The Man Who Made Pokemon: Satoshi Tajiri

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On May 21st 2018 Shogakukan released The Man Who Made Pokemon: Satoshi Tajiri (ポケモンをつくった男　田尻智), 150-page biographical manga about Mr. Tajiri. The manga is drawn by Ken Tanaka (田中顕), written by Hiryoyuki Kikuta (菊田洋之), and includes an afterword by Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本茂).

This page will look at this Japanese language book and provide an overview of what's inside. I'll pick out key stories from each chapter and mine the biography for any behind-the-scenes information worth reporting.

Table of Contents

The book's Table of Contents should help set the stage for what's

Chapter	Title
Prologue	"Prologue" (プロローグ)
Chapter One	"Bugs and Invaders" (昆虫とインベーダー)
Chapter Two	"Making Friends" (増えていく仲間たち)
Chapter Three	"The Amateurs' Fight Against the Odds ~Making Their First Game~" (素人集団の苦戦～初めてのゲーム製作～)
Chapter Four	"Hardships and the Seeds of Pokemon" (社会の荒波とポケモンのめばえ)
Chapter Five	"One Problem After the Other" (続発するトラブル)
Chapter Six	"The Birth of Pocket Monsters!" (ポケットモンスター誕生！)
Epilogue	"Epilogue" (エピローグ)

The Table of Contents also contains the standard "character bios" section seen in most manga.

Manga Breakdown

For simplicity's sake, I'll break down the manga, chapter by chapter.

Prologue
The prologue is four pages of nothing, really. This is Satoshi Tajiri! He made Pokemon! Isn't that amazing!

Chapter One: "Bugs and Invaders"
Satoshi Tajiri was born in 1965 in the Setagaya area of Tokyo.