Pokémon Journeys: The Series (series)

Pokémon Journeys: The Series, PJ, known as in Japan, PM('19), and in South Korea, W, is the eighth part of . It features the all regions from the main-series games, up to the date of premiering. The series shares its Japanese name with the original Japanese series when the anime first premiered in April 1997. A new art style was implemented for the fourth series in a row.
This new series focuses on the two protagonists Ash Ketchum and Goh, along with their partners Pikachu and Cinderace. It also features a young girl named Chloe, who has an Eevee, and her father, Professor Cerise, who runs a laboratory in Vermilion City. It features all the regions that have appeared in the Pokémon games, from Kanto to Galar. Pokémon from each region also appear. The series first premiered on in on .
Pokémon Journeys features the return of several characters that have appeared over the course of the anime, from main characters (like Brock, Dawn, and Serena for example) to some recurring characters (like Gary Oak, Korrina, Butch, and Cassidy, among others), far more than any of the previous series. In addition to this, Pokémon Journeys concludes several storylines created over the years within the anime, such as the story of Mohn, Butch and Cassidy's rivalry with Jessie and James, and Ash's story with Cynthia.
==Synopsis==
===Japanese===
===Korean===
==Seasons==
*Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Season 23)
*Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series (Season 24)
*Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series (Season 25)
**Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master (– and )
===South Korea===
In South Korea, the series is split into seven airing periods. They are:
*"W001"–"W020" 
*"W021"–"W040" 
*"W041"–"W060" 
*"W061"–"W080" 
*"W081"–"W100" 
*"W101"–"W114" 
*"W115"–"W116" 
==Characters==
===Major===
*Ash Ketchum
*Goh
*Chloe Cerise
===Antagonists===
*Team Rocket
**Jessie
**James
**Matori
**Giovanni
*Chairman Rose
*Oleana
===Recurring===
*Professor Oak
*Professor Cerise
*Chrysa
*Ren
*Delia Ketchum
*Leon
*Raihan
*Sonia
*Bea
*Rinto
===Key Pokémon===
*Ash's Pikachu
*Mimey
*Ash's Dragonite
*Ash's Gengar
*Ash's Lucario
*Ash's Sirfetch'd
*Ash's Dracovish
*Goh's Cinderace
*Goh's Inteleon
*Goh's Grookey
*Professor Cerise's Yamper
*Chloe's Eevee
*Team Rocket's Meowth
*Jessie's Wobbuffet
*James' Morpeko
*Mew
*Zacian
*Zamazenta
*Eternatus
==Gags==
===Returning Gags===
*Team Rocket's usual blast-off returns.
*Ash's Dracovish biting its Trainer's head as a reference to what Turtwig did in .
===New Gags===
*Team Rocket gets random Pokémon from a capsule machine for which requires Meowth's charm to dispense the capsules.
*Ash's bottom gets kicked by Goh's Cinderace as Scorbunny.
*Mimey performs pantomime for everyday tasks.
*Ash's Dragonite hugs people and Pokémon it meets for the first time.
*Team Rocket's Chewtle chews on Jessie's hair.
*Ash misinterpreting certain words and Goh correcting him.
*Sobble's crying causing everyone else to cry. This ceased upon evolution.
*Morpeko eating Team Rocket out of their food supplies.
*Grookey jumping on Goh's or a wild Pokémon's head and beating it like a drum.
*Dracovish chomping on Ash's head.
==Title cards==
==Staff==
==In other languages and countries==
Name(s) 	Countries 	Television and Streaming Services 	Day(s) and Time(s) 	Opening(s) and Ending(s)	Opening(s) and Ending(s) 	First and Last Airdate(s)	Reruns 	
ポケットモンスターPoketto Monsutaa 	 	(; TV Tokyo Corp.; ) 	Sundays6–6:30PMFridays6:55–7:25PM 	One, Two, Three 	Pokémon Shiritori ,Strange and Wonderful Creatures ,Supereffective Type	- 	TV Tokyo 	
포켓몬스터 WPoket Monseuteo W 	 	(; ; ) 	Wednesdays6–7PM7–8PM 	 	 	– 	Tooniverse (2019-present) (TVING Corp.) (2019-present)	
宝可梦 旅途Bǎokěmòng LǚtúPó-khó-bāng Lú-tô͘ 	 	Unknown 	Unknown 	Unknown 	Unknown 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
寶可夢寶可夢 旅途Pó-khó-bāng 	 	() 	Saturdays6:30–7PM 	Unknown 	Unknown 	– 	Unknown 	
寶可夢 旅途Bou2ho2mung6 Leoi5tou4 	 	en|Forver Top|Forever Top (Asia), Ltd.}}) 	Weekends5–5:30PM 	Unknown 	Unknown 	– 	Unknown 	
โปเกมอน เจอร์นีย์Pokemxn Cexr̒nīy̒ 	 	(; ) 	SaturdaysUnknown 	Unknown 	Unknown 	– 	Unknown 	
 	 	The Pokémon Company International - United States Official Press Site 	None 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	None 	
 	 	The Pokémon Company International - United Kingdom Official Press Site(Narrative Entertainment UK Limited)POP - Pop TVFormerly owned by Sony Pictures Television through its' UK subsidiary, Columbia Pictures Corp.; Currently Narrative's licensing and distribution partner.	Weekdays12:30–1PM4:30–5PM5:30–6PM6–6:30PM6:30–7PM6:30–7:30PM7–7:30PMMondays8–8:30AM9–11AMWednesday-Friday6:30–7:30PMThursday-Friday6:30-7PMFridays10–11AM11:30PM–12AMWeekends6:30–7PM6–6:30PMSaturday10–11AM	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	POP (2020-present) (2021-present) 	
 	 	The Pokémon Company International - Canada Official Press Site - Pokémon Journeys: The SeriesThe Pokémon Company International - Canada Official Press Site - Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series() 	Saturdays12–12:30PM 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Cartoon Network (except Quebec) 	
 	 	() 	Weekdays10:30–11AMThursday-Friday10:30–11AM() 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Saturday8:35–9AM 	TVNZ 2 (2020-present)
 	Pokémon Risen: Die Serie	 	German Official Pokémon Website//(; )() 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Unknown 	Toggo (2021-present)
Pokémon Risen: De Serie 	 	Dutch Official Pokémon Website(; ; ) 	Weekdays2:30–3PMDutch Nickelodeon - Pokémon Meester Reizen: De Serie3–3:30PM3:15–40PM3:25–4:20PMDutch Nickelodeon - Pokémon Reizen: De Serie 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Nickelodeon (2021-present) 	
Pokémon Risen: De SerieLa Série: Pokémon, le Voyages 	 	Flanders: (Paramount Networks EMEAA; Paramount International Networks; Paramount Global) 	Flanders: Weekdays2:30–3PM3–3:50PM 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Nickelodeon (2021-present) 	
Pokémon-resan: Serien 	 	 	 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	None 	
Pokémon: Matkat – Sarja 	 	 	 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	None 	
Pokémon På Rejse: Serien 	 	 	 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	None 	
Pokémon Reiser: Serien 	 	 	 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	None 	
La Série: Pokémon, le Voyages 	 	French Official Pokémon Website(; RTL Group S.A.) 	Tuesday-Thursday7:15–45PM2:05–35AMTuesday-Wednesday2:20–2:40AMWednesday11:45–12:05AMThursday2:30–55AMFriday2:20–40AM6:30–7:30PMSaturdays2:15–35AM3:15–4PM7:10–50PM7:25–45PM 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Gulli 	
La Série: Pokémon, le Voyages 	 	(Corus Entertainment, Inc.) 	Weekends12–12:30PMSaturdays12–12:30PMSundays12–12:30PM 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Télétoon 	
Esplorazioni PokémonPokémon: Serie Esplorazioni Master	 	Italian Official Pokémon Website/(Warner Bros. Discovery Italy; , ; ) 	Monday8-8:50Saturday8-8:258–8:50AM9–9:30AM 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	K2 (2021-present) 	
Serie Viajes Pokémon 	 	Spanish Official Pokémon Website(Warner Bros. Discovery International 50%, 50%) 	Monday-Thursday7:15–7:45PM 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Boing (2020-present) 	
Serie Viajes Pokémon 	 	(; Warner Bros. Discovery International; Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.) 	Monday-presentLatin America Official Pokémon Website 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Cartoon Network 	
Jornadas Pokémon 	 	() 	-present 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Biggs (2021-present) 	
Jornadas Pokémon 	 	Brazilian Official Pokémon Website(Warner Bros. Discovery International; Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.) 	Monday,Tuesday-Thursday,Monday-Thursday8:30–9AM 	See hereSee hereSee here	See hereSee hereSee here 	See hereSee hereSee here 	Cartoon Network (2021-present) 	
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==Trivia==
*The design of the Japanese logo of the series is shared with "I Choose You!" and "The Power of Us", which were set in an alternate continuity to the main series.
**This makes it the first series logo to not have any shade of green, being completely blue instead. It is also the first one without any 3D perspective, having a flat design.
*The series, so far, has the most recap episodes out of all eight series, amounting to four.
*Currently, this is the only series to have a major male companion instead of a female companion.
*This is also the first series:
**To be set in more than two game-original regions.
**Where Ash's outfit is not identical to the male player character's outfit since Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.
**To not be entirely based around the corresponding generation of games.
**To not feature the words: "The Series" during the opening animation of English dub of the Pokémon anime, unlike previous series.
**Where Ash and Pikachu only have a male traveling companion.
**Where Chloe now goes with a male companion after she catches an Eevee.
**Where none of Ash's companions are Gym Leaders/Trial Captains.
**To have a First partner Pokémon evolve in less than 20 episodes since its capture.
**Since Advanced Generation in the original version (and The Beginning in the dub) not to be named after the corresponding games of the generation.
**To have its broadcast interrupted since Pokémon the Series: The Beginning (in this case, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic).
**To broadcast episodes #23 thru #29 outside of April 26, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan after rerun episodes #1 thru #6.
**To release movie #23 outside of July 10, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
**To have the English dub's Who's That Pokémon? segments directly translated and dubbed from those of the Japanese version, instead of using separate segments, and when Pikachu says: "Pika?" during identifying each Pokémon, the Pokémon says its name, and Pikachu says: "Pika, Pika!" instead of featuring the people saying "It's (Pokémon's name)!" during identifying each Pokémon.
**To to be focused on the word "Journey" instead of featuring the lyric "Pokémon" in the first English opening song during Pokémon Journeys, but the lyric "Pokémon" can be heard again in the second English opening song during Pokémon Master Journeys.
**To have the English dub recorded between New York and California. This is because voice director Lisa Ortiz moved to California.
***Also, to be dubbed by Iyuno-SDI Group instead of DuArt Film & Video.
**To be the first series in the anime to be streamed in the United States on Netflix, instead of aired on a traditional television.
**When the English narrator says: "As the journey continues" at the end of each episode of the English dub of the Pokémon anime instead of featuring the "To Be Continued" text at the end of each episode (Japanese and other regional TV broadcasts still include the "To Be Continued" at the end.) On Pokémon YouTube Channel, and Pokémon TV app, Episodes 1 through 5 has the "To Be Continued" text at the end.
**In which Team Rocket owns a Pokédex
***In addition they only use borrowed Pokémon, instead of catching and using their own.
**To feature an episode where Ash and Pikachu are completely absent.
**The heroes Ash, Pikachu, and Goh are absent in some episodes divided into any first and second parts, unlike the six previous series.
**After Goh's Pokémon, Cinderace, fully evolved, it is absent in some episodes.
**Ash catches Pokémon from previous generations since Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, a -type Pokémon, a Baby Pokémon, a Regional form and Fossil Pokémon.
***In which also the first Pokémon Ash caught was fully-evolved, was from a previous generation, was not introduced in the current generation, was not caught from a brand new region, and was a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
**In which a main character catches a Legendary Pokémon.
**In which a main character other than Ash catches more than one starter Pokémon of the current generation.
**In which two protagonists catch the same Pokémon, with both Ash and Goh each catching a Farfetch'd, though Goh catches the Kantonian form, while Ash catches the Galarian form.
**Ash competing in a new Pokémon Competition as his main goal instead of competing in a Pokémon League Conference.
**In which some episodes have a duration of 11 minutes in 2 parts since "Lights! Camera! Pika!/How to Make a Pikachu Movie: Ready… Action! Lightning Fast! Brave and Strong! Super-Pikachu!/The Very Best of Super-Pikachu's Back-Slapping Bloopers!" from "Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest" where it was presented in 4 parts.
**This is the second series that Ash didn't battle Gym Leaders for Gym Badges.
**This is the first series that Ash didn't capture any of the First partner Pokémon from the concurrent Generation.
**In which Ash reunites with his traveling companions from more than one previous series.
***This series features the most of Ash's former traveling companions from previous series out of any series, with sixteen.
**To be dubbed in the Bengali language. Indian Official Pokémon Website
*This is the shortest completed series of the anime franchise, with 136 episodes.
**Frankly in addition to the 4-episode Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles and the upcoming 11-episode Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master series, this brings the full episode count of the entire Journeys series to 151, which is a reference to the original 151 Pokémon of Generation I emphasized in the Indigo Pokémon League arc of the original series.
*As of March 2024, Both this and Master will leave Netflix for Horizons: the series. [21] https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/two-pokemon-series-leaving-netflix-ahead-of-horizons-release/
===Dub edits===
*In the original Japanese version, the footage used for the title card background is of Pikachu hopping over to the right side of the screen, while the episode's title pops out of the Poké Ball. In the dub, the title card background is taken from that of the title cards in the next episode preview segment, which has Pikachu on the left side of the screen.
*In the English dub and dubs that originate from it, e.g. French, German, Italian etc., remove the text that shows where Ash and Goh travel to.
==Trailers==
【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」お引越し記念プロモーション動画②
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【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」プロモーション映像⑫ゴウのラストミッション編
【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」プロモーション映像⑬ マスターズトーナメント対戦カード編
【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」プロモーション映像⑭​ サトシVSシロナ編
【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」プロモーション映像⑮ サトシVSダンデ編
【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」プロモーション映像⑰ プロジェクト・ミュウ編
【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」冬のスペシャルエピソード予告映像
【公式】テレビアニメ新シリーズ「ポケットモンスター」ティザー映像
==Gallery==
===Posters===
Pokémon Journeys Anime Poster.png|Poster for the series (1st Japanese)
Pokémon Journeys Key Visual.png|Poster for the series (2nd Japanese)
Pokémon Journeys Anime Poster 2.png|Updated poster for the series (Japanese)
Pokémon Journeys Anime Poster 3.png|Another updated poster for the series (Japanese)
Pokémon Journeys - The Series Key Art EN.jpg|Poster for the series (English)
===Illustrations===
PM('19)001 Illustration.png|An illustration of 
PM('19)002 Illustration.png|An illustration of 
PM('19)003 Illustration.png|An illustration of 
PM('19)005 Illustration.png|An illustration of 
PM('19)006 Illustration.png|An illustration of 
PM('19)008 Illustration.png|An illustration of 
PM('19)009 Illustration.png|An illustration of 
===Renders===
Ash anime Journeys.png|Ash Ketchum
Goh anime Journeys.png|Goh
Chloe anime Journeys.png|Chloe Cerise
Professor Cerise PJ.png|Professor Cerise
Ren.png|Ren
Chrysa.png|Chrysa
Leon anime.png|Leon
Lance anime Journeys.png|Lance
Iris anime Journeys.png|Iris
Gary Oak anime Journeys.png|Gary Oak
Dawn anime Journeys.png|Dawn
Cynthia anime Journeys.png|Cynthia
Diantha anime Journeys.png|Diantha
Steven Stone anime Journeys.png|Steven Stone
Alain Journeys.png|Alain
===Concept artwork===
Goh.png|Goh
Goh concept art.jpg|Goh
Team Rocket new design.jpg|Team Rocket
==References==
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