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Pokémon X·Y. Vol. 1 /

"As the new champion of the Pokémon Battle Junior Tournament in the Kalos region, X is hailed as a child prodigy. But when the media attention proves to be too much for him, he holes up in his room to hide from everyone--including his best friends. Then, his hometown of Vaniville Town is attac...

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Main Author: Kusaka, Hidenori (Author)
Other Authors: Yamamoto, Satoshi (Illustrator), Miyaki, Tetsuichiro (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language: English
Japanese
Published: San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, [2017]
Edition: Perfect square edition.
Series: Pokemon X-Y ; 1.
Subjects:
Pokémon (Fictitious characters) > Juvenile fiction.
Pokémon (Game) > Juvenile fiction.
Animals, Mythical > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
Graphic novels > Juvenile.
Action and adventure comics > Juvenile.
Fantasy comics > Juvenile.
Graphic novels > Japan.
Summary: "As the new champion of the Pokémon Battle Junior Tournament in the Kalos region, X is hailed as a child prodigy. But when the media attention proves to be too much for him, he holes up in his room to hide from everyone--including his best friends. Then, his hometown of Vaniville Town is attacked by the two Legendary Pokemon Xerneas and Yveltal and a mysterious organization named Team Flare!"--Page [4] of cover.
Item Description: Reads from right to left.
"Original Japanese edition published by SHOGAKUKAN."--Colophon.
Physical Description: 82 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Audience: Rated A: For all ages.
ISBN: 9781421579801
1421579804
9781484451373
1484451376
9781480679900
1480679909
Author Notes: Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for VIZ Media's Pokémon Adventures . Running continuously for over 20 years, Pokémon Adventures is the only manga series to completely cover all the Pokémon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. Kusaka is currently working on the 14th story arc, Pokémon: Sun & Moon . In addition to writing manga, he also edits children's books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukan's children's magazines. He uses the Pokémon Electrode as his author portrait.

Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for VIZ Media's Pokémon Adventures , which he began working on in 2001, starting with volume 10. Yamamoto launched his manga career in 1993 with the horror-action title Kimen Senshi , which ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, followed by the series Kaze no Denshosha . He is currently working on the 14th story arc in the Pokémon series, Pokémon: Sun & Moon . Yamamoto's favorite manga creators/artists include Fujiko Fujio ( Doraemon) , Yukinobu Hoshino ( 2001 Nights ) and Katsuhiro Otomo ( Akira ). He loves films, monsters, mysteries, punk rock music and livin' the good life. He uses the Pokémon Swalot as his artist portrait.

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