Shogakukan's Skygarden website has announced two new Pocket Monsters mangas that will be released in Japan on September 28th, 2010. The manga adaption of the latest movie Pocket Monsters The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark by CoroCoro Comics (劇場版ポケモン「幻影の覇者ゾロアーク」 コロコロコミックス) will be sold for 750yen and its ISBN is 9784091410832. Inoue Momota (井上桃太) is the author and artist for the manga volume and it is 192 pages. The volume has also been added to Shogakukan's online shop.

Pokémon Battrio Mezase! Battrio Master Volume 2 (ポケモンバトリオ めざせ! バトリオマスター VOL 2) will also be available on the same day and will be sold for 410yen. Its ISBN is 9784091411501 and Takashi Teshirogi (てしろぎたかし) is the author and artist for the manga volume.

Source: http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp

Information about the upcoming manga volumes for Pokémon Adventures Volumes 9 and 10 as well as Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! Vol. 8 has been posted on SimonandSchuster.com. The volumes will be released later this year. Below is the available information that was posted on the site.

Pokémon Adventures Vol. 9	Pokémon Adventures Vol. 10	Pokémon DP Adventure! Vol. 8
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Release Date: October 2010 Pages: 224 pages ISBN-10: 1421530627 ISBN-13: 9781421530628 Story & Art: Hidenori Kusaka	Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Release Date: December 2010 Pages: 200 pages ISBN-10: 1421530635 ISBN-13: 9781421530635 Story & Art: Hidenori Kusaka	Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Release Date: November 2010 Pages: 192 pages ISBN-10: 1421536714 ISBN-13: 9781421536712 Story & Art: Shigekatsu Ihara

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! Vol. 8 Synopsis

If Hareta and his new rival Koya can’t agree on how to rescue Cyrus and a group of mind-controlled Pokémon, they might never get saved! Then Koya is attacked by a long-lost Pokémon friend... And when Hareta finally gets his chance to battle the legendary Pokémon Giratina, two unexpected allies arrive to fight by his side!

Pokémon Adventures Vol. 9 Synopsis

The adventure, starring Gold and his rival Silver, continues! Gold is still trying to track down Silver when he uncovers a far bigger threat. Can these two trainers put aside their differences to fight a common enemy?Keep an eye on Team Rocket, Gold and Silver... Will they be the toughest opponents yet?

Pokémon Adventures Vol. 10 Synopsis

A new adventure begins! In order to assist Professor Oak's research, a young trainer, Crystal, hits the streets of Yoshino City with a new Pokédex in hand! Her goal is to capture all the wild Pokémon! And what will happen when the legendary Pokémon Suicune has awakened?!

Source: http://books.simonandschuster.com/

Pokémon Special Volume 35 (ポケットモンスターＳＰ　３５) was announced on Shogakukan's website today. The volume will be released in Japan on May 28th, 2010 and it will retail for 490yen. The ISBN number is 9784091410573.

Source: http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/

Various stores have now posted pre-order information for Pokémon Adventures Volume 8. Pokémon Adventures is the English adaption of the Japanese manga Pokémon Special (ポケットモンスター☆SPECIAL). The English adaption was discontinued at volume 7 but last year VIZ began releasing it again and will continue past the 7th volume. Below is a brief synopsis of the upcoming manga. Thanks to Geoffrey for the info.

All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga! Red doesn't just want to train Pokémon, he wants to be their friend too. Read along as Red embarks on adventures with Pikachu, Bulbasaur and others that follow storylines from the videogames!

Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Release Date: August 3, 2010
ISBN-10: 1421530619
ISBN-13: 978-1421530611

Netkun has announced the release date of Pokemon Special 34 (ポケットモンスター☆SPECIAL). The latest manga volume in the popular series will be released in Japan on February 26th, 2010.

Shogakukan also updated their site listing the ISBN number which is 9784091408877 and the suggested manufactures retail price which is 490yen.

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's largest and most well known anime and manga publishing companies, has announced its schedule throughout the fourth quarter of 2009. Below is the only Pokémon title that was announced in the press release.

POKÉMON: Giratina & the Sky Warrior! Ani-Manga, Vol. 1 • Rated ‘A’ for All Ages • MSRP: $11.99 US / $15.99 CAN • Available November 3rd

Shaymin, the Gratitude Pokémon, usually leads a peaceful life in forests and among flowers. But when it gets swept up in a great battle between Legendary Pokémon Giratina and Dialga, it accidentally becomes part of a struggle to maintain the delicate balance between the Real World and an alternate dimension called the Reverse World. Ash, Dawn and Brock join the fight and soon discover that there's more to Shaymin than meets the eye!

Source: http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/?id=430

Japanese publisher Shueisha has invested in Shogakukan Prods., the licensing and merchandising subsidiary of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. Shogakukan Prods. (ShoPro) will be renamed Shogakukan-Shueisha Prods. Masao Yagi has been named prexy.

The deal will give "more flexibility in developing titles for the overseas marketplace, including the burgeoning graphic novel and manga market in North America and Europe, and to streamline internal operations," companies said in a joint statement.

Forty-year-old ShoPro handles Shogakukan manga and animated properties including "Pokemon," "Doraemon," "Inuyasha," "Hamtaro," "Detective Conan" and "Megaman.

Shogakukan-Shueisha Prods. will handle properties related to manga from Shogakukan and Shueisha.

Both companies are part-owners of San Francisco-based Viz Media, the animation and licensing company.

"The formation of Shogakukan-Shueisha Prods. by two of our key parent companies will undoubtedly speed the licensing process of future properties for domestic release," said Viz Media CEO Hidemi Fukuhara.

"Our close relationship with both Shueisha and Shogakukan has played a key role in the success of VIZ Media and allows us to continually offer some of the best and most unique manga titles from Japan. We look forward to working with Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions to prepare new properties for release in North America as well as for other emerging markets in Europe and Oceania."

VIZ Media was established in 1986 with seed money from Shogakukan under the name VIZ Communications. Shueisha became an investor in VIZ in 2002, and was a key collaborator on the development of SHONEN JUMP magazine, which is the leading monthly manga anthology in North America. When VIZ and Shogakukan's ShoPro Entertainment merged in 2005, the new company was named VIZ Media.

Both VIZ and Shogakukan release the Pokemon anime and manga. Hopefully we will see a reduction in the time it takes them to prepare and release products outside of Japan with the streamlining of their internal operations.

Source 1: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987890.html?categoryId=14&cs=1
Source 2: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=23671