The Electric Tale of Pikachu

The Electric Tale of Pikachu (Japanese: ポケットモンスター・電撃(でんげき)ピカチュウ, Hepburn: Poketto Monsutaa: Dengeki Pikachu, trans. Pocket Monsters: Electric Shock Pikachu), int. ETP, is a manga series by Toshihiro Ono. The manga is loosely based on Indigo League and Adventures on the Orange Islands of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning. It has a total of four volumes and was written and illustrated by Toshihiro Ono.

Differences between the series and manga

• Ash Ketchum's clothes were completely different from the anime and it appears to be more like based on Red's attire from the video game series.
• Gary Oak has a sister in the manga and she was named May Oak instead of Daisy Oak from the video game version, that might avoid the conflict with Misty's sister.

Volumes

List of The Electric Tale of Pikachu volumes

#	Chapters	Cover
Vol. 1	Pikachu, I See You! Play Misty for Me Clefairy Tale Haunting My Dreams
Vol. 2	The Human Race and the Pokémon Race To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question! Pikachu's Excellent Adventure You Gotta Have Friends
Vol. 3	I'm Your Venusaur Clefairy in Space Days of Gloom and Glory Welcome to the Big Leagues The Indigo Finals The Orange Islands
Vol. 4	Attack of the Demon Stomach You Bet Your Wife The Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader Pikachu's Plan Side Story: Ash vs. Gary Epilogue: Wild Type

In other countries and languages

Name(s)	Countries	Publisher(s)	Published
ポケットモンスター・電撃(でんげき)ピカチュウ Poketto Monsutaa Dengeki Pikachu (Pocket Monsters: Electric Shock Pikachu)	Japan	Shogakakun	October 28, 1997–January 28, 2000
포켓몬스터 전격피카츄 Poket Monseuteo Jeongyeok Pikachu (Pocket Monsters: Lightning Pikachu)	South Korea	Daewon C.I.	November 23, 1999–February 25, 2001
電擊皮卡丘 Tiān-kek Phê-khah-khu (Electric Shock Pikachu)	Taiwan	Da Ran Culture	January 1, 1999-Unknown
電擊比卡超 Din6gik1 Bei2kaa1ciu1 (Electric Shock Pikachu)	Hong Kong	Da Ran Culture (Hong Kong)	Unknown
The Electric Tale of Pikachu	United States	VIZ Media	August 6, 1999–June 9, 2000
	Canada
	United Kingdom		August 1, 2018–December 13, 1999
	Singapore	CHUANG YI	January-April 2000

Trivia

• The scene from "To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question!" in the Hot Springs that showed Misty naked was completely removed by VIZ Media in North America, due to containing adult content and nudity, which is considered unsuitable for international audiences.