Pokémon Special
Hidenori Kusaka · Mato / 1997
What’s the story?
Red leaves Pallet Town with a Pokédex and plenty of confidence in his skills as a Pokémon Trainer. Encounters with Professor Oak, his rival Blue and Misty challenge that confidence, while Team Rocket’s activities turn his journey into more than a contest between Trainers. This first volume collects fourteen chapters and launches the Kanto adventure, pairing Hidenori Kusaka’s story with Mato’s artwork. It begins the series known internationally as Pokémon Adventures, following its own interpretation of the world introduced in the original games.
The starting point.
Front with dust jacket · with obi
Back with dust jacket · with obi
Front without dust jacket
Back without dust jacket
Colophon · first printing
Front, back, book without its dust jacket and colophon: use the magnifier to inspect the details.
1997年9月25日 初版 第1刷発行
- Author / creators
- Hidenori Kusaka · Mato
- Publisher
- Shogakukan
- Imprint
- Tentōmushi Comics Special
- ISBN printed in the book
- 4-09-149331-9
- Equivalent ISBN-13
- 9784091493316
- Printed price
- ¥460 · tax included
- First-print obi
- With obi
- Original title
- ポケットモンスターSPECIAL
- Format / pages
- B6 · 18 cm · 199 pages
Volume 1 of Hidenori Kusaka and Mato’s original Japanese series, separate from Kōsaku Anakubo’s comedy manga Pocket Monsters. This is not the omnibus or collector reissue. The historical NDL record lists 199 pages and 18 cm; the current Shogakukan catalogue lists B6 and 208 pages. This dossier uses the 1997 bibliographic page count.