Pokemon

***Pokémon*** (Japanese: ポケモン, Hepburn: *Pokemon*), abbreviated from the Japanese title of ***Pocket Monsters*** (ポケットモンスター, *Poketto Monsutā*) and currently branded in English as ***Pokémon the Series*** (テレビアニメ「ポケットモンスター」シリーズ, *Terebi Anime 'Poketto Monsutā' Shirīzu*, TV Anime "Pocket Monsters" Series), is a Japanese anime television series, part of The Pokémon Company's *Pokémon* media franchise, which premiered on TV Tokyo in April 1997.

The anime franchise consists of seven sequential series in Japan, each based on a main installment of the *Pokémon* video game series. In the international broadcasts, these series are split across 25 seasons, with the 25th season, *Ultimate Journeys*, streaming on Netflix in the United States (with additional episodes to be released quarterly). Each of the series follows Ash Ketchum, a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon. Joined by his partner Pokémon Pikachu and a rotating cast of human characters, currently Goh, Ash goes on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master", travelling through the various regions of the Pokémon world and competing in various Pokémon-battling tournaments known as the Pokémon League.

The anime series is accompanied by spin-off programming; including *Pokémon Chronicles*, a series of side stories; and the live-action variety and Pokémon-related news shows; such as *Pocket Monsters Encore*, *Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station*, *Pokémon☆Sunday*, *Pokémon Smash!*, *Pokémon Get☆TV* and *Meet Up at the Pokémon House?*

The *Pokémon* anime series was largely credited for allowing anime to become more popular and familiar around the world, especially in the United States, where the two highest-grossing anime films are both *Pokémon* films. It is also considered to be one of the first anime series on television to reach this level of mainstream success with Western audiences, as well as being credited with allowing the game series to reach such a degree of popularity and vice versa. *Pokémon* is regarded as the most successful video game adaptation of all time, with over 1000 episodes broadcast and adapted for international television markets, concurrently airing in 192 countries worldwide and one of the most widely watched shows on Netflix, as of 2016.

The episode lists are split of miniseries such as

* Original series (Seasons 1-5)
* Advanced Generation (Seasons 6-9)
* Diamond and Pearl (Seasons 10-13)
* Black and White (Seasons 14-16.5)
* XY (Seasons 17-19)
* Sun & Moon (Seasons 20-22)
* Journeys (Seasons 23-present)

## Seasons

* List of Pokemon episodes (Seasons 1-5)
	+ Indigo League
	+ Adventures in the Orange Islands
	+ The Johto Journeys
	+ Johto League Champions
	+ Master Quest
* List of Pokemon episodes (Seasons 6-9)
	+ Advanced
	+ Advanced Challenge
	+ Advanced Battle
	+ Battle Frontier
* List of Pokemon episodes (Seasons 10-13)
	+ Diamond and Pearl
	+ Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension
	+ Season 12
	+ Season 13
* List of Pokemon episodes (Seasons 14-16.5)
	+ Season 14
	+ Season 15
	+ Season 16
	+ Season 16.5
* List of Pokemon episodes (Seasons 17-19)
	+ Season 17
	+ Season 18
	+ Season 19
* List of Pokemon episodes (Seasons 20-22)
	+ Season 20
	+ Season 21
	+ Season 22
* List of Pokemon episodes (Seasons 23-25)
	+ Season 23