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==English translations== | ==English translations== | ||
[[File:Electric Tale of Pikachu CY volume 1.png|thumb|{{Vol|Electric Tale of Pikachu|1}} cover published by Chuang Yi]] | [[File:Electric Tale of Pikachu CY volume 1.png|thumb|{{Vol|Electric Tale of Pikachu|1}} cover published by Chuang Yi]] | ||
The Electric Tale of Pikachu has been | The Electric Tale of Pikachu has been released in English by both [[VIZ Media]] and [[Chuang Yi]]. | ||
===VIZ Media=== | ===VIZ Media=== | ||
The | The Electric Tale of Pikachu was the first Pokémon manga to be translated officially into English, making its debut in {{DL|Pokémon manga samplers|VIZ Video samplers|sampler editions}} included with [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)|home video releases]] of the Pokémon anime and subsequently released in full as sixteen [[List of Electric Tale of Pikachu monthly issues|monthly issues]]. These sixteen monthly issues were treated as four separate series, each consisting of four issues, and ran from September 1998 through February 2000. When the issues were collected for their graphic novels, each volume was named for their four-issue arc: ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'', ''Pikachu Shocks Back'', ''Electric Pikachu Boogaloo'' and ''Surf's Up, Pikachu''. The VIZ graphic novels do not mention any volume numbers or relation to each other, as each volume is titled as though it is a separate series. | ||
The manga was heavily promoted by VIZ Media and was featured in several commercial advertisements. | The manga was heavily promoted by VIZ Media and was featured in several commercial advertisements. Aside from the promotional home video samplers, a collection was also released featuring the first two chapters entitled [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu Special Signature Edition Red Version|the Special Signature Edition Red Version]]. This special edition was included with a [[Pokémon Video Suitcase]] promotional set. | ||
===Chuang Yi=== | ===Chuang Yi=== | ||
The Electric Tale of Pikachu was also released by [[Chuang Yi]] in their publishing region. Since the translations were licensed from VIZ Media's version, they contain all of the same edits. Chuang Yi's volumes do not have individual titles, though they also use the same English title ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu''. | The Electric Tale of Pikachu was also released by [[Chuang Yi]] in their publishing region. Since the translations were licensed from VIZ Media's version, they contain all of the same edits. Chuang Yi's volumes do not have individual titles, though they also use the same English title ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu''. | ||
Chuang Yi's version of {{Vol|Electric Tale of Pikachu|2}}, while based on VIZ Media's translation, restored the final two pages of ''[[ET06|To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question!]]'' which were omitted from VIZ Media's version. As VIZ Media chose to omit the pages originally, these pages are the only two of the manga which Chuang Yi translated themselves. | |||
==International versions== | ==International versions== | ||