Toshihiro Ono
1 Based more on the game than the anime...
In this issue of Pokemon Adventures, Red arrives in Pewter City, only to find a Pikachu who's stirring up quite a bit of trouble. Luckily, by using his Bulbasaur, Red captures the Pikachu. Soonafter he runs into Gary, who challenges him to a contest to see who can defeat Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader, first. And we also get to see the first appearance of everyone's favorite(or hated, your choice) feisty red-head, Misty! Red comes to the rescue as Misty is being attacked by an out-of-control Gyarados, and soon they band together on their journey. The Pokemon Adventures manga is based heavily on the Pokemon RPG videogame, so there's alot of similarities here. You should buy this if you're a fan of the game, or Pokemon in general.
2 Reader from America
This book is great!red walks into pewter city and sees a wanted sign of Pikachu, who is messing up there town. So then Red decides to help and trys capturing the wanted Pikachu....... Then Gary comes and Challenges Ash the Challenge is Who will get the Boulder badge from Brock....... Then trys to help misty with her Gyardos... That's all i'm going to write.
3 Better than the usual Pokemon written material
This book is definately another series, with a different set of Pokemon for Ash (though Pikachu behaves in the familiar method from the cartoon, shocking everything in sight). This book covers Ash's attempts to gain the boulder badge and collect more Pokemon. It's fairly well-written, with good artwork, and a great story line with the Pokemon reacting and being as interesting as the characters, and I don't just mean Pikachu.
