Pokémon (anime)

Pokémon (abbreviated from Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā)) is a Japanese anime series. It is part of the Pokémon media franchise which is owned by Nintendo. It has been brought to many other places, including North America, Europe, and Australia. The United States dub was originally made by 4Kids Entertainment; starting in 2006 the dub has been made by Pokémon USA.

Pokémon
English logo
ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā)
Genre	Action, adventure, Fantasy
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunihiko Yuyama (Chief Director) Masamitsu Hidaka (1997–2006) Norihiko Sudō (2006–2013) Yūji Asada (2010) Tetsuo Yajima (2013–2016) Daiki Tomiyasu (Deputy Director: 2015–2016; Director: 2016–present)
Written by	Takeshi Shudo (1997–2000) Atsuhiro Tomioka (2006–2016) Aya Matsui (2016–present)
Music by	Shinji Miyazaki Hirokazu Tanaka (openings) Manny Corallo John Loeffler (4Kids and TPCi Music Dub: 1998-2013) Ed Goldfarb[1] (TPCi Music Dub: 2014-Present)
Studio	OLM, Inc. Team Ota (1997–2006) Team Iguchi (2006–2009) Team Kato (2010–present)
Licensed by	NA 4Kids Entertainment (1998–2006) The Pokémon Company International (2006–present)
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	List AUS Cartoon Network (2000–12, 2014–16) Boomerang (2016) Disney XD (2018–present) CA YTV (1998–2014) Teletoon (2014–present) SEA Disney XD (2016–present) Disney Channel (2017-present) UK Sky 1 ITV1 CITV (1999–present) ITV4 Toonami Cartoon Network Too Jetix Disney XD Pop Max Pop (2018-present) US First run syndication (1998) The WB (Kids' WB) (1999–2006) Comedy Central (2001-2015, 2017-present) Cartoon Network (2002–2017) Boomerang Nickelodeon(2009-2018) Disney XD (2017–present)[2] ZA e.tv and etoonz (currently) SABC 2 SABC 3 Disney XD (2011–~2016)
Original run	April 1, 1997 – present
Episodes	1246
Specials
8 TV specials (3 full-length, 5 normal-length) 25 side-story episodes

Not long after Pokémon Red and Blue (the first Pokémon video games outside of Japan) were released, the anime was created. It was first broadcast in Japan in early 1997, and in the United States in late 1998. The anime started what has been called "Pokémania", which meant that after the anime came out, it became very popular among children, and many parents assumed it was a fad and no one would care about it in a couple years. However, it was never cancelled, and it is still running, and continues to maintain a fanbase consisting of people of all ages.

The anime shows the adventures of Ash Ketchum, a 10-year-old Pokémon trainer and his partner pikachu, who has many adventures, meeting many new people and Pokémon, Ash then leaves the anime and Pokemon Horizons then follows Liko and Roy who also go on adventures to meet people and Pokemon.

A number of Pokémon films have also been made that relate to the anime. The first one was Pokémon: The First Movie (released on 1998 in Japan and on 1999 in North America). They are still being made.

There are various bad guys in Pokemon like Team Rocket.