VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES the DIGITAL LAUNCH OF MULTIPLE POKMON MANGA SERIES FOR the WORLD S TOP eREADERS AND eBOOK STORES

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE DIGITAL LAUNCH OF MULTIPLE POK MON MANGA SERIES FOR THE WORLD'S TOP eREADERS AND eBOOK STORES

30 Volumes, Including The Latest Series POK MON BLACK AND WHITE, Launch In iBooks And GooglePlay Stores As Well As For The NOOK, Kindle, And Kobo Digital Tablets

VIZ Media delights young readers and also the young-at-heart as it announces the North American digital debut of four acclaimed POK MON manga (graphic novel) series for NOOK, Kindle Fire, and Kobo ereaders, as well as the launch of these titles from the venerable kids property in the iBooks and GooglePlay Stores. This is the first time that POK MON manga titles will be available for these platforms.

The new series that are available now include: POK MON ADVENTURES Vols. 1-14, POK MON DIAMOND & PEARL ADVENTURE! Vols. 1-8, POK MON ADVENTURES: DIAMOND & PEARL/PLATINUM Vols. 1-4, and POK MON BLACK AND WHITE Vols. 1-4. POK MON manga series are published in North America by VIZ Media's Perfect Square imprint. All volumes are rated A' for All Ages and will be offered with an MSRP of $3.99 to $4.99 per volume.

POK MON Digital Manga Available Now:

POK MON ADVENTURES, Vols. 1-14 Rated A' for All Ages

All your favorite Pok mon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga! Follow Red, Blue, and Green on their journey around the Kanto region. Then meet Yellow as she searches for Red, who goes missing! The Johto region is the next stop in the series and there's more excitement when you meet Gold and his rival Silver. Round out the series with stories of Crystal, who teams up with Yellow to find a mysterious flying Pok mon. Will all seven Trainers meet again?

POK MON DIAMOND & PEARL ADVENTURE!, Vols. 1-8

Rated A' for All Ages

Most kids spend their days at school, but not Hareta. Raised in the wild by Pok mon, he can climb as high as an Aipom, swim as fast as a Magikarp, and even eat bark like a Bidoof! Recruited by Professor Rowan, Hareta decides to become a Pok mon Trainer. Along with his first Pok mon, Piplup, and his new friend Mitsumi, he sets off in search of the legendary Pok mon Dialga. But Team Galactic is hunting for Dialga too. Can Hareta and Piplup defeat Team Galactic and stop their evil plans?

POK MON ADVENTURES: DIAMOND & PEARL/PLATNINUM, Vols. 1-4

Rated A' for All Ages

Pok mon Trainers Pearl and Diamond are star-struck! Their lifelong dream is to floor an audience with their Pok mon 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...?! Come along and join the thrills and laughs as Pok mon Adventures continues! Plus, meet Starly, Bidoof, Luxio, Combee, Bronzor, Rotom and many more Sinnoh Pok mon friends!

POK MON BLACK AND WHITE, Vols. 1-4 Rated A' for All Ages

Meet Pok mon Trainers Black and White! His entire life, Black has dreamed of winning the Pok mon League! Now he embarks on a journey to explore the Unova region and fill a Pok dex for Professor Juniper. White has an exciting career as the Trainer of a talented troupe of performing Pok mon. She dreams of making her Tepig Gigi a star! Together, Black and White continue on their journey... What surprising new Pok mon and people will they meet next?!

POK MON is one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time with over 241 million video games sold worldwide in addition to extraordinary publishing and merchandise sales. The next generation of Pok mon video games, Pok mon X and Pok mon Y, launched worldwide in October 2013, exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS system. Pok mon VIZ Media distributes a wide array of POK MON animated titles and also is the exclusive North American publisher of POK MON manga graphic novels through its Perfect Square imprint.

Additional information on POK MON titles published by Perfect Square is available at www.PerfectSquare.com.

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