Yamamoto’s favorite manga creators/artists include Fujiko Fujio ( Doraemon), Yukinobu Hoshino ( 2001 Nights) and Katsuhiro Otomo ( Akira). He is currently working on the 14th story arc in the Pokémon series, Pokémon: Sun & Moon. 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. Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for VIZ Media’s Pokémon Adventures, which he began working on in 2001, starting with volume 10. He uses the Pokémon Electrode as his author portrait. In addition to writing manga, he also edits children’s books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukan’s children’s magazines. Kusaka is currently working on the 14th story arc, Pokémon: Sun & Moon. 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. Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for VIZ Media’s Pokémon Adventures.
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