VIZ MEDIA’S PERFECT SQUARE IMPRINT ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF THREE NEW POKÉMON MANGA BOX SETS
Multi-Volume
Box Sets For POKÉMON BLACK AND WHITE And POKÉMON ADVENTURES RUBY &
SAPPHIRE To Debut In September With POKÉMON ADVENTURES DIAMOND &
PEARL/PLATINUM Set For Release In Early October
San Francisco, CA, August 27, 2014 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in
North America, delivers POKÉMON fun and adventure to fans and readers of
all ages as it prepares to release a pair of new manga box sets early
next month along with a third box set scheduled to debut in early
October.
The
POKÉMON ADVENTURES RUBY & SAPPHIRE Box Set and the POKÉMON BLACK
AND WHITE Box Set 2 are scheduled for release on September 2nd
under the company’s Perfect Square imprint. A new POKÉMON ADVENTURES
DIAMOND & PEARL/PLATINUM Box Set will be available on October 7th. POKÉMON manga are rated ‘A’ for All Ages and each of the forthcoming sets also features a collectible full-color poster.
POKÉMON ADVENTURES RUBY & SAPPHIRE BOX SET ·
MSRP: $59.99 U.S. / $79.99 CAN · Rated ‘A’ For All Ages ·
Available Sept. 2nd
Ruby’s
father Norman is the new Gym Leader of Petalburg City. But Ruby doesn’t
want to follow in his father’s footsteps – he wants to win Pokémon
Contests! Sapphire’s father Professor Birch is the local Pokémon
researcher. But Sapphire is tired of gathering scientific data – she
wants to win Pokémon Battles! When Ruby and Sapphire meet, they’re more
likely to hit each other than hit it off. But then Sapphire challenges
Ruby to a competition! Which of them will achieve their dreams in just
eighty days?! The box set contains the complete Ruby & Sapphire arc
(Vols. 15-22) of the bestselling POKÉMON ADVENTURES series and a
collectible color poster!
POKÉMON BLACK AND WHITE BOX SET 2 · MSRP: $25.99 U.S. / $29.99 CAN · Rated ‘A’ For All Ages · Available Sept. 2nd
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 along the way?!
The manga set includes POKÉMON BLACK AND WHITE Volumes 9–14 and a
collectible color poster!
POKÉMON ADVENTURES DIAMOND & PEARL/PLATINUM ·
MSRP: $89.99 U.S. / $115.99 CAN · Rated ‘A’ For All Ages ·
Available Oct. 7th
The
box set contains the complete Diamond & Pearl/Platinum story arc
(Vols. 1-11) of the bestselling POKÉMON ADVENTURES series and a
collectible color poster! Pokémon Trainers Pearl and Diamond are
starstruck! Their goal? To perfect their Pokémon comedy act. So how do
they wind up as bodyguards to a pampered little rich girl on a quest to
reach the peak of Mt. Coronet? Thrills and laughs are guaranteed as the
POKÉMON ADVENTURES series continues with POKÉMON DIAMOND &
PEARL/PLATINUM.
“POKÉMON
fans are guaranteed to have hours of fun with the latest multi-volume
box set releases for three of the property’s most popular manga series
including POKÉMON ADVENTURES RUBY & SAPPHIRE, POKÉMON DIAMOND &
PEARL/PLATINUM, and POKÉMON BLACK AND WHITE,” says Beth Kawasaki, Senior
Editorial Director. “We look forward to this collection of
imaginative adventures that feature dynamic characters and exotic new
Pokémon complementing the late summer reading season and opening fall
for readers of all ages!”
POKÉMON
is one of the most successful international entertainment franchises of
all time. Nickelodeon magazine gave the property its 2009 “Favorite
Manga Award,” and more than 260 million POKÉMON video game titles have
been sold to-date worldwide. The 17th season of the POKÉMON animation, Pokémon the Series: XY,
launched January 2014, in the U.S. on Cartoon Network. VIZ Media is the
official North American publisher of a variety of popular POKÉMON manga
graphic novel series.
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.
Additional information on titles published by Perfect Square is available at www.PerfectSquare.com.
For more information on other manga titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.
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,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. With its popular digital manga
anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO,
BLEACH and INUYASHA, 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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© 1995-2011 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc.
TM, ®, and character names are trademarks of Nintendo.
POCKET MONSTERS SPECIAL © 1997 Hidenori KUSAKA and Satoshi
YAMAMOTO/SHOGAKUKAN
© 2011 Pokémon.
© 1995-2011 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc.
TM, ®, and character names are trademarks of Nintendo.
POCKET MONSTERS SPECIAL © 1997 Hidenori KUSAKA and Satoshi
YAMAMOTO/SHOGAKUKAN
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