X was a Pokemon Trainer child prodigy. But now he's depressed and hides in his room avoiding everyone-including his best friend Y. An attack on their hometown by Legendary Pokemon Xerneas and Yveltal, led by Team Flare, forces X outside... Now what?

Y and friends are attacked by Legendary Pokemon Yveltal while X and Blue are attacked by Legendary Pokemon Mewtwo! Why has Mewtwo come to Pokemon Village, a sanctuary for refugee Pokemon? And why is Mewtwo so angry? Then, the mysterious test subject trapped inside the Essentia Expansion Suit regains consciousness...

* Releases 3 times a year for 12 volumes. Series is ongoing.
* Pokemon is one of the most successful franchises of all time with over 275 million video games sold worldwide.
* Pokemon X and Pokemon Y launched worldwide on October 12, 2013, and have sold nearly 14.5 million copies globally, making them the number one selling software for the Nintendo 3DS (TM) family of systems (Nintendo, February 2016) and third best-selling games overall in 2013.
* The Pokemon animation series airs on Cartoon Network.
* 21.5 billion trading cards have been sold in over 73 countries.
* Pokemon GO, a new mobile collaboration between Pokemon, Nintendo and Niantic Inc., launched in 2016.


About the Author
Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for VIZ Media's Pokemon Adventures. Running continuously for over 20 years, Pokemon Adventures is the only manga series to completely cover all the Pokemon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. Kusaka is currently working on the 14th story arc, Pokemon: 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 Pokemon Electrode as his author portrait.

Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for VIZ Media's Pokemon 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 Pokemon series, Pokemon: 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 Pokemon Swalot as his artist portrait.


Book Information
ISBN 9781421590660
Author Hidenori Kusaka
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Publisher Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Weight(grams) 91g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 140mm * 10mm