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In manga, an omnibus edition is a volume release collecting multiple volumes or chapters which were originally released separately. Manga publishers release omnibus collections typically of older works, combining them in a bargain format and often collecting a particular story arc, although some omnibus releases cover an entire manga series.

To date, the Pokémon Adventures manga has been released in omnibus format in three different countries: in Japan, Singapore and France.

List of Pokémon Adventures omnibus volumes

Japan

2011 releases

In 2011, a series of omnibus releases were announced in Japan, collecting the Ruby & Sapphire arc. The Ruby & Sapphire arc was chosen due to its high popularity in Japan. These volumes were issued under Shogakukan's "My First WIDE" brand.

While Volume 1 was released in March 2011, the other two planned volumes were cancelled and Volume 1 was quietly discontinued. This is believed to be due to the depictions of earthquakes and tsunami in the Ruby & Sapphire arc, which were deemed inappropriate following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[1]

Cover		Shogakukan
	Volume 1	ISBN 4091410693	March 31, 2011
	Volume 2 (unissued)	ISBN 4091626874	Projected for April 27, 2011
	Volume 3 (unissued)	ISBN Unknown	Unissued

2014 releases

In 2014, Shogakukan announced that they would be releasing a new omnibus edition of the Ruby & Sapphire arc, in commemoration of the release of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. The volumes will be released under Shogakukan's "My First Series" brand, which are bargain-priced volumes sold only in Japanese convenience stores. A total of four volumes will be released, beginning with volume one on October 24. All four volumes are expected to be released by the end of December.

Satoshi Yamamoto confirmed on his Twitter account that the new series of volumes has no connection to the 2011 releases and that the 2011 releases have been permanently discontinued.

Cover		Shogakukan
	Volume 1	ISBN 4091196292	October 24, 2014
	Volume 2	ISBN 4091196330	November 7, 2014
	Volume 3	ISBN 4091196462	November 21, 2014
	Volume 4	ISBN 4091196667	December 5, 2014

Singapore

In January 2015, a new series of omnibus volumes was announced by Shogakukan Asia, publishers of the Pokémon Adventures manga in Singapore. The new omnibuses will collect the Ruby & Sapphire arc, originally found in Volume 15 through Volume 22, over a series of four volumes.

Cover		Shogakukan Asia
	Volume 1	ISBN 9789810926960	January 28, 2015
	Volume 2	ISBN 9789810926977	February 25, 2015
	Volume 3	ISBN 9789810926984	April 22, 2015

France

Red, Green & Blue chapter and Yellow chapter

Beginning in June 2014, European French publisher Kurokawa began releasing the Red, Green & Blue arc and the Yellow arc together as a series of three omnibus volumes. While the Red, Green & Blue arc and the Yellow arc had been previously released in France by publisher Glénat, these volumes feature a new translation. Kurokawa's omnibus volumes contain all the adventure route maps from the original Japanese volumes, but lack the character introduction pages from the beginning of the volumes.

Cover		Kurokawa
	Volume 1	ISBN 2368520139	June 12, 2014
	Volume 2	ISBN 2368520147	August 28, 2014
	Volume 3	ISBN 2368520155	November 13, 2014

Ruby & Sapphire chapter

Following the completion of the Yellow arc, Kurokawa announced an omnibus release of the Ruby & Sapphire arc to tie in with the newly released remake games, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. The chapter is planned to be released as three omnibus volumes, the first of which was released on December 11, 2014.

Cover		Kurokawa
	Volume 1	ISBN 2368520899	December 11, 2014
	Volume 2	ISBN 2368520872	March 12, 2015
Volume 3	Volume 3		July 2015

References

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.