VIZ MEDIA EXPANDS POKMON CATALOG with A BRAND NEW MANGA SERIES AND SPECIAL POCKET COMICS BOX SET RELEASE

VIZ MEDIA EXPANDS POK MON CATALOG WITH A BRAND NEW MANGA SERIES AND SPECIAL

POCKET COMICS BOX SET RELEASE

Newest Additions Include The Launch Of The POK MON OMEGA RUBY & ALPHA SAPPHIRE Series And A Two-Volume

POK MON POCKET COMICS BOX SET

San Francisco, CA, August 30, 2016 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, adds a pair of exciting new titles to its expansive library of POK MON manga as it announces the upcoming release of POK MON OMEGA RUBY & ALPHA SAPPHIRE and the POK MON POCKET COMICS BOX SET.

Scheduled for September release, POK MON OMEGA RUBY & ALPHA SAPPHIRE is the new series by the famed POK MON ADVENTURES creators, Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto, and is inspired by the best-selling Pok mon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire video games.

Set for release in October, the POK MON POCKET COMICS BOX SET delivers best-selling POK MON comics and trivia in a compact two-volume box set. Volume 1 contains the POK MON BLACK & WHITE characters, and Volume 2 features Legendary charactersfrom the POK MON series.

POK MON OMEGA RUBY & ALPHA SAPPHIRE Vol. 1 MSRP: $4.99 U.S. /

$5.99 CAN Rated A' For All Ages Available September 2016

Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald face a new crisis of epic proportions: a giant meteor hurtling toward the planet! Don't miss these awesome new adventures inspired by the best-selling Pok mon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire video games and picking up where the POK MON ADVENTURES RUBY and SAPPHIRE saga left off! This new series features story by Hidenori Kusaka and artwork by Satoshi Yamamoto.

POK MON POCKET COMICS BOX SET MSRP: $16.99 U.S. / $19.99 CAN

Rated A' For All Ages Available October 2016

The POK MON POCKET COMICS BOX SETcontains two pocket-sized books, each jam-packed with four-panel comic strips. The first volume features POK MON BLACK & WHITE characters, and the second volume features Legendary characters from the POK MON series. Created by Santa Harukaze, both are full of vital statistics, trivia, puzzles, fun quizzes and more!

POK MON is one of the most successful international entertainment franchises of all time. More than 275 million POK MON video game titles and over 21.5 billion Pok mon Trading Cards have been sold in more than 74 countries in addition to substantial publishing and merchandise sales. VIZ Media is the official North American distributor for a wide variety of POK MON home media releases including animated series and films and also publishes a variety of POK MON manga graphic novel series including Pok mon Adventures, Pok mon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen, Pok mon Adventures: Emerald, Pok mon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/PLATINUM,Pok mon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver, Pok mon Adventures: Black & White and POK MON X Y.

For additional information on POK MON as well as other anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.

About VIZ Media, LLC

Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the field of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POK MON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan s largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.

Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at www.VIZ.com.

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