Series

If you were looking for the series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, see Appendix:Glossary (TCG) → Series.

A series of the anime is a collection of episodes that corresponds roughly to a specific generation of games.

For Japanese episodes, this distinction is made instead of seasons (although there are other subdivisions, such as Episode Orange Islands and Best Wishes! Season 2). In the dub, this distinction was not properly made until Pokémon the Series: XY, which introduced a name for the series, being followed by some older series retroactively receiving similar names in home video box sets and video-on-demand releases (such as iTunes and Netflix). With the exception of Pokémon: Advanced (only when using standard season divisions), dub seasons never contain episodes from more than one series, being cut off at series divisions.

On Bulbapedia, the episodes in each series are divided from other series by their episode code. Episodes in the original series are denoted by EP, those in the Advanced Generation series by AG, those in the Diamond & Pearl series by DP, those in the Best Wishes series by BW, and those in the XY series by XY.

List of series

English dub	Japanese version	Generation(s)	Debut episode	Final episode
(unnamed)	(unnamed)	Generations I and II	EP001 ポケモン！ きみにきめた！ Pokémon - I Choose You!	EP274 ピカチュウとのわかれ…！ Hoenn Alone!
Pokémon the Series: Ruby & Sapphire	Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation	Generation III	AG001 新たなる大地！ 新たなる冒険！！ Get the Show on the Road	AG192 旅の終わり、そして旅のはじまり！ Home is Where the Start Is!
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl	Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl	Generation IV	DP001 旅立ち！フタバタウンからマサゴタウンへ！！ Following A Maiden's Voyage!	DP191 想い出はパール！友情はダイヤモンド！！ Memories are Made of Bliss!
Pokémon the Series: Black & White	Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes	Generation V	BW001 イッシュ地方へ！ゼクロムの影！！ In The Shadow of Zekrom!	BW142 オレの夢、ポケモンマスター！！ The Dream Continues!
Pokémon the Series: XY	Pocket Monsters: XY	Generation VI	XY001 カロス地方にやってきた！夢と冒険のはじまり！！ Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!	(ongoing)

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.