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A season of the Pokémon anime is a collection of dubbed episodes that begin airing for the first time in the United States starting between August and September (Seasons 1-9), between April and June (Seasons 10-13, 20), or between January and February (Seasons 14-19), continuing to air regularly over the course of the following year. They usually share an opening, and are often 52 or fewer episodes long. Seasons are used by all dubs based on the English dub, and are used in some capacity in Asia outside of Japan and South Korea, although the exact definitions used by these dubs vary.

There is no distinction between these dubbed seasons in the original Japanese airings, except when the seasons' beginnings and endings coincide with those of a new series in Japan. Each season also has a movie that corresponds to it, though the pairing of a movie with a specific anime season is merely due to the annual release they undergo in Japan. It should be noted that these seasons do not apply to the Japanese version of the show, where episodes of Pokémon air nearly every Thursday.

Previously, the English dub was aired on a schedule similar to most American shows, where each season is typically aired new for nine months out of the year, with three months (usually during the summer) taken off to begin production for the next season, during which reruns air. The Japanese release schedule, with an episode airing nearly every week, was eventually adopted by Pokémon USA (now known as The Pokémon Company International) after 4Kids Entertainment lost dubbing rights.

List of seasons

There are three distinct definitions of a season used in official media: the televised airings, home video releases, and digital releases. Since season 7, these definitions have coincided.

• The televised airings is the definition used by Region 4 home video releases and formerly used by Pokémon TV, corresponding to groups of episodes that aired regularly over the course of a year with a break taken in between.
• The home video definition is used by most Region 1 home video releases, corresponding to groups of episodes that share the same opening and are part of the same series or arc.
• The digital release definition is used by Watch Disney XD, digital home video releases and currently used by Pokémon TV, using the TV definition except between the second and third season and the fifth and sixth season, where it uses the home video divisions.

Logo	Season name	Medium	Debut episode	Final episode	Episodes
	Pokémon: Indigo League	Television	EP001 Pokémon - I Choose You!	EP057 The Breeding Center Secret	52
		Digital release	EP001 Pokémon - I Choose You!	EP080 Friends to the End	79
		Home video	EP001 '	Ongoing	0
	Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands	Television	EP052 Princess vs. Princess	EP105 Charizard Chills	52
		Digital release	EP081 Pallet Party Panic	EP116 The Rivalry Revival	36
		Home video	EP001 '	Ongoing	0
	Pokémon: The Johto Journeys	Television	EP106 The Pokémon Water War	EP157 The Fortune Hunters	52
		Digital release	EP117 Don't Touch That 'dile	EP157 The Fortune Hunters	41
		Home video	EP001 '	Ongoing	0
	Pokémon: Johto League Champions	All	EP158 A Goldenrod Opportunity	EP209 Machoke, Machoke Man!	52
	Pokémon: Master Quest	Television	EP210 Around the Whirlpool	EP262 You're a Star, Larvitar!	52
		Digital release	EP210 Around the Whirlpool	EP274 Hoenn Alone!	64
		Home video	EP001 '	Ongoing	0
	Pokémon: Advanced	Television	EP263 Address Unown!	AG040 Watt's with Wattson?	52
		Digital release	AG001 Get the Show on the Road!	AG040 Watt's with Wattson?	40
		Home video	EP001 '	Ongoing	0
	Pokémon: Advanced Challenge	All	AG041 What You Seed is What You Get	AG092 Judgment Day!	52
	Pokémon: Advanced Battle	All	AG093 Clamperl of Wisdom	AG145 Pasta La Vista!	52
	Pokémon: Battle Frontier	All	AG146 Fear Factor Phony	AG192 Home is Where the Start Is!	47
	Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl	All	DP001 Following A Maiden's Voyage!	DP052 Smells Like Team Spirit!	51
	Pokémon DP: Battle Dimension	All	DP053 Tears For Fears!	DP104 Sleepless In Pre-Battle!	52
	Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles	All	DP105 Get Your Rotom Running!	DP157 Gotta Get a Gible!	52
	Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors	All	DP158 Regaining the Home Advantage!	DP191 Memories are Made of Bliss!	34
	Pokémon: Black & White	All	BW001 In the Shadow of Zekrom!	BW048 Battle for the Underground!	48
	Pokémon BW: Rival Destinies	All	BW049 Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!	BW097 Unova's Survival Crisis!	49
	Pokémon BW: Adventures in Unova and Beyond	All	BW098 Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!	BW142 The Dream Continues!	45
	Pokémon the Series: XY	All	XY001 Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!	XY049 Bonnie for the Defense!	48
	Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest	All	XY050 Pathways to Performance Partnering!	XY093 All Eyes on the Future!	45
	Pokémon the Series: XYZ	All	XY094 From A to Z!	SS036 The Legend of X, Y, and Z!	48
	Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon	All	SM001 Alola to New Adventure!	SM043 When Regions Collide!	43

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