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Pokémon (manga)

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Alternative title:
Dengeki! Pikachu (Japanese)
Pokémon Quadrinhos: As Aventuras Elétricas do Pikachu (Portuguese)
Pokémon: Electric Shock! Pikachu
Pokémon: L'aventure électrique de Pikachu (French)
Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu
Pokes monseuteo jeongyeog pikachyu (Korean)
Кортини-ка, Пикатю! (Russian)
電撃ピカチュウ (Japanese)
電撃！ピカチュウ (Japanese)
포켓몬스터 전격피카츄 (Korean)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy
Themes: creatures, monsters
Objectionable content: Mild
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: 76 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (Eng:3, sub:3, dub:1)
 Excellent: 4 votes (Eng:2, sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 8 votes (Eng:5, raw:1, dub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 30 votes (Eng:18, dub:10, ?:2)
 Decent: 9 votes (Eng:5, dub:4)
 So-so: 5 votes (Eng:2, ?:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Weak: 3 votes (Eng:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (Eng:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (Eng:1, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (Eng:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 259 users, rank: #335 (of 7041)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.421 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.3241, rank: #4549 (of 7925)
Weighted mean: 6.361 (Decent+), rank: #5009 (of 7925) (seen all: 6.88 / seen some: 6.24 / won't finish: 4.33)
Bayesian estimate: 6.427 (Decent+), rank: #3258 (of 3557)
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
Chapter titles: We have 20
Vintage: 1997-04 to 1999-12 (Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic, Apr 1997 - Dec 1999)
Release dates: We have 8
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 11-17 (Nov 14, 2018)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 2-8 (Jul 4, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 2-8 (Oct 4, 2016)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 5-11 (May 17, 2013)
Pokémon: Black and White Season 2 to Premiere on June 21 (Updated) (May 12, 2012)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 29-May 5 (May 11, 2012)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 2-8 (Oct 14, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 18-24 (Sep 30, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, August 6-7 (Aug 14, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 31-August 6 (Aug 12, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: July 3-9 (Jul 8, 2011)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 23-29 (Jun 5, 2011)
Fullmetal Alchemist's Arakawa Starts New Series in April (Feb 25, 2011)
New Pokémon Manga to Run in Shonen Sunday Mag in March (Jan 16, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases for February 2011 (Jan 15, 2011)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 6-12 (Sep 19, 2010)
Shōgaku Gonensei, Shōgaku Rokunensei, ChuChu to End (Oct 26, 2009)
Viz Media Restructures with Some Employee Layoffs (Feb 23, 2009)
VP/Shonen Jump EIC Weidenbaum Leaves Viz (Feb 13, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, September 6–7: 20th C. Boys at #1 (Sep 15, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, August 23–24: DMC at #2 (Sep 2, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, August 9–10: Ponyo's Month at #1 (Aug 12, 2008)
Weekly Releases (Mar 26, 2002)
Top Manga Sales (Dec 3, 2001)
Viz February Comic Releases (Nov 20, 2001)
Top selling Manga (Oct 29, 2001)
December Releases (Sep 30, 2001)
Viz Press Release: August Manga (Apr 21, 2001)
Viz June Press Release (Feb 24, 2001)
April Manga Releases (Feb 1, 2001)
Viz PR for May '01 (Jan 21, 2001)
Manga Spring preview (Jan 4, 2001)
Releases from Viz (Nov 2, 2000)
News Briefs (Feb 6, 2000)
News Briefs (Sep 20, 1999)
Pokemon is America's best-selling comic book (Jun 24, 1999)
Viz announces Pokemon, FY graphic novels (Apr 24, 1999)
Viz announces 4/99 releases (Dec 21, 1998)
Viz announces new comics, videos (Nov 10, 1998)
Press Releases:
Viz Media Launches the New Pokémon Manga Series Pokémon Sun & Moon (Apr 12, 2018)
VIZ Media Expands Pokémon Publishing Catalog With New Manga and an Activity Book Set For 2018 Release (Oct 23, 2017)
Viz Media Announces Notable New Fall Pokémon Manga Box Set and Pocket Comics Releases (Sep 11, 2015)
Perfect Square To Release Three Pokemon Manga Box Sets This Fall (Apr 28, 2014)
VIZ Media Announces the Digital Launch of Multiple Pokémon Manga Series (Dec 17, 2013)
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Comic book
    Pokémon - Electric Pikachu Boogaloo (Comic 1) 1999-07-00
    Pokémon - Electric Pikachu Boogaloo (Comic 2) 1999-08-00
    Pokémon - Electric Pikachu Boogaloo (Comic 3) 1999-09-00
    Pokémon - Electric Pikachu Boogaloo (Comic 4) 1999-10-00
    Pokémon - Electric Pikachu Boogaloo (Comic 1-4)
    Pokémon - Pikachu Shocks Back (Comic 1-4)
    Pokémon - The Electric Tale of Pikachu (Comic 1-4)
Graphic novel
    Pokémon - Dialga Vs. Palkia Vs. Darkrai (GN) 2008-06-01 (from $1.26)
    Pokémon - The Electric Tale of Pikachu! (GN 1) 1999-09-05
    Pokémon - Pikachu Shocks Back (GN 2) 1999-12-06 (from $3.57)
    Pokémon - Electric Pikachu Boogaloo (GN 3) 2000-04-05 (from $361.48)
    Pokémon - Surf's Up, Pikachu (GN 4) 2000-08-10

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Toshihiro Ono
Original creator: Satoshi Tajiri
(none)
Japanese companies
Original Concept: Nintendo
Publisher: Shogakukan
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
Publisher: Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Publisher: Daewon C.I.
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Imavision
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by: Panini Comics (Argentina)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation: Marcelo Del Greco
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: Conrad

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