of the Sea (the fourth movie-to-comic adaption) Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl / Platinum Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (the fifth movie-to-comic adaption) Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (the sixth movie-to-comic adaption) Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (the seventh movie-to-comic adaption) Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (the eighth movie-to-comic adaption) Pokémon The Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom (the ninth movie-to-comic adaption) Pokémon Black and White Manga not released in English Pokémon Pocket Monsters by Kosaku Anakubo, the first Pokémon manga. Chiefly a gag manga, it stars a Pokémon Trainer named Red, his rude Clefairy, and Pikachu. Pokémon Card ni Natta Wake (How I Became a Pokémon Card) by Kagemaru Himeno, an artist for the Trading Card Game. There are six volumes and each includes a special promotional card. The stories tell the tales of the art behind some of Himeno's cards. Pokémon Get aa ze! by Miho Asada Pocket Monsters Chamo-Chamo ★ Pretty ♪ by Yumi Tsukirino, who also made Magical Pokémon Journey. Pokémon Card Master Pocket Monsters Emerald Chōsen!! Battle Frontier by Ihara Shigekatsu Pocket Monsters Zensho by Satomi Nakamura Live-action series In July 2021, it was announced that a live-action Pokémon series is reportedly in development at Netflix. Joe Henderson, showrunner of Lucifer, is signed on as writer and executive producer. Criticisms and controversies Morality and religious beliefs Pokémon has been criticized by some fundamentalist Christians over perceived occult and violent themes and the concept of "Pokémon evolution", which they feel goes against the Biblical creation account in Genesis. Sat2000, a satellite television station based in Vatican City, has countered that the Pokémon Trading Card Game and video games are "full of inventive imagination" and have no "harmful moral side effects". In the United Kingdom, the "Christian Power Cards" game was introduced in 1999 by David Tate who stated, "Some people aren't happy with Pokémon and want an alternative, others just want Christian games." The game was similar to the Pokémon Trading Card Game but used Biblical figures. In 1999, Nintendo stopped manufacturing the Japanese version of the "Koga's Ninja Trick" trading card because it depicted a manji, a traditionally Buddhist symbol with no negative connotations. The Jewish civil rights group Anti-Defamation League complained because the symbol is the reverse of a swastika, a Nazi symbol. The cards were intended for sale in Japan only, but the popularity of Pokémon