Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the publication that runs One Piece and other popular manga, has announced their first ever collaboration with Pokemon in Japan.

The collaboration will consist of a series of illlustrations drawn by the manga artists published in the magazine, featuring one of their characters and an accompanying Pokemon. So far, three illustrations have been released:

• One Piece’s Luffy and Pikachu by Eiichiro Oda
• Blue Box’s Chinatsu Shikano and Totodile by Kouji Miura
• Me & Roboco’s Roboco and Mega Blaziken by Shuhei Miyazaki

The rest of the illustrations will be released as part of a group cover for 36th and 37th issue of the magazine, which will go on sale on August 4th 2025. Following this, the 38th issue of the magazine will come with a sticker for this group illustration, as well as some related giveaways.

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