Question: Q: What Japanese anime series was based on a Nintendo video game and ran for 984 episodes? A: Pokemon
Context: The Yoshi video game series is a franchise of platform games and puzzle games that is a spin-off of the "Mario" series published and produced by the Japanese gaming company Nintendo.  The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Game Freak, Intelligent Systems, Artoon, Arzest, and Good-Feel.  "Yoshi" games have been released for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to the current generation of video game consoles.  Some of the original Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System games have been ported to Game Boy Advance or the Virtual Console (both, in the case of "Super Mario World"). Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale, also known by the acronym NRU, was the Italian edition of Official Nintendo video game magazine, specializing in all Nintendo video game consoles and handheld gaming platforms. This is a list of episodes of the Japanese anime Kodomo no Jikan.  The episodes are directed by Eiji Suganuma and produced by the Japanese animation studio Studio Barcelona.  The anime is based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Kaworu Watashiya.  The story follows a grade school teacher named Daisuke Aoki whose main problem is that one of his students, Rin Kokonoe, has a crush on him.  A thirty-minute, uncensored, single-episode original video animation was released on September 12, 2007, available both on the anime's official website and in a limited edition version bundled with the fourth volume of the manga.  The televised broadcast contained twelve episodes and aired between October 12, 2007 and December 27, 2007 on the KBS Kyoto Japanese television network.  However, some of its content suffered censorship from animated panels, with some obscuring parts of the screen and using sound effects to "bleep" out dialogue in some instances, and others fully suppressing both audio and video.  The uncensored version of the anime series were made available on DVD in six volumes containing two episodes each.  The first such collection was released on December 21, 2007, with future releases to follow in one month intervals, ending on May 23, 2008.  A second season consisting of four episodes, titled "Kodomo no Jakan: Ni Gakki", was released exclusively on DVD between January 21, 2009 and July 24, 2009.  Another OVA was released on January 23, 2011. Yu-Gi-Oh! , known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh!  Duel Monsters (遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ , Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu ) , is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop, based on the "Yu-Gi-Oh! " manga series written by Kazuki Takahashi.  It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the 1998 anime television series produced by Toei Animation, and begins from the Duelist Kingdom arc.  Like the manga and the first anime series, this series revolves around a boy named Yugi Mutou who battles opponents in various games; in this version, the main game played is the "Duel Monsters" card game.  The series originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 2000 to September 2004, running for 224 episodes.  A remastered version, highlighting certain duels, began airing in Japan in February 2015.  An English-language adaptation of the series by 4Kids Entertainment aired in North America from September 29, 2001 to June 10, 2006 on Kids WB, and was also released in other countries.  The English version of the series was retitled Yu-Gi-Oh!  Rulers of the Duel for the second season, Yu-Gi-Oh!  Noah's Arc for the first 24 episodes of the third, Yu-Gi-Oh!  Enter the Shadow Realm for the remainder of the third, Yu-Gi-Oh!  Waking the Dragons for the fourth, Yu-Gi-Oh!  Grand Championship for the first 14 episodes of the fifth, and Yu-Gi-Oh!  Dawn of the Duel for the remainder of the fifth.  The series spawned a spinoff miniseries entitled "Yu-Gi-Oh!  Capsule Monsters," set between "Grand Championship" and "Dawn of the Duel" and only released in the English version, as well as five other spinoff series: "Yu-Gi-Oh!  GX", "Yu-Gi-Oh!  5D's", "Yu-Gi-Oh!  Zexal", "Yu-Gi-Oh!  Arc-V", and Yu-Gi-Oh!  VRAINS.  Based on the success of the series, 4Kids also commissioned three animated films: "", "" and "". Pokémon (ポケモン , Pokemon ) , abbreviated from the Japanese title of and currently advertised in English as Pokémon: The Series, is a Japanese anime television series, which has been adapted for the international television markets, concurrently airing in 98 countries worldwide.  It is based on Nintendo's "Pokémon" video game series and is a part of the "Pokémon" franchise. Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, originally released in Japan as Pokemon de Panepon (ポケモンでパネポン , Pokemon de Panepon ) , is a video game for the Game Boy Color.  It is based on "Panel de Pon", only with characters from the "Pokémon" franchise.  The characters in "Pokémon Puzzle Challenge" are based on those in the "Gold" and "Silver" games, while those in "Pokémon Puzzle League"—its Nintendo 64 equivalent—were based more on the "anime" characters.  However, the game is also focused around beating the Johto leaders in a puzzle challenge in Johto region.  The game play mode is divided into 1 Player, 2 Player, and Training. Genji Tsūshin Agedama (ゲンジ通信あげだま ) was a Japanese anime series aired on TV Tokyo from 1991 to 1992, created by Studio Gallop and produced by Nihon Ad Systems.  The show was one of multimedia content strategies—prevalent in Japan around the early 1990s— and several renditions of the content were released, that is, in the forms of manga, anime, PC Engine game.  In this article mainly the anime version is explored.  It contains a lot of parodies from old Japanese anime and live action shows, e.g., Kiki's Delivery Service, and Sailor Moon (since Usagi Tsukino was played by the same voice actress (Kotono Mitsuishi) as a heroine of this show.  The game was released in 1991, a side-scroller by NEC Home Electronics.  The manga series has two versions: one authored by Eiichi Saitō that ran on Comic Bonbon in 1991, first followed an early version of scenario outlines in the development, but later put an end to that and adapted a new one that by and large follows the anime version's stories; one authored by Kazuhiko Shimamoto that ran on Deluxe Bonbon, one of the Comic Bonbon franchise issued from 1990 to 1995 as a comedy-manga magazine, in 1991, has stories completely different from the anime ones though the names of characters are identical. F-Zero is a futuristic racing video game franchise originally created by Nintendo EAD and has been continually published by Nintendo although the company has let outside development houses work on some installments.  The series premiered in Japan on November 21, 1990, with "F-Zero" (エフゼロ ) , which later was released in the North American (August 1991) and PAL (1992) regions.  An original installment has appeared on nearly every succeeding Nintendo video game console and handheld with the exception of the Game Boy Color, Wii, and Nintendo DS.  Excluding Japan, the series usually has landed on a video game system once in its lifetime.  "F-Zero: GP Legend" marks the first time the franchise has hit a gaming system twice in its lifetime in the United States.  Currently the series includes eight released video games, a television series, and video game soundtracks released on audio CDs.  "F-Zero" and "F-Zero X" were re-released for the Virtual Console service through software emulation. Pokémon Stadium (ポケモンスタジアム2 , Pokemon Sutajiamu Tsū , lit.  "Pokemon Stadium 2") is a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console.  It was released on April 30, 1999, in Japan, March 6, 2000, in North America, March 23, 2000, in Australia, and April 7, 2000, in Europe.  Despite it being the first "Stadium" title in Western regions, the game is a sequel to the 1998 Nintendo 64 game "Pokémon Stadium" ( ) , which was only released in Japan.  Gameplay is built around a 3D turn-based battling system using the 151 creatures from the Game Boy games "Pokémon Red, Blue," and "Yellow". The "Pokémon" anime debuted in Japan on April 1, 1997, with a total of 984 episodes as of September 14, 2017.  However, for various reasons, some have been taken out of rotation of reruns in certain countries, while others were altered or completely banned.
Answer: Pokemon