Pokémon anime
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The Pokémon anime is a collective term referring to a number of anime TV series and movies about Pokémon, usually centric around Ash Ketchum, his Pikachu, and his friends.
TV series
| Japan | UK | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | First | Last | Title | First | Last | |
| 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 Broadcasting Station Shūkan Pokémon Hōsōkyoku |
October 15, 2002 | September 28, 2004 | Pokémon Chronicles | May 13, 2005 | September 28, 2005 |
| ポケモン☆サンデー | Pokémon Sunday | October 3, 2004 | Current | |||
Movies
- Main article: Pokémon movie
The movies are produced by an annual ピカチュウプロジェクト Pikachu Project, which uses the name Pikachu the Movie.
| Japanese title | Premiere | English title | Premiere | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 劇場版 ポケットモンスター | |||||
| Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters | |||||
| Pikachu Project 1998 | ミュウツーの逆襲 Mewtwo Strikes Back! |
Mewtwo's Counterattack | July 18, 1998 | Pokémon: The First Movie Mewtwo Strikes Back |
November 12, 1999 |
| ピカチュウのなつやすみ | Pikachu's Summer Vacation | Pikachu's Vacation | |||
| Pikachu Project 1999 | 幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕 Revelation - Lugia |
Phantom Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth | July 17, 1999 | Pokémon the Movie 2000 The Power of One |
July 21, 2000 |
| ピカチュウたんけんたい | Exploration Party Pikachu | Pikachu's Rescue Adventure | |||
| Pikachu Project 2000 | 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI Lord of the 'UNKNOWN' Tower |
Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei | July 8, 2000 | Pokémon 3: The Movie Spell of the Unown |
April 6, 2001 |
| ピチューとピカチュウ | Pichu and Pikachu | Pikachu and Pichu | |||
| Pikachu Project 2001 | セレビィ 時を超えた遭遇 Celebi A Timeless Encounter |
Celebi: An Encounter Through Time | July 7, 2001 | Pokémon 4Ever | October 11, 2002 |
| ピカチュウのドキドキかくれんぼ | Pikachu's Nervous Hide-and-Seek | Pikachu's PikaBoo | |||
| Pikachu Project 2002 | 水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス | Guardians of the Water Capital: Latios and Latias | July 13, 2002 | Pokémon Heroes | May 16, 2003 |
| ピカ★ピカ星空キャンプ | Sparkling Starlit Camp | Camp Pikachu | |||
| Japanese title | Premiere | English title | US DVD release | ||
| 劇場版 ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレション | |||||
| Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation | |||||
| Pikachu Project 2003 | 七夜の願い星 ジラーチ | Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi | July 19, 2003 | Jirachi: Wish Maker | June 1, 2004 |
| おどるポケモンひみつ基地 | Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon | Gotta Dance!! | |||
| Pikachu Project 2004 | 裂空の訪問者 デオキシス | The Visitor of the Space Fissure: Deoxys | July 17, 2004 | Destiny Deoxys | February 15, 2005 |
| Pikachu Project 2005 | ミュウと波導の勇者 ルカリオ | Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero: Lucario | July 16, 2005 | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | |
| Pikachu Project 2006 | ポケモンレンジャーと蒼海の王子 | Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea | July 15, 2006 | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | |
| 劇場版 ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド＆パール | |||||
| Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl | |||||
| Pikachu Project 2007 | ディアルガVSパルキア | Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai | July 14, 2007 | ||
Trivia
- Animator Masaaki Iwane 岩根正明 once stated that the series was originally slated for a 1½-year run.
