Skip to content

Please note that when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Thanks!

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks!

Pokémon Adventures Manga Order, Read them All!

  • by

Almost 30 years ago, Pikachu was introduced to the world in the Japanese video games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green. This was the start of what would become the gigantic Pokémon franchise, bigger than Star Wars, Harry Potter, Batman or Spider-Man. Set in a world where people and animals known as Pokémon coexist, human trainers must run around and catch some Pokémon to then train them and engage them in battle where they gain experience and get stronger.

This simple, classic but effective concept spawned many video games, animated series, films, trading card games and, you guessed it, many many manga!

There are several Pokémon manga series out there, the most important one–and generally the one being referenced when someone is talking about the manga–is Pokémon Adventures. Launched in 1997, this is a manga adaptation of the Pokémon game series. As such, each manga arc (or chapter) corresponds to a specific game. Each story is set in a region that is introduced in the video game and focuses on different characters. The series is written by Hidenori Kusaka and was illustrated by Mato for the first nine volumes and has subsequently been illustrated by Satoshi Yamamoto.

Pokémon Adventures, all the volumes

Pokémon Adventures (also called “Pokémon Special”) is organized into multiple sections known as chapters (or arcs), which are further separated into volumes and many smaller chapters. More than 60 volumes of the manga have been issued to date, and the number is continually growing.

But wait! Do I have to read Pokémon Adventure in order?

Before diving into the big world of Pokémon Adventures, know that you can start with any chapter/arc. You don’t have to read them in order as everything is made for it to be accessible for young readers at any point. There are even a few summary pages at the start of each volume to give readers the important information needed if they missed a chapter or forget something. Yes, you will follow the story of several characters but you don’t have to be familiar with the previous chapters to understand and appreciate a later chapter.

with that said, let’s go read some Pokémon Adventures (the following contains some official summaries from the publisher)!

Pokémon Adventures: The Red, Green, Blue & Yellow Chapter

Catch them all! Read the first volumes of the Pokémon Adventures manga series, based on the games Red and Green, Blue, and Yellow.

Those volumes are also collected in Pokémon Adventures Red & Blue Box Set.

Pokémon Adventures: Gold, Silver & Crystal Chapter

Taking place a year after the Yellow Chapter, and based on the Gold & Silver video game, it follows a young man named Gold as he travels around Johto at first to track down those responsible for stealing his backpack, but instead discovers that they are plotting something.

Those volumes are also collected in Pokémon Adventures Gold & Silver Box Set.

Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire Chapter

Ruby’s father Norman is the new Gym Leader of Petalburg City. But Ruby doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps—he wants to win Pokémon Contests! Sapphire’s father Professor Birch is the local Pokémon researcher. But Sapphire is tired of gathering scientific data—she wants to win Pokémon Battles! When Ruby and Sapphire meet, they’re more likely to hit each other than hit it off. But then Sapphire challenges Ruby to a competition! Which of them will achieve their dreams in just eighty days?!

Those volumes are also collected in Pokémon Adventures Ruby & Sapphire Box Set.

Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen Chapter

Green is about to meet her long-lost parents, but they are sucked into a vortex created by a mysterious Pokemon! Red and Blue want to help, but first, they must improve their battle skills. Then, the Three Beasts of Team Rocket are up to their old tricks again!

Those volumes are also collected in Pokémon Adventures FireRed & LeafGreen / Emerald Box Set.

Pokémon Adventures: Emerald Chapter

Gold and Crystal are back! Professor Oak sends the two friends to help rescue Red, Yellow, Blue and Green – who have all been turned to stone! But first, the pair must fight a fearsome creature that Archie, the former leader of Team Aqua, wished into existence using the powers of the Wish Pokemon Jirachi!

Those volumes are also collected in Pokémon Adventures FireRed & LeafGreen / Emerald Box Set.

Pokémon Adventures, The Collector’s Edition

In 2020-2021, Viz Media released Pokémon Adventures, The Collector’s Edition, a kind of omnibus-style edition, with each volume collecting three original volumes. This edition covers the first 29 volumes.

Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Chapter

Pokemon Trainers Pearl and Diamond are star-struck! Their lifelong dream is to floor an audience with their Pokemon comedy act. So how do they wind up as bodyguards to a pampered little rich girl on a quest to reach the peak of Mt. Coronet…?!

Those volumes are also collected in Pokémon Adventures Diamond & Pearl/Platinum Box Set.

Pokémon Adventures: Heart Gold & Soul Silver Chapter

In this two-volume thriller, troublemaker Gold and feisty Silver must team up again to find their old enemy Lance and the Legendary Pokémon Arceus.

Pokémon Adventures: Black & White Chapter

Meet Pokémon Trainer Black! His entire life, Black has dreamed of winning the Pokémon League… Now Black embarks on a journey to explore the Unova region and fill a Pokédex for Professor Juniper. Time for Black’s first Pokémon Trainer battle ever!

Black & White was originally released in 20 mini-volumes.  Following is the 9 volume collection:

Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2 Chapter

Colress, the new leader of Team Plasma, is attacking the Unova region. His machines control Pokémon, wielding their powers for evil instead of good. Fortunately, a way to jam the signals is stored on a memory card. But who has the card…? A girl at the Pokémon Trainers’ School! Maybe that’s why our hero is such a flirt-he’s just doing his job gathering intel. But he’d better stop playing the field and find that card fast before someone beats him to it!

Pokémon Adventures: X & Y, The 12th Chapter

X was a Pokémon Trainer child prodigy. He hated being in the spotlight, so he took to hiding in his room and avoiding everyone—including his best friend Y. But now a surprise attack has brought X out of hiding! Now it’s up to X to use the skills that made him champion to defeat the threat looming over Vaniville Town. Can the reclusive X and the determined Y help their friends ward off two Legendary Pokémon and the mysterious Team Flare?!

X•Y was originally released in 12 mini-volumes.  Following is the new volume collection:

Pokémon Adventures: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Chapter

Sapphire and Emerald train in the new techniques of Mega Evolution to prepare for the next crisis of epic proportions. And they’ll need Ruby’s help too!

Like X•Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire has first been collected in is being collected separately into mini-volumes:

The publisher has started releasing this arc in bigger volumes:

Pokémon Adventures: Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

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…?

Like the previous arcs, this chapter is first collected into mini-volumes:

Pokémon Adventures: Sword & Shield

Casey Shield, a hacker who invented the Dynamax Simulator, and Henry Sword, a boy who repairs gear for Pokémon, both dream of entering the Galar region’s Gym battles. For Casey, it’s a chance to reunite with her lost Pokémon. For Henry, it’s an opportunity to search for the legendary Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield.

Like the previous arc, this chapter is first collected into mini-volumes: 

What to read after Pokémon Adventures manga?

Pokémon Adventures is the longest and most famous Pokémon manga series, but there is a few others that you can read, if you want more Pokémon in your life. Some series have been translated in english but are now out of print or quite rare.

Also, there are a lot of Pokémon movie adaptations in manga!

Pin
Tags:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *