Destiny Deoxys (manga)
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Destiny Deoxys (Japanese: 裂空の訪問者 デオキシス Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys) is the manga adaptation of the movie of the same name. It was revealed in two issues of CoroCoro in June and July 2004, then officially released in graphic novel form on July 17, 2004. It was adapted by Takashi Teshirogi, who also created the manga Ash & Pikachu.
Publications
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Japan | Shogakukan | July 17, 2004 | ISBN 9784091430052 |
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First Edition |
Singapore | Chuang Yi | September 2005 | ISBN 9812607668 |
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First Edition |
Mainland China | Jilin Publishing Group | March 1, 2009 | ISBN 9787538631005 |
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First Edition |
Hong Kong | Ching Win Publishing Group | March 1, 2011 | ISBN 9789888044283 |
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First Edition |
Taiwan | Ching Win Publishing Group | October 15, 2010 | ISBN 9789862565063 |
List of chapters
- The Pokémon From Outer Space!
- The Shocking Impact And The Mysterious Gem!
- Gathering Of The Companions...!!
Differences between the animated series and the manga
The manga was rather infamous for the amount of differences to the film that it adapted. While the previous and future manga adaptations up to Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel had minimal differences between it and its source, the manga adaptation had a lot of significant changes, as listed below:
- The original battle between Deoxys and Rayquaza above the polar ice caps is presented as a nightmare Tory is having in the manga, while in the film it was presented as a flashback.
- In the movie, Professor Lund's assistant is a woman named Yuko who is kind-hearted and caring, following Lund without question and being extremely fond of Tory. In the manga, she is replaced with a male assistant named Haruno who takes up the role of a main villain (something which the film didn't contain). Haruno desires to obtain the core of Deoxys, and at one point even knocks out Professor Lund in an effort to obtain it, until having a change of heart once the Deoxys clones start attacking the city.
- An unnamed robot dog briefly appears at the beginning of the manga which attempts to give Ash and his friends passports upon their arrival in LaRousse City. It was speculated at the time that this could be a Generation IV Pokémon. However this was soon proven to be false, and the robot dog did not appear in the film.
- When the manga was later re-released in book form, the dog was replaced with a Block Bot. This may have been to maintain continuity, as in the original manga the Block Bot only appeared in later chapters.
- Munchlax's role is greatly expanded in the manga. While in the film it is simply comic relief that plays a small role towards the end of the movie (as well as the novelty of being the first appearance of a Generation IV Pokémon), in the manga it is able to destroy several of the Deoxys clones with an attack akin to Hyper Beam. Note that in the film, it was Sid's Blastoise and Rafe's Blaziken that helped to fend off the attackers.
- Deoxys and Rayquaza's battle is greatly lengthened in the manga. In the film, Deoxys in its Defense form puts a barrier around the city once Rayquaza arrives, and the two begin fighting only once the barrier is dispersed. They fight for around ten minutes until the Block Bots malfunction. In the manga, the two begin fighting straightaway and do so throughout the remainder of the climax while the main characters attempt to avoid the Deoxys clones.
- While Team Rocket had a minimal role in the movie to begin with (having no impact on the plot nor encountering the main characters), their role in the manga is even more reduced to appearing in only two panels with no dialogue.
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