VIZ Media

VIZ Media LLC (previously known as Viz Communications, Inc. and Viz Comics) is an anime and manga company founded in 1986. It is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and is owned by Shogakukan and . VIZ Media publishes Pokémon , , and other media in , , , , and .
==Publishing format==
In the past, VIZ Media published their manga left-to-right with reversed artwork. Pokémon titles which were published this way are The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Magical Pokémon Journey, the first printing of Pokémon Adventures, and The Best of Pokémon Adventures.
Some time after these series were published, the manga industry has shifted to publishing all manga in the original right-to-left format. Therefore, starting with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, all of VIZ Media's Pokémon titles have been published right-to-left.
===Monthly issues===
In their early years, VIZ Media often published manga in American-style monthly issues before they were published in collected volumes. These issues would often include letters and fan artwork as bonus content. The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Pokémon Adventures, and Magical Pokémon Journey were published in this way.
As collected manga volumes have been accepted as the preferred format of manga releases and manga magazines (such as and ) have become more widespread in North America, VIZ Media and its competitors no longer publish these American-style monthly issues.
==Pokémon titles published by VIZ Media==
===Pokémon manga===
* The Electric Tale of Pikachu (1999-2000)
* Magical Pokémon Journey (2001-2002; first 7 volumes only)
* Movie adaptations
** (2008)
** (2008)
** (2009)
** (2011)
** (2011)
** (2012)
** (2013)
** (2013)
** (2015)
** (2016)
** (2017)
* Pokémon 4Koma
** Pokémon Pocket Comics: Black & White (2013)
** Pokémon Pocket Comics: Legendary Pokémon (2015)
** Pokémon Pocket Comics: XY (2016)
** Pokémon Pocket Comics: Classic (2018)
** Pokémon Pocket Comics: Sun & Moon (2022)
* Pokémon Adventures (; )
** The Best of Pokémon Adventures (2006)
** Pokémon Adventures: Diamond, Pearl & Platinum (2011-2014)
** Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver (2013)
** Pokémon: Black & White (2011-2015)
** Pokémon Adventures: Black & White (2013-2015)
** Pokémon XY (2014-2017)
** Pokémon Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire (2016-2018)
** Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2 (2017-2021)
** Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon (2018-2022)
** Pokémon Sword & Shield (2021-ongoing)
** Pokémon Adventures: X•Y (2022-2023)
* Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! (2008-2010)
* Pokémon Horizon (2018)
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team (2007)
* Various manga boxed sets
* Various Pokémon manga samplers
* Various digital releases (2018-ongoing)
===Pokémon animation===
* The Indigo League season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Adventures in the Orange Islands season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Johto Journeys season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Johto League Champions season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Master Quest season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Pokémon Advanced season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Advanced Challenge season of Pokémon the Series (singles)
* The Advanced Battle season of Pokémon the Series (singles)
* The Battle Frontier season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Diamond and Pearl season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Battle Dimension season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Galactic Battles season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Sinnoh League Victors season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Black & White season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Rival Destinies season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The Adventures in Unova and Beyond season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The XY season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The XY Kalos Quest season of Pokémon the Series (singles and boxed sets)
* The remastered first 3 movies on DVD and Blu-ray (although still distributed by Warner Home Video, they are published by Viz)
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* Pokémon Elements
===Other Pokémon books===
* Ani-Manga:
** Pokémon TV Animation Comic - I Choose You! (1999)
** (2000)
** (2001)
** All That Pikachu! (2006)
** (2009)
* The Art of Pokémon The First Movie
* The Art of Pokémon the Movie 2000
* The Art of Pokémon the Movie 3: Spell of the Unown
* The Complete Pokémon Pocket Guide
* Fun with Pokémon!
* Let's Find Pokémon!
* Pokémon Magnet Play Book
* Pikachu Meets the Press
* Pokémon 3D Pop-Outs
* Pokémon! Fun with Mazes & Puzzles
* Pokémon Origami
* Pokémon Tales
* Pokémon Seek and Find
====Cancelled====
* - this Ani-Manga adaptation of the 12th Pokémon movie was advertised on VIZ Media's website for a short time as forthcoming, including ISBN information. However, the announcement was later taken down from the website, and the book's English release has since been cancelled. 
==External links==
* Official website
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