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Pokémon Franchise Gets New Manga on November 15
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The November issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comics magazine announced on Tuesday that the Pokémon franchise will have a new manga, simply titled Pocket Monsters, that will debut in the magazine's next issue on November 15. The magazine did not reveal the author or authors for the manga.
Kōsaku Anakubo's similarly titled Pocket Monsters manga ended in the same issue after 23 years of serialization.
The new Pocket Monster television anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on November 17 at 5:30 p.m. as an "expanded live broadcast special." The series will then air on Sundays at 6:00 p.m., the same timeslot as Pokémon Sun & Moon.
The Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Nintendo Switch role-playing games will ship worldwide on November 15. The games will take place in the new Galar region.
Source: Coro Coro Comics November issue
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