Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokémon, once stated that Pokémon Adventures is closest to what he imagined the Pokémon world to be: "This is the comic that most resembles the world I was trying to convey." (僕が伝えたかった世界に最も近い漫画です。, Boku ga tsutaetakatta sekai ni mottomo chikai manga desu) The series is written by Hidenori Kusaka and was illustrated by Mato for the first 9 volumes. When Mato became ill and was unable to continue illustrating the series, Satoshi Yamamoto took over as the illustrator and still continues as the series artist.