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Pokémon (manga)

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[ adapted from Pokémon (TV) ]
Alternative title:
Dengeki! Pikachu (Japanese)
Pokémon Quadrinhos: As Aventuras Elétricas do Pikachu (Portuguese)
電撃！ピカチュウ (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy
Themes: creatures, monsters
Objectionable content: None 
Plot Summary: 10-year-old Satoshi, after finding a Pikachu messing with the wiring in his house, is on a journey to become the greatest Pokemon Master and to beat out his rival, Shigeru. Along the way, he meets with many other Pokemon trainers and advisors, including water-based trainer (and gym leader) Kasumi, ground- and rock-based trainer (and gym leader) Takeshi, and others.
User Ratings: 68 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (Eng:3, sub:3, dub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (?:1, Eng:1, sub:1)
 Very good: 8 votes (Eng:5, dub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Good: 26 votes (Eng:14, dub:10, ?:2)
 Decent: 8 votes (Eng:4, dub:4)
 So-so: 5 votes (Eng:2, ?:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
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 Not really good: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (Eng:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (Eng:1, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 237 users, rank: #328 (of 4132)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.529 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.2194, rank: #3169 (of 4135)
Weighted mean: 6.333 (Decent+), rank: #3282 (of 4135) (seen all: 6.98 / seen some: 6.10 / won't finish: 4.34)
Bayesian estimate: 6.415 (Decent+), rank: #2396 (of 2591)
Number of tankoubon: 4
Number of pages: 160
Volumes:
#1. The Electric Tale of Pikachu
#2. Pikachu Shocks Back
#3. Electric Pikachu Boogaloo
#4. Surf's Up, Pikachu
Vintage: 1997-10-28
Release dates: We have 8
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Toshihiro Ono
Original creator: Satoshi Tajiri
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan, Inc.
Serialized In: Coro Coro Comics
English staff
English cast
Translation: William Flanagan

Adaptation: Annette Roman
Cover Design: Hidemi Sahara
Director of Sales and Marketing: Oliver Chin
Editing: William Flanagan
Editor-in-Chief: Hyoe Narita
Layout Design:
Sean Lee (Vol. 3-4)
Yuki Shimotoku (Vol. 1-2)
Lettering: Cynthia Bergst
Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi
Touch-up: Cynthia Bergst
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation: Marcelo Del Greco
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: Conrad
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