New Adventure Inspired By The Best-selling POKÉMON SUN & MOON Video Game Debuts This Spring
San Francisco, CA, April 11, 2018 – 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.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Established
in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the fields of publishing,
animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with
its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster
properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POKÉMON, VIZ Media
offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide
variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed
merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and
entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to
bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.
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