Pokemon Adventures, Volume 1: Mysterious Mew (Pokemon Adventures (Viz Paperback)) [Paperback]

Hidenori Kusaka (Author), Mato (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 1999 | Series: Pokemon Adventures (Viz Paperback) (Book 1)

Mew, one of the "New Species" Pokmon, is an innocent-looking catlike character - the super-rare 151st Pokmon. This story introduces the trainer, Pokmon expert Professor Oak, Professor Oak's nephew, and others, who try to capture all the Pokmon to complete the collection - and win a series of duels against other Pokmon trainers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 45 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (October 6, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569313873
• ISBN-13: 978-1569313879
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,445,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These are brilliantly done, October 7, 2002

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"nekouken" (Woodridge, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pokemon Adventures, Volume 1: Mysterious Mew (Pokemon Adventures (Viz Paperback)) (Paperback)

Pokemon Adventures is probably the best vision of the concept that's sponsored by Nintendo. For the record, I recommend buying these in the graphic novel format.

This is a great series. It's a more mature story that isn't exclusively aimed at kids like the cartoon or the other comic. There are elements in these stories that will appeal to all ages. Red and Blue, instead of being a couple of abrasive children, are more like rivals should be -- with a healthy respect for one another. They work together, even help each other along at times when they know there's more at stake than their own pride.

The story takes some turns that are far darker than anything the show would ever touch, and most of the characters from the show who appear here are, such as the Gym Leaders, are, instead of silly characitures of how people behave, real characters with a passion for what they do. Misty and Brock, incidentally, kick ass. Both Red and Blue are serious about what they do, and there's a clear reason that they win as many fights as they do, not just the "Ash is the main character, so of course he wins" mentality the show has.

Even better, as the series progresses, there is real character growth. Over the course of the story, Red goes from being a Pokemon lover with a heart of gold to a brilliant tactician who can use his Pokemon's abilities in ways nobody can imagine.

I recommend this for anyone with a passion for good storytelling, anyone who has played the game, and anybody who thinks the Pokemon concept is interesting, regardless of whether you like the cartoon. This is the best handling of the material you will find.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 151, May 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pokemon Adventures, Volume 1: Mysterious Mew (Pokemon Adventures (Viz Paperback)) (Paperback)

This is a very nicely done book. It's not like the original Pokémon adventure. This one follows more closely to the Red and American Blue game. Instead of Ash and Gary, Ash is called Red and Gary is called Blue. There is also a girl named Green but she comes in a later book. There is also no Jessie and James, only the Team Rocket members you see in the game. Red is also a more mature and advanced trainer than Ash and Blue is wiser than Gary. Aside all this, there are only some other slight changes and basically has the same goal as the original story and is a great book.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pokemon the Mysterious Mew, January 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pokemon Adventures, Volume 1: Mysterious Mew (Pokemon Adventures (Viz Paperback)) (Paperback)

I liked this book because it is cool. It had many pictures which were really great. I recommend this book to all the Pokemon fans. The book shows a large variety of Pokemons. I really enjoyed reading this book and will not hesitate to read it again.