VIZ MEDIA'S PERFECT SQUARE IMPRINT ANNOUNCES THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF NEW POKMON MANGA TITLES AND BOX SETS

VIZ MEDIA'S PERFECT SQUARE IMPRINT ANNOUNCES THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF NEW POK MON MANGA TITLES AND BOX SETS

New Multi-Volume Box Sets For POK MON BLACK AND WHITE And POK MON ADVENTURES As Well As A New POK MON POCKET COMIC

San Francisco, CA, April 15, 2015 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga, graphic novels and anime in North America, expands its POK MON catalog with three notable new releases later this year.

Set to be published under the company's Perfect Square imprint, the POK MON BLACK AND WHITE Box Set Vol. 3 will debut in September and will be quickly followed by the October publication of POK MON POCKET COMICs Vol. 2 and the POK MON ADVENTURES MANGA BOX SET Vol. 4. Perfect Square's POK MON manga and box set titles are each rated A' for All Ages.

POK MON BLACK AND WHITE MANGA BOX SeT Vol. 3

MSRP: $25.99 U.S. / $29.99 CAN Rated A' For All Ages Available September 2015

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?!Box Setcomes with a POK MON mini-poster and contains Volumes 15-20 of the POK MON BLACK AND WHITE manga series.

POK MON POCKET COMICS Vol. 2: LEGENDARY POK MON

MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN Rated A' For All Ages Available October 2014

A pocket-sized book jam-packed with four-panel comic strips featuring POK MON characters linked to the wildly popular Pok mon handheld video games along with extra story content and bonus information, POK MON vital statistics, trivia, puzzles, and fun quizzes!

POK MON ADVENTURES FireRed & LeafGreen / Emerald BOX SET

MSRP: $54.99 U.S. / $69.99 CAN Rated A' For All Ages Available October 2015

The newest POK MON ADVENTURES Manga Box Set contains Volumes 23-29 of the FireRed & LeafGreen and EMERALD story arcs along with a special mini-poster. Just as Green is about to meet her long-lost parents, they are sucked into a vortex created by a mysterious Pok mon! 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! Which former enemy will unexpectedly come to our friends' aid...?

In the Emerald arc volumes, one of Team Rocket's Three Beasts turns against its leader Giovanni and seeks to usurp his power. Silver learns a shocking secret about his family. Red and Mewtwo hazard a daring escape. And whoa! The Team Rocket airship is about to crash-land! Then, in a battle between powerful Legendary Pok mon Mewtwo and Mythical Pok mon Deoxys, who will triumph...?!

POK MON is one of the most successful international entertainment franchises of all time. To date more than 270 million POK MON video game titles and over 21.5 billion Pok mon Trading Cards have been sold in more than 73 countries in addition to substantial publishing and merchandise sales. VIZ Media and its Perfect Square imprint are the official North American publishers for POK MON manga graphic novel series including POK MON ADVENTURES X Y, POK MON ADVENTURES, POK MON ADVENTURES: DIAMOND & PEARL, POK MON ADVENTURES: GOLD & SILVER, POK MON ADVENTURES: BLACK & WHITE as well as a variety of POK MON animated feature films.

VIZ Media's Perfect Square imprint focuses on delivering original comics, manga (graphic novels) and other children's books with an emphasis on strong storytelling, eye-popping graphics, empowering themes, and a dash of irreverence, that captures the imagination of a whole new generation.

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

For more information on other manga and anime titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.

About VIZ Media, LLC

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by three of Japan s largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.

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