Panini Comics

Panini Comics
Panini Comics logo
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Modena, Italy
Type	Division
Owner(s)	Panini Group
Industry	Publishing
Website Italy: panini.it UK: panini.co.uk

Planet Manga logo

Panini Comics is an international publishing company headquartered in Italy. They publish comics and manga in several different languages worldwide, including Pokémon manga. Internationally, they often publish manga under their Planet Manga imprint.

To date, Panini Comics has published Pokémon manga in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Italy, and Mexico.

Their subsidiary publishes Pokémon Official Magazine in various countries.

Pokémon titles licensed by Panini Comics

Argentina

• Pokémon Adventures (regular tankōbon volumes; each chapter with its own numbering)
  • Red, Green & Blue arc (2021, three volumes)
  • Yellow arc (2022-2023, four volumes)

Brazil

• Pokémon Adventures (regular tankōbon volumes; each chapter with its own numbering)
  • Red, Green & Blue arc (2016-2017, three volumes)
  • Yellow arc (2017, four volumes)
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal arc (2018-2019, seven volumes)
  • Ruby & Sapphire arc (2019-2020, eight volumes)
  • FireRed & LeafGreen arc (2021, three volumes)
  • Emerald arc (2021-2022, three volumes)
  • Diamond & Pearl arc (2022-present, ongoing)
  • Black & White arc (2014-2015, nine volumes)

Germany

• Pokémon Adventures (regular tankōbon volumes; under the title Pokémon – Die ersten Abenteuer with continuous numbering between chapters)
  • Red, Green & Blue and Yellow chapters (2016-2017, seven volumes)
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal arc (2017-2018, eight volumes)
  • Ruby & Sapphire arc (2018-2019, eight volumes)
  • FireRed & LeafGreen arc (2019, three volumes)
  • Emerald arc (2019-2020, four volumes)
  • Diamond & Pearl and Platinum chapters (2020-2021, eleven volumes)
  • HeartGold & SoulSilver arc (2022, two volumes)

• Pokémon Adventures (regular tankōbon volumes; each chapter with its own numbering)
  • Black & White arc (2013-2015, nine volumes)
  • Black 2 & White 2 arc (2018-2021, four volumes)

• Pokémon Adventures (Shogakukan's mini-volume format; each chapter with its own numbering)
  • X & Y arc (2015-2017, six volumes)
  • Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc (2017, three volumes)
  • Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc (2019-2020, six volumes)
  • Sword & Shield arc (2021-present, ongoing)

• Pokémon Adventures (premium omnibus volumes in boxed sets)
  • Red, Green & Blue and Yellow chapters (2021, three volumes)
  • X & Y arc (2022, three volumes)
  • Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc (2022, three volumes)

• Pokémon Journeys (four regular tankōbon volumes; 2022-2023)

Italy

• Magical Pokémon Journey (first two monthly issues; 2000-2001)
• Pokémon Adventures (first ten monthly issues)

Mexico

• Pokémon Adventures (regular tankōbon volumes; each chapter with its own numbering)
  • Red, Green & Blue arc (2017, three volumes)
  • Yellow arc (2017-2018, four volumes)
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal arc (2018-2019, seven volumes)
  • Ruby & Sapphire arc (2019-2020, eight volumes)
  • FireRed & LeafGreen arc (2021, three volumes)
  • Emerald arc (2022, three volumes)
  • Diamond & Pearl arc (2022-present, ongoing)
  • Black & White arc (2016, nine volumes)

External links

• Official website (Italian)
  • Official website (English)
• Panini Comics on Wikipedia

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