Exciting and BIG news from VIZ Media this week as the company announced that it will welcome the creators of the POKÉMON ADVENTURES manga series – Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto – for the pair’s very special, first-ever North American professional appearance at the 2016 Comic-Con International.
The 2016 Comic-Con International take place July 20th–24th at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA.
Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto are scheduled to make a series of appearances throughout Comic-Con. The pair will meet and greet fans at the VIZ Media booth for signings and participate on a POKÉMON panel event alongside VIZ Media editors. Other exciting POKÉMON activities will be detailed soon.
“It’s a tremendous honor to welcome Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto as special guests for the 2016 Comic-Con International,” says Beth Kawasaki, Senior Editorial Director for Perfect Square. “We know fans of all ages will be very excited for the opportunity to join in the fun as POKÉMON celebrates its 20th Anniversary and VIZ Media celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year.”
Hidenori Kusaka writes and Satoshi Yamamoto creates artwork for POKÉMON ADVENTURES, This Dynamic duo have developed several series within the POKÉMON ADVENTURES universe such as Pokémon Adventures, Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen, Pokémon Adventures: Emerald, Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/PLATINUM, Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver, Pokémon Adventures: Black & White and POKÉMON X•Y. POKÉMON ΩRUBY αSAPPHIRE are currently in the works now. In addition to writing manga, Hidenori Kusaka also edits children’s books.
Back in 2001 Satoshi Yamamoto began drawing VIZ Media’s POKÉMON ADVENTURES, starting with volume 10. Yamamoto has a love for monster (Kaiju) and mystery movies, he also enjoys punk rock music.
"POKÉMON is one of the most successful international entertainment franchises of all time. More than 275 million POKÉMON video game titles and over 21.5 billion Pokémon 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 POKÉMON home media releases including animated series and films and also publishes a variety of POKÉMON manga graphic novel series including Pokémon Adventures, Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen, Pokémon Adventures: Emerald, Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/PLATINUM, Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver, Pokémon Adventures: Black & White and POKÉMON X•Y."-Viz Media." For additional information visit www.VIZ.com.