Pokémon Adventures (Ruby and Sapphire), Vol. 16 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781421535500)

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire video games!

All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga!

Ruby and Sapphire go their separate ways to achieve their dreams in just eighty days! But their paths keep crossing... While Ruby seeks a beautiful new Pokémon in Dewford Town to help him win Pokémon Contests, he runs into Sapphire who is challenging the local Gym Leader to improve her Pokémon battle skills. Together, our intrepid Trainers attempt to deliver an important letter. What does it say, and who is the mysterious recipient...?

Plus, can Ruby and Sapphire prevent evil Team Magma from stealing a strange new technology?!

Author: Hidenori Kusaka
ISBN-10: 1421535505
ISBN-13: 9781421535500
Publisher: Viz Media
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2013
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.90d

About the Author
Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for VIZ Media's Pokémon Adventures. Running continuously for over 20 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. Kusaka is currently working on the 14th story arc, Pokémon: Sun & Moon. 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.

Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for VIZ Media's Pokémon Adventures, which he began working on in 2001, starting with volume 10. Yamamoto launched his manga career in 1993 with the horror-action title Kimen Senshi, which ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, followed by the series Kaze no Denshosha. He is currently working on the 14th story arc in the Pokémon series, Pokémon: Sun & Moon. Yamamoto's favorite manga creators/artists include Fujiko Fujio (Doraemon), Yukinobu Hoshino (2001 Nights) and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). He loves films, monsters, mysteries, punk rock music and livin' the good life. He uses the Pokémon Swalot as his artist portrait.