Pocket Monsters Film Comic
Pocket Monsters Film Comic (Japanese: ポケットモンスター アニメ版 Pocket Monster Animation Version) is a series of manga based on the Pokémon anime. Each volume of Pocket Monsters Film Comic adapts several episodes of the anime or an entire movie into comic form.
The volumes also include extra content such as Pokédex entries, character biographies, and rarely maps. Each volume includes a two-page preview for the next volume.
Distribution
In Japan, the manga was published in volumes by Tentoumushi Comics, a Shogakukan imprint.
In English, the first subseries of this manga was serialized in English in the six-issue Pokémon Power magazine. The six chapters serialized in the magazine were collected in the English volume Pokémon TV Animation Comic - I Choose You!, published by VIZ Media. The Episode: Gold and Silver subseries was serialized in Nintendo Power starting in the November 2000 issue, although unlike the first subseries these translations were not published in volumes.
In Brazil, the series was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and published in the Pokémon Club magazine.
In Hong Kong, the series was published in Cantonese by Viz Communications China (H.K.) Ltd.
In South Korea, the series was published in Korean under the title 애니코믹스 포켓몬스터 by 대원씨아이 Daewon C.I.. All volumes of the original and Orange Islands series, and at least the first 23 volumes of Episode: Gold & Silver, were released.
Pocket Monsters Film Comic volume 6 in Cantonese
Pocket Monsters Film Comic volume 20 in Korean
List of volumes
List of Pocket Monsters Film Comic volumes
List of Pocket Monsters Film Comic Episode: Orange Islands volumes
The volumes featuring Ash's adventures in the Orange Islands are numbered separately from the original series of volumes. However, on the back covers, volumes 5-9 continue an overall numbering based on the original Pocket Monsters Film Comic. For example, Orange Islands volume 6 is overall the 26th volume of Pocket Monsters Film Comic.
List of Pocket Monsters Film Comic Episode: Gold & Silver volumes
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The volumes featuring Ash's adventures in Johto are numbered separately from the original series of volumes. However, on the back covers, they continue an overall numbering based on the previous Pocket Monsters Film Comics. For example, Gold & Silver volume 25 is overall the 54th volume of Pocket Monsters Film Comic.
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30 | 1 | June 25, 2000 | ISBN 4091496210 | ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ New Bark Town! The Town Where Winds Telling of a New Beginning Blow! ルーキーのチコリータ！ The Rookie's Chikorita! げきとつ！ヘラクロスＶＳカイロス！！ Fierce Battle! Heracross VS Pinsir!! ドンファンのたに！ The Valley of Donphan! |
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31 | 2 | July 25, 2000 | ISBN 4091496229 | ホーホーとあやしいもり！ Hoothoot and the Mysterious Forest! キレイハナのバトルダンシング！ Bellossom's Battle Dancing! イトマル！だいそうさせん！！ Spinarak! The Great Investigation!! ブルーのかれいなせいかつ！？ Snubbull's Magnificent Life!? |
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32 | 3 | August 25, 2000 | ISBN 4091496237 | |
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33 | 4 | September 25, 2000 | ISBN 4091496245 | |
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34 | 5 | October 25, 2000 | ISBN 4091496253 | |
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35 | 6 | November 25, 2000 | ISBN 4091496261 | |
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36 | 7 | December 25, 2000 | ISBN 409149627X | |
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37 | 8 | January 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496288 | |
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38 | 9 | February 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496296 | |
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39 | 10 | March 25, 2001 | ISBN 409149630X | |
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40 | 11 | April 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496512 | |
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41 | 12 | May 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496520 | |
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42 | 13 | June 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496539 | |
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43 | 14 | July 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496547 | さよならロコン！ポケモンビューティーコンテスト！！ Goodbye Vulpix! Pokémon Beauty Contest!! ツボツボＶＳマダツボミ Shuckle VS Bellsprout ブラッキー！やみよのたたかい！！ Umbreon! Battle During a Dark Night!! レディアン！かぜのたにをこえて！！ Ledian! Pass Through the Valley of the Wind!! |
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44 | 15 | August 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496555 | |
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45 | 16 | September 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496563 | |
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46 | 17 | October 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496571 | やけたとう！マツバとうじょう！！ The Burned Tower! Morty Appears!! エンジュジム！ゴーストバトル！！ Ecruteak Gym! Ghost Battle!! イーブイ５しまい！おちゃかいでバトル！！ The Five Sisters of Eevee! Battle at the Tea Convention!! ヤミカラス！うばわれたバッジ！！ Murkrow! The Stolen Badges!! |
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47 | 18 | November 25, 2001 | ISBN 409149658X | |
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48 | 19 | December 25, 2001 | ISBN 4091496598 | |
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49 | 20 | January 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091496601 | |
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50 | 21 | February 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497217 | |
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51 | 22 | March 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497225 | |
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52 | 23 | April 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497233 | |
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53 | 24 | May 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497241 | なぞのポケモンＸ！！ Mysterious Pokémon X!! とらわれのルギア！ Captive Lugia ルギアとのやくそく！ The Promise with Lugia! とべホーホーごう！アサギをめざし！！ Fly Flight Hoothoot! Head for Olivine!! アサギジム！ＶＳハガネール！！ Olivine Gym! VS Steelix!! |
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54 | 25 | June 25, 2002 | ISBN 409149725X | さよならフシギダネ！オーキドていのぼうけん！！ Farewell Bulbasaur! Adventure at Professor Oak's エーフィとサクラ！エンジュシティふたたび！！ Espeon and Sakura! Ecruteak City Once Again!! スイクンとミナキ！ホウオウのでんせつ！！ Suicune and Eusine! The Legend of Ho-Oh!! ポケモンライドでつっぱしれ！！ Run Quickly Along the Pokémon Ride!! めいたんていジュンサー！きえたタマゴのなぞ！！ Famous Detective Officer Jenny! The Mystery of the Egg that Disappeared!! タマゴ、かえる Egg, Hatch |
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55 | 26 | July 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497268 | |
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56 | 27 | August 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497276 | |
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57 | 28 | September 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497284 | |
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58 | 29 | October 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497292 | |
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59 | 30 | November 25, 2002 | ISBN 4091497616 | |
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60 | 31 | March 25, 2003 | ISBN 4091497306 | |
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61 | 32 | April 25, 2003 | ISBN 4091497624 | よせんリーグ！マグマラシほのおのバトル！！ League Preliminaries! Battle of the Quilava Flame!! メガニウムＶＳフシギダネ！くさタイプのいじ！ Meganium VS Bulbasaur! Spirit of the Grass Types! けっしょうリーグ！フルバトル６ＶＳ６！！ League Finals! Full Battle 6 VS 6!! ライバルたいけつ！カメックスＶＳリザードン！！ Rival Confrontation! Blastoise VS Charizard |
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62 | 33 | May 25, 2003 | ISBN 4091497632 |
List of Pocket Monsters Film Comic The Movie volumes
These volumes are based on Pokémon movies. While they are still part of the Pocket Monsters Film Comic imprint, they are not numbered within the series.
Several of these volumes were published in English.
List of Pocket Monsters Film Comic Pikachu's Short Stories volumes
This volume is based on several Pikachu shorts. While it is still part of the Pocket Monsters Film Comic imprint, it is not numbered within the series. The first five stories were also included in the corresponding movie books, while the last story is exclusive to this book.
| Cover artwork | Title | Date | ISBN | Contents |
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Pikachu's Short Stories | July 28, 2006 | ISBN 4091402194 | ピカチュウのなつやすみ Pikachu's Summer Vacation ピカチュウたんけんたい Pikachu's Rescue Adventure ピチューとピカチュウ Pichu and Pikachu ピカチュウのドキドキかくれんぼ Pikachu's Exciting Hide-and-seek ピカピカ星空キャンプ Pikapika Starry Sky Camp おどるポケモンひみつ基地 Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon |
Trivia
- Although a chapter for EP038 was skipped, the missing episode is acknowledged by the numbering of the other chapters (the numbered chapters skip from 37 to 39). EP038 was given the same treatment in TV Anime Pocket Monsters Big Bite Book.
Notes
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