Supervision credits on Shogakukan's Pokémon comics, by series

What this is

Supervision credits on Shogakukan's Pokémon comics, by series: 108 of 113 comics adapted from the anime credit a named supervisor, from 1997 onward, while none of the 93 Pokémon Special volumes, based on the games, carries a supervision or original-work credit.

How it’s built

1. Japan's National Diet Library catalogue was searched for every book titled Pocket Monsters from Shogakukan: 664 records, of which 292 are comics.
2. The comics were sorted into series by title and author, and each record's credit line was checked for a supervision or original-work credit.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

The anime-based supervision credit appears in July 1997, before TPC was founded, so it is a personal credit carried over, not a company one.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:

• FiledNDL census query result (raw), 1996-2026

Where it’s used

• StoryCharacters
• Chart · CharactersComics of the anime almost always name a supervisor; 131 volumes of game-based manga never do

Related figures

Built from this one

• FiledAn independent recount of Shogakukan's Pokémon comics in the national library catalogue, which reproduces every count and finds that no comic record names a company as supervisor or rights holder
• Reported© line census by era (rights holders, 監修, ShoPro), 1997-2026