Comments on: Wonder(Con)ing

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:17:48 +0000

Awesome! Okay, I take it back anything bad I said about Viz over this (if I did). I’m glad they are finally getting these books out again!

By: Deb Aoki

Deb Aoki — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:12:57 +0000

Yes, Annette confirmed that they will also be coming out with Magical Pokemon Adventures (the US title for those girl-centric Pokemon adventure geared toward girls.) I’ll have to look up the release dates tho.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:39:20 +0000

Thanks for checking and getting that confirmation Deb. No word though on Magical Journey Pokemon? That’s the one I’m really interested in. And not just because I have two girls (though my girls will inhale anything pokemon.

By: Deb Aoki

Deb Aoki — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:46:11 +0000

I dropped by the VIZ booth at Wondercon, and they confirmed that they’ll be republishing the Pokemon adventures stories that you’re looking for starting in June 2009, with volume 2 to follow in August 2009. VIZ Kids Editor Annette Roman confirmed that these are the same Pokemon stories that were originally published as “floppies” back in the day and they’ll publish all the rest of the stories over the next few months/years. If you’re curious, the first volume of Pokemon Adventures should be listed on amazon under ISBN 978-1-4215-305-3.

By: Heather Ward

Heather Ward — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:18:35 +0000

Ok, looking a little deeper, the Diamond and Pearl stories currently being released by VIZkids are from a different author than the Pokemon adv series. Also it seems an English version is available for the Pokemon series in Singapore by publisher Chuang Li and they are up to vol. 28, but it does look like VIZ is investing in Pokemon again at the wonderful price point of $7.99.

By: Heather Ward

Heather Ward — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:06:14 +0000

Well my understanding is VIZ is creating new editions for Pokemon Adventures for $7.99 starting this summer. They have 3 books already out for Diamond and Pearl pokemon series which is part of the current series in Japan with vol 4 coming out in June. I don’t know where the Diamond and Pearl book fit, but I would guess around vol. 22 – 25. Also I do not think VIZkids books are put on the same shelves as most manga, instead I think it is placed in the children’s section.