Series
- If you were looking for the series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, see Appendix:Glossary (TCG) → Series.
A series (Japanese: シリーズ 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, those in the XY series by XY, and those in the Sun & Moon series by SM.
List of series
| English dub | Japanese version | Generation | Debut episode | Final episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pokémon the Series: The Beginning |
 Pocket Monsters |
Generation I | EP001 Pokémon - I Choose You! ポケモン！ きみにきめた！ Pokémon! I Choose You! |
EP116 The Rivalry Revival ライバルたいけつ！サトシＶＳシゲル！！ Rival Showdown! Satoshi VS Shigeru!! |
 Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver |
Generation II | EP117 Don't Touch That 'dile ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! The Town Where Winds Telling of a Beginning Blow! |
EP274 Hoenn Alone! ピカチュウとのわかれ…！ Parting with Pikachu...! | |
 Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire |
 Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation |
Generation III | AG001 Get the Show on the Road 新たなる大地！ 新たなる冒険！！ A New Land! A New Adventure!! |
AG192 Home is Where the Start Is! 旅の終わり、そして旅のはじまり！ End of a Journey, and Then the Start of a Journey! |
 Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl |
 Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl |
Generation IV | DP001 Following A Maiden's Voyage! 旅立ち！フタバタウンからマサゴタウンへ！！ Setting Off! From Futaba Town to Masago Town!! |
DP191 Memories are Made of Bliss! 想い出はパール！友情はダイヤモンド！！ Memories are Pearls! Friendship is a Diamond!! |
 Pokémon the Series: Black & White |
 Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! |
Generation V | BW001 In The Shadow of Zekrom! イッシュ地方へ！ゼクロムの影！！ To the Isshu Region! Zekrom's Shadow!! |
BW142 The Dream Continues! オレの夢、ポケモンマスター！！ My Dream, Pokémon Master!! |
 Pokémon the Series: XY |
 Pocket Monsters XY |
Generation VI | XY001 Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! カロス地方にやってきた！夢と冒険のはじまり！！ We've Arrived in the Kalos Region! The Beginning of Dreams and Adventures!! |
XY140 Till We Compete Again! 終わりなきゼロ！また逢う日まで！！ The Endless Zero! Until the Day We Meet Again!! |
 Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon |
 Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon |
Generation VII | SM001 Alola to New Adventure! アローラ！はじめての島、はじめてのポケモンたち！！ Alola! The Starting Island, the Starter Pokémon!! |
TBA |
 Pocket Monsters |
Generation VIII | TBA | TBA | |
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