Pokémon (anime)

***Pokémon*** (abbreviated from ) is a Japanese anime children's television series. It is part of the _Pokémon_ media franchise which is owned by Nintendo. It has been brought to many other places, including North America, Europe, and Australia. The United States dub was originally made by 4Kids Entertainment; starting in 2006 the dub has been made by Pokémon USA.

Not long after _Pokémon Red and Blue_ (the first _Pokémon_ video games outside of Japan) were released, the anime was created. It was first broadcast in Japan in early 1997, and in the United States in late 1998. The anime started what has been called "Pokémania", which meant that after the anime came out, it became very popular among children, and many parents assumed it was a fad and no one would care about it in a couple years. However, it was never cancelled, and it is still running, and continues to maintain a fanbase consisting of people of all ages.

The anime shows the adventures of Ash Ketchum, a 10-year-old Pokémon trainer and his partner pikachu, who has many adventures, meeting many new people and Pokémon, Ash then leaves the anime and Pokémon Horizons then follows Liko and Roy who also go on adventures to meet people and Pokémon.

Pokémon Horizons will release in Australia on 9Go! on February 27th 2024.

A number of _Pokémon_ films have also been made that relate to the anime. The first one was _Pokémon: The First Movie_ (released on 1998 in Japan and on 1999 in North America). They are still being made.

There are various bad guys in Pokémon like Team Rocket.

## Seasons

|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Season name|rowspan="2"|Episodes|colspan="2"|Originally aired|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|_Pokémon: Indigo League_|55|April 1, 1997|May 1, 1999||||
|2|_Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands_|52|July 9, 1998|September 2, 2000||||
|3|_Pokémon: The Johto Journeys_|52|July 29, 1999|May 19, 2001||||
|4|_Pokémon: Johto League Champions_|52|August 3, 2000|September 7, 2002||||
|5|_Pokémon: Master Quest_|53|August 9, 2001|September 6, 2003||||
|6|_Pokémon: Advanced_|52|August 29, 2002|September 4, 2004||||
|7|_Pokémon: Advanced Challenge_|52|September 4, 2003|September 10, 2005||||
|8|_Pokémon: Advanced Battle_|54|September 9, 2004|July 8, 2006||||
|9|_Pokémon: Battle Frontier_|47|October 6, 2005|March 3, 2007||||
|10|_Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl_|52|October 28, 2006|February 1, 2008||||
|11|_Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension_|52|November 8, 2007|May 2, 2009||||
|12|_Pokémon: DP Galactic Battles_|53|December 4, 2008|May 15, 2010||||
|13|_Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors_|34|January 7, 2010|February 5, 2011||||
|14|_Pokémon: Black & White_|48|September 23, 2010|January 7, 2012||||
|15|_Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies_|49|September 22, 2011|January 26, 2013||||
|16|_Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond_|47|October 11, 2012|December 7, 2013||||
|17|_Pokémon the Series: XY_|48|October 17, 2013|December 20, 2014||||
|18|_Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest_|45|November 13, 2014|December 19, 2015||||
|19|_Pokémon the Series: XYZ_|49|October 29, 2015|January 28, 2017||||
|20|_Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon_|43|November 17, 2016|December 9, 2017||||
|21|_Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon - Ultra Adventures_|48|October 5, 2017|February 23, 2019||||
|22|_Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon - Ultra Legends_|54|October 21, 2018|March 7, 2020||||
|23|_Pokémon Journeys: The Series_|48|November 17, 2019|March 5, 2021||||
|24|_Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series_|42|December 11, 2020|May 26, 2022||||
|25|_Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series_|58|December 17, 2021|June 23, 2023||||
|26|_Pokémon Horizons: The Series_|45|April 14, 2023|TBA||||

### _Pokémon the Series: The Beginning_ (Series 1)

- _Pokémon: Indigo League_
- _Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands_

### _Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver_ (Series 2)

- _Pokémon: The Johto Journeys_
- _Pokémon: Johto League Champions_
- _Pokémon: Master Quest_

### _Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire_ (Series 3)

- _Pokémon: Advanced_
- _Pokémon: Advanced Challenge_
- _Pokémon: Advanced Battle_
- _Pokémon: Battle Frontier_

### _Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl_ (Series 4)

- _Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl_
- _Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension_
- _Pokémon: DP Galactic Battles_
- _Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors_

### _Pokémon the Series: Black & White_ (Series 5)

- _Pokémon: Black & White_
- _Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies_
- _Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova_
- _Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond_

### _Pokémon the Series: XY_ (Series 6)

- _Pokémon - The Series: XY_
- _Pokémon - The Series: XY: Kalos Quest_
- _Pokémon - The Series: XYZ_

### _Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon_ (Series 7)

- _Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon_
- _Pokémon the Series Ultra Sun and Moon_

### _Pokémon Journeys_ (Series 8)

- _Pokémon Journeys_
- _Pokémon Master Journeys_
- _Pokémon Ultimate Journeys_

### _Pokémon Horizons_ (Series 9)

• Pokémon Horizons

### Specials/Spin-offs

- _Pokémon: Chronicles_
- _Pokémon: Origins_
- _Pokémon: Twilight Wings_

### Pokémon Feature Movies

|#|Japanese Title|Japanese release|English Title|English release||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||July 18, 1998|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back|November 10, 1999||
|2||July 17, 1999|Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One|July 21, 2000||
|3||July 8, 2000|Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown|April 6, 2001||
|4||July 7, 2001|Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest|October 11, 2002||
|5||July 13, 2002|Pokémon Heroes - Latios and Latias|May 16, 2003||
|6||July 19, 2003|Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker|June 1, 2004||
|7||July 17, 2004|Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys|January 22, 2005||
|8||July 16, 2005|Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew|September 19, 2006||
|9||July 15, 2006|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea|March 23, 2007||
|10||July 14, 2007|Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai|February 24, 2008||
|11||July 19, 2008|Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior|February 13, 2009||
|12||July 18, 2009|Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life|November 20, 2009||
|13||July 10, 2010|Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions|February 5, 2011||
|rowspan="2"|14||July 16, 2011|Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom|December 3, 2011|
||July 16, 2011|Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram|December 10, 2011|||
|15||July 14, 2012|Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice|December 8, 2012||
|16||July 13, 2013|Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened|October 19, 2013||
|17||July 19, 2014|Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction|November 8, 2014||
|18||July 18, 2015|Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages|December 19, 2015||
|19||July 16, 2016|Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel|December 5, 2016||
|20||July 15, 2017|Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!|November 5, 2017||
|21||July 13, 2018|Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us|November 24, 2018||
|22||July 12, 2019||||

### TV Movies

|#|Japanese Title|Japanese release|English Title|English release|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||December 30, 2000|Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns|December 4, 2001|
|2||October 13-October 31, 2006|Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|April 29, 2006|

## Infobox (animanga/header)

- **name**: Pokémon
- **image**: International Pokémon logo.svg
- **caption**: English logo
- **ja kanji**: ポケットモンスター
- **ja romaji**: Poketto Monsutā
- **genre**: Action, Adventure fiction, adventure, Fantasy


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **director**: Kunihiko Yuyama <small>(Chief Director)</small>
Masamitsu Hidaka <small>(1997–2006)</small>
Norihiko Sudō <small>(2006–2013)</small>
Yūji Asada <small>(2010)</small>
Tetsuo Yajima <small>(2013–2016)</small>
Daiki Tomiyasu <small>(Deputy Director: 2015–2016; Director: 2016–present)</small>
- **writer**: Takeshi Shudo <small>(1997–2000)</small>
Atsuhiro Tomioka <small>(2006–2016)</small>
Aya Matsui <small>(2016–present)</small>
- **music**: Shinji Miyazaki
Hirokazu Tanaka <small>(openings)</small>
Manny Corallo
John Loeffler <small>(4Kids and TPCi Music Dub: 1998-2013)</small>
Ed Goldfarb <small>(TPCi Music Dub: 2014-Present)</small>
- **studio**: OLM, Inc.
Team Ota <small>(1997–2006)</small>
Team Iguchi <small>(2006–2009)</small>
Team Kato <small>(2010–present)</small>
- **network**: TV Tokyo
- **first**: April 1, 1997
- **episodes**: 1363
- **episode list**: List of Pokémon episodes (seasons 1–13)


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Specials
- **content**: *8 TV specials (3 full-length, 5 normal-length)
*25 side-story episodes


## Infobox (animanga/footer)