Rejoice "Pokemon" fans! It was announced that an English version of the "Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire" manga will be released next week.
According to our source, there will be a total of 3 volumes of the "Pokemon Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire" manga written by Hidenori Kusaki and artist Satoshi Yamamoto.
Nintendo Everything published an overview of the "Pokemon Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire" manga saying, "Adventures inspired by the best-selling video games! Picking up where their saga left off, Sapphire and Emerald train in the new techniques of Mega Evolution to prepare for the next crisis of epic proportions. And they'll need Ruby's help too!"
They further wrote, "A giant meteor is hurtling towards the planet! Searching for a way to change its course, Ruby journeys to Sky Pillar to earn the trust of Zinnia, the True Lorekeeper of the mysterious Draconid tribe. Does Zinnia have the key to saving the world? And what does all this have to do with Legendary Pokémon Rayquazza?"
Amazon has the manga series available for pre order and it has the following release dates and prices for each volume:
- Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Vol. 1
- Release Date: Sept. 06, 2016
- Price: $4.99
- Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Vol. 2
- Release Date: Dec. 06, 2016
- Price: $4.99
- Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Vol 3
- Release Date: March 07, 2017
- Price: $4.99
VIZ media will also be releasing a gift set with both volumes of Sana Harukaze's Pokemon Pocket Comics for October. This includes the volume based on the "Pokemon Black and White" characters and the other one featuring Legendaries. Part of the box set are some trivia, quizzes, and puzzles.
Fans are surely excited as "Pokemon" is the second most successful video game franchise of all time [behind Nintendo's "Mario" franchise]. It had sold more than 200 million copies of their video games and as of May 2016, the "Pokemon" media franchise has a gross revenue of $46.2 Billion.