Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for VIZ Mediaâs POKÃMON ADVENTURES. Running continuously for over twenty years now, POKÃMON ADVENTURES is the only manga series to completely cover all the PokÊmon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. Kusaka is currently working on the 12th and 13th story arcs, POKÃMON XãģY and POKÃMON ΊRUBY ÎąSAPPHIRE. In addition to writing manga, he also edits childrenâs books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukanâs childrenâs magazines. He uses the PokÊmon Electrode as his author portrait.