What Characters Originat in the Animated Series

What Characters Originat in the Animated Series

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Early anime frame from EP093

The Pokémon anime , often referred to every bit just "the anime" past Pokémon fans, is a collective term referring to currently 1,198 chief series episodes, 23 movies, and a number of side stories, all focusing on Pokémon. The bully majority of these focus on Ash Ketchum, a Pokémon Trainer from Pallet Town, and his journey toward his ultimate goal of being a Pokémon Master, his many friends, and most especially his Pokémon, whom he considers his partners and friends.

Though the anime is ultimately based upon the games and draws heavily from them, many concepts which are only touched on the games are spun in a unique manner, and expanded on.

As of the stop of March 2022, the anime has aired in 176 ^[1] different countries and regions in over 30 languages. It is available on Netflix in 217 countries with different dubs and subtitles, and all countries except Japan and South korea have at least English language audio. ^[2] The Pokémon Company International normally refers to the anime as the "Pokémon blithe serial" or "Pokémon television series", while some event Pokémon based on Pokémon from the anime have their location prepare as "the Pokémon cartoon" in the English language version of the games. Information technology is also referred to formally as Pokémon the Series (Japanese: テレビアニメ「ポケットモンスター」シリーズ Boob tube Anime "Pocket Monsters" Series).

Overview

From the first episode, Ash has been the central character, making his goal of becoming a Pokémon Chief known to all he meets. Though initially, he only became a Pokémon Trainer with the goal of chirapsia his rival, Gary Oak, the many Pokémon Ash has met over his journey accept shown him what being a Pokémon Primary really is. Different most Trainers from Pallet, and indeed, different players of Pokémon Scarlet, Greenish, and Bluish and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Ash did non starting time his journeying with Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle, as he arrived late to Professor Oak's lab to receive his starter Pokémon. Instead, Ash was given the only Pokémon Oak had left to give, a Pikachu that did not enjoy being inside his Poké Ball, and from there Ash learned to treat his Pokémon as partners, earning Pikachu'south trust by keeping him safe from a flock of Spearow he angered.

Since and then, Ash has journeyed across all eight of the regions that appear in the cadre series Pokémon games, as well as the Orange Archipelago, a region he visited earlier beginning his journey in Johto until it was closer in time to the real-globe release of Pokémon Gilded and Silver. In the regions outside of Galar, he battles against the local Gym Leaders for their Badges, as exercise Trainers in the cadre serial games, to compete in the regional Pokémon League, a championship tournament, rather than five battles direct against the Aristocracy 4 and Champion. While his initial strategy was to continue using the same party over the form of his journey, letting some Pokémon go when they were required to do something or wanted to train, he has, since his journeying in Hoenn, changed strategy, and now uses only those Pokémon which he has defenseless in the region, alongside Pikachu, to battle against Gym Leaders, with his explanation to Dawn being that he wants to evidence to the young, unevolved Pokémon he meets in each new region that they can win if they try.

Over the course of the series, Ash has had several friends who travel with him, typically beyond ane region, who help him in his journeying as much as he assists in theirs. Misty, the Gym Leader from Cerulean Urban center in the games, joins him in the original series, as does Brock, Pewter Urban center'southward Gym Leader, in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh. Tracey Sketchit, an amateur Pokémon watcher, joins Ash during his Orange Archipelago journey, but leaves him on Ash's return to Pallet to become an assistant to Professor Oak, his hero. May and Dawn, rookie Coordinators, bring together Ash for the elapsing of Pokémon the Series: Scarlet and Sapphire and Pokémon the Serial: Diamond and Pearl , respectively; in these he mentors them much every bit Brock and Misty did him, while Max, May's brother, who is too young to own Pokémon, looks up to Ash for the elapsing of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. Iris and Cilan travel with Ash in Pokémon the Series: Black & White . Inventor Clemont, his sis Bonnie, and Ash's childhood friend Serena travel with Ash in Pokémon the Serial: XY . Like Max, Bonnie is likewise immature to own Pokémon, but cares for her brother's Dedenne. In Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon , Ash attends the Pokémon Schoolhouse instead of traveling around the Alola region. As such, his new friends—Lillie, Mallow, Kiawe, Lana, and Sophocles—are non traveling companions but classmates. In Pokémon Journeys: The Series , Ash's sole new traveling companion is Goh, a Trainer who aims to catch every Pokémon species in the earth, with his ultimate goal being to grab the Mythical Pokémon Mew.

The anime is produced in Nihon by OLM in association with ShoPro and JR Kikaku and airs on Idiot box Tokyo nearly every calendar week, with the exception of a four-month hiatus later on the Porygon incident and a vii-week hiatus during the COVID-nineteen pandemic. Until the Porygon incident, the bear witness aired every Tuesday at 7 PM. The testify returned subsequently at the same time on Thursdays. From April 7, 2016, to September 13, 2022, it instead began five minutes earlier at 6:55 PM on Thursdays. Since Oct 7, 2022 to Septembre 29, 2022, the testify aired each Sunday at six PM. From Oct 9, 2022, the show arrogance each Fri at half dozen:55 PM. Many fans consider the dialogue and events mentioned in the Japanese version to exist the "true canon", while the various dubs are regarded to be overridden if something stated in them differs from something said in a Japanese episode.

In Japan, the anime is divided into seven series: Pocket Monsters , Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation , Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl , Pocket Monsters Best Wishes , Pocket Monsters XY , Pocket Monsters Lord's day & Moon , and Pocket Monsters . Outside of it, it has been divided into 8 series: Pokémon the Series: The Get-go , Pokémon the Series: Gilt & Silver , Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire , Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl , Pokémon the Series: Blackness & White , Pokémon the Serial: XY , Pokémon the Serial: Lord's day and Moon , and Pokémon Journeys: The Series . The episodes are besides farther divided into seasons spanning roughly 52 episodes, and currently numbering 24. This concept of a television season was first embraced past the Japanese source with the inclusion of an explicitly second season to All-time Wishes.

The show is mainly aimed at children, and every bit such, mature topics such as death are not often brought up, though sometimes they appear in some episodes, and most notably in movies. Many Pokémon that are implied to exist violent or sinister in the games are also made to be less aggressive. At that place are generally some references meant for adults, though these are kept to a minimum particularly exterior of Nihon.

Idiot box series

Original series

Nihon				U.s.a.
Flavor	Theme song	Beginning episode		Season	Theme song	Get-go episode
Pocket Monsters	Aim to Be a Pokémon Master	EP001		Pokémon: Indigo League	Pokémon Theme	EP001
Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Archipelago	The Rivals	EP081		Pokémon: Adventures in the Orangish Islands	Pokémon World	EP081
Pocket Monsters: Episode Gilt & Silver	OK!	EP117		Pokémon: The Johto Journeys	Pokémon Johto	EP117
	Aim to Be a Pokémon Master	EP192		Pokémon: Johto League Champions	Born to Be a Winner	EP158
	Ready Become!	EP239		Pokémon: Primary Quest	Believe in Me	EP210

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Japan				The states
Season	Theme song	First episode		Flavour	Theme song	Kickoff episode
Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation	Advance Adventure	AG001		Pokémon: Advanced	I Wanna Exist a Hero	AG001
	Challenger!!	AG070		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge	This Dream	AG041
	Pokémon Symphonic Medley	AG105		Pokémon: Advanced Battle	Unbeatable	AG093
	Battle Borderland	AG135		Pokémon: Battle Frontier	Battle Borderland	AG146
	Spurt!	AG166

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Japan				United States
Season	Theme song	First episode		Season	Theme song	First episode
Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl	Together	DP001		Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl	Diamond and Pearl	DP001
				Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension	We Volition Exist Heroes	DP053
	High Touch on!	DP096		Pokémon: DP Galactic Battles	Battle Cry - (Stand Upward!)	DP105
	The Greatest - Everyday!	DP158		Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors	We Volition Carry On!	DP158

Pokémon the Series: Blackness & White

Japan				United States
Season	Theme song	First episode		Season	Theme song	First episode
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!	Best Wishes!	BW001		Pokémon: Black & White	Black and White	BW001
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Season ii	Exist an Arrow!	BW085		Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies	Rival Destinies	BW049
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Season 2: Episode N	Be an Arrow! 2013	BW109		Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova	It'southward E'er Yous and Me	BW098
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Season two: Decolora Adventure	Summerly Gradient	BW123		Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond		BW123

Pokémon the Serial: XY

Japan				U.s.
Flavour	Theme song	First episode		Season	Theme song	Kickoff episode
Pocket Monsters XY	V	XY001		Pokémon the Series: XY	Pokémon Theme (Version XY)	XY001
	Mega V	XY029
	Mad-Paced Getter	XY055		Pokémon the Serial: XY Kalos Quest	Be a Hero	XY050
Pocket Monsters XY&Z	XY&Z	XY094		Pokémon the Series: XYZ	Stand Tall	XY094

Pokémon the Series: Lord's day & Moon

Japan				U.s.a.
Season	Theme song	Offset episode		Season	Theme song	Starting time episode
Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon	Alola!!	SM001		Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon	Nether The Alolan Sun	SM001
	Aim to Be a Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary-	SM030		Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures	Nether The Alolan Moon	SM044
	Future Connection	SM061
	Your Adventure	SM091		Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends	The Challenge of Life	SM093

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Nippon				United states
Season	Theme vocal	First episode		Season	Theme song	Start episode
Pocket Monsters	One, Two, 3 (feat. After the Rain)	JN001		Pokémon Journeys: The Serial	The Journey Starts Today	JN001
	Ane, 2, Iii (feat. Nishikawa-kun and Kirishō)	JN032
	One, Two, Three (feat. Karaage Sisters)	JN050		Pokémon Primary Journeys: The Series	Journey to Your Heart	JN049
	1, Two, Three (feat. Ash & Goh)	JN100

Side stories

Japanese name	Japanese run	English name	English run
Pocket Monsters Side Stories	December 3, 2002 — September 28, 2004	Pokémon Chronicles	June 3, 2006 — September 30, 2006

Movies

Chief article: Pokémon movie

Since 1998 in Japan, and since 1999 in the Usa, a Pokémon movie has been released annually, most ofttimes focusing on a Legendary or Mythical Pokémon. These films are almost ever a big success in Japan, and remain at least somewhat successful in the The states and other countries, having been aired on television every bit a special since the ninth movie, with the first five movies receiving wide releases and afterward films occasionally receiving limited releases.

The movies are not considered past all people to be canon to the show, with some preferring to think of them occurring in an alternate timeline. This theory comes from the fact that Ash and his friends do not seem to be profoundly affected in the show by the events of the movies, which tend to have a lot of peril and drama. Others, notwithstanding, see the movies as existence alike to filler episodes, equally none of their parties modify, and no Gym Leaders are defeated nor Pokémon Contests won. This is presumably the correct interpretation, every bit non only have most of the events of the movies been referenced at least peripherally in the show, simply as well, several of the events of even major episodes accept been forgotten by the writers of later episodes.

Original serial

Nihon		Pikachu Project	US
Japanese title	Release date		English title	Release date
ミュウツーの逆襲 Mewtwo's Counterattack	July 18, 1998	Pikachu Projection 1998	Mewtwo Strikes Back	Nov 12, 1999
幻のポケモン　ルギア爆誕 Phantom Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth	July 17, 1999	Pikachu Project 1999	The Power of One	July 21, 2000
結晶塔の帝王爆誕 Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei	July 8, 2000	Pikachu Project 2000	Spell of the Unown: Entei	April 6, 2001
セレビィ時を超えた遭遇 Celebi: An Come across Through Fourth dimension	July vii, 2001	Pikachu Projection 2001	Celebi: The Vocalisation of the Forest	October 11, 2002
水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス Guardian Gods of the City of Water: Latias and Latios	July thirteen, 2002	Pikachu Project 2002	Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias	May sixteen, 2003

Pokémon the Series: Cherry and Sapphire

Japan		Pikachu Project	U.s.
Japanese championship	Release appointment		English language title	Release date
七夜の願い星 ジラーチ Wishing Star of the Vii Nights: Jirachi	July 19, 2003	Pikachu Project 2003	Jirachi: Wish Maker	June i, 2004
裂空の訪問者 デオキシス Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys	July 17, 2004	Pikachu Project 2004	Destiny Deoxys	January 22, 2005
ミュウと波導の勇者 ルカリオ Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero: Lucario	July 16, 2005	Pikachu Project 2005	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	September 19, 2006
ポケモンレンジャーと蒼海の王子 マナフィ Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy	July 15, 2006	Pikachu Projection 2006	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea	March 23, 2007

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Japan		Pikachu Project	US
Japanese title	Release date		English title	Release date
ディアルガVSパルキアVSダークライ Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai	July 14, 2007	Pikachu Project 2007	The Rise of Darkrai	February 24, 2008
ギラティナと氷空の花束 シェイミ Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin	July 19, 2008	Pikachu Project 2008	Giratina and the Sky Warrior	March 31, 2009
アルセウス 超克の時空へ Arceus: To a Acquisition Spacetime	July 18, 2009	Pikachu Project 2009	Arceus and the Gem of Life	Nov 20, 2009
幻影の覇者ゾロアーク Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark	July ten, 2010	Pikachu Project 2010	Zoroark: Master of Illusions	Feb 5, 2011

Pokémon the Series: Blackness & White

Nihon		Pikachu Projection	US
Japanese title	Release date		English championship	Release date
ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom	July 16, 2011	Pikachu Projection 2011	White—Victini and Zekrom	December 3, 2011
ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram			Black—Victini and Reshiram	December 10, 2011
キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo	July 14, 2012	Pikachu Projection 2012	Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice	Dec 8, 2012
神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒 Extreme Speed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens	July 13, 2013	Pikachu Project 2013	Genesect and the Legend Awakened	Oct 19, 2013

Pokémon the Series: XY

Nippon		Pikachu Project	U.s.a.
Japanese title	Release date		English title	Release date
破壊の繭とディアンシー The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie	July 19, 2014	Pikachu Project 2014	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	November 8, 2014
光輪の超魔神 フーパ The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa	July 18, 2015	Pikachu Project 2015	Hoopa and the Clash of Ages	December xix, 2015
ボルケニオンと機巧のマギアナ Volcanion and the Mechanical Magearna	July 16, 2016	Pikachu Projection 2016	Volcanion and the Mechanical Curiosity	December v, 2016

Pokémon the Series: Lord's day & Moon

Japan		Pikachu Project	US
Japanese championship	Release engagement		English title	Release date
キミにきめた！ I Choose You lot!	July 15, 2017	Pikachu Projection 2017	I Choose You!	November five, 2017
みんなの物語 Anybody'due south Story	July xiii, 2022	Pikachu Projection 2022	The Power of United states of america	November 24, 2022
ミュウツーの逆襲 EVOLUTION Mewtwo'due south Counterattack Development	July 12, 2022	Pikachu Project 2022	Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution	February 27, 2022

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Japan		Pikachu Project	United states of america
Japanese championship	Release date		English title	Release date
ココ Koko	Dec 25, 2022 (Orignally July 10, 2022)	Pikachu Project 2022	Secrets of the Jungle	October 8, 2022

Other anime series

As the franchise progressed, other blithe features, set outside the principal series' canon, have been produced. These are often fabricated to promote a new generation or game.

Miniseries

Feature	Japanese run	English run
Pokémon Origins	October ii, 2013	November 15 - 22, 2013
Pokémon Generations	December nine, 2016 - February two, 2017	September 16 - December 23, 2016
Pokémon: Twilight Wings	January 15 - August 6, 2022 (TW01 - TW07) November five, 2022 (TW08)	January 15 - August half dozen, 2022 (TW01 - TW07) November 17, 2022 (TW08)
Pokétoon	June 4, 2022 (Scraggy and Mimikyu) May v, 2022 - Ongoing	N/A
Pokémon Evolutions	September 9, 2022 - TBD	September nine - December 23, 2022

Mystery Dungeon episodes

Feature	Japanese debut	English debut
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Become-Getters Out of the Gate!	March 23, 2007	September viii, 2006
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness	September 9, 2007	September ane, 2008
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Across Time & Darkness	April 12, 2009	Oct 9, 2009

Animated trailers

Feature	Japanese debut	English debut
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer	May 17, 2012	August eight, 2012
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Animated Shorts	November ane, 2012	March 26, 2013
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Blastoff Sapphire Blithe Trailer	Nov 16, 2014	November 20, 2014
Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer	June 27, 2022	June 27, 2022

Animated music videos

Characteristic	Japanese debut	English debut
GOTCHA!	September 29, 2022	September 29, 2022

Variety shows

These are Pokémon diverseness shows that air on Japanese television receiver.

Japanese name	Run
ポケットモンスター アンコール Pocket Monsters Encore	October 19, 1999 — September 17, 2002
週刊ポケモン放送局 Weekly Pokémon Dissemination Station	Oct xv, 2002 — September 28, 2004
ポケモン☆サンデー Pokémon Sun	Oct iii, 2004 — September 26, 2010
ポケモンスマッシュ！ Pokémon Boom!	October 3, 2010 — September 29, 2013
ポケモンゲット☆TV Pokémon Become☆TV	Oct 6, 2013 — September 27, 2015
ポケモンの家あつまる？ Meet Upwards at the Pokémon House?	Oct 4, 2015 — present

Trivia

• Animator Masāki Iwane 岩根正明 one time stated that the anime was originally slated for a 1½-twelvemonth run, which corresponds approximately to the length of the Kanto region saga (had it non been delayed due to the Porygon incident). Due to its popularity during the run, however, the evidence was extended and continues to be 1 of the longest running video game-based anime serial.
• During the early episodes of the original series, Japanese text was seen quite often on signs and buildings as well as objects. This usually resulted in the English dubbed version (and thus, foreign dubs based on it) painting out the text or converting information technology to English.
  • During the Johto saga, the animators acknowledged the practice of painting out the Japanese text in the English dub. As a result, they used fabricated-up symbols slightly similar to the Latin script instead of Japanese text, and then information technology would be universal to all languages and would non accept to be edited for the English language localization.
  • During Pokémon the Serial: Cherry and Sapphire and Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl , the animators used a new way of symbols that appear to be blocky letters without a resemblance to whatever alphabet. However, near of these were nevertheless edited out for the English dub until Pokémon: Boxing Frontier .
  • From Pokémon the Series: Black & White and onward, a full writing arrangement was specifically created for the anime. This language consists of three different fonts: a font used for titles, big signboards, etc.; another font used every bit less remarkable text accompanying the championship font; and some other font used merely occasionally as a pocket-sized text filler. Each font has 26 unique symbols, and each one of those symbols represents a letter from the modernistic Latin script.
    • This text usually has meanings, as the symbols converted from the Latin script are written as romanized Japanese; sometimes its meanings are related to the context in which information technology is used, merely sometimes the text contains hidden messages, like mentioning Wobbuffet in a magazine seen in BW001.
    • This writing system would start being used occasionally in the games equally part of the scenario, starting from Pokémon Sun and Moon.
• Fingernails are not consistently drawn on characters, with the exception of Pokémon the Serial: XY . Some characters take fingernails in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon .

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Pokémon, la série
High german		Pokémon – Dice TV-Serie
Italian		Serie animata Pokémon
Spanish		Serie de dibujos animados Pokémon

Related manufactures

• Staff of the Pokémon anime
• Timeline of events in the anime
• Differences betwixt the games and anime

References

1. ↑ Pokémon in Figures - The Pokémon Company (retrieved February nineteen, 2022)
2. ↑ Pokémon the Series - Unofficial Netflix Online Global Search (retrieved June ii, 2022)

External links

• Pokémon TV Tokyo website (Japanese)
• Official Pokémon website (Japanese)
• Official Pokémon website (English)

On Bulbagarden forums

• Pokémon anime discussion forum

Series and seasons of the Pokémon anime
Original serial (list)	Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest
Cherry-red and Sapphire (listing)	Avant-garde • Avant-garde Challenge • Avant-garde Battle • Boxing Borderland
Diamond and Pearl (listing)	Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors
Blackness & White (list)	Blackness & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Across
XY (listing)	XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials)
Sun & Moon (list)	Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends
Journeys (list)	Journeys • Master Journeys (Arceus, the One Called God)
Specials (list)	Pikachu'south Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts
	Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Political party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs • A Ripple in Time
Complete list • Movies • Other anime series

What Characters Originat in the Animated Series

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