The Electric Tale of Pikachu Special Signature Edition Red Version

The Electric Tale of Pikachu Signature Special Edition Red Version is a promotional sample of the first two chapters of the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu. It is published by VIZ Media and was included in the Pokémon Video Suitcase promotional set. It is 76 pages long and its dimensions are quite small: approximately 6.0 × 4.0 × 0.2 inches. Therefore it is described as a "Viz Mini-Graphic Novel". Toshihiro Ono's signature appears on the cover.

Publications

	Edition	Country	Company	Date	ISBN
	First Edition	United States	VIZ Media	1999	ISBN not included

Chapters

• Chapter 1: Pikachu, I See You!
• Chapter 2: Play Misty For Me

Important events

• Ash begins his Pokémon journey.
• Ash earns his first two Gym Badges.
• Ash captures his first Pokémon.

Party changes

Additions

• Pikachu (ET01)
• Fearow (ET01)
• Caterpie (Capture not shown, first appears in ET02)
• Pidgeotto (Capture not shown, first appears in ET02)

Evolutions

• Metapod (evolves in ET02)
• Butterfree (evolves in ET02)

Trades

• No Pokémon are traded in this volume.

Gym battles

Ash battles the following Gym Leaders in this volume:

• Brock in ET02 (win)
• Misty in ET02 (win)

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