SOURCE REGISTER

The records behind the release.

Use Pokémon Japan and OVERLAP to check publication facts. Retailer records can answer listing questions, but their ordering status needs a fresh seller check.

Checked October 20, 2026Independent publicationView source register

How to use these references

Check the publisher first for identity, planned contents and schedule. A retailer can supply its own language or ordering fields, but its inventory is not an official publication announcement. Links below are ordinary text links; this guide has not copied official covers or game artwork.

The research check was completed on October 20, 2026. A date on the site describes that review, not a promise that an external page or stock status remains unchanged. Sources with no visible article timestamp are identified without borrowing the product’s release date.

Evidence boundaries

The page plan is approximately 500 pages per volume. More precise retailer metadata was not promoted into a final publisher specification. No exact binding, physical weight, English edition, digital edition, collector’s box or international shipping commitment was established.

The art-book sources identify OVERLAP as publisher. The three-volume list-price sum is this guide’s arithmetic. It does not establish an official set or a bundled offer.

Publisher catalogue record

These are the publisher’s catalogue titles for the Japanese books. English text in a title does not confirm an English-language edition. Publication-date and price changes need a separate editorial review.

  • BOOK1

    ポケットモンスター ビジュアルアートブック 30th anniversary Art Book of Pokemon Video Games developed by GAME FREAK BOOK1

    ISBN-13
    9784824018731
    OVERLAP BOOK1 catalogue ↗

  • BOOK2

    ポケットモンスター ビジュアルアートブック 30th anniversary Art Book of Pokemon Video Games developed by GAME FREAK BOOK2

    ISBN-13
    9784824018748
    OVERLAP BOOK2 catalogue ↗

  • BOOK3

    ポケットモンスター ビジュアルアートブック 30th anniversary Art Book of Pokemon Video Games developed by GAME FREAK BOOK3

    ISBN-13
    9784824018755
    OVERLAP BOOK3 catalogue ↗

Source register

  1. P1 / Official announcement

    Pokémon Japan announcement ↗

    Published August 7, 2026. Confirms December 18 Japan publication, three separate volumes, B5 full-colour format and ¥5,500 tax-inclusive price per volume.

  2. P2 / Publisher

    OVERLAP art-book special page ↗

    Publisher and distributor, supervision, editor, approximate page plan, creator interviews and all three ISBNs. No article publication date was displayed.

  3. P3 / Publisher catalogue

    OVERLAP BOOK1 catalogue ↗

    BOOK1 ISBN, planned game coverage, price and scheduled release. The release field is a product date, not the page's publication date.

  4. P4 / Publisher catalogue

    OVERLAP BOOK2 catalogue ↗

    BOOK2 ISBN, planned game coverage, price and scheduled release. The release field is a product date, not the page's publication date.

  5. P5 / Publisher catalogue

    OVERLAP BOOK3 catalogue ↗

    BOOK3 ISBN, planned game coverage, price and scheduled release. The release field is a product date, not the page's publication date.

  6. P6 / Official terms

    Pokémon Japan site rules ↗

    Describes Japan-only information and requests text links. No commercial permission to reproduce announcement images was established.

  7. R1 / Retailer

    Yodobashi BOOK1 listing ↗

    Directly read October 20: matching ISBN, Japanese language and ¥5,500. Preorder acceptance was shown as ended. Retailer page counts are not used as final publisher specifications.

  8. R2 / Retailer

    Rakuten Books BOOK1 listing ↗

    Directly read October 20: matching ISBN and ¥5,500, with preorder acceptance and delivery on or after release, possibly later. This is a dated observation, not a stock feed.

  9. R3 / Retailer, index only

    Rakuten Books BOOK2 listing ↗

    Matching ISBN and price appeared in the retailer’s indexed text. The direct page was not separately inspected; confirm the current listing before relying on its status.

  10. T1 / Official, indexed text

    Pokémon US TCG product showcase ↗

    The official indexed article lists the Binder Collection for December 4, 2026 in the United States. Direct opening returned a security iframe.

  11. T2 / Official, indexed text

    Pokémon UK Binder Collection gallery ↗

    Lists September 2026 for the UK binder, a nine-pocket binder and five booster packs. It does not establish a December date for the UK.

  12. T3 / Official press release

    Pokémon expansion launch announcement ↗

    Published September 16, 2026. Establishes that the expansion itself launched earlier than the US December binder product.