VIZ Media Announces "Pokemon Sun & Moon"

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VIZ Media Announces "Pokemon Sun & Moon"
By The Editor
April 13, 2018 - 22:01

Pokemon Sun and Moon Graphic Novel Volume 1 cover image

VIZ MEDIA LAUNCHES THE NEW POKÉMON MANGA SERIES POKÉMON SUN & MOON

New Adventure Inspired By The Best-selling POKÉMON SUN & MOON Video Game Debuts This Spring

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, add a new series to its POKÉMON publishing catalog with the release of POKÉMON SUN & MOON on May 8th.

POKÉMON SUN & MOON is rated ‘A’ for All Ages and will be released exclusively in print with an MSRP of $4.99 U.S. / $6.99 CAN. The series features the work of artist Satoshi Yamamoto and writer Hidenori Kusaka. Future volumes of POKÉMON SUN & MOON will be published by VIZ Media every four months.

In this new Pokémon story arc, Moon is on her way to deliver a rare Pokémon to Professor Kukui in the Alola region when she meets his good friend Sun, a courier entrusted with a special Pokédex. Sun offers to safely deliver Moon to the professor’s lab… But then they tangle with a group of grunts from Team Skull and are attacked by a mysterious Pokémon! What is this sparkling stone the mysterious Pokémon leaves behind…?

“Exciting locales, devious villains, and scores of memorable new characters await readers in POKÉMON SUN & MOON,” says Annette Roman, Editor. “We invite new and longtime POKÉMON fans to dive into all the fun in these brand-new adventures!”

POKÉMON is one of the most successful international entertainment franchises of all time. More than 290 million POKÉMON video games and over 23.6 billion Pokémon Trading Cards have been sold in more than 74 countries in addition to substantial publishing and merchandise sales. VIZ Media is the official North American distributor for a wide variety of POKÉMON home media releases including animated series and films and also publishes a variety of POKÉMON manga graphic novel series including Pokémon Adventures, Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen, Pokémon Adventures: Emerald, Pokémon Adventures: Diamond AND Pearl/PLATINUM, Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver, Pokémon Adventures: Black & White, POKÉMON X•Y, and POKÉMON OMEGA RUBY • ALPHA SAPPHIRE.

For additional information on POKÉMON titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit viz.com.