Pokémon Chronicles
| Pokémon Chronicles | |
Logo from the Pokémon Chronicles series
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| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy-drama |
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| Anime television series | |
| Studio | OLM, Inc. |
| Licensed by | 4Kids Entertainment |
| Original network | TV Tokyo (TXN) |
| English network | |
| Original run | June 3, 2006 – November 25, 2006 |
| Episodes | 22 |
Pokémon Chronicles, partly known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Side Stories (ポケットモンスター サイドストーリー Poketto Monsutā Saido Sutōrī?), is a spin-off series of the Pokémon anime, revolving around characters other than Ash Ketchum.
It first aired in Britain on Toonami, where the initial run has now finished. The show aired in India on Cartoon Network in 2009. However, in Latin America (except Brazil), it seems the show has been cancelled because Mew Mew Power was put when Pokémon Chronicles usually is. The series made its U.S. premiere on Cartoon Network on June 3, 2006, after it ended in most other countries.
Four DVDs have been released in the United Kingdom, with a U.S. release still non-existent. All of the episodes have been released as extras on the first six season box sets of Pokémon in Australia (the newer 6 DVD box sets do not have the Pokémon Chronicles episodes, while the older 14 DVD sets do). A box set containing all 22 episodes has also been released in Australia.
When shown on Shūkan Pokémon Hōsōkyoku, the episodes did not have a musical opening. Instead, they open with Brock and Misty talking (except for the Team Rocket episodes, where said characters would talk instead). Normally, it would result in Misty hitting Brock with a mallet, fan, or water gun for acting out of line. The endings would normally deal with that episode's character. When released on DVD these sequences were omitted entirely. The Japanese episodes were seen as special episodes, hence the unconventional opening. However, it was dubbed as a completely new series, so a musical opening was required. While the openings from the main series interlink scenes from the related Japanese opening with scenes from the episodes, there was no Japanese opening for Pokémon Chronicles, A new opening was created. Some of the scenes in the opening are taken from the Japanese Legend of Thunder opening, the rest are taken from episodes. There are 42 scenes in 36 seconds.
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