. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 46 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
105. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 4, Amazon.com
106. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 47 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
107. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 5, Amazon.com
108. ポケットモンスタースペシャル/48 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
109. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 6, Amazon.com
110. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 49 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
111. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 7, Amazon.com
112. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 50 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
113. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 8, Amazon.com
114. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 51 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
115. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Volume 9, Amazon.com
116. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 52 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
117. Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2 Volume 1, Amazon.com
118. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 53 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
119. Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2 Volume 2, Amazon.com
120. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 54 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
121. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 54 特装版 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
122. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 55 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
123. ポケットモンスタースペシャル　/ 55 特装版 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links

• Official Pokémon Adventures website of Viz Media
• Official Pokémon Adventures website (in Japanese)