Pokémon Adventures, originally released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Special(Japanese: ポケットモンスター SPECIALHepburn: Poketto Monsutā Supesharu), is a Pokémon-related manga based on the video games. Satoshi Tajiri once stated that the Pocket Monsters Special series is closest to what he imagined the Pokémon world to be: "This is the comic that most resembles the world I was trying to convey."

The current Pokémon anime has been many kids childhood and still is. But as they grow older they start to see the same story in a diffrent way and start to loose intrest.

The Pokémon Adventures manga is closer to the games and can attract new gamers to the pokémon games. This story also has a darker side which the current genration prefers and this can also be profitable.