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{{samename|series of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]|Pokémon Trading Card Game#Original Series|Pokémon Trading Card Game → Original Series}} | {{samename|series of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]|Pokémon Trading Card Game#Original Series|Pokémon Trading Card Game → Original Series}} | ||
[[File:Original series.png|thumb|A poster for the [[series]], featuring {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}} and some of their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}]] | [[File:Original series.png|thumb|A poster for the [[series]], featuring {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}} and some of their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}]] | ||
'''''Pokémon the Series: The Beginning''''' and '''''Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver''''', collectively referred to as '''''Pokémon''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター''' ''Pocket Monsters'') and referred to by fans as the '''original series''', are the first [[series]] of the [[Pokémon anime]] and are based on the events of the [[core series]] [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} [[Pokémon games]], respectively. They were succeeded by the | '''''Pokémon the Series: The Beginning''''' and '''''Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver''''', collectively referred to as '''''Pokémon''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター''' ''Pocket Monsters'') and referred to by fans as the '''original series''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|無印編|むじるしへん}}''' ''unnamed saga''), are the first [[series]] of the [[Pokémon anime]] and are based on the events of the [[core series]] [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} [[Pokémon games]], respectively. They were succeeded by ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]''. They ran from April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002 in Japan and from September 7, 1998 to October 25, 2003 in {{pmin|the United States}}. They were not given English names until after the release of ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY]]''. | ||
During the original series, rookie {{pkmn|Trainer}} [[Ash Ketchum]] begins his {{pkmn|journey}} in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], leaving his [[hometown|home]] of [[Pallet Town]] with the only [[starter Pokémon]] that {{an|Professor Oak}} had left to give: a reluctant and moody {{AP|Pikachu}}. Ash's quest begins in earnest to defeat all of the [[Gym Leader]]s and get to the [[Pokémon League]] as soon as he has gained Pikachu's trust, and he is joined by two mentors, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}. | During the original series, rookie {{pkmn|Trainer}} [[Ash Ketchum]] begins his {{pkmn|journey}} in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], leaving his [[hometown|home]] of [[Pallet Town]] with the only [[starter Pokémon]] that {{an|Professor Oak}} had left to give: a reluctant and moody {{AP|Pikachu}}. Ash's quest begins in earnest to defeat all of the [[Gym Leader]]s and get to the [[Pokémon League]] as soon as he has gained Pikachu's trust, and he is joined by two mentors, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}. | ||
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* [[S06|Pokémon: Advanced]] ([[EP263]] - [[EP274]]) | * [[S06|Pokémon: Advanced]] ([[EP263]] - [[EP274]]) | ||
[[Pokémon TV]] and | [[Pokémon TV]] and [[Prime Video]] additionally divide it instead into ''Pokémon the Series: The Beginning'', consisting of the Kanto and Orange Archipelago episodes, and ''Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver'', consisting of the Johto episodes. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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===North American home video releases=== | ===North American home video releases=== | ||
* [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)]] | * [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)]] | ||
* [[List of English language Adventures | * [[List of English language Adventures in the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 1)]] | ||
* [[List of English language The Johto Journeys home video releases (Region 1)]] | * [[List of English language The Johto Journeys home video releases (Region 1)]] | ||
* [[List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 1)]] | * [[List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 1)]] | ||
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===Australian home video releases=== | ===Australian home video releases=== | ||
* [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 4)]] | * [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 4)]] | ||
* [[List of English language Adventures | * [[List of English language Adventures in the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 4)]] | ||
* [[List of English language The Johto Journeys home video releases (Region 4)]] | * [[List of English language The Johto Journeys home video releases (Region 4)]] | ||
* [[List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 4)]] | * [[List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 4)]] | ||
* [[List of English language Master Quest home video releases (Region 4)]] | * [[List of English language Master Quest home video releases (Region 4)]] | ||
===Japanese home video releases=== | |||
* [[List of Japanese language original series home video releases]] | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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===Posters=== | ===Posters=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Original series poster.png|Early Japanese poster | |||
Original series poster Amazon.jpg|Japanese poster | Original series poster Amazon.jpg|Japanese poster | ||
Original series poster Asia.png|Pokémon Asia poster | Original series poster Asia.png|Pokémon Asia poster | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Originally, this [[series]] | * Originally, this [[series]] was meant to last for a year and a half, approximately as long as the [[Kanto]] saga would have lasted, had the [[EP038]] incident not happened. | ||
* This is the only series based on two different | * This is the only series in which: | ||
** The {{pkmn|journey}} is based on two different [[generation]]s of the [[core series]] [[Pokémon games]], being based on both [[Generation I|Generations I]] and {{gen|II}}. | |||
** Ash doesn't have the same group of regular traveling companions for the entire series, with {{an|Brock}} briefly being swapped out for [[Tracey Sketchit]] during the [[Orange League]]. | |||
** A recurring Pokémon wasn't {{pkmn2|caught}} by a {{ashfr|main character}}. | |||
** All of its dub seasons are dubbed by [[4Kids Entertainment]]. | |||
** Ash places in the Top 16 of a Pokémon League Conference, his lowest placing to date. | |||
* At 274 episodes, this is the anime's longest series. | * At 274 episodes, this is the anime's longest series. | ||
** This series also has the most dub seasons, with five. | ** This series also has the most [[dub]] seasons, with five. | ||
** This series also contains the most {{pkmn|movie}}s of any series, with five. | ** This series also contains the most {{pkmn|movie}}s of any series, with five. | ||
* The first 40 episodes were originally aired in {{wp|Broadcast syndication|syndication}} in the United States in 1998 before moving to {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} in 1999 for the remaining 12 episodes of [[S01|Pokémon: Indigo League]]. | * The first 40 episodes were originally aired in {{wp|Broadcast syndication|syndication}} in the United States in 1998 before moving to {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} in 1999 for the remaining 12 episodes of [[S01|Pokémon: Indigo League]]. | ||
* Throughout the English dub versions of the [[Johto]] saga, the narrator refers to the group as being "On the road to Johto". Though it would be more correct to say "On the road '''through''' Johto", he could have just been referring to the Johto League. | |||
* Throughout the English dub versions of the Johto saga, the narrator refers to the group as being "On the road to Johto". Though it would be more correct to say "On the road '''through''' Johto", he could have just been referring to the Johto League | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
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|es_eu=Serie Pokémon Oro y Plata | |es_eu=Serie Pokémon Oro y Plata | ||
|es_la=La Serie Pokémon Oro y Plata | |||
|sv=Pokémon Serien: Guld och Silver}} | |sv=Pokémon Serien: Guld och Silver}} | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://sg.portal-pokemon.com/anime/series/s1/ Pokémon the Series: The Beginning at the Pokémon official site for Asia] | * [http://sg.portal-pokemon.com/anime/series/s1/ Pokémon the Series: The Beginning at the Pokémon official site for Asia] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCFReiyyGMw Pokémon the Series: The Beginning PV] | |||
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[[it:Serie originale]] | [[it:Serie originale]] | ||
[[ja:ポケットモンスター ( | [[ja:ポケットモンスター (1997-2002年のアニメ)]] | ||
[[zh: | [[zh:寶可夢（動畫首作）]] | ||
Revision as of 08:14, 8 July 2020
- If you were looking for the series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, see Pokémon Trading Card Game → Original Series.
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver, collectively referred to as Pokémon (Japanese: ポケットモンスター Pocket Monsters) and referred to by fans as the original series (Japanese: 無印編 unnamed saga), are the first series of the Pokémon anime and are based on the events of the core series Generation I and II Pokémon games, respectively. They were succeeded by Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. They ran from April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002 in Japan and from September 7, 1998 to October 25, 2003 in the United States. They were not given English names until after the release of Pokémon the Series: XY.
During the original series, rookie Trainer Ash Ketchum begins his journey in the Kanto region, leaving his home of Pallet Town with the only starter Pokémon that Professor Oak had left to give: a reluctant and moody Pikachu. Ash's quest begins in earnest to defeat all of the Gym Leaders and get to the Pokémon League as soon as he has gained Pikachu's trust, and he is joined by two mentors, Misty and Brock.
After competing in the Indigo Plateau Conference and not performing as well as he had hoped, Ash journeys to the Orange Archipelago to receive the GS Ball from Professor Ivy, as it cannot be transported to Professor Oak by PC. During his time there, Ash competes in another Pokémon League, the Orange League and meets a new friend named Tracey Sketchit. When Oak cannot figure out how to open the GS Ball on Ash's return to Pallet, the Professor sends Ash to Johto to give the special Poké Ball to Kurt. While there, Ash again competes in a Pokémon League, the Silver Conference.
Episodes in the original series are numbered with the prefix EP on Bulbapedia. For a complete episode listing, see the list of original series episodes.
Blurb
It’s Ash Ketchum’s tenth birthday, and he’s ready to do what many 10-year-olds in the Kanto region set out to do—become a Pokémon Trainer! Things don’t go exactly the way he planned when he ends up with a Pikachu instead of a standard first Pokémon, and winning Gym Badges turns out to be much tougher than he thought. Luckily, he’s got former Gym Leaders Brock and Misty at his side, along with a bevy of new Pokémon friends, including Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander.
Chapters
The original series is officially divided into three chapters:
- Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター) (EP001 - EP080)
- Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Islands (ポケットモンスター オレンジ諸島編) (EP081 - EP116)
- Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver (ポケットモンスター 金銀編) (EP117 - EP274)
Pocket Monsters logo
Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Islands logo
Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver logo
Dub seasons
When the anime was dubbed into English and other languages, the series was divided between six seasons:
- Pokémon: Indigo League (EP001 - EP017, EP019 - EP034, EP036 - EP037, EP039 - EP051, EP054 - EP057)
- Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands (EP052 - EP053, EP058 - EP105, Holiday Hi-Jynx, Snow Way Out!)
- Pokémon: The Johto Journeys (EP106 - EP157)
- Pokémon: Johto League Champions (EP158 - EP209)
- Pokémon: Master Quest (EP210 - EP249, EP251 - EP262)
- Pokémon: Advanced (EP263 - EP274)
Pokémon TV and Prime Video additionally divide it instead into Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, consisting of the Kanto and Orange Archipelago episodes, and Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver, consisting of the Johto episodes.
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning logo
Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver logo
Movies
- Main article: Pokémon movie → Original series
- Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
- Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
- Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei
- Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: The Voice of the Forest
- Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias
Home video releases
North American home video releases
- List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)
- List of English language Adventures in the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 1)
- List of English language The Johto Journeys home video releases (Region 1)
- List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 1)
- List of English language Master Quest home video releases (Region 1)
Australian home video releases
- List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 4)
- List of English language Adventures in the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 4)
- List of English language The Johto Journeys home video releases (Region 4)
- List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 4)
- List of English language Master Quest home video releases (Region 4)
Japanese home video releases
Gallery
- For more images, please see artwork from the original anime series on the Bulbagarden Archives.
Posters
Early Japanese poster
Japanese poster
Pokémon Asia poster
Characters
Trivia
- Originally, this series was meant to last for a year and a half, approximately as long as the Kanto saga would have lasted, had the EP038 incident not happened.
- This is the only series in which:
- The journey is based on two different generations of the core series Pokémon games, being based on both Generations I and II.
- Ash doesn't have the same group of regular traveling companions for the entire series, with Brock briefly being swapped out for Tracey Sketchit during the Orange League.
- A recurring Pokémon wasn't caught by a main character.
- All of its dub seasons are dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment.
- Ash places in the Top 16 of a Pokémon League Conference, his lowest placing to date.
- At 274 episodes, this is the anime's longest series.
- The first 40 episodes were originally aired in syndication in the United States in 1998 before moving to Kids' WB! in 1999 for the remaining 12 episodes of Pokémon: Indigo League.
- Throughout the English dub versions of the Johto saga, the narrator refers to the group as being "On the road to Johto". Though it would be more correct to say "On the road through Johto", he could have just been referring to the Johto League.
In other languages
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Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
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Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver
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External links
- Pokémon the Series: The Beginning at the Pokémon official site for Asia
- Pokémon the Series: The Beginning PV
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This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime. |
