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Pokémon

Premiere	April 1, 1997
Finale
Airs	Thursdays at 7PM (TV Tokyo) Saturdays at 9:30AM (CN)
Creator	Satoshi Tajiri, Tsunekazu Ishihara
Network	TV Tokyo
Style	30-minute anime fantasy adventure
Company	Oriental Light and Magic
Episodes	520 (through season 10)
Seasons	11
Status	Currently airing season 11
Origin	Japan

Pokémon is a long-running anime series based on a popular series of video games created for the Nintendo Game Boy. The Pokémon franchise centers around a world populated by a myriad of strange creatures called Pokémon, all having strange powers and abilities. Human beings who live in this world try to catch these creatures, training them to do battle with other Pokémon. The motto is "Gotta Catch 'Em All!"

The Pokémon television series follows the adventures of a new Pokémon Trainer, Ash Ketchum. Ash would like to become a Pokémon Master, catching as many Pokémon as possible and winning every competition he can enter. At the start of his journey he is given Pikachu, a small yellow Pokémon with electrical powers. He also makes various human friends along the way, and they join in him traveling to different cities and towns, where Ash challenges the top Trainer in each municipality to win badges, which will let him progress to the Pokémon League Championships.

Over the course of the series Ash has caught many different Pokémon and traveled to at least three different regions in the Pokémon world. The cast of people and Pokémon has changed over the years; but Ash, along with Pikachu at his side have always remained the center of the story. The series has spawned at least ten movies (with an eleventh due Summer 2008), multiple shorts, and two spinoff series: Pokémon Chronicles and Pokémon Sunday.

In the English-speaking world the series was first localized by 4Kids Entertainment, then Pokémon USA. Under their direction each season starting with season 3 receives a unique name for marketing purposes. In Japan the series only has three titles; starting with season 6 the series is known as Pokémon Advanced Generation, a reference to the switch in the video games to the Game Boy Advance handheld system. The new series started in 2006 is known as Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl, after the new games released for the Nintendo DS at the same time.

1 Cast
2 Seasons
3 Feature Films
4 In-Depth
5 DVD Releases
6 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Japanese Voices	English Voices	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Rika Matsumoto		Ash Ketchum	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Veronica Taylor		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sarah Natochenny										9	10
Ikue Ōtani	Ikue Ōtani	Pikachu	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mayumi Iizuka		Misty	1	2	3	4	5		7	8	9
	Rachael Lillis		1	2	3	4	5		7	8
	Michele Knotz										9
Yuuji Ueda		Brock	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Eric Stuart		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Bill Rogers										9	10
Midori Kawana		May						6	7	8	9
	Veronica Taylor							6	7	8
	Michele Knotz										9
Fushigi Yamada		Max						6	7	8	9
	Amy Birnbaum							6	7	8
	Kayzie Rogers										9
Megumi Toyoguchi	Emily Jenness	Dawn										10
Tomokazu Seki	Ted Lewis	Tracey Sketchit		2			5			8
Megumi Hayashibara		Jessie	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Akiko Hiramatsu									7
	Rachael Lillis		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Michele Knotz										9	10
Shinichiro Miki		James	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Ted Lewis		1
	Eric Stuart		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Jimmy Zoppi										9	10
Inuko Inuyama		Meowth	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Nathan Price		1
	Maddie Blaustein		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Jimmy Zoppi										9	10
Unshou Ishizuka		Narrator	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Rodger Parsons		1	2	3	4	5	6			9	10
	Mike Pollack							6	7	8
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Unshou Ishizuka	Stan Hart	Professor Samuel Oak	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Stuart Zagnit		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Jimmy Zoppi										9	10
Masami Toyoshima		Delia Ketchum	1	2			5			8	9
	Veronica Taylor		1	2			5			8
	Michele Knotz										9
Ayako Shiraishi		Nurse Joy	1	2	3	4	5
Yuriko Yamaguchi							5	6	7	8	9	10
Kikuko Inoue												10¹
	Megan Hollingshead		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Bella Hudson								7	8
	Michele Knotz										9	10
Chinami Nishimura		Officer Jenny	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Megan Hollingshead		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jamie Davyous Owens								7	8
	Emily Williams										9	10
Season numbers in red indicate a recurring or guest role in that season.

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[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
TV Tokyo
Season One	April 1, 1997	January 27, 1999	83
Season Two	February 4, 1999	October 7, 1999	35
Season Three Pokémon: The Johto Journeys	October 14, 1999	July 27, 2000	41
Season Four Pokémon: Johto League Champions	August 3, 2000	August 2, 2001	52
Season Five Pokémon: Master Quest	August 9, 2001	November 14, 2002	65
Season Six Pokémon: Advanced	November 21, 2002	August 28, 2003	52
Season Seven Pokémon: Advanced Challenge	September 4, 2003	September 2, 2004	40
Season Eight Pokémon: Advanced Battle	September 9, 2004	September 29, 2005	53
Season Nine Pokémon: Battle Frontier	October 6, 2005	September 14, 2006	47
Season Ten Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl	September 28, 2006	October 25, 2007	52
Season Eleven Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension	November 8, 2007	October 30, 2008	48

[edit] Feature Films

Title	Release Date
Pokémon: The First Movie	July 18, 1998
Pokémon: The Movie 2000	July 17, 1999
Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown	July 8, 2000
Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest	July 7, 2001
Pokémon Heroes	July 13, 2002
Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker	July 19, 2003
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys	July 22, 2004
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	July 16, 2005
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea	July 15, 2006
Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai	July 14, 2007
Giratina and the Bouquet of the Sky	July 19, 2008

[edit] In-Depth

At a Glance: Additional information about the series
Characters: A listing of characters in the series
Movies and Specials: A listing of movies and television specials based on the series