Pokémon Smash!
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ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā) |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure and Fantasy |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
Kunihiko Yuyama (Chief Director) Masamitsu Hidaka (First Series, Advanced Generation #1-158) Norihiko Sudō (Advanced Generation #170-Best Wishes #142) Yūji Asada (Diamond & Pearl #171-191) Tetsuo Yajima (XY #1 - XY & Z #47) Daiki Tomiyasu (Deputy Director: XY & Z #1-30; Director: XY & Z #31, Sun & Moon #1+) |
| Produced by |
Satoshi Tajiri Junichi Masuda Ken Sugimori |
| Written by |
Takeshi Shudo (First Series #1-157) Atsuhiro Tomioka (Diamond & Pearl #1-XY & Z #47) Aya Matsui (Sun & Moon #1-present) |
| Music by |
Shinji Miyazaki Hirokazu Tanaka (openings) |
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OLM, Inc. Team Ota (1997–2006) Team Iguchi (2006–2009) Team Kato (2010–present) |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
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| Original run | April 1, 1997 – present |
| Episodes | 950+ |
| Movies (total 19) | |
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Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon), abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā) and currently advertised in English as Pokémon: The Series, is a Japanese anime television series, which has been adapted for the international television markets, concurrently airing in 98 countries worldwide. It is based on the Pokémon video game series and is a part of the Pokémon franchise.
The Pokémon animated series is split up into six chronologically sequential series in Japan, split up by the version of the video game series the anime takes inspiration from: the original series, the Advanced Generation series, the Diamond & Pearl series, the Best Wishes! series, the XY series, and the newest, the Sun & Moon series. In the international broadcasts, these six series are split into 21 separate seasons.
These anime series are accompanied by spin-off programming, consisting of Pokémon Chronicles, a series of side stories featuring characters in the anime that are not its current cast of main characters, and the live action variety and Pokémon-related news shows of Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station, Pokémon Sunday, Pokémon Smash!, and Pokémon Get TV, premiering in late 2013.
The Pokémon anime series is largely credited to having allowed for anime to become more popular and familiar around the world, especially in the United States, where the two highest grossing anime films are both Pokémon films. It is also considered to be the first and so far only anime that has been able to reach this level of mainstream success with western audiences, as well as being credited with allowing the game series to reach such a degree of popularity, and vice versa.
After he turns 10 years old, Ash Ketchum (Satoshi in Japan), is allowed to start his journey in the world of Pokémon and dreams of becoming a Pokémon master. On the day he is to receive his first Pokémon, Ash wakes in a panic, having overslept. Professor Oak, the local Pokémon researcher, has already given away the three Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle) he entrusts to new Pokémon Trainers when Ash finally reaches Oak's Lab. The only Pokémon that he has left is a Pikachu, that he gives to Ash. Determined to make it on his journey, Ash does his best to befriend Pikachu, but it does not trust him and will not even return to its PokéBall, even attacking Ash with its unique electric powers. It is only after Ash protects Pikachu from a group of angry Spearow that Pikachu realizes how much Ash cares, leading it to save Ash. Afterwards, they both see a mysterious and unidentifiable Pokémon that spurs both of them to work towards Ash's goal.
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