Pokémon 

Ash Ketchum, his yellow pet Pikachu, and his human friends explore a world of powerful creatures.

Creators:

Junichi Masuda, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori

Stars:

Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ikue Ôtani	...	Pikachu / ... 1,125 episodes, 1997-2020
Rica Matsumoto	...	Satoshi / ... 1,112 episodes, 1997-2020
Rodger Parsons	...	Narrator / ... 942 episodes, 1997-2020
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Kojiro / ... 736 episodes, 1997-2020
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Musashi / ... 734 episodes, 1997-2020
Inuko Inuyama	...	Nyarth / ... 787 episodes, 1997-2020
Kayzie Rogers	...	Wobbuffet / ... 785 episodes, 1997-2016
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Narrator / ... 662 episodes, 1997-2017
Sarah Natochenny	...	Ash Ketchum / ... 710 episodes, 2005-2020
Yûji Ueda	...	Takeshi / ... 624 episodes, 1997-2019
James Carter Cathcart	...	James / ... 637 episodes, 1997-2020
Christopher Collet	...	Steven Stone / ... 639 episodes, 2000-2016
Michele Knotz	...	Jessie / ... 580 episodes, 2005-2020

Storyline

Ten-year-old Ash aspires to be the greatest Pokémon (pocket monster) trainer in the world. To do this, he enlists the help of many friends, and his own Pokémon, Pikachu. Together, they must search their world for new Pokémon, while avoiding the likes of Team Rocket, as well as other evil organizations, as well as battling rivals, and meeting legendary Pokémon.

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Plot Keywords:

pokemon | anime | older actors younger roles | mild violence | black hair | 

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Taglines:

Gotta catch 'em all!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Did You Know?

Trivia

The XY Series and the Advanced Generation series mark the only instances in which a legendary Pokemon is not seen in the first episode of the series. Ho-Oh appeared in Pokémon: Pokémon, I Choose You! (1997) (the first episode of the Original Series), Mesprit appeared in Pokémon: Setting Off! From Futaba Town to Masago Town!! (2006) (the first episode of the Diamond & Pearl Series), Zekrom appeared in Pokémon: Iris and Kibago!/To the Isshu Region! Zekrom's Shadow! (2010) (the first episode of the Best Wishes series), Tapu Koko appeared in Pokémon: Alola! The Starting Island, the Starter Pokémon!! (2016) (the first episode of the Sun & Moon series) and Mew appeared in Pokémon: Pikachu is Born! (2019) (the first episode of Pokemon Journeys: The Series).

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Goofs

In one episode Brock's Geodude participates in an all-Fighting Pokemon tournament. A Geodude, however, is NOT fighting, it's rock/ground. In the original card series there was no rock or ground type, only fighting type to represent all three types.

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Quotes

Meowth: My brain says to run but my legs ain't listening.

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Crazy Credits

The Pokemon logo makes one last appearance at the very end of the credits, after the Summit Media Group bumper.

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Alternate Versions

The Netflix version edits out the "Who's That Pokemon" and "Pikachu's Jukebox" segments, whereas only the "Pokerap" segment is retained.

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Connections

Referenced in Baddiel's Syndrome: En Suite (2001)

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Soundtracks

Pokemon Theme - XY Version
(seventeenth theme song)
Written and composed by John Loeffler and David Wolfert
Performed by Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth

User Reviews

Lost interest, but it was still a cute show.

A 4. something on IMDb? It was better than that. If everyone's going to diss their childhood, w/e. But I'm not going to act like I didn't like I didn't watch the show and play the games every Saturday. The early episodes were best. Best episodes where the ones involving Charmander (and his forms to come), Primeape, The Cinnabar Island gym match, and the Indigo Plateau finals. Also that one where Ash fights the gym owner that has the Dragonite. The Johto episodes were just too drawn out. I mean, there are like 20 cities inbetweeen EACH gym battle, when they're all so close together in the games. It's ridiculous. And yes, those damn Pokemon were damn cute. By the end Team Rocket was just really annoying. But I just stopped caring near the end of it. They just kept adding to the list of Pokemon. First it was 150, than 250, and the list just kept growing higher and higher.......The games where better by the end of it. But it was still a fine fad, and still good for little kids.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

8 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pokémon: The Johto Journeys

Filming Locations:

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$32,293,377

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pokémon USA, 4 Kids Entertainment, Creatures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min 24 min (200 episodes) 23 min (Per Episode) 25 min (192 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono Stereo Dolby Digital Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1