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==March==
*'''5th''': TCG- The first expansion of new cards and theme decks, [[Jungle (TCG)|Pokémon Jungle]], is released in Japan.
==April==
*'''1st''': Anime- The first episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP001|Pokémon! I Choose You!]]", airs in Japan, marking the worldwide premier of the Pokémon anime.
*'''8th''': Anime- The second episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP002|Showdown! Pokémon Centre!]]", airs in Japan.
*'''15th''': Anime- The third episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP003|I Caught a Pokémon!]]", airs in Japan.
*'''22nd''': Anime- The fourth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP004|Challenge of the Samurai Boy!]]", airs in Japan.
*'''29th''': Anime- The fifth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP005|Nibi Gym Battle!]]", airs in Japan.

==May==
*'''6th''': Anime- The sixth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP006|Pippi and the Moon Stone]]", airs in Japan.
*'''13th''': Anime- The seventh episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP007|The Suichūka of Hanada City]]", airs in Japan.
*'''20th''': Anime- The eighth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP008|The Road to the Pokémon League]]", airs in Japan.
*'''27th''': Anime- The ninth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP009|Pokémon Victory Manual]]", airs in Japan.
*'''Date Unknown''': Manga- [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters volume 2|Volume 2]] of [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] is released in Japan.

==June==
*'''3rd''': Anime- The tenth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP010|Fushigidane of the Hidden Village]]", airs in Japan.
*'''10th''': Anime- The eleventh episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP011|Stray Pokémon - Hitokage]]'', airs in Japan.
*'''17th''': Anime- The twelfth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP012|Enter the Zenigame Squad!]]", airs in Japan.
*'''21st''': TCG- The second expansion of new cards and theme decks, [[Fossil (TCG)|Mystery of the Fossils]], is released in Japan.
*'''24th''': Anime- The thirteenth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP013|Masaki's Lighthouse]]", airs in Japan.

==July==
*'''1st''': Anime- The fourteenth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown! Kuchiba Gym]]", airs in Japan.
*'''8th''': Anime- The fifteenth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP015|Battle on the St. Annu!]]", airs in Japan.
*'''15th''': Anime- The sixteenth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP016|Pokémon Adrift]]", airs in Japan.
*'''22nd''': Anime- The seventeenth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon!?]]", airs in Japan.
*'''29th''': Anime- The eighteenth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP018|Holiday at Aopulco]]", airs in Japan.

==August==

==September==

==October==

==November==
*'''21st''': TCG- The third expansion of new cards and theme decks, [[Team Rocket (TCG)|Rocket Gang]], is released in Japan.

==December==
*'''16th''': Anime- The thirty-eighth episode of the [[Original series]], "[[EP038|Computer Warrior Porygon]]", airs in Japan. The episode causes over seven hundred Japanese viewers to suffer adverse health effects, including epileptic seizures. As a result, the episode is [[Banned episodes|never commersially releases or re-aired anywhere in the world]], and the show entered hiatus for four months.