The Pokemon Company has announced that a new Snorlax-centered manga titled Snorlax’s Dream Gourmet will be published as a part of Project Snorlax in the fall of 2023. The Pokemon Company announced Project Snorlax in March of 2023. This project included a website and social media campaign themed around Generation 1’s most lovable sleeping Pokemon, Snorlax.
Since the announcement of Project Snorlax, the official Pokemon website has published a live-action trailer depicting a giant Snorlax plushie, revealing that Snorlax will come back in the downloadable content expansion for Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. The most recent piece of information concerning Project Snorlax came in the shape of a new manga titled Snorlax’s Dream Gourmet and published in the fall of 2023.
Pokemon has announced that a new Snorlax manga will be released in 2023
The announcement was made on the Japanese version of the official website for Project Snorlax, and the website marked the occasion by showcasing a breathtaking piece of artwork from the forthcoming manga. An unofficial translation of the following passage from the official release reads: “The manga ‘Snorlax’s Dream Gourmet,’ drawn by the manga artist Taku Kuwabara, who works on ‘Drifting Dragons,’ will be disseminated! Please watch for the first installment, which is expected to be published sometime around the fall of 2023.
The artwork sent with the announcement included a Snorlax and a young scientist or researcher seated before a device. A pair of orange headphones are visible on the Snorlax’s head, showing it daydreaming about some seafood dinner.
Fans in the West will be disappointed to learn that it is currently unknown when — if ever — this manga will officially find its way outside of Japan, as the fall 2023 release date is solely for the release in Japan. Because both Project Piplup and Project Eevee, which came before it, were primarily confined to Japan, it seems improbable that this manga will be given an official translation into English.
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