Pokémon Adventures (Ruby and Sapphire), Vol. 17

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire video games!

All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga!

On an accidental seafaring adventure in a submarine, Ruby discovers something mysterious deep beneath the waves. Then fishing nets him another Pokémon. But is his growing team bringing him closer to--or farther from--his dream? Next, Ruby must face his scariest opponent yet...his father! Meanwhile, Sapphire is having trouble getting in her quota of Gym battles. One Gym Leader wants to just hand her a badge without a proper fight! And another has been...kidnapped?!

And how are Team Magma and Team Aqua responsible for Ruby and Sapphire's difficulties?

Author: Hidenori Kusaka
Publisher: Viz Media - Children's
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781421535517
ISBN10: 1421535513
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Media Tie-In

About the Author
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.