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Pocket Monsters SPECIAL

Also known as Pokémon Adventures.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

Red is just a normal kid living in the rural Pallet Town, when he decides to go out on his own adventure, along with his rival since childhood, Green. In this world of Pokemon, he makes many friends, humans and Pokemon alike. However, all is not well. Team Rocket is trying to capture Mew, a very rare Pokemon, and is performing experiments on other Pokemon, trying to increase their power. Red and his friends must battle against Team Rocket to stop their cruel experiments and unlock the secrets of Pokemon.


Tags: Travel , Animals , Primarily Child Cast , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Proxy Battle , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Criminal Organization , Urban Fantasy , Creature Taming , Video Games , Kids , Gangs , Tragedy , Coastal , Ojou-sama , Cult , Detective , Slapstick , Super Power , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Estranged Family , Shapeshifting , Acting , School , Environmental

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the future, alien invasion is a daily occurrence and everyone must be prepared. Elementary School #9 has assigned three students to fight off the extra-terrestrial threat.

Tags: Aliens , Denpa , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Body Horror , Seinen , Gore , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Proxy Battle , Age Regression , Urban Fantasy , Teacher

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Red, Green & Blue

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Red, Green & Blue.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Red is just a normal kid living in the rural Pallet Town, when he decides to go out on his own adventure, along with his rival since childhood, Green. In this world of Pokemon, he makes many friends, humans and Pokemon alike. However, all is not well. Team Rocket is trying to capture Mew, a very rare Pokemon, and is performing experiments on other Pokemon, trying to increase their power. Red and his friends must battle against Team Rocket to stop their cruel experiments and unlock the secrets of Pokemon.

This entry is exclusively for the first part of the Pocket Monsters Special manga.

Tags: Animals , Gangs , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Travel , Cycling , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Drugs , Proxy Battle , Zombie , Ghost , Gore , Coming of Age

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Yellow

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Yellow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

This chapter features the journeys of Yellow through Kanto trying to find Red after a beaten-up Pikachu (Red's) ends up at the doorstep at Oak's Lab. In the meantime of finding Red, Yellow gets attacked by the members of the Elite Four and their quest to make an all-Pokémon world.



Tags: Animals , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Kids , Conspiracy , Travel , Environmental , Fishing , Proxy Battle , Cycling , Gangs , Dragons

ANGELIC LAYER

Also known as Angelic Layer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

In the future, the most popular game in the world is Angelic Layer. Contestants must raise and train their own 'Angels' (or fighting dolls) to compete in tournaments. Enter Misaki Suzuhara, sixth grade Angelic Layer prodigy. With her speed-type angel, Hikaru, many people think Misaki stands a chance at winning the championship. She'll have a lot of help along the way, but the road to victory will be not be an easy route, especially for someone as young as Misaki.



Note: Includes two side stories.

Tags: Shounen , Female Protagonist , Robots , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Estranged Family , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Gold, Silver & Crystal

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Gold, Silver & Crystal.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery

This chapter features the journeys of Gold through Johto trying to at first search for the ones who stole his backpack and uncovers that the ones who stole his backpack are planning something. Two other new Trainers come into the plot of the story, Silver, whose life is tied in with the villains of this series, and Crystal, an average Pokémon Trainer with a staggering talent in catching Pokémon who later helps Professor Oak catch all the Pokémon to complete his Pokédex. Along with these three, the original 3 Pokédex holders come back to help these three along with Yellow. With their aid, will Gold be able to stop the reformed Team Rocket and the Masked Man's nefarious schemes?



Tags: Shounen , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Time Manipulation , Gangs , Proxy Battle , Tragedy , Reincarnation , Revenge , Fishing , Dragons , Ninja , Trains , Conspiracy

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Ruby & Sapphire

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

This chapter features the journeys of Ruby and Sapphire who are trying to conquer all the Pokémon Contests and Gyms in Hoenn respectively within the span of 80 days. However, this gets interrupted by two new evil organizations, the land-loving Team Magma and the sea-loving Team Aqua. Sapphire and Ruby have to worry about something else, too: their feelings for each other.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Travel , Shounen , Conspiracy , Proxy Battle , Ensemble Cast , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Black & White

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Black & White.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

This chapter follows the adventures of Black, who is on a quest to become the Champion of the Pokémon League. He is joined by White, a young woman who owns the Pokémon acting company, the BW Agency, and aims to raise the best Pokémon actor. As they go through the Unova region, they encounter the group Team Plasma, who aim to free Pokémon from Trainers, and the mysterious N.



Tags: Travel , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: FireRed & LeafGreen

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

This chapter returns to the characters of Red, Green, and Blue, protagonists of the original Red, Green & Blue chapter of Pokémon Adventures. Red and Blue are forced to explore the Sevii Islands to look for Professor Oak who was kidnapped by a Deoxys. Meanwhile, Green has finally located her parents; however, just as she is about to meet them, they are swallowed up by a mysterious black hole. Red, Green, and Blue must locate the missing relatives with the help of a former foe, Lorelei, and Mewtwo while defeating Team Rocket again at the same time. Back in Kanto, Silver is seeking his parents as well, with the help of Yellow.



Tags: Travel , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Proxy Battle , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Artificial Intelligence , Gangs , Henshin

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Diamond & Pearl

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

Pokémon Trainers Pearl and Diamond are starstruck! Their lifelong dream is to floor an audience with 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...?!

Come along and join the thrills and laughs as Pokémon Adventures continues!

Plus, meet Starly, Bidoof, Luxio, Combee, Bronzor, Rotom and many more Sinnoh Pokémon friends!



In the Viz Media release, the Diamond & Pearl arc’s volumes were collected under the same title as the Platinum arc; this entry is exclusively for the Diamond & Pearl arc.

Tags: Alternate Universe , Travel , Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Proxy Battle , Animals , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Emerald

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Emerald.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The chapter begins with focus on a Trainer named Emerald, who is sent by Professor Oak and Crystal to catch Jirachi within seven days. On arrival at the Battle Frontier, he accidentally interferes in the opening ceremonies and gains the second challenge of clearing the seven Facilities by defeating the Frontier Brains within that time. During this time, Emerald befriends Todd Snap and discovers that the masked Guile Hideout is seeking Jirachi for evil purposes.



Tags: Travel , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Proxy Battle , Male Protagonist

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: X & Y

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: X•Y.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

In the region of Kalos, an old tale spoke of two legendary Pokemon, Xerneas and Yveltal, who were said to appear every 1000 years to clash with each other. The myth became a reality when the two showed up inVaniville Town one day, wrecking havoc to everything in the area.

With their homes destroyed, X, a prodigy in battling who went into seclusion after an incident related to to the paparazzi, was forced to go on a journey with his childhood friends: Y, a Sky Trainer in training; Trevor the scholar-to-be; Tierno the dancing expert; and Shauna, who aspired to become a Furfrou Stylist. Under the constant threat of the ominous Team Flare, who was after X's mysterious Mega Ring, the five young trainers must stick together and depend on each other to weather through each challege and seek what they find, including an answer to the mystery of Mega Evolution...

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Animals , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Travel , Proxy Battle , Video Games , War , Hikikomori , Kids

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: HeartGold & SoulSilver

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver .

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

The chapter follows Gold, who gets in a battle with Arceus, as he searches for the missing Lance. Elsewhere, Team Rocket has resurfaced, which causes Silver to set out and stop them once more. Meanwhile, the Four Generals, Archer, Proton, Petrel, and Ariana have taken over the newly-revived Team Rocket from Carr in attempt to find their currently-missing leader, Giovanni.



Tags: Travel , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Animals , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Platinum

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Finally together again, Dia, Pearl, and Platinum must battle Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia, who are being controlled by Cyrus, the powerful boss of Team Galactic! Then a new Legendary Pokémon leaps into the fray! Whose side is it on...?

And who will rescue Platinum’s hapless bodyguards from the mysterious Distortion World they’ve been banished to...?

Plus, hang with Lopunny and meet Porygon-Z, Gallade, and... Looker?!



In the Viz Media release, the Diamond & Pearl arc’s volumes were collected under the same title as the Platinum arc; this entry is exclusively for the Platinum arc.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Travel , Proxy Battle , Animals , Police

Alien 9: Emulators

Also known as Alien Nine Emulators.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

The girls have finally graduated 6th grade and are now in Junior High. There's a new girl in town and she seems to be hosting an entirely different kind of alien.



Tags: School , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Denpa , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Proxy Battle , Gore , War

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Black 2 & White 2

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

This chapter follows the adventures of Blake, a member of the International Police. He searches for members of the villainous group Team Plasma that was defeated in the Black & White chapter. Elsewhere is Whitley, a former member of Team Plasma who has gone in hiding in Aspertia City after the team's defeat in the Black & White chapter.



Tags: Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Proxy Battle , Police , Detective

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl Monogatari

Also known as Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Most kids spend their days at school, but not Hareta. Raised in the wild by Pokémon, he can climb as high as an Aipom, swim as fast as a Magikarp, and even eat bark like a Bidoof!

Recruited by Professor Rowan, Hareta decides to become a Pokémon Trainer. Along with his first Pokémon, Piplup, and his new friend Mitsumi, he sets off in search of the legendary Pokémon Dialga. But Team Galactic is hunting for Dialga too. Can Hareta and Piplup defeat Team Galactic and stop their evil plans?



Included side stories:
Volume 3 - Deoxys, The Phantom Pokémon! (Part 1); Deoxys, The Phantom Pokémon! (Part 2)
Volume 4 - The Tale of Hareta and Shaymin
Volume 6 - Mitsumi's Wish
Volume 7 - Return to Hareta's Home Forest!
Volume 8 - Hareta's Future

Tags: Kids , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Sun & Moon

Also known as Pokémon: Sun & Moon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Sun dreams of money. Moon dreams of science. When their paths cross with Team Skull, both their plans go awry.

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 does the mysterious Pokémon leave in its wake…?

Tags: Animals , Alternate Universe , Primarily Child Cast , Travel , Kids , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Also known as Pokémon Adventures: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Peace may have been restored to Hoenn after the evils schemes of Team Aqua, Team Magma and later Guile Hideout were put to rest. However, when a new crisis approached, Steve Stone had no choice but to enlist the help of Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald once again.

Tags: Animals , Primarily Child Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters SPECIAL: Sword & Shield

Also known as Pokémon: Sword & Shield.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The Sword & Shield chapter follows the adventures of Soudo Tsurugi and Shirudomiria Tate.

Tags: Animals , Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Travel , Proxy Battle