Pokémon Adventures: Red and Blue, Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

A deluxe hardcover edition of the first Pokémon Adventures manga arc featuring exclusive gold finishes and gilded edges!Join Red as he competes with his rival Blue, travels through dangerous zones, battles Gym Leaders for badges, and discovers the secrets of the Pokémon!Red doesn’t just want to train Pokémon—he wants to be their friend too. Bulbasaur and Poliwhirl seem game, though independent Pikachu won’t be so easy to win over! But as Red improves as a Pokémon Trainer, so does his competition. And soon Red must team up with his biggest rival, Blue, to defeat a common enemy!And watch out for Team Rocket, Red… They’re out to get ya!

Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for Pokémon Adventures. Running continuously for over 25 years, Pokémon Adventures is the only manga series to completely cover all the Pokémon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. In addition to writing manga, he also edits children’s books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukan’s children’s magazines. He uses the Pokémon Electrode as his author portrait.Mato was born in Ehime Prefecture on November 27. Her astrological sign is Sagittarius. Her first manga story, "New Year X-mas," appeared in 1993 in the magazine Shonen Sunday. Her best-known works include the title Nightingale.