Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle―Another Beginning (Pokémon the Movie

Pokémon the Movie (Comic)

by Teruaki Mizuno (Adaptor), Atsuhiro Tomioka (Contributor), Tetsuo Yajima (Writer)

The graphic novel tie-in to the latest Pokémon movie!

Hidden deep in a secret jungle, far from any humans, there is a Pokémon paradise—beautiful and peaceful, but governed by strict rules. Ten years ago, the Mythical Pokémon Zarude found the abandoned baby Koko and decided to break the rules, raising him as its own child. Since then, Koko has been isolated from other humans…until now.

Genres: Manga, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 2020

About the author

水野輝昭

Reviews

[Nicholas Dehler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun enough, nothing particularly special but a good light read that adds some additional context to one of my favorite Pokemon movies

[Elijah Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is Action packed and I like how the centiskorch are just hungry.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story of Tarzan... told with Pokémon. (Wasn't this an episode way back in Indigo League?) So let me introduce you to the story I'll refer to as "Koko of the Zarude" (Tarzan of the Apes)

Koko is an orphaned human found by a Zarude who takes him in and raises him like a son. Koko becomes friends with all the Pokémon of the forest until a Centiskorch comes to bully Koko's friends because the Zarude bullied the Centiskorch... So Koko and his friends team up to beat the Centiskorch, give him food, and now they're besties. Typical children's action story.

Then one day, Koko crashes into something, falls in a river, gets knocked out, and wakes up in a Pokemon Center with Ash in his face. THE END... well that was abrupt.

Now, this is a kids book so I guess I shouldn't be expecting a great work of literature. So with the bar sufficiently lowered, I'll admit, it's not bad. It's a bit rushed, but the short simple story will appeal to kids with attention problems. And Pokémon are awesome in general so that gets points in my book. Overall, not half bad.

[Serena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Technically more like a 3.5 out of 5 stars. This idea was really cute honestly. The fact that Zarude raised Koko on his own because the elder wouldn't take Koko into their tribe is kinda stupid. Like I know you want to be careful, but Koko was an infant! I swear this was like the Pokémon version of Tarzan.

[Robin Pelletier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imagine being adopted by a Pokemon... and you get this book. This one gives off Tarzan vibes. I did like reading this one in class and "yelling" at kids for interrupting me while reading by telling them parts of what was happening - like "nooooo... you can't interrupt me... the Pokemon are hangry" and "nooooo - not now - the Pokemon are battling". It made kids want to read it more.

I do like that Ash makes an appearance.

Overall, appropriate for all kids and super easy and fun read.

[Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's cute but helped me realize how much the nostalgia influences my enjoyment of the other books.

[Rhys Causon · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable little tie in to one of the better Pokémon movies I’ve seen in a while.

[Jenan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an enjoyable read!

[Ｂｅｅｌａｈ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Koko ni adalah Tarzan versi Pokemon. Kalau Tarzan dijaga oleh gorila, Koko ni pula dijaga oleh pokemon jenis mistik ala2 mawas, Zarude.

Nama Koko diberikan oleh ayah pokemonnya tapi sampai kesudah ayahnya takde name sendiri.

Koko bercita2 nak jadi kuat macam ayahnya tanpa dia sedari dia ni tak sama spesis dengan ayahnya sehinggalah dia bertemu dengan Ash.